Founded in 1989, Nicholl Food Packaging manufactures aluminum foil containers primarily for bakery wholesalers, catering distributors, cash-and-carry outlets, and the food-processing industry. Products include foil containers (compartmental, patty pans and cups, medium rounds, oblongs and ovals), aluminum lids (foil board laminate, microwavable boards, heat seal film, and transparent domes), smoothwalls (dessert range and rectangular and round), and trivets. Nicholl Food Packaging Limited company also manufactures hand-closing and dispensing machinery. US-based investment firm Audax Group owns Nicholl Food Packaging Limited company.

KONE began its elevator business on the ground floor and is working its way up. The US subsidiary of Finland's KONE sells, manufactures, upgrades, and maintains elevators, escalators, and automatic building doors. The KONE EcoSpace line of elevators is an environmentally friendly (using no oil) traction elevator that offers more space while conserving energy for residential, office, and public access use. Other brand names include the KONE HH Series and MX Series line of hydraulic elevators, as well as the KONE EcoSystem MR elevator. KONE USA accounts for about one-fifth of its parent company's elevator and escalator sales.

Von Roll has rolled out a new business segment -- Von Roll Elco Transformers -- and added it to its existing portfolio which includes Von Roll Insulation and Von Roll Composites. Its insulation products are used in generators, motors, switchgears, and transformers. Its composite materials are used in industries ranging from paper production to household appliance manufacturing, as well as ballistic protection, electricity distribution, cable protection, and transportation. Von Roll Holding Ltd. company has supplied its wares to customers including ABB, Alstom, Emerson Electric, General Electric, and Toshiba. Von Roll is represented in 19 countries, and staffs over 3,000 employees at 32 sites.

Building Automation Products, Inc. (BAPI) didn't design George Jetson's house, but it does help to keep things cool. Building Automation company manufactures temperature, humidity, air quality, and pressure sensors used by the heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC/R) industry. It makes AC-to-DC voltage converters, as well as wireless transmitters and receivers that can sense and transmit air quality information from up to 100 feet. BAPI, which was founded in 1993 in Cross Plains, Wisconsin, markets its products both in the US and worldwide through company distributors.

Xela Pack excels at packing a promotional punch. Xela Pack company supplies sample and trial packaging in a variety of sizes and shapes for liquid, cream, and gel-type cosmetics, as well as pharmaceutical powders and pills, and viscous food and household products. Its primary packaging product, the Xela Pack, is a sample-sized plastic- or foil-lined paper container. Xela Pack also makes coupon packs, product information cards, mailers, dispensers, and point-of-purchase displays. Xela Pack company, which touts its products' low impact on the environment, provides contract packaging and private-label services to top manufacturers Nutraceutical, Bert's Bees, and Watkins. Xela Pack was founded in 1986 by president Al Gentile.

Capsonic Group specializes in high-volume production of custom molded plastic inserts and composites. Its products include connectors for electronics and vehicles; sensors for telecommunication devices; switch bases for power tools; and brush holders for office machines and appliances. About half of its sales are from automakers and component makers, such as GM, Ford, and Hewlett-Packard. Capsonic company operates a plant housing 50 30-ton to 300-ton presses that bind multiple plastic and metal materials to create one part. Its services include product design and prototyping. Sister company Capsonic Automotive produces solenoid switches and lighting components.

ESAB Holdings is one of the world's largest manufacturers of welding and cutting equipment, welding consumables, and welding automation systems used in gas and electric welding. ESAB company's products include welding electrodes, gas cylinder valves, and medical equipment. ESAB serves customers in the automotive, construction, fabrication, power generation, and shipbuilding industries. ESAB company is owned by Charter International. Elektriska Svetsnings-Aktiebolaget (ESAB) was established in 1904 in Sweden. Four companies merged in 1989 to form the current business, which was acquired by Charter in 1994. ESAB has manufacturing operations in China, Germany, Sweden, and the US, with distributors located worldwide.

Founded in 1922 by J. McWilliams "Mac" Stone Sr., Dukane was acquired in an MBO in 2005. The diversified maker and marketer's Audio Visual division plies an array of video projectors, cameras, screens, and flat- panel monitors. The lineup is sold to customers looking for some visual aid, from business to government, schools, and churches. Microprocessor-controlled ultrasonic joining equipment, for plastics assembly, is supplied by Dukane's Intelligent Assembly. This division courts big assembly operations, such as automotive, aerospace, and appliance, as well as smaller operations like electronics and toys.

Although Sequana Capital capitalized on a sequence of businesses, Sequana Capital company -- which was called Worms & Cie for more than a century -- now focuses on paper manufacturing and distribution. Wholly owned subsidiary ArjoWiggins, a paper manufacturer and distributor, represents the company's largest business segment. It operates 25-plus paper mills spread throughout Asia, Latin America, and North America. Sequana Capital also owns paper products distributor Antalis, which operates in more than 50 countries around the globe. The firm changed its name to Sequana Capital in 2005; Sequana translates to "seine" in Latin, meaning "to fish."

RPC Group is Europe's leading rigid plastic packaging manufacturer and is unusual in that it is able to offer products made by all three conversion processes, blow moulding, injection moulding and thermoforming. It has 41 operations in 11 countries and employs just under 6,000 people. RPC services a comprehensive range of customers, from the largest European manufacturers of consumer products to the smallest national businesses. It has particularly strong positions in the beauty and personal care sector, the vending and drinking cup market, the margarine industry, and in multi-layer sheet and packs for oxygen sensitive food products. Our objectives are to further strengthen RPC’s position in these and other sectors of the European market where we can have a significant presence in the market, be in the forefront in product design and development, and have sufficient size to enable us to optimise our production process.

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