Founded in 1836, Elster American Meter Company, LLC pioneered the shift to aluminum-case meters as a replacement for cast iron. Elster American Meter's products have been ticking for more than 170 years. The specialty manufacturer, formerly known as American Meter, makes natural gas meters, regulators, shutoff devices, filters, test equipment, and accessories, and provides services including metering, data collection and transfer, and evaluation. Elster American Meter company is a unit of the Elster Group, which has some 70 natural gas measurement and control subsidiaries worldwide. Elster American Meter introduced the synthetic molded, convoluted diaphragm that established new industry standards for long-term accuracy and reliability.

GrafTech International Ltd. manufactures graphite and carbon material science-based solutions. The company operates in two segments, Industrial Materials and Engineered Solutions. The Industrial Materials segment manufactures and delivers graphite electrodes, refractory products, and related services. Its graphite electrodes enable thermal management solutions for the electronics industry and fuel cell solutions for the transportation and power generation industries. Graphite electrodes and are used to produce electric arc furnace steel and various other ferrous and nonferrous metals. This segment also manufactures carbon, graphite, and semi-graphite refractory products, which protect the walls of blast furnaces and submerged arc furnaces. The Engineered Solutions segment offers advanced graphite materials that are used in the transportation, solar, metallurgical, chemical, and oil and gas exploration industries. This segment also provides natural graphite products, including thermal management solutions used in the electronics, automotive, petrochemical, and transportation industries; fuel cell components; and sealing materials. The company sells its products through direct sales force, independent sales representatives, and distributors in North America, South America, Africa, Europe, and Asia.

Alpha Associates would like to be seen as the alpha and omega of high-performance industrial fabrics, composites, and elastomers. Alpha Associates makes and markets coated fabrics and laminates for a myriad of products, from marine insulation, welding fabrics, outdoor jacketing, to acoustical baffles. Alpha Associates also develops and manufactures specialty materials for high temperature insulation. Within its high performance elastomer (HPE) line, goods include flexible expansion joints for flue gas ducting, industrial belting, and gasket sheeting. Alpha Associates' plants are setup in South Carolina, Nevada, and New Jersey. The family-owned company is led by its co-founder, chairman and CEO A. Louis Avallone.

Goodwin is the parent of a family of companies; its subsidiaries make everything from oil and petrochemical equipment to steel castings for the construction industry and wax casting products for the jewelry industry. Subsidiary Easat makes antennas and radar systems. Another unit, Hoben Industrial Minerals, processes hard minerals into fine powders that are used in ceramics, civil engineering, and other applications. Just to keep things interesting, Goodwin also owns Internet Central, a UK-based Internet service provider. Goodwin was founded in 1883.

Primex Plastics Corporation's talents lie between the sheets -- the custom-extruded plastic sheets that Primex Plastics Corporation company manufactures. Primex's products are based on a family of synthetic resins and sheet molding compounds, including polystyrene (HIPS), polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polyester (PETG), and ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene). The sheets are used in a myriad of products, from food and medical trays to cosmetics packaging, truck caps and bedliners, outdoor signs, paddle boats, and portable toilets. Primex operates in conjunction with subsidiaries O'Neil Color & Compounding, Pace Industries, Woodruff, and its UK arm Primex Plastics Limited. Privately held ICC Industries owns the Primex.

Chairman Gordon Stillwell founded the company in 1969. Stillwell-Hansen company sells and services network protection and HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning) products. Its divisions include: S/H DataSite (fire protection and site monitoring), S/H Technical Services (preventative maintenance), S/H Network Power Protection and Electronic Equipment Protection, S/H Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning, and S/H Parts and Service (Liebert-brand certified parts). Stillwell-Hansen's customers include architects, facilities engineers, and contractors. President Carol Stillwell owns and manages the company and its subsidiaries.

TOKUSEN is a high quality "specialty wire" manufacturer. One of the premier products, brass plated steel tire cord, is produced in Conway, Arkansas, U.S.A. TOKUSEN supplies many wire products to the automotive industry, but also serves the technology and music industries. You are welcome to contact us about any of our current products or about producing a special wire that is not currently manufactured

Ford Meter Box, manufactures waterworks brass valves and fittings, water meter setting equipment, water meter testing equipment, and products for pipeline maintenance and restraint. Its products include adapter flanges, casing spacers, couplings, copperhorns, restraints for ductile iron pipe and PVC pipe, lid covers, and of course, meter boxes. The company sells internationally through its export division; sales in the US are handled by distributors. During the 1960s Ford Meter Box introduced the ball valve, an industry first. In the1980s the company was also an industry pioneer with its introduction of check valves as part of meter settings.

Gerber Scientific, Inc., through its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, distributes, and services integrated automation equipment and software worldwide. Its Sign Making and Specialty Graphics segment markets printing equipment, software, and aftermarket supplies to sign makers, screen printers, exhibit and display houses, quick printers, award and trophy producers, and to the die making, short run, and sample making segments of the packaging industry. Its products comprise inkjet and thermal printing solutions, plotters and routers, and packaging systems; design and production software; aftermarket supplies, such as color foils, adhesive-backed vinyls, banner materials, and inks for inkjet printers; GerberGauge marking system; and various UV curable inks for inkjet products. The Apparel and Flexible Materials segment offers conceptual design, computer aided design pattern-making, and marking or nesting software; pattern design digitizers and large format plotters; computer aided manufacturing material spreading and single- and multi-ply cutting systems; product lifecycle management and product data management software for apparel brands and retailers for the management of product activities; precision laser-based templating, inspection, marking, and engraving solutions; aftermarket supplies, including spare parts and consumable materials; and customer training, technical support, and comprehensive maintenance and specialized support services. The Ophthalmic Lens Processing segment offers equipment, software, and supplies used in processing prescription eyewear. Its products include lens surfacing equipment, coating equipment, finishing equipment, full service laboratory equipment, and software. This segment serves wholesale lens production laboratories, retail eyewear chains, and independent eye care professionals, such as ophthalmologists, optometrists, and opticians.

Ayrshire Metal Products manufactures cold-rolled steel and other steel products, including lightweight steel frames, doors and purlin and cladding systems. Ayrshire's AyrFrame is a structural steelwork modular building product used especially for the construction of hotels. Additional products include customized design and detailing software. The company maintains three manufacturing facilities, but it closed its historic Scottish factory, which opened in 1819, in Irvine, Ayrshire. Ayrshire Metal Products is owned by Knapdale (Nominees) Ltd., which is controlled by Ayrshire's chairman, Mark Wilson.

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