Patrick Ottensmeyer

Kansas City Southern is a transportation holding company. The firm also engages in the freight rail transportation business operating through a single coordinated rail network. It focuses on the growing north/south freight corridor connecting key commercial and industrial markets in the central United States with major industrial cities in Mexico. The company was founded by Arthur E. Stilwell in 1887 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Dade Behring Holdings, Inc. manufactures medical diagnostic equipment. It develops and markets equipment and consumable supplies and provides maintenance services to clinical laboratories to perform diagnostic tests. The company's customers include hospitals and reference laboratories. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Deerfield, IL.

BNSF Railway Co. provides rail transportation services. It operates railroad networks in North America. The firm transports products and commodities including the transportation of consumer goods, grain and agricultural products, low-sulfur coal, and industrial goods such as petroleum, chemicals, housing materials, food and beverages. The company was founded on September 22, 1995 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, TX.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. is a holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, is engaged primarily in the freight rail transportation business. The company operates various facilities and equipment to support its transportation system, including its infrastructure and locomotives and freight cars. It also owns or leases other equipment to support rail operations, including containers, chassis and vehicles. Support facilities for rail operations include yards and terminals throughout its rail network. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, TX.

Kansas City Southern Railway Co. provides freight transport services. It provides services for transportation of agricultural, mineral, chemical, petroleum, forest, minerals and coal products. The company was founded by Arthur Edward Stilwella in 1887 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Kansas City Southern de Mexico SA de CV engages in the provision of rail transportation services in the commercial corridor of the Mexican railroad system. The rail lines transport chemical and petroleum, industrial and consumer, agricultural and mineral, intermodal, and automotive and energy products. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Mexico City.