Liberty Diversified International is comprised of nine companies competing in five markets, and is one of the largest privately held companies in the Midwest. As a portfolio management company, we seek to invest in companies that share our values, have outstanding people, display growth potential in their respective markets, and realize benefit from our management resources.Our diverse family of companies spans key markets, including healthcare, precision machining, paper and packaging, building products and workplace environments.For nearly 100 years. Our values - Caring, Innovation, Trust and Excellence - have guided our day-to-day activities. We believe that when our employees are aligned with these values, we create superior solutions and service for our customers.

Founded in 1926 and still family owned. Heyco Products Inc. offers decades of experience in the design and manufacture of molded wire protection products and stamped electrical components to meet demanding customer application requirements. Our unique, in-house ability to offer customers the latest design and prototyping technology along with years of high volume manufacturing experience is our way of turning challenging "just-in-time" manufacturing deadlines into production realities. We are committed to ground floor project involvement. This practice enables us to completely follow through from design to delivery in order to save customers time and money while ensuring optimal quality of the end product.

Hardigg Industries manufactures cases that are Hardigg, hard, hard. But seriously, folks ... Hardigg company produces impact-resistant, customized molded plastic cases for commercial, industrial, and military uses. Hardigg company also maintains a line of ready-made models. Hardigg Industries' patented features include Hardigg Comfort Grip Handles, anti-shear locks, and molded-in metal inserts. Hardigg company also offers custom foam services for a wide range of cushioning applications and industries. Hardigg Industries began designing and manufacturing its protective cases in 1954. Rival Pelican Products acquired Hardigg Industries in early 2009 for about $200 million.

Risdon International designs and manufactures metal and plastic packaging for the makeup and fragrance industries. It makes such products as lipstick and mascara containers, perfume bottle lids and caps, and metallic lacquer finishes. The company has three US manufacturing plants, as well as facilities in Canada, China, and Mexico, and a sales office in Paris. Risdon's list of customers includes Avon, L'Oreal, Estae Lauder, Procter & Gamble, and Revlon. Private equity firm Tea House Partners (THP) acquired Risdon from Crown Holdings in 2006.

Bowie Industries believes that the grass can be greener on this side of the fence as well. As a manufacturer of landscaping and erosion control machines, Bowie Industries sells a line of mulching machines (Hydro-Mulchers) used for maintaining and laying turf on residential lawns, golf courses, and sports fields. Bowie Industries company also manufactures machines used for hay mulching, seed distribution, and landfill covering. Bowie's customers include landscaping contractors, city water and flood control agencies, and land developers. Bowie Industries company distributes its products internationally through sales offices and third-party dealers located in the US, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Spain, and other countries.

NTN Bearing Corporation of America company, a subsidiary of Japan's NTN Corporation, manufactures ball bearings used in products ranging from personal electronics to automobiles. Classifications of the company's products include angular contact ball bearings, disc bearings, clutch products, radial ball bearings, and mounted or adapted bearings. NTN America is one of NTN Corporation's five main regions and generates about 20% of its parent's total sales. Established in 1963, NTN America counts BAE Systems Land & Armaments, Hitachi Automotive Products (USA), Honda Motor's Formula One racing team, and John Deere among its customers. NTN Bearing Corporation of America company has offices and plants across the US.

Sonics & Materials makes standard and customized equipment that uses sound to bond thermoplastic components, textiles, and other synthetic materials. The ultrasonic process creates clean welding of metal and materials that are difficult to bond by other means; it also offers liquid processing (dispersing, blending, cleaning), and food cutting. Sonics & Materials company serves a broad range of customers, including appliance, automotive, chemical, consumer products, industrial, medical, packaging, synthetic textile, and toy manufacturers. President and CEO Robert Soloff founded Sonics & Materials in 1969; Sonics & Materials, Inc. was delisted in 2002.

Badger Income Fund serves contractors that really need to dig in. Badger's Daylighting (exposing underground infrastructure to daylight) business, specializes in non-destructive excavating services primarily for petroleum and utility contractors, but also serves the oil and gas pipeline, utility, transportation, industrial, and engineering sectors. Badger designs and manufactures truck mounted pressurized water and vacuum units used to safely expose utility cables and pipelines. The company's main product, the Hydrovac, is used to liquefy topsoil with a jet of water before the sediment is removed with a vacuum and held in a storage tank while work is being done. Canada accounts for over 60% of sales.

The Lee Company is a leading supplier of miniature, precision fluid control products to a wide range of industries including aerospace, formula 1 racing, oil exploration, automotive and off-highway equipment and medical/scientific instruments. Lee Company products are recognized worldwide for superior quality, reliability and performance. Lee's unique capabilities in miniaturization and engineering expertise keep the company at the forefront of fluid control technology and identify Lee as a leading innovator in the field of fluid handling and control. Founded in 1948, The Lee Company now has over 500,000 sq. ft. of modern manufacturing and office space at four sites in Westbrook and Essex, Connecticut, and employs over 800 people.

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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