Nippon Carbon is a leading maker of graphite electrodes for electric arc furnaces. Steelmakers and other manufacturers use the furnaces to melt scrap metals. In addition to graphite electrode production, Nippon Carbon also makes fine carbon products for the semiconductor industry and carbon-based products for the auto industry. Other carbon products include graphite powder used in the cathodes of lithium-ion batteries and ultra-high heat-resistant silicon carbide continuous fiber. Nippon Carbon was founded in 1915 when it began producing natural graphite electrodes.

Hi-Tech Duravent looks at the world through hose-colored glasses. Duravent company, a unit of Smiths Group plc's Flexible Technologies division, manufactures flexible hose as small as 10 mm and as large as 36 inches in diameter and up to 100 feet in length. Typical uses for Hi-Tech Duravent hoses range from ducting for HVAC systems to landfill ventilation. It maintains a 60,000 sq. ft. plant in Massachusetts. The company's products are also used in medical laboratories.

Ener1, Inc. (Ener1) is engaged in the business of designing, developing and manufacturing rechargeable lithium-ion batteries and battery systems for energy storage. Its end markets include transportation, stationary power (energy storage for utilities and renewable energy, such as wind and solar power in addition to battery backup systems for the home), military applications and small cell markets. In the transportation markets, the Company is developing systems to power the next generation of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and electric vehicles (EVs). This technology is also developed for other transportation markets, including buses and trucks, as well as alternative transportation vehicles. The Company also conducts research on and develops fuel cells and nano coating processes. Ener1 Company has three operating segments: battery, fuel cell and nanotechnology.

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.

Western Industries, Inc. is a leading full service manufacturer of premium, private label finished products and metal and large plastic components. We serve the appliance, outdoor living, recreational goods, and selected industrial markets. In many cases, Western serves as the "complete factory" for it's customers, making Western a strategic, value added partner. Please visit our Plastic and Engineered Products Group sites via the links above.

Wärtsilä Corporation company's ship power division designs and markets marine propulsion and maneuvering equipment. The power plant division designs, builds, and operates power plants. Wärtsilä's services division (responsible for approximately 40% of sales) offers all of the necessary equipment and personnel required to maintain and support the many products and services they offer in 70 countries worldwide. Wärtsilä Corporation makes most of its sales in Asia and Europe.

John Deere Thibodaux company is the world's largest manufacturer of sugar cane equipment. Founded in 1965 as CAMECO Industries, the Deere & Company subsidiary builds and distributes sugarcane harvesters, as well as earth-moving scrapers, landscape loaders (a claw-like arm), and related parts. It is conveniently located in the heart of Louisiana's sugar cane country, but also sells to cane farmers in Africa, Asia, Australia, and Latin America. John Deere Thibodaux services the machinery it makes, as well as offers pre-owned equipment. The subsidiary is part of John Deere's family of agriculture and turf businesses.

Metcam has heavy metal skills. The precision fabricator of sheet metal parts offers assembly, metal finishing, plating, and stamping, too. Its fabrication services include stamping, deburring, hardware insertion, and machining. Laser cutting is set for high tolerance piercing of most materials and thicknesses. For jobs "on the fly," parts used in cutting are programmed to also run on Metcam's turret punching machines. Its metal finishing provides brush, conversion coating, paint, and silkscreen. Electromechanical and mechanical assembly services are also offered at its Georgia facility. The company's electronics and telecommunications customers include AT&T, Lucent, and Chicago's McCormick Place.

Michelin North America's tires to make their rounds. So do motorcycles, trucks, and tractors, among many other types of commercial, industrial, and specialty vehicles. With some 20 manufacturing facilities in the US, Canada, and Mexico, Michelin North America makes and sells tires branded with the Michelin, BF Goodrich, and Uniroyal names. One site builds synthetic rubber and rocket fuel components for NASA. Michelin North America generates about one-third of parent Compagnie Genorale des Etablissements Michelin's annual sales. Its tires are sold to consumers, the military, OEMs, and replacement centers. The company also produces North American road maps and travel guides.

China Metal International Holdings (CMI) is the largest metal casting foundry in China. Its customized products include compressor parts for air conditioners and refrigerators; automobile components; and other mechanical parts. CMI also provides molding, machining, and coating services. The company serves Japanese and Korean air compressor and refrigerator compressor manufacturers; automobile parts and component manufacturers; automobile manufacturers; and other industrial manufacturers for water pumps and agricultural equipment. CMI operates two foundries in China -- Tianjin CMT Industry and Suzhou CMS Machinery -- with machining facilities, six molding lines, and one coating line. CMI was founded in 1992.

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