TM GE Automation Systems unites the power, expertise, and marketing leverage of three global corporations. A joint venture among Toshiba, Mitsubishi Electric, and General Electric, the company designs and develops advanced automation and drive systems. TM GE Automation Systems specializes in serving the metals, paper, and material handling industries; it also serves those in municipal, utility, and industrial markets. TM GE Automation Systems has major operations in China, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Poland, the UK, and the US, and operates offices on five continents.

Rockwell Automation, Inc. provides industrial automation power, control, and information solutions. Rockwell Automation company operates in two segments, Architecture & Software, and Control Products & Solutions. The Architecture & Software segment offers control platforms, which perform multiple control disciplines and monitoring of applications, including discrete, batch, continuous process, drives control, motion control, and machine safety control; software products, such as configuration and visualization software used to operate and supervise control platforms, advanced process control software, and manufacturing execution software that addresses information needs between the factory floor and a customer's enterprise business system; and rotary and linear motion control products, sensors, and machine safety components. This segment markets its products primarily under the Allen-Bradley, A-B, Rockwell Software, and FactoryTalk brand names. The Control Products & Solutions segment provides electro-mechanical and electronic motor starters, motor and circuit protection devices, AC/DC variable frequency drives, contactors, push buttons, signaling devices, termination and protection devices, relays and timers, and condition sensors; and value-added packaged solutions, such as configured drives, motor control centers, and custom-engineered panels for original equipment manufacturer and end-user applications. It also offers automation and information solutions, including custom-engineered hardware and software systems; and provides total life-cycle support services.

Channellock makes and markets 120 sizes and types of pliers, wrenches, screwdrivers, and other non-powered hand tools. Channellock sells its products to more than 4,000 wholesalers and retailers in the US and abroad. The signature color of the firm's tool grips is trademarked as CHANNELLOCK BLUE. It holds several other trademarks, such as PermaLock, LITTLE CHAMP, GRIPLOCK, and TOG-L-LOK, among others. Channellock, founded in 1886 by blacksmith George B. DeArment as the Champion Bolt & Clipper Company, is now run by the fifth generation of the DeArment family.

Hyde Tools makes surface preparation hand tools for drywall, painting, and plumbing professionals. The company manufactures about 2,000 products, including industrial knives and surface preparation tools (scrapers, trowels), are sold worldwide through retailers, such as McCoy Corp. and Sherwin-Williams and online. In 1875 Isaac P. Hyde founded Hyde Manufacturing, then specializing in mill blades, in his garage. Hyde eventually sold the majority of his stock to Joseph Lacroix and Myron Clemence. Clemence's son and grandson ran the company (now Hyde Tools) in the 1970s. Some of his descendants are involved in the business today, including CEO Rick Clemence.

Toro company makes lawn mowers and other products for professional and residential use. Toro's professional products include irrigation equipment, mowers for commercial use, riding and walk-behind power mowers for golf course fairways and greens, trimmers, and utility vehicles. Some professional brands are Toro, Rain Master, Exmark, Irritrol, and Dingo. Its residential products, sold to distributors, home centers, and mass retailers, include walk-behind and riding lawn mowers, lawn tractors, electrical trimmers, and snow blowers. Brand names in this sector include Toro, Rain Master, Irritrol, Lawn Genie, and Lawn-Boy.

Belden Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets cable, connectivity, and networking products in various markets, including industrial automation, enterprise, transportation, infrastructure, and consumer electronics. Belden company's cable products include copper cables comprising shielded and unshielded twisted pair cables, coaxial cables, and stranded cables; fiber optic cables that transmit light signals through glass or plastic fibers; and composite cables, which are combinations of multi conductor, coaxial, and fiber optic cables jacketed together or otherwise joined together to serve complex applications and provide ease of installation. It also produces and sells connectors primarily for industrial and data networking applications, as well as sells end-to-end structured cabling solutions. In addition, belden company's active connectivity products include industrial ethernet switches and related equipment, fiber optic interfaces and media converters used to bridge fieldbus networks over long distances, and load-moment indicators for mobile cranes and other load-bearing equipment. Further, its wireless products consist of a range of wireless local area network products for use in various markets, including the healthcare, education, and enterprise markets.

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.

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.

Husky Injection Molding Systems, Ltd. engages in the design, manufacture, and distribution of injection molding equipment to the plastics industry. Husky Injection Molding Systems offers injection molding machines, hot runners and controllers, robots, molds, hylectric systems, and post-mold cooling machines. The company also provides services, including mold conversions, pre-form light weighting, mold refurbishing, pre-form development, and prototyping services. It also offers manufacturing advisory and technical training services, as well as service parts. Husky Injection Molding Systems company serves medical, automotive, thin-wall and beverage packaging, plastic closure, and consumer electronic sectors.

Portola Packaging is one of the largest manufacturers of tamper-evident plastic closures and plastic containers for the dairy, juice, and food industries. Portola keeps its customers satisfied by not only manufacturing high-quality closures, but by designing and building supporting packaging equipment and providing fast, global technical service. Our company has strategically located manufacturing plants worldwide to provide customers with the fastest and most efficient service.

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