Exide Technologies, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and supply of lead acid batteries for transportation and industrial applications in the Americas, Europe, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Transportation and Industrial Energy. The Transportation segment offers batteries, including ignition and lighting batteries for cars, trucks, off-road vehicles, agricultural and construction vehicles, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, marine, and other applications. It offers batteries for the transportation market under the Centra, DETA, Exide, Exide Extreme, Exide NASCAR Select, Orbital, Fulmen, and Tudor brands, as well as other private labels brands. The Industrial Energy segment offers batteries for motive power and network power applications, as well as offers a range of battery chargers and related equipment for the operation and maintenance of battery-powered vehicles. Its motive power batteries are used in the material handling industry for electric forklift trucks, as well as in other industries, including floor cleaning machinery, powered wheelchairs, railroad locomotives, mining, and the electric road vehicles market.

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.

Connell Limited Partnership has had a mind for acquisition. It keeps mega funds available for investment in and operation of manufacturing companies with growth opportunities in the aluminum alloy and industrial equipment sectors. Connell's primary businesses -- Anchor Danly (die sets and die makers' supplies), and Dayton Progress (metal stamping tools) -- serve customers in aerospace, appliance, automotive, electronics, and housing. In 2009 Connell shifted its interest away from power and process industries; late that year it sold its heat transfer equipment business, Yuba Heat Transfer, to a subsidiary of SPX for about $125 million.

Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc. is a subsidiary of Switzerland-based OC Oerlikon Corporation AG, offers coating services for metalworking tools and precision components. Its PVD (physical vapor deposition) coatings are marketed under the BALINIT brand name. The company's coatings, which are extremely thin but hard, are designed to impart wear resistance and increase the reliability of tools, medical instruments, and plastic bottle preforms. Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA also also offers contract coating services through its network of 12 North American coating centers. The first coating center in North America opened in 1984.

REpower Systems is a big fan of renewable energy; the company is among the top listed companies involved in wind power. It specializes in system development, licensing, production, and sale of multi-megawatt (MW) wind power turbines. Its on- and offshore wind farm lineup ranges from turbines powering 1.5 to 6.15 MW. The 1.5 MW series, (no longer made) is distributed through various partners. REpower production plants in Germany and Portugal support sales, largely to export wind markets. Through its PowerBlades joint venture, REpower also produces rotor blades. REpower's services include installation, monitoring, and maintenance.

Emerson Electric company, generally known as just Emerson, makes a host of electrical, electromechanical, and electronic products, many of which are used to control gases, liquids, and electricity. Emerson pursues an active, aggressive acquisition strategy (with select divestitures along the way) in building up its global business with dozens of subsidiaries. Emerson Electric company gathers its 60-plus business units and divisions under eight Emerson Brands. It has more than 250 manufacturing locations, with about 165 locations outside of the US. Foreign operations make up more than half of Emerson's sales.

A123 Systems wants to get people all charged up about new cars. And it plans to use rechargeable lithium-ion batteries to do it. The company develops and manufactures rechargeable batteries and battery systems for the transportation, consumer, and electric grid markets. A123 is targeting the fast-growing electric and hybrid electric vehicle market. In the electric grid sector, the company is working with AES to produce multi-megawatt battery systems that take the fluctuations out of the electricity grid and provide backup power during shortages. In consumer products, its batteries are used in home appliances, power tools, and electronics. More than half of sales come from customers in the US.

Plastic Suppliers is in the film industry, but you probably won't find a Cecil B. DeMille or a Robert Rodriguez wanna-be there. Plastic Suppliers, Inc. company manufactures and distributes a variety of plastic films, including coatable, printable, shrink label, packaging, and folding carton. Plastic Suppliers' slitting capabilities can handle widths from one-quarter of an inch to 80 inches. Plastic Suppliers, Inc. company operates two manufacturing plants in Ohio; it also owns regional distribution facilities throughout the US, as well as in Europe. Its specialty films subsidiary, Sidaplax, operates in Belgium.

Matthews International might not bury its competition, but it can supply the casket and bronze marker. The nation's leading maker of cremation equipment and urns, bronze memorials (including Elvis Presley's Graceland marker), and commemorative products (Baseball Hall of Fame plaques), Matthews also builds mausoleums. Subsidiaries The York Group (the #2 casket maker in the US) and Milso make metal and wood caskets, while Matthews Cremation Division is North America's top cremation equipment maker. Other subsidiaries offer graphics design, packaging, and merchandising services. Matthews has operations in Asia, Australia, Canada, and Europe, but the US accounts for more than 60% of its sales.

RDM is recycling its renaissance. RDM produces folding boxboard, uncoated board, and coated chipboard. After growing unwieldy through acquisitions and mergers, Reno company disposed of non-core operations in order to focus on manufacturing recycled cardboard. In 2008 Reno company merged with the European recycled cartonboard operations of Cascades S.A., its largest shareholder. Products from both Cascades and RDM are sold through a common sales company, CAREO.

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