Waukesha-Pearce Industries (also called WPI) is where WPI graduates and others can pick up the tools of their trade. The company's Engine Division designs and distributes engine-driven equipment, from power generators to pumps, blowers, and switchgear. Its Construction Machinery Division offers a slate of heavy construction and mining products, including earth movers and demolition equipment made by such OEMs as Komatsu and Gradall Industries. WPI also sells used equipment and leases heavy earth-moving equipment.

Established in 1956, United States Container Corporation is now the largest distributor of industrial containers in the West. Founded by Max Levine and now run by his son Jeff, the company remains a family owned business and is focused on being a low-cost provider of quality packaging.Headquartered in Rancho Cucamonga, California, the company has three locations with over 150,000 square feet serving eight western states. U.S. Container is one of the largest distributors in the country, servicing the paint, chemical, ink, janitorial, food, and related industries. The company is proud of its vendor relationships with many of our industry’s leading manufacturers. U.S. Container’s goal is to align itself with the leaders in innovation and quality allowing the company to provide customers with a variety of options to fill their packaging requirements.

Dart Container is a world cup winner -- not in soccer, but in foam cups and containers. It commands about half of the global market in foam cups! To make its products, Dart touts a secret molding method for expandable polystyrene. The foodservice lineup includes not just cups but lids, dinnerware, and cutlery, which is marketed through a global distribution network to hospitals, schools, and restaurants, as well as retailers. Self-sufficient, Dart builds its own molding machinery, and uses Dart trucks to deliver products from plants in the US, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, the UK, and Australia. Its recycled polystyrene is sold to manufacturers of such durables as insulation and egg cartons. Dart is family-owned.

Terex ASV company uses rubber track suspension systems that make its vehicles operable in sand, mud, swamps, snow, slippery slopes, and rough terrain. Its Posi-Track (PT) Series and ST-50 Tracked Utility Vehicle, unveiled in 2008, are used for excavation and brush cutting, agriculture, fire fighting, snow clearance, and construction. Remote-controlled PTs are used in military applications to clear unexploded ordnance. Early in 2008 the company was acquired by mining equipment manufacturer Terex in a deal valued at about $488 million.

Metalcraft of Mayville is a metal fabricator and industrial contract manufacturer that offers precision cutting, welding, pressing, shearing, machining services, and conventional and powder painting services. The company also provides complete product assembly services and bar coding. Metalcraft of Mayville's main facilities are in West Bend and Mayville, Wisconsin, and collectively span a whopping 630,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing space, indeed a full-time matter.

Indeck Power Equipment Company rents and sells steam-power systems and other industrial components used in the refinery, paper, textile, energy, chemical, manufacturing, municipal, food, and utility industries. Indeck, which was founded in 1960 as a boiler rental company, also sells water treatment systems, generators, HVAC systems, chillers, and auxiliary equipment. Although it's primarily a distributor, Indeck also manufactures water treatment systems, rebuilds steam equipment, and provides design and engineering services. Chairman Gerald Forsythe owns Indeck Power Equipment Company.

McMaster-Carr Supply Company distributes more than 480,000 mechanical, electrical, and utility products (98% of which are in stock), including air conditioners, clamps, drills, exhaust fans, generators, light bulbs, pipes, pumps, saws, switches, and valves. Family-owned, McMaster-Carr operates through five regional branches in the US that provide customer service, sales, warehousing, and management. Its Chicago headquarters drives IT, purchasing, merchandising, and electronic publishing. Customers order through an online or direct mail catalog. McMaster-Carr caters to industrial and commercial facilities, and federal agencies in the US and abroad.

Continental Packaging Solutions (formerly Continental Glass & Plastic) is confident in its ability to design and make packages and containers. Privately held since 1936, Continental Packaging Solutions company provides molding, label designs, and point-of-purchase displays, as well as consulting services. Continental Packaging Solutions has catered to such high-profile clients as Owens-Illinois, Silgan Plastics, Poly-Seal, and Liquid Container. Continental Packaging Solutions company has over a dozen office locations across the US and one in China. Continental Packaging Solutions is operated by the Giesen family.

Barloworld Handling LLC company, a division of South Africa-based Barloworld Limited, ranks as the world's largest independent lift truck company. It specializes in selling, renting, and leasing new and used Hyster brand equipment. The lineup of forklifts, lift trucks, and other warehouse and material handling equipment caters to manufacturers, warehouse operators, retailers, and government and military facilities. Barloworld Handling stocks OEM parts for Hyster, as well as Nissan, JLG, and Skyjack machinery. Other services include fleet management, training, and maintenance. Barloworld Handling operates throughout the southeastern US, Belgium, the Netherlands, and the UK.

Doncasters Group makes airfoils, casings, rings, and exhaust and combustion components, and other engineered products for use in aircraft engines. Other products include automotive turbochargers, and dies and tooling for the forging and casting industry. Doncasters also offers electromagnetic shielding services. It also manufactures precision components for equipment and vehicles used by the US armed forces. The company serves such customers as Boeing, GE Aircraft Engines, and Rolls-Royce.

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