Groupe Legris Industries has a leg up when it comes to industrial equipment and turnkey plant engineering. Its Savoye unit designs and builds logistics systems for warehousing and distribution centers, and operates throughout Europe. The Keyria unit designs systems to help build factories that make products for the building industry. The third unit, Clextral, designs and manufactures automated production lines from start to finish. Legris is present in over 75 countries with 40 sales subsidiaries in Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania, and the US. Holding company Frogate SAS controls about 60% of Legris; Chequers Capital owns more than a quarter. Legris Industries company was established in 1848 as a small valve factory in France.

The largest CNC machine tool builder in the Western World, Haas Automation manufactures a full line of CNC vertical and horizontal machining centers, CNC lathes, rotary tables and 5C indexers. Haas machine tools and rotary products are built to the exacting specifications of Gene Haas to deliver higher accuracy, repeatability and durability than any other machine tools on the market.Founded by Gene Haas in 1983, Haas Automation has always produced top-quality products at affordable prices. By relying on volume sales rather than per-unit profits to build the company, Haas Automation delivers more standard features, high-tech innovations and rock-solid engineering than perhaps any other CNC manufacturer in the world – and at better prices!

EOS GmbH Electro Optical Systems has its eye on the laser-sintering systems business. EOS company's products are divided into three divisions: EOSING P, which creates models, prototypes, and end products from plastic; EOSINT M, which produces parts and tooling for injection molding from metal powders; and EOSINT S, which allows direct production of molds and cores in foundry sand for metal casting. Customers include companies in the aerospace, automotive, electronics, medical, and robotics industries. EOS was founded by CEO and majority shareholder Hans Langer in 1989.

Chairman and founder Robert Atkins and his family owns Atkins Machinery. Atkins Machinery does not distribute gadgets designed to help you lose weight, unless you have an appetite for used textile equipment. Atkins Machinery company sells pre-owned equipment used in the textile industry. Atkins Machinery sells products such as fiber spinning and drawing equipment, fiber cutters, and knotting machines to customers around the globe. It also sells complete manufacturing plants.

Astec, a member company of the Asphalt Group at Astec Industries, designs and manufactures continuous and batch-process portable, relocatable, and stationary hot-mix asphalt (HMA) plants (Double Barrel-brand drum mixers, Six Pack-brand portable asphalt plants, Coater II facilities, and hot-mix storage silos), and soil and environmental remediation equipment. Astec also offers services that include plant safety, maintenance and operation, and emissions control classes for plant operators, service personnel, and superintendents. Astec company sells its products, new and used, around the world. Astec, Inc. was founded in 1972 by Al Guth, Gail Mize, Norm Smith (president), and Mike Uchytil (VP).

Caraustar Recovered Fiber Group (RFG), a division of Caraustar Industries, provides recovered fiber for use as paperboard through its processing plants and recycling centers located across the US. Recovered paper is processed into paperboard, which in turn is converted into products such as tubes, cores, composite containers, cartons, and custom packaging. Through its own facilities and through brokerage operations, Caraustar RFG distributes over a million tons of paper stock annually. Caraustar Industries filed Chapter 11 in May 2009; it reorganized and emerged as a private company in August 2009, after eliminating approximately $135 million in debt. Wayzata Investment Partners is the controlling stakeholder.

BAE Industries has stamping licked -- although in this case, it's metal stamping. BAE Industries, a subsidiary of Marisa Industries, manufactures metal stampings, assemblies, and mechanisms. The company's metal stampings are primarily used by the automotive industry and include suspension, instrument panel, door, and seating components. The mechanism assembly unit also serves the automotive market with the manufacturing of various latches, brackets, and levers. The company also offers design, engineering, prototyping, and other product development services.

Dayton Superior Corporation makes metal accessories and forms for keeping nonresidential concrete and masonry structures in place while under construction. Dayton Superior's sales come largely from lines comprising concrete accessories, such as anchoring and bracing for walls and bridge support framework. It also makes masonry products, welded dowel assemblies, paving products, and corrosion-preventing epoxy coatings and other chemicals. The company's rental equipment includes concrete forming systems and shoring systems. In 2009 Dayton Superior emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as a private company burdened by less debt and lower interest expenses.

Ziegler Inc. was founded in 1914 by W.H. Ziegler. Caterpillar dealership Ziegler Inc., also known as Ziegler Cat, sells and leases new and used Caterpillar brand equipment for multiple industries including construction, forestry, mining, and waste. With a large rural sales territory, Ziegler's also sells Challenger brand tractors and combines built by Agco Corp. (whose engines and components are made by CAT), and other ag equipment makers, as well as related industrial work tools. Sales are leveraged by stocking over 250,000 parts for Caterpillar and non-CAT equipment. Other services include product support and on-site maintenance.

PDQ Manufacturing makes touch-free car wash systems for those who want a clean car pretty darn quick. Its products include the LaserWash line of in-bay automatic washing systems, touted as the most popular in the world. PDQ also takes credit for a hybrid car wash system incorporating touch free and friction cleaning technology. PDQ Manufacturing company produces a line of drying equipment, too. Reaching customers online, its Internet-based wash system allows customers to purchase services from the operating cash wash's Web site. Wash systems are sold through equipment distributors, big box retailers, and convenience stores.

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