Crane & Co.'s early claim to fame was Paul Revere engraving banknotes on its paper during the American Revolution. Today, Crane company manufactures US currency paper and fine cotton papers used for business and personalized stationery, such as wedding invitations and thank you notes. Its nonwovens division makes paper-like materials, under brand names Craneglas and Cranemat, which are used in products ranging from automobiles to satellites. Crane & Co. has manufacturing operations in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and internationally in Sweden. Crane company is owned and managed by the seventh generation of the Crane family. Private equity firm Goldberg Lindsay & Co. also holds a minority stake.

Hirsch International Corp. company supplies single- and multi-head embroidery machines, embroidery supplies, machine parts, and software, as well as digital printers and textile lasers. Hirsch is the exclusive US distributor of Tajima Industries equipment (multiple-head embroidery machines), MHM screen printing equipment, SEIT textile bridge lasers, and other industry tech brands. Tajima-built equipment accounts for about 50% of sales. Core customers are manufacturers that produce thread, applique, and rhinestone-decorative apparel and accessories, uniforms, or sportswear, and apparel screenprinters and retailers.

Hyspan Precision manufactures an array of flexible metal tubular products. Its short list offers metal bellows, and expansion and ball joints (Hyspan or Barco), slip joints (Perma-Pax), and wire-braid flex joints. Subsidiary Universal Metal Hose churns out metal hoses (strip wound and corrugated), wire braid, tubing, nozzles, on to complete assemblies. Products are sold directly from manufacturing facilities in the US, a plant in Mexico, and through distributors and Hyspan's sales force, for such end uses as auto, highway, industrial OEM, and HVAC. US defense agencies are among Hyspan's top accounts.

FINN Corporation company manufactures a line of landscape and erosion control machinery, which are used for mulching, seed distribution, watering, fire and dust suppression, fertilizing, straw blowing, and other purposes. FINN also sells turf-enhancing additives such as plant hormones, microbial bacteria (to aid germination and fight disease), and polymers. Its customers include golf courses, land development companies, residential and commercial landscaping businesses, fire departments, sports fields, and farmers. Selling its products through dealers, FINN distributes throughout the US and Canada, and also distributes to select international markets.

VWR International company distributes more than 1,200,000 laboratory products used in a diversity of scientific research fields. Its vast supply ranges from chemicals to lab instruments to protective clothing, produced by major OEMs including Merck KGaA, Carl Zeiss, Kimberly Clark, and Welch Allyn. VWR's lineup is sold worldwide to more than 250,000 pharmaceutical and biotech customers, as well as industrial, governmental, and educational organizations. Other services include technical support, storeroom management, and supply chain systems integration. VWR International company nets about half of its sales in North America.

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.

Solaglas is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the worldwide Saint-Gobain Group. Solaglas company is the largest processor, distributor, installer and repairer of glass and glass systems in the UK. Formed in 1982 following the merger of two long-established glass companies, Clark Eaton and Doulton Glass, Solaglas became part of the Saint-Gobain Group in 1990, enabling it to draw on the vast global resources of the world’s leader in building products. With over 140 years of expertise in glass and glazing – and with a turnover in excess of £150 million – Solaglas employs around 1,500 people in the UK and is organised into four primary operating divisions. Solaglas has a nationwide business network supported by a divisional infrastructure. Solaglas company is organised into four divisions, based on activity and market. There are over 30 local businesses which are regionally responsive and structured to meet the demands of the local market.

Western Industries, Inc. is a leading full service manufacturer of premium, private label finished products and metal and large plastic components. We serve the appliance, outdoor living, recreational goods, and selected industrial markets. In many cases, Western serves as the "complete factory" for it's customers, making Western a strategic, value added partner. Please visit our Plastic and Engineered Products Group sites via the links above.

Rotork is the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of industrial valve actuators, valve control systems, valve gearboxes and accessories. Rotork’s global network of over 350 offices and representatives provides a localised single source for these products, supported by life-of-plant maintenance, repair and upgrade services.

Holophane and brand of Acuity Brands, Holophane makes lighting fixtures and systems for industrial, commercial, and outdoor markets. Its largest product line, industrial fixtures, features lighting for vast indoor spaces (retail spaces, convention centers, factories, warehouses, etc.). Holophane also makes lighting products for large outdoor areas such as highway interchanges, and it offers commercial and institutional lighting for schools and offices. Its ISD SuperGlass prismatic lighting technology allows reflectors to cast more light. Holophane was founded in 1895 in London, and its founder helped start the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America.

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