Portola Packaging is one of the largest manufacturers of tamper-evident plastic closures and plastic containers for the dairy, juice, and food industries. Portola keeps its customers satisfied by not only manufacturing high-quality closures, but by designing and building supporting packaging equipment and providing fast, global technical service. Our company has strategically located manufacturing plants worldwide to provide customers with the fastest and most efficient service.

Incorporated in 1957, Harland M. Braun & Co. has been supplying tanners throughout the world with quality hides and skins for over 50 years. Our founder, Mr. Harland Braun, was a pioneer in marketing of U.S.A. cattle hides and skins in the Asian tanning markets and was well known for his knowledge and integrity. Harland M. Braun & Co., with it's wholly owned subsidiary Braun.Export, continues to be a leading supplier of quality North American raw material to the world tanning industry. Harland M. Braun & Co. has been a long time member of both the United States Hide, Skin and Leather Association as well as the Leather Industries of America. Numerous members of the Braun & Co. staff have served on the boards of both trade organizations and our president, Mike Hamilton, was a two term chairman of the board for the USHLA. Export, continues to be a leading supplier of quality North American raw material to the world tanning industry. Harland M. Braun & Co. has been a long time member of both the United States Hide, Skin and Leather Association as well as the Leather Industries of America. Numerous members of the Braun & Co. staff have served on the boards of both trade organizations and our president, Mike Hamilton, was a two term chairman of the board for the USHLA.

Founded as a workshop for precision mechanics and optics in the German city of Jena in 1846, Carl Zeiss is today a global leader in the optical and opto-electronic industries. There are currently approx. 13,000 employees in the Group. We have offices in over 30 countries and are represented in more than 100 countries, with production centers in Europe, North America, Central America and Asia. The company’s headquarters are located in Oberkochen, Germany, in northeastern Baden-Wurttemberg.Our most important task, as we see it, is to enable science and technology to go beyond what man can see. “We make it visible.” – our corporate slogan, and our promise to our customers to open doors that were previously sealed.We are market leaders in the majority of our fields. We offer an extraordinary spectrum of leading-edge solutions and products.

Siemens Holdings has had a presence in the UK since 1843. The Siemens UK portfolio of companies provides services and designs, develops, and manufactures electrical and electronic systems through its parent company's global business sectors: Industry (customized motors, fire safety systems, water treatment, high speed trains); Energy (industrial gas and wind turbines, power quality and transmission); and Healthcare (scanners, laboratory automation, and hearing systems). More than half of UK revenues come from the provision of services. Siemens plc's client roster includes Barclays and Citigroup.

Hardinge company makes industrial machine tools for small and mid-sized shops that turn out machined parts for the aerospace, automotive, construction, medical equipment, and farm equipment industries. The company's precision turning and grinding machine tools shape metal, composites, and plastics. Its computer-controlled machines cut either horizontally or vertically and can be connected to automatic material feeders for unattended machining. Hardinge also offers a line of work- and tool-holding devices. The company gets almost 70% of its sales outside of North America, predominantly in Western Europe. Hardinge has manufacturing facilities in China, Switzerland, Taiwan, and the US.

ACS Industries, Inc. is the world leader in engineered knitted wire mesh solutions. Founded in Providence, Rhode Island in 1939, American Copper Sponge, Inc. manufactured just that: knitted copper sponges. In fact, our original knitted wire mesh air and grease filters, first put to market in 1946, were originally products of excess knitting capacity. After experiencing heavy growth in the knitted wire mesh business unit and moving the corporate headquarters to Lincoln, RI in 1959, management changed the company’s name to ACS Industries, Inc. in 1960.Today, ACS Industries, Inc. leads the industry in knitted wire mesh technologies and is ready take on our customers’ most difficult and important projects. As the world’s largest vertically integrated knitted wire mesh manufacturer, we are able to offer competitive pricing and short lead times. In addition, we have worked extensively with automotive Original Equipment Manufactures (OEMs) and Tier I Suppliers, affiliations that require our quality control measures and standards to be second to none.ACS is a multinational organization. From our industry leading research and development lab and corporate headquarters in Lincoln, Rhode Island, to our production facilities in Monterrey, Mexico and Shanghai, China and our regional sales offices throughout the world we have assets in place allowing us to serve customers in every geographic region.

Global Power Equipment Group (GPEG) doesn't let global power go to its head, but to its bottom line. The company operates through several manufacturing and design businesses, supplying heat recovery and auxiliary power equipment to OEMs, as well as engineering and construction, and power generation and process industries. A service segment offers upgrades and maintenance services to utility and industrial companies. Auxiliary parts for natural gas-fired turbines are made under the Braden Manufacturing and Consolidated Fabricators brands, and heat recovery boilers under Deltak. Williams Industrial Services assists in nuclear and hydroelectric power plant maintenance. North America represents 90% of GPEG's sales.

Nippon Sheet Glass (NSG) makes products for people who live in glass houses. Nippon Sheet Glass company makes glass and glazing products for the automotive, building products, and specialty glass markets; this includes flat glass, fiber optics, display glass, photovoltaics, and specialty glass fiber. Other product groups include safety and construction-material glass which includes tempered glass, water-repellent glass, laminated glass, self-cleaning, and vacuum glass. NSG also makes optical lenses, air filters, and battery separators. Customers include construction firms and electronics and automobile makers, primarily in Japan. As of June 2006 Nippon Sheet Glass company owns 100% of UK-based glassmaker Pilkington.

Philips Lighting Business Unit Professional Luminaires North America (formerly The Genlyte Group) wants everyone to lighten up. The company, a unit of Dutch-based Royal Philips Electronics, is a leading North American designer and manufacturer of a wide range of indoor and outdoor lighting products for the incandescent, fluorescent, emergency, high-intensity discharge (HID), down lighting, medical, and commercial decorative lighting and niche markets. More than 80% of the company's products are made in its 35 North American facilities, and include brand names such as Bronzelite, Capri/Omega, Day-Brite, Lightolier, and Wide-Lite. The Genlyte Group was purchased by Royal Philips Electronics in early 2008.

Donaldson Company makes filtration systems designed to remove contaminants from air and liquids. Donaldson's engine products business makes air intake and exhaust systems, liquid-filtration systems, and replacement parts; products are sold to manufacturers of construction, mining, and transportation equipment, as well as parts distributors and fleet operators. The company's industrial products include dust, fume, and mist collectors and air filtration systems used in industrial gas turbines, computer disk drives, and manufacturers' clean rooms. Donaldson has more than 100 locations worldwide, including 40 manufacturing plants.

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