Jore makes power tool accessories and hand tools under retailers' private labels and for power tool manufacturers. Products include drill sets, driver bits, quick-change systems, and related accessories. Customers have included Stanley Black & Decker, and Sears. In addition to private-label manufacturing, Jore markets products under its Rocky Mountain Twist and Montana Brand names. The company was founded in 1990. It was acquired out of bankruptcy in 2002 by Western Mortgage and Realty for about $30 million.

Gefran S.p.A.company makes control systems, sensors, and instruments (indicators, inverters, timers, and solid state relays), as well as measuring systems for industrial processes such as electronics assembly and microelectronics fabrication. Its sensors measure force, pressure, humidity, and temperature; its pressure controllers and indicators are used in extrusion and injection-molding processes. Gefran also makes specialized computer systems for the rubber, plastics, food, and pharmaceutical industries. Chairman Ennio Franceschetti, along with his family, control Gefran S.p.A.

Tomboy Tools company markets hand tools, power tools, and garden tools in the US, Canada, and the UK that are designed to appeal to women. Tomboy Tools uses a direct-sales approach, similar to Tupperware's and Avon's methods, with independent representatives hosting parties where women learn how to use the company's tools. They are designed to fit a woman's smaller hand and to be lightweight "but effective" (the company claims). Operated by an all-female staff, Tomboy Tools was founded in 2000 by executives Janet Rickstrew and Mary Tatum. It boasts a 13,000 sq. ft. distribution facility near Denver and publishes the Tomboy Tribune newsletter.

The Japan Steel Works's (JSW) industrial and plastics machinery division manufactures general machinery such as deck cranes, magnesium alloy injection molding machines, and film and sheet machinery. JSW company makes steel castings and forgings, steel plates, pressure vessels, and steel structures. It also manages and sells real estate. JSW's customers range from shipbuilders and manufacturers to companies in the chemicals, petrochemicals, and utility industries. JSW gets approximately all of its sales from Japan.

The Oerlikon Group is one of the most innovative and research-intensive industrial groups in the world. Six of the company's business units are active in machine and plant engineering: textile machines, thin-film coating, production plants for thin-film silicon solar modules, vacuum systems, drive systems and "Advanced Technology". In 2010, more than 16,000 employees at 157 sites in 36 countries generated sales of CHF 1.6 billion.The leading technology solutions the Oerlikon Group provides enable our customers to achieve decisive advantages with end users - both industrial and commercial customers as well as private end consumers. Customers like Sony, Bosch, CMC, Kraft Foods, Ferrari, Reliance and Caterpillar use production technologies and components from Oerlikon to attain their own success with high-tech products: solar modules, cars, computers, machine tools, jeans, shirts, oil platforms, tyres - and much more. All Formula 1 engines receive a highly-resilient coating from Oerlikon to enhance their performance. 60 percent of all twines used in industrially manufactured rugs are produced on textile machines from Oerlikon. The most modern solar modules currently available today are made in Oerlikon thin-film coating plants.

Gerresheimer Glass Inc. company, a subsidiary of German glass maker Gerresheimer Glas, manufactures glassware for use as pharmaceutical, scientific, and laboratory equipment. Products include injection vials, ampoules, screw-cap bottles, dropper bottles, flasks, check sets, pharmaceutical packaging, and disposable specimen containers. The tubular division manufactures tubing and rods. Gerresheimer Glass Inc. company operates in China, Europe, Latin America, and the US. Founded as Kimble Glass in 1901 by Col. E. Kimble, Gerresheimer Glass Inc.company became a part of the Gerresheimer Glas portfolio of companies in 1994.

Rexnord Holdings, Inc. (RHI) is king in many North American markets. Its operating subsidiary RBS Global functions through two divisions: Process and Motion Control (formerly known as Power Transmission) and Water Management, which is made up of four companies, including Zurn Industries, Rodney Hunt, GA Industries, and Fontaine-Alliance. Process and Motion Control manufactures gears, couplings, industrial bearings, seals, and specialized components, under Rex, Falk, and Link-Belt brands. Its Water Management division provides products under the Zurn brand for professional grade specification plumbing and water control and treatment applications.

Park-Ohio Holdings is driven to look for trouble. The holding company, operating through Park-Ohio Industries and its subsidiaries, troubleshoots industrial supply chain logistics issues and makes a slew of fasteners and other industrial components. Its work straddles three business segments. Supply Technologies sources and procures more than 175,000 production components for OEMs in industries ranging from automotive to aerospace. Manufactured Products produces specialized systems and parts used in such industrial applications as coatings, forging, oil and gas, and rail. An Aluminum Products unit casts and machines metal parts -- knuckles, oil pans, cylinders -- used by auto, agricultural, construction, and marine OEMs.

Swan Industries is no ugly duckling when it comes to metal packaging. The Thai company manufactures metal cans for a variety of uses. Established in 1965, Swan's can products come in many shapes and forms -- round and rectangular, pail and drum, beverage and aerosol, to name a few. The company also makes cans for dried foods, milk powder, seafood, fruits, and vegetables. Commanding annual revenues north of $100 million, Swan's manufacturing is supported by four domestic plants in Thailand. Ancillary services like research and development, marketing, and technical support are offered to Swan customers.

Aalberts Industries is an international group of industrial companies with two, mutually reinforcing, core activities: Industrial Services and Flow Control.The group companies are leading players in their respective markets and constantly strive to strengthen this position. The ways in which this is achieved include a continuous process of innovation in terms of products, systems and processes combined with a focused market approach. Aalberts Industries’ decentralised organisational structure in which responsibility for the day-to-day operations rests with the management of the groupcompanies stimulates entrepreneurship. Group company managements report business progress to the holding company on a regular basis. There is also frequent contact between the Management Board and the group company managements.Aalberts Industries continuously strengthens its leading market positions through a combination of profitable organic growth and the selective acquisition of complementary companies that fit within the strategy. Focused diversification, a steady increase in earnings per share and solid balance sheet ratios are key.Aalberts Industries has been quoted on the stock exchange since 1987. At the end of 2009 Aalberts Industries employed around 10,000 people who worked in more than 140 group companies in over 30 countries. Revenue for 2009 amounted to EUR 1,405 million.

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