Luxfer Gas Cylinders makes aluminum and composite high-pressure gas cylinders. Its lineup offers compressed natural gas (CNG) for vehicles, CO2 and mixed-gas cylinders for beverages, extinguishers for fire, as well as life-support cylinders for medical and recreational scuba markets, and paintball cylinders for players. Luxfer's manufacturing process uses hydraulic rams to shape aluminum billets into hollow shells, which are closed and threaded. The seamless, lightweight results are ideal for high-pressure storage of gases. Luxfer, part of UK-based Luxfer Holdings, operates plants in the US and UK, France, and China, serving customers in more than 50 countries.

Pridgeon & Clay (P&C) rivals the metal forming industry. An independent manufacturer and supplier of stamped and fine blanked components, the company designs and produces an array of parts for auto assembly plants across the US. Its made-in-the-US (China and Hungary, too) lineup includes steering column lock nuts, brackets for headlights to engines, control arms, flanges, exhaust parts, and muffler shields. Stamping equipment runs from fine blanking presses to high tonnage and progressive presses. P&C touts hand assembly, spot welding, and tapping services, along with a global sales force. Founded in 1948, the company is led by the son of its co-founder, Donald Clay.

Indústrias Romi S.A. ompany makes industrial manufacturing products such as machine tools, including metal cutting and removal machines (lathes); plastic injection molding machines (Romi and Sandretto brands); and cast iron parts. Among its clients are vehicle, consumer goods, and agricultural and industrial equipment makers. Romi sells its products across Brazil through more than 30 branches and sales offices; it also has a network of distributors around the globe. Américo Emílio Romi founded Indústrias Romi S.A. in 1930 from an automobile repair shop in São Paulo. Romi tried and failed to buy US-based machine tool maker Hardinge in 2010.

High Country Fusion Company (HCFC) makes its path to success through its pipes. HCFC manufactures high-density polyethylene pipes (HDPE) and pipe fittings for use in industrial, marine, municipal, wastewater, and other types of projects. The company's HDPE pipes (in essence, dense plastic-based pipes) are capable of transporting water and wastewater, chemicals, compressed gases, and other substances. HCFC's customers include municipal and government agencies, as well as US and international construction companies. Based in a small town in Idaho, High Country Fusion company operates a 21,000-sq.-ft. facility, as well as a smaller facility in Utah. HCFC was founded in 1994 by president Steve Wilson and VP David Hanks.

An international heavyweight in pump manufacturing, Grundfos A/S company makes more than 16 million pump units a year. It produces water pumps, including circulator, centrifugal, solar, self-priming, and submersible units. Its circulator pumps are used in heating, air-conditioning, and ventilation systems. Its industrial pumps are used in process facilities and for plant maintenance. Grundfos also offers pumps for irrigation, greenhouses, and private, municipal, and industrial water supply facilities. Grundfos was established in 1945 by Poul Due Jensen and is owned by the Poul Due Jensen Foundation and Jensen's heirs.

Coroplast, Inc. company is North America's largest manufacturer of corrugated plastic sheet for sign substrate and returnable packaging markets. Its lineup touts a range of colors, graphics, and additives for flame resistance, UV protection, corrosive inhibitors, and other functional buffers. Coroplast caters to blue chip customers through a network of independent distributors. Exxon tapped the line to supply its name change from Esso/Humble Oil at stations across North America. Coroplast is a division of Great Pacific Enterprises, a US subsidiary of Canadian giant Jim Pattison Group.

RBS Global is the parent company of Rexnord LLC, whose subsidiaries serve the company's two main segments. Process Motion Control (formerly Power Transmission) manufactures gear drives, couplings, bearings, and chains and conveying equipment for use in the aerospace, construction, energy, mining, marine, and petrochemical industries. Its Water Management segment is supported by three primary companies: Zurn Industries, GA Industries, and Rodney Hunt. It designs and makes water-related products for conservation, quality, drainage, safety, and flow control. The US accounts for over 70% of the company's sales. In 2006 The Carlyle Group sold RBS Global to Apollo Management for about $1.8 billion.

MacDermid Printing Solutions is a global manufacturer and supplier of products and services used for the printing of packaging, publications, newspapers, business forms, and other commercial printing applications. MacDermid’s photopolymer plates and offset blankets are used to print everything from pet food bags to paper cups, from paperback books to newspapers, and catalogs and magazines.What started out as the Printing Products Division of WR Grace and the Graphic Arts business of Hercules Incorporated, today’s MacDermid Printing Solutions has grown into an international company making photopolymer plates and offset blankets in manufacturing sites in the US, Europe and the Pacific Rim. With over 1000 employees located around the world, MacDermid Printing Solutions is a global leader in the development, manufacturing, marketing and servicing of these products.

ABB Ltda. may be destined to walk in its parent's shadow, but there are certainly worse shadows to walk in. ABB company is the Brazilian division of Swiss-Swedish electrical engineering giant ABB Ltd. It targets customers in the utility and industry sectors and is a global leader in power and automation technologies. ABB Brazil operates through multiple plants and regional offices spread throughout the country. Its customers buy from them directly, as well as through distributors, wholesalers, system integrators, and other partners. The Brazilian unit got its start in 1912.

Velan is one of the world's leading manufacturers of industrial steel valves, recognized as a standard-bearer in quality and innovation. The company was founded by acclaimed inventor and entrepreneur A.K. Velan in 1950, and continues to leverage advanced engineering capabilities and innovation to create hard-working valves that meet critical industrial needs in the areas of power generation, chemical and petrochemical, oil and gas, pulp and paper, mining, cryogenic, and ship-building industries. Velan's many product lines are grouped into the broad categories of: gate, globe, and check valves; quarter-turn valves; specialty valves; and steam traps. Within these product groups, Velan offers one of the most comprehensive product offerings available from any valve manufacturer, in sizes varying from 1/2” to 60”, with pressure ratings from vacuum to over 10,000 psi, temperature ratings of up to 1,500 °F, and availability of many material and design options. All of Velan’s valves are designed and manufactured with quality as a priority, and incorporate many unique design features for environmentally friendly performance, simple maintenance, and reliable service.Velan valves have an extremely broad installation base and are approved by major companies worldwide. In addition, Velan has been an active and trusted name in the nuclear industry since its inception, and has supplied valves to 360 of 440 nuclear power stations in the world. In the US alone, 95 of 105 nuclear power stations use Velan valves. We are currently involved in the global renaissance of nuclear power, focusing our design, applications, and manufacturing resources on a market that projects 60 plus units to be built. In addition, Velan is a major supplier of valves to the US Navy, contracts it has held for 50 years. As the only valve supplier making forged valves up to 24 inches in the world, Velan most recently supplied valves to the latest US nuclear aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford.

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