The Bethlehem Corporation doesn't build mangers or sew swaddling; for more than a century the company has engineered and marketed material processing equipment for a range of industries. The short list of Bethlehem's thermal process equipment includes the Porcupine Processor, used to heat and cool chemicals, and the Thermal Disc Processor, to cool, dry, heat, and sterilize coal fines. Its Tower Filter Press handles mineral to food filtration processes. For specialized equipment that's gone caput, Bethlehem will rebuild it. Manufacturing has been outsourced since 2000.

Letica has plastic containers by the gallon -- and other sizes as well. Owned and run by the Letica family, Letica Corp. is a nationwide maker of plastic packaging, from buckets to cups, some of which use recycled material. Letica Corporation company produces one- to seven-gallon commercial containers, often with multi-color labels. In addition to a rigid packaging segment, Letica's Maui foodservice packaging offers plastic injection-molded, thin-wall containers and lids, as well as paper containers. Products are transported to customers and backhauled by a freightlines segment. Customizing containers for specific applications, Letica caters to building material suppliers, hardware stores, and retail and restaurant outlets.

The Hitachi Metals manufactures high-grade metal casting components, such as automotive parts (aluminum road wheels, heat-resistant cast exhaust manifolds, and magnetic compass sensors), IT components and materials (antenna switch modules, isolators, and linear motors), and piping and infrastructure products (fire protection piping systems, gas piping, and mass flow controller and metal diaphragm valves), which are used in the automotive, construction, and electronics industries. Hitachi Metals gets more than two-thirds of its sales in Japan.

C. R. Laurence Company supplies more than 50,000 different industrial products, such as all-glass storefront and entrance systems, architectural hardware, architectural metal and railing systems (under the TAPER-LOC dry-glaze brand), display systems, shower doors, and window and door hardware. Peripheral products that cater to glass professionals include adhesives, cleaners, lubricants, sealants, and hand held power tools. Automotive offerings include vehicle windows and sunroofs. C. R. Laurence company serves the architectural, automotive, construction, glazing, and railing industries. CRL operates through more than 25 locations in North America, Europe, and Australia.

It all comes out in the wash for EnviroSpec. EnviroSpec company sells mobile pressure washing equipment, parts, solvents, and soaps. Among the items sold by EnviroSpec company are pumps, fire cannons, valves, nozzles, filters, and pressure washers. The products are used to clean building exteriors, degrease restaurant exhaust hoods, wash trucks, and clean concrete surfaces. EnviroSpec is a division of Hi-Jetting Technologies.

EOS GmbH Electro Optical Systems has its eye on the laser-sintering systems business. EOS company's products are divided into three divisions: EOSING P, which creates models, prototypes, and end products from plastic; EOSINT M, which produces parts and tooling for injection molding from metal powders; and EOSINT S, which allows direct production of molds and cores in foundry sand for metal casting. Customers include companies in the aerospace, automotive, electronics, medical, and robotics industries. EOS was founded by CEO and majority shareholder Hans Langer in 1989.

DS Smith is the UK's #1 producer of paper and corrugated packaging products. The company's lineup includes conventional cardboard packaging used to ship fresh produce, prepared foods, and other consumer goods; decorative packaging for point-of-sale displays; and heavy-duty corrugated boxes used to transport heavy or fragile products. Subsidiaries DS Smith Packaging, DS Smith Kaysersberg, and St. Regis Paper drive operations from more than 50 plants across Europe. Distribution of office products is run through its Spicers subsidiary. Subsidiary DS Smith Plastics makes plastic products required for liquid packaging and dispensing, and other applications.

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.

Walker Die Casting is a producer of high-pressure aluminum castings for industrial applications. Walker Die Casting provides custom die fabrication services to customers in the automotive, appliance, lawn and garden, marine, and power tool industries. Products include parts such as adapter plates, brackets, oil pans, gear cases, and housings for transmissions, engines, axles, and flywheels. Walker Die Casting also offers product design, finishing, testing, machining, and warehousing services. The company was founded in 1958 by Robert Walker.

Nord Est (formerly La Continentale d'Entreprises) into a nice, neat little package. The holding company's main area of business is consumer packaging for beauty and health care items, including paperboard boxes and plastic cases. It also has mining and mineral operations including mica, zinc, and lead. Nord Est has divested some of its mining subsidiaries (Denain-Anzin Mineraux and Miniere de Touissit) and its stake in electronics company APEM (miniature switches and keypads used in the computer and aerospace industries). Nord Est company is owned by 21 Centrale Partners, a France-based private equity firm which is itself controlledbyItaly's Benetton family.

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