The thought of folks soaking up bubbles in a MAAX Bath tub gives this company maximum joy. MAAX designs and manufactures acrylic, fiberglass, and thermoplastic bathtubs and showers under a dozen brands, including Advanta, Coleman Spas, Keystone, Maax, Nahanni, and Pearl. Other products include shower doors, faucets, cabinets, and medicine cabinets. MAAX Bath Inc. company sells to plumbing wholesalers, hardware stores and superstores, specialty showrooms, and distributors. In 2008 MAAX's assets were acquired by Tricap Partners Ltd., a private equity fund managed by Brookfield Asset Management.

Elkhart Products manufactures wrot copper and cast fittings, including couplings, elbows, tees, hangers, and adapters, used by residential and commercial plumbing and industrial flow control markets in the US and Canada. Elkhart Products company also serves the automotive and air conditioning and refrigeration industries and provides custom tubular fabrication work. Formerly a subsidiary of Amcast Industrial Corporation (which acquired Elkhart Products in 1983), Elkhart Products company was sold to Aalberts Industries N.V. in 2004. Aalberts Industries has more than 150 industrial services and flow control production facilities worldwide.

M-real is for real. M-real Oyj produces about 6 million tons of paper and paperboard a year. M-real's paper offerings include coated papers for printing and publishing, specialty papers, and uncoated fine paper. The company's consumer packaging segment makes raw paperboard used in packaging and promotional material, and creates finished consumer packaging and advertising products. M-real's merchanting network supplies company-made products as well as products made by others throughout Europe.

Culp, Inc is one of the world's largest makers of furniture upholstery fabrics and mattress fabrics (known as ticking). Its upholstery fabrics include wovens (jacquards and dobbies), knits, screen-prints, and velvets (woven and tufted). Its fabrics are used in upholstering residential and commercial furniture such as recliners, sofas, and love seats. Its ticking is used for covering mattresses and box springs. Major customers include furniture makers Bassett, Furniture Brands International, and La-Z-Boy (12% of sales), and mattress makers Sealy and Serta. US customers account for about 80% of sales. Culp has eight manufacturing plants in the US, Canada, and China.

Surface Transforms manufactures high-performance carbon fiber ceramic products used for the aerospace, defense, and transportation industries. Surface Transforms's products include aerospace components; armor plating; ceramic brakes and clutches for automobiles, trains, and aircraft; and rocket motor systems. Surface Transforms' customers include Roxel UK, Dunlop Aerospace, and the UK Ministry of Defence. It is increasingly looking for more commercial applications of its products and to expand its customer base internationally. All of Surface Transforms' research, development, and manufacturing is conducted at its plant in the UK.

Genesis Worldwide II has had metal manufacturing on its mind. Operating through its Herr-Voss Stamco business segment, Genesis Worldwide II company makes metal coil processing equipment used by steel and aluminum mills and mini-mills, ferrous and nonferrous supply centers, and end users of coiled metals. Products include tension leveling, cut-to-length, slitting, coating, and multi-blanking machines and packaging systems. Genesis Worldwide II company also provides such services as mill roll reconditioning, texturing, and grinding along with rebuilding, repair, and spare parts sales. Genesis II is held by HVS Acquisition, Inc., an affiliate of private equity firm Grey Mountain Partners.

Metals, glass, and polymers: the must-have anti-aging materials of Furukawa Electric. The 125-year-old company has applied these basics to stay on the cutting edge of five principal businesses -- light metals (aluminum sheets and plates, and extruded products); metals (copper strips and pipes, plating, and electrolytic copper foils); energy and industrial products (wires, power cables, plastic electrical products); electronics and automotive systems (automotive components, batteries, electronics parts, magnet wire); and telecommunications (fiber optics and network equipment). Japan represents about 70% of its sales. Furukawa Electric's other markets include North America and countries in Asia, including China.

Kuraki, founded in 1938, has sales and service offices in China, Germany, Japan, Singapore, and the US. Kuraki company makes sales directly and through a network of independent distributors. Textile manufacturer Kurabo Industries owns 49% of Kuraki. Kuraki manufactures machine tools used primarily for metal boring applications. Its products include horizontal boring mills, horizontal milling machines, axis profilers, and other metalworking equipment.

Ropak Corporation company manufactures and sells open-head and closed-head plastic containers for commercial packaging applications. Its line includes rigid-plastic storage and shipping containers, which hold a myriad of liquid and dry industrial products, and consumer food and nonfood items. Containers are made in a breadth of shapes and sizes, and feature Ropak's patented EZ covers, often with photorealistic wrap-around-the-corner graphics or in-mold labeling. Among many, Ropak caters to Amway, Clorox, Nestle, and Procter & Gamble. Ropak operates as a division of packaging manufacturer LINPAC, with manufacturing facilities throughout the US and Canada.

Albany International Corp makes paper machine clothing (PMC, custom-made fabrics and belts that move paper stock through each phase of production). It markets these products to paper mills worldwide through a direct sales staff. Its five business segments, which cover diverse industries, include PMC, along with Albany Door Systems (ADS, industrial fabric doors, such as aircraft hangar and dock doors); Albany Engineered Composites (AEC, for aerospace and high-tech applications); Albany Engineered Fabrics (EF, woven/non-woven fabrics for paper/tannery/textile industries, and building products); and PrimaLoft (synthetic down insulation).

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