ESCO is well ensconced as a global manufacturer of engineered metal parts, castings, and components for industrial machinery. ESCO company's two operating groups are Engineered Products and Turbine Technologies. It operates manufacturing facilities on six continents. ESCO provides such services as contract manufacturing, engineering, and supply chain management, as well as specialized services to the aerospace, construction, industrial, mining, power generation, recycling, and transportation markets. Customers include Bucyrus, Caterpillar, and Komatsu. ESCO was founded in Portland, Oregon, by C. F. Swigert in 1913 as an Electric Steel Foundry; its products at that time included trolley car replacement parts.

MFRI makes piping systems, air filter elements, and industrial process coolant systems (liquid chillers) and HVAC systems through subsidiaries Perma-Pipe, Midwesco Filter, Thermal Care, and Midwesco Mechanical, respectively. Perma-Pipe's specialty piping systems are used on college campuses, military bases, and other large sites. Midwesco provides products and services for industrial air filtration, while Thermal Care's heat transfer equipment is used primarily by the plastics industry. Midwesco Mechanical provides HVAC systems for nonresidential projects. The US accounts for the bulk of MFRI's revenue.

Indeck Power Equipment Company rents and sells steam-power systems and other industrial components used in the refinery, paper, textile, energy, chemical, manufacturing, municipal, food, and utility industries. Indeck, which was founded in 1960 as a boiler rental company, also sells water treatment systems, generators, HVAC systems, chillers, and auxiliary equipment. Although it's primarily a distributor, Indeck also manufactures water treatment systems, rebuilds steam equipment, and provides design and engineering services. Chairman Gerald Forsythe owns Indeck Power Equipment Company.

Founded in 1980, Precision Cable Assemblies, LLC, manufactures heavy gauge wire assemblies and ground straps for original equipment manufacturers. Today, we also manufacture battery cables, lead wire assemblies, and cable and wire harnesses. In November 1999, we earned ISO 9002 Certification, signifying our dedication to providing our customers with products that meet or exceed their expectations. PCA's current facilities consist of one manufacturing plant in the United States and a second location in Qingdao, China. The original 53,000 square foot facility, located in Brookfield, Wisconsin, serves as our corporate headquarters and handles the majority of our heavy gauge cable assemblies, wire harnesses and multi-conductor assemblies. The Qingdao facility is 70,000 square feet and will be used to produce larger more labor intensive wire harnesses. Our Engineering department works primarily out of the Brookfield location, building prototypes, creating work instructions based on customer prints, sourcing materials specified by customers, and drawing prints using AutoCAD 2000.The Brookfield location utilizes computer aided Artos and Amp cut, strip and termination equipment and have in-house tool and die capabilities. We manufacture the majority of our PVC wire requirements on 3 Davis Standard extruders, with state of the art speed and quality controls. In addition, we now stamp many of our own terminals locally on some of the finest high speed stamping equipment available.A sampling of the markets we service includes marine, lawn & garden, automotive, utilities, heavy duty truck chassis, semi-trailer, OEM off-highway, power distribution and snow removal equipment. We are certified suppliers, and have yearly blanket arrangements featuring just-in-time deliveries with many of our customers. We have developed EDI and bar coding, and Kanban capabilities.

The Harris Products Group is master of the tool. A merger of J.W. Harris Co. and Harris Calorific, the Group manufactures gas welding and cutting machines along with a breadth of equipment needed for a bead. Products include brazing, welding, cutting, and consumables (wire, flux, solder), medical regulators, tips, and torches. Facilities in the US, Mexico, Germany, Italy, and Poland, and a distribution center in Spain drive global sales, primarily through industrial distributors, retailers, and directly to welders. Key markets span metal fabrication, steel construction, auto, pipeline, and oil and gas exploration.

National Spinning is a yarn spinner and dyer, supplying outerwear, home furnishings, industrial, home crafting, and other markets. Its four US plants produce high-value yarns and services for knitters, weavers, and retailers in the Americas, the Caribbean, and elsewhere. National Spinning technologies include ring, open end, and worsted spinning, plus package dyeing. Its Caron International and Hampton Art units sell yarn, latch kits, and other accessories online and through retail stores. In business since 1921, the company has been employee-owned since 1994.

Dietrich Metal Framing, a Worthington Industries Company, is the leading manufacturer of light-gauge framing and finishing products, systems and services for commercial and residential construction. Dietrich offers the largest selection of light-gauge framing and finishing products including drywall and structural framing, floor joists, roof trusses, metal lath, fire-rated assemblies, numerous deflection systems and an extensive line of metal, vinyl, veneer, paper-faced, plaster and stucco beads and trims.

Tecnocap LLC company manufacturer produces metal caps and closures, such as aluminum continuous thread closures, child-resistant closures, metal continuous thread caps, and unishell closure works. Tecnocap's products are used by the cosmetic, pharmaceutical, and specialty food industries. Its closures are available in a range of sizes, colors and finishes along with various liners including heat induction, paper lined, tamper evident, plastisol, and safety seals. Tecnocap LLC company became a subsidiary of the Italian company Tecnocap S.p.a. in 2006.

Propex Operating company produces polypropylene fabrics and fibers for the consumer products, industrial manufacturing, and construction sectors. Its offerings include carpet backings and other flooring materials, internal-construction fabrics for furnishings (sofas and beds) and automobile interiors, geotextiles (used by engineering and construction firms for soil erosion control and reinforcement), as well as fibers used to reinforce concrete. Some of its brands include Pyramat, Fibermesh, Duon,and CURV. Propex is the US operating arm of Propex Holdings, which is owned by private equity firm Wayzata Investment Partners.

Boral USA operates some of the largest brick and clay tile manufacturing businesses in the US. The company's operations include Boral Bricks, fly ash (cement substitute) marketer Boral Material Technologies Inc (BMTI), and construction materials (concrete/sand deposits and quarries). The company's Boral Brick business manufactures about 1.5 billion bricks annually through about 15 brick plants in the US, making it a leading domestic brick maker. Boral acquired a 100% stake in concrete roof tile maker MonierLifetile and is combining it with subsidiary US Tile (clay roof tile), to create Boral Roofing. Boral USA is a division of Australian building and construction materials supplier Boral Limited.

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