Shurtape Technologies is on a roll and holding strong. Its tape products include: masking and paper, foil and film, double-coated, cloth and duct, and specialty (insulation and printable). Applications for Shurtape's products include packaging and project, industrial, retail, HVAC, arts and entertainment, professional paint, auto, marine, and aerospace. Shurtape is a global business with manufacturing plants in the US and Canada, and converting plants in China, Germany, Mexico, Peru, and the United Arab Emirates. The company derives its name from its original parent, Shurford Mills, which began as a maker of textile yarns and a leading manufacturer of cordage and twine.

Lizhan Environmental uses scrap leather and other local materials to produce synthetic leather and other fabrics for furniture, auto upholstery, and clothing manufacturers as well as for fabric distributors. It sells its products domestically and exports to the US and a handful of other countries. A majority of sales come from recycled leather fabric though the company, through subsidiary Hongzhan, is developing an environmentally friendly imitation leather called Evergreen for the auto upholstery market. Lizhan filed to go public in mid-2010.

Coroplast, Inc. company is North America's largest manufacturer of corrugated plastic sheet for sign substrate and returnable packaging markets. Its lineup touts a range of colors, graphics, and additives for flame resistance, UV protection, corrosive inhibitors, and other functional buffers. Coroplast caters to blue chip customers through a network of independent distributors. Exxon tapped the line to supply its name change from Esso/Humble Oil at stations across North America. Coroplast is a division of Great Pacific Enterprises, a US subsidiary of Canadian giant Jim Pattison Group.

German and Italian, GILDEMEISTER Italiana is a specialist maker of multi-spindle automatic lathes. GILDEMEISTER company also makes universal lathes, computer numerical control Swiss-type lathes, and other machine tools and accessories. It sells itself as being expert in "straight turning" technology, in which the length of the turned parts are quite a bit larger than the diameter. GILDEMEISTER Italiana has production facilities in Brembate di Sopra, Castelleone, and Tortona, Italy. Along with parent company GILDEMEISTER AG, the group aims to dominate the global lathe market.

Herrenknecht AG was originally founded as Herrenknecht GmbH in 1977 by Martin Herrenknecht (the name was changed in 1998). Herrenknecht AG company manufactures tunnel boring machines that can bore through various geological conditions. Herrenknecht also offers consulting and site management services and collaborates with contractors to complete the excavation process. The company's business units include traffic and utility tunneling and geothermal explorations. Based in Schwanau, Germany, Herrenknecht serves several international markets through more than 40 subsidiaries operating in China, Russia, the US, and countries in Europe and other regions.

Thermadyne makes gas (oxy-fuel) and electric arc cutting and welding products for customers in the aerospace, automotive, construction, metal fabrication, mining, petroleum, and shipbuilding industries. Thermadyne's products include automatic welding equipment, cutting and welding torches, plasma power supplies, engine-driven welders, welding wires, and plasma cutting systems. Its brands include Cigweld, Firepower, Thermal Dynamics, Tweco, Victor, and Weldskill. Although Thermadyne has operations around the globe, the US accounts for over 50% of sales.

Gregory Poole Equipment Company provides construction and material handling equipment, agricultural equipment, stand-by power systems, truck and marine engines, and industrial cleaning supplies, as well as parts and maintenance services. Gregory Poole began distributing AGCO's Ag-Chem branded fertilizizing products in 2008. The company sells and rents new and used equipment from more than a dozen facilities throughout North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. Gregory Poole was founded in eastern North Carolina in 1951 by James Gregory Poole Sr. and his uncle William Gregory.

LEONI is a global supplier of wires, optical fibers, cables and cable systems as well as related development services for applications in the automotive business and other industries. The group of companies, which is listed on the German MDAX, employs around 50,000 people in 36 countries and generated consolidated sales of EUR 2.16 billion in 2009. LEONI develops and makes technically sophisticated products: from single-core auto-motive cables through to complete wiring systems with integrated electronics. Moreover, LEONI’s product range comprises wires and strands,fiber optic cables standardised cables as well as special cables and wiring systems for applications in various markets.

Standex International Corporation operates as a diversified manufacturing company worldwide. Its Food Service Equipment Group segment manufactures commercial food service equipment for restaurants, convenience stores, quick-service restaurants, supermarkets, and drug stores, as well as institutions, such as hotels, casinos, and cafeterias. This segment also offers refrigerated cabinets, cases, display units, coolers, and freezers; refrigeration systems and cases; commercial ovens, griddles, char broilers, and toasters; custom-fabricated food service counters, buffet tables, and cabinets; commercial cook and hold units, rotisseries, pressure fryers, and baking equipment; and rotary vane pumps used in beverage and industrial fluid handling applications. Standex International Corporation's Air Distribution Products Group segment manufactures metal duct and fittings for residential heating, ventilating, and air conditioning applications. Its Engraving segment offers texturizing molds used in the production of plastic components. This segment also produces embossed and engraved rolls and plates, as well as process tooling and machinery serving the automotive, plastics, building products, synthetic materials, converting, textile and paper industry, computer, houseware, and construction industries. Standex International Corporation company's Electronics and Hydraulics Group segment provides single and double acting telescopic and piston rod hydraulic cylinders to manufacturers of dump truck and dump trailers, and other material handling applications.

Herr-Voss Stamco (formerly Herr-Voss) makes and installs heavy industrial equipment, primarily for the metals processing industries. Its products include machines that cut, join, level, clean, and coat metals in coil or sheet form for use in metal-producing plants and forge shops. Herr-Voss also offers automated sheet packaging systems and coil-processing equipment components. It provides services such as roll grinding and reconditioning, as well as turnkey services from design and installation to start-up and training. Coil-processing giant Genesis Worldwide II combined Herr-Voss with Stamco in 2003.

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