QUILL HEALTHCARE

Quill Healthcare is a direct marketer of specialized printed office products and practice-related supplies to healthcare practices. Based in Minneapolis, Medical Arts Press recorded approximately $168 million in revenues in 2001. Founded in 1950, the company is a leading direct marketer of specialized printed office products and practice-related supplies to healthcare practices and currently serves more than 300,000 customers. It also operates SmileMakers, the largest direct marketer of children's giveaway items catering to medical, dental and educational markets, and Hayes Marketing, Inc., (HMI), a direct marketer and manufacturer of marketing-related products to chiropractors, dentists and eye care professionals.