Asahi/America, Inc. ("Asahi"), is a diversified ISO9001 certified manufacturer and distributor of corrosion-resistant fluid flow products. These include a wide variety of thermoplastic valves, actuators, flow meters, tubing systems, and single and double containment piping systems. These products are used for the control, transmission, and containment of corrosive fluids and high-purity liquids, certain flammable gases, and compressed air.Asahi helped pioneer the market for thermoplastic valves in the United States and Latin America, during a time when there was no viable alternative to metal for piping systems. Asahi began by distributing valves and piping products from a Japanese company known as Asahi Organic Chemical Company ("AOC"). Through increased distributor and end user education and experience, thermoplastics have grown steadily in acceptance. While Asahi still imports a number of products from AOC, the actuators, flow meters, and certain valves are currently manufactured at the 100,000 square foot headquarters in Malden, Massachusetts.Nationally recognized as a leader in the environmental service industry, Asahi with its Austrian business partner, Agru, have developed and patented pivotal products and systems, which directly address the new requirements mandated by the EPA. Also, within its Clean Room, Asahi utilizes Agru's high purity PVDF and unpigmented, natural polypropylene components to fabricate and test assemblies for R&D and ultra high purity applications. To meet the strictest of manufacturing standards, Asahi maintains its own DI water line and monitors air quality on a continuous basis.Asahi has one of the industry's largest distributor networks with nearly 500 locations nationally and throughout Latin America. Customers include the world's leading manufacturers in the chemical and petrochemical, mining, pulp and paper, plating, pharmaceutical, food, and semiconductor industries. Additionally, Asahi has developed a strong presence in municipal and industrial water and wastewater treatment, aquariums, landfill recovery, and theme park and cruise ship construction.

NTN Corporation company manufactures metal and plastic bearings (from one millimeter to five meters in diameter) for use in almost any machine or mechanical system, including automobiles, jet engines, stereos, computers, and household appliances. NTN also makes precision processing and automated production equipment used in the high-tech industry, including CD inspection and LCD repair systems. NTN's automated production equipment includes bearings, spindles, and positioning tables. NTN also supplies the automobile industry with constant velocity joints (CVJ) that are used in four-wheel drive and independent suspension vehicles. Asia represents the company's largest market.

Sumitomo Rubber is on a roll and stays in the swing of things just sitting on the dock of a bay. A key player in the Sumitomo Rubber Group, Sumitomo Rubber Industries company is Japan's #2-maker of passenger, truck, and racecar tires. Its line offers aluminum car wheels, too. Sumitomo Rubber allies with Goodyear Tire & Rubber to make and sell Goodyear-brands in Japan, and Goodyear makes and markets Sumitomo's Dunlop brand tires in North America and Europe. Procurement and technological development are also linked. Sumitomo's smaller sister operations, SRI Sports, makes golf and tennis gear and SRI Hybrid, industrial wares such as precision rubber components for office automation equipment and marine products, dock fenders to skirts.

Freeman & Proctor is a contract manufacturer of fabricated tube and pipe assemblies used in the the aerospace and automotive industries. Services include tube manipulation, fabrication, machining, tool making, and prototype design and manufacturing. It offers welding and brazing of most ferrous and non-ferrous materials, particularly titanium and stainless steel. Its pipe assemblies are used in air, hydraulic, and fuel systems in aerospace engines, while its suspension parts and roll cages are used in high-performance race cars. The company uses computer-aided design to develop new products in its UK facility. Freeman & Proctor was founded in 1949.

Cameron Valves & Measurement (V&M) group enters the field. A division of oilfield services company Cameron International, V&M manufactures a slate of actuators, chokes, and valves for the petroleum and process industry. Its products help direct, control, and measure the flow of oil and gas from wellheads to refineries and power generation plants. Customers are oil and gas majors and independents, construction companies, pipeline operators, and drilling contractors. V&M lines are known by brands such as Demco (butterfly and gate valves), Thornhill Craver (chokes), Navco (ball and gate valves), and NuFlo (measurement systems).

Velocys is a chemical processor manufacturer that works with oil, gas, and fuel companies to provide them with cost-efficient technologies, methods, and services for their chemical processing, production system, and regulation system needs. Velocys also caters to the military by providing logistical supply lines, such as cryogenic cooling systems, man-portable devices, and protection from chemical attack. In late 2008 the UK's Oxford Catalysts Group acquired Velocys in a $35 million reverse acquisition. The two companies have been collaborating since May 2007.

SystemOne Technologies, Inc. (STI) engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of recycling industrial parts washing products for use in the automotive, aviation, marine, and general industrial repair markets. SystemOne Technologies company’s product line incorporates resource recovery and waste minimization technologies to distill contaminated solvents. STI’s product lines include SystemOne general parts washer, which provides users with pure mineral spirit solvent for parts and tools cleaning purposes; SystemOne mobile washer, a mobile telescoping mini-parts washer; and SystemOne spray gun washer, for paint thinner recovery. SystemOne company sells its products primarily through automotive lubrication distributors and automotive services equipment distributors in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, and Mexico.

PSB Industries SA company specializes in creating and manufacturing packaging products, particularly for the beauty industry. PSB Industries' subsidiaries include Baikowski, which makes ultra-pure alumina powder and other fine mineral oxides for industrial use; CGL Pack, which makes custom packaging; and Texen, which specializes in plastic injection for beauty products packaging. PSB Industries has operations in France, Japan, Mexico, and the US. In 2008 Texen bought Mar-Lee Companies, an American maker of precision injection molds.

Fiber is an important part of one's diet; OFS BrightWave's fiber optics are an important part of network connectivity. The company's fiber-optic cable products include central tube, fusion splicers, specialty photonics, loose tube, ribbon, air-blown fiber cables, and connectivity components. Furukawa Electric acquired the optical fiber cable business of Lucent (now Alcatel-Lucent) and formed OFS BrightWave and its sister company, OFS Fitel, which makes optical fibers and related products. The OFS group operates additional fiber-optic plants in Denmark, Germany, Russia, and across the US, and has sales offices around the world.

General Cable Corporation is engaged in developing, designing, manufacturing, marketing, distributing and installing copper, aluminum and fiber optic wire and cable products. The Company operates in three segments based on geographic regions: North America, Europe and North Africa, and Rest of World (ROW), which consists of operations in Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East and Asia Pacific. It sells a variety of copper, aluminum and fiber optic wire and cable products. As of December 31, 2009, the Company manufactures its product lines in 44 facilities including two facilities owned by companies, in which the Company has an equity investment and sells its products worldwide through its global operations. The products of the Company include Electric Utility products, Electrical Infrastructure products, Construction products, Communication products, and Rod Mill products. In August 2009, the Company acquired Gepco International, Inc. and Isotec, Inc. (collectively, Gepco).

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