Topline Products Company is just as dependent on its bottom line as the next guy. The firm, a manufacturer of cosmetics and fragrance packaging, was founded in 1975. Its product offerings include dial-up lipstick holders, lip gloss containers, compacts, makeup jars and pots, and eyeliner bottles. In addition to packaging components, Topline also creates finished (or "filled") products, and an array of personal care formulas for the cosmetic and fragrance industries. The company's products are made at its five facilities in China, and sold worldwide through sales offices in Los Angeles and Paris. Customers include L'Oreal USA.

Bearing Distributors, Inc. (BDI), a unit of Forge Industries, distributes industrial products to manufacturers and provides maintenance and repair services, as well as training and inventory management. Its offerings include bearings, mechanical and electrical power transmission products, material handling systems, motion control products, fluid power products, sealing products, filtration products, hoses and fittings, lubricants, and adhesives. BDI serves customers throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Bearing Distributors which began as a regional Midwestern distributor in 1935, now has more than 130 offices in 10 countries.

Ball Packaging Europe is one of the leading beverage can producers in Europe. A wholly-owned subsidiary of Ball Corporation, an international producer of high quality packaging, Ball Packaging Europe reported turnover of EUR 1.2 billion in 2009 with 2,600 employees.Twelve production plants situated in close proximity to clients in Germany, France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Poland and Serbia ensure that the company has extensive presence both in the traditional core markets of western Europe and also in the significant growth regions of eastern and southern Europe.In the Technical Centre, the research & development centre in Germany, scientists and engineers work constantly to enhance product features and production processes and to develop innovations to tap new product segments.The range of products and services provided by Ball Packaging Europe comprises two-piece beverage cans made of tinplate and aluminum for beer, carbonated soft drinks, mineral water, fruit juices, milk and yoghurt drinks, coffee and alcopops.With an annual capacity of some 14 billion units and a market share of around 30 %, Ball Packaging Europe is the number 2 in the European beverage can market.

Holliston company produces fabrics for a myriad of coating applications. ICG/Holliston manufactures book cloth used to cover books ranging from best-sellers to textbooks and loose-leaf binders. Other products include cloth and vinyl substrates used for applications such as labels, cloth tapes, abrasive backing, and containers. Customers include the building materials, publishing, fragrance packaging, and album/looseleaf industries. The company, formerly Industrial Coatings Group (ICG), acquired Holliston Mills in 1998; both companies were founded in the late 1800s. The company has sold its sign and banner business line to Avery Dennison.

Unette Corporation is a contract manufacturer and packing services firm for the personal care and household products industries. The company, whose mainstay is single-use tubes, operates out of a 90,000 sq. ft. warehouse. Unette's also provides recloseable tube and jar filling services. Its customers include Estae Lauder, 3M, Procter & Gamble, Mattel, Hasbro, and others. Unette has been in operation since 1955, when founder Frank Brown invented the first tear-top plastic tubes (more commonly known as squeeze tubes).

Abrafab was founded in 1985. Abrafab manufactures coated abrasive industrial supplies -- no wand necessary. Abrafab company's products include belts, flap wheels, and abrasive discs. Manufacturers in a range of industries use its products to clean, grind, polish, and sand such materials as metal, plastic, rubber, and wood. Abrafab's customers are based primarily in North America, served by a network of industrial distributors. Customers may also place orders online, through Abrafab's Web site. Abrafab company is ISO 9001-certified for total quality control.

The US operations of global manufacturing conglomerate ABB have built a presence in dozens of industries. Like its Swiss parent company, ABB Inc. operates in two main areas -- automation technologies and power technologies -- and serves customers in the power utilities, chemicals, oil and gas, and industrial process industries. ABB Inc.'s products include controls and instrumentation, robotics, switches, motors, transformers, and power electronics. It also offers various consulting, repair, and outsourcing services. Although ABB Inc. has acted independently in the past, its parent has brought it under the umbrella of a central management structure.

Parkdale Mills cotton and cotton-polyester blend yarns and specializes in spun yarn that winds up in such goods as sheets, towels, underwear, and jeans. Parkdale Mills' global slate of customers include Jockey International, Lands' End, L.L. Bean, and Springmaid. The company operates and owns 66% of Parkdale America, a joint venture with polyester and nylon yarn maker Unifi. The company has about two dozen plants in the US, Columbia, and Mexico, and a fiber research center. Its cotton consumption represents 30% of total US cotton demand.

Founded in 1883 as a bottling company, the Slingsby family continues to play a role in the company's operations through ownership stakes and managerial roles. H.C. Slingsby p.l.c. company manufactures and distributes a wide range of equipment and fixtures with commercial and industrial applications. Slingsby offers its more than 35,000 products by catalog or through its Web site, selling hand trucks, lockers, storage bins, time clocks, and a variety of other safety, security, and storage equipment.

USHIO America discharges its duties by designing, manufacturing, and distributing discharge and halogen lighting. A subsidiary of USHIO, the company has an arsenal of over 4,000 general and specialty lighting products. Its main customers are in the biotechnology, electronics, image information processing, medical, and semiconductor industries. Ushio America's sister affiliate production bases include Ushio America-Oregon, USHIO Philippines, BLV Licht-und Vakuumetechnik GmbH, Taiwan USHIO Lighting, and USHIO Hong Kong. The company puts a high premium on the research and development of advanced photon and electron beam technology and their adaptation for use in industrial lighting and processing equipment.

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