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Kimble Manufacturing Company

Jim Cahill's hometown delivers the perfect mix of work and down time. In Ohio.

Why leave other Midwestern states like Illinois and Indiana for the Buckeye State? According to Jim Cahill, the list of reasons is miles long. And he's not even talking about the miles he logs on his bike, though he does enjoy a 30-minute ride to and from work through the gently rolling hills of Eastern Ohio. For Jim, Ohio is all about quality family moments without sacrificing company business ambitions.

Kimble Manufacturing Company is supported by AEP Ohio, its preferred energy partner. AEP Ohio has a stake in the Buckeye State's economic vitality, providing competitive and reliable electricity to thousands of businesses committed to Ohio as the prime location to grow and prosper.

Kimble Manufacturing makes high-technology concrete mixers for construction and oversized custom chassis for a wide variety of industries. Cooperation among government and other businesses adds up to efficient operations for Kimble. And the state provided the company with low-interest loans and investment grants. With a local business roundtable and government grants for landscaping improvements, Kimble has reaped the benefits of its micropolitan location.

Ohio's promise is all about perfectly balancing the needs of Jim and the business. In Ohio, Jim has found access to a business landscape that suits Kimble ... and his passion for enjoying the outdoors.

About Kimble Manufacturing Company

The Kimble Mixer Division, located in New Philadelphia, Ohio, was founded in 1995. However, the comapny has a more-than-50-year history of ingenuity and productivity. In fact, many of the people within its concrete mixer operation have decades of experience in the concrete mixer market, and know exactly what is necessary to meet the needs of a very demanding marketplace. For more information, visit www.kimblemixer.com.

About AEP Ohio

AEP Ohio serves nearly 1.5 million customers in Ohio and the northern panhandle of West Virginia. In Ohio, we provide power to more than 920 communities located in 61 of the state's 88 counties. In West Virginia, we serve Ohio and Marshall counties, providing service to approximately 41,000 customers. Our headquarters is in Gahanna, with regulatory and external affairs offices in downtown Columbus. A subsidiary of American Electric Power and the largest of its regional utility divisions, AEP Ohio is comprised of Columbus Southern Power Company and Ohio Power Company and Wheeling Power.

AEP Ohio is focused on providing reliable affordable energy to our customers in a safe, effective manner. We also are committed to environmental protection and improvement consistent with providing electricity at a competitive price.

We at AEP Ohio believe strongly in the merits of fuel diversity in generating electricity, and our generating fleet reflects that belief. Today, coal-fired plants account for 74 percent of AEP's generating capacity, while natural gas represents 15 percent and nuclear 8 percent. The remaining 3 percent comes from wind, hydro, pumped storage and other sources.

AEP Ohio is part of the American Electric Power system, one of the largest electric utilities in the United States, delivering electricity to more than 5 million customers in 11 states. AEP ranks among the nation's largest generators of electricity, owning nearly 38,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the U.S. AEP also owns the nation's largest electricity transmission system, a nearly 39,000-mile network that includes more 765 kilovolt extra-high voltage transmission lines than all other U.S. transmission systems combined. AEP's transmission system directly or indirectly serves about 10 percent of the electricity demand in the Eastern Interconnection, the interconnected transmission system that covers 38 eastern and central U.S. states and eastern Canada, and approximately 11 percent of the electricity demand in ERCOT, the transmission system that covers much of Texas. AEP's utility units operate as AEP Ohio, AEP Texas, Appalachian Power (in Virginia and West Virginia), AEP Appalachian Power (in Tennessee), Indiana Michigan Power, Kentucky Power, Public Service Company of Oklahoma, and Southwestern Electric Power Company (in Arkansas, Louisiana and east Texas). AEP's headquarters are in Columbus, Ohio. For more information, see our corporate web site, www.aep.com.