Toyo Tire & Rubber's products are all around. The company manufactures and sells tires for cars, trucks, and buses. To round out its product line-up, Toyo makes automotive components such as seat cushions and anti-vibration rubber products. Its other products include rigid and flexible polyurethane foam, waterproof and sealing sheets, thermal insulation materials, bridge bearings, and hoses. Toyo derives more than 45% of its sales from Japan, with the balance driven through subsidiaries in Australia, China, Europe, North America, and Southeast Asia. It captures almost a quarter of the imported Japanese tire market.

Named for the famous Italian volcano, Vesuvius Group S.A./N.V. was founded as Vesuvius Crucible Company in 1916 and acquired by Cookson in 1986. The venture has since engaged in a string of international acquisitions and has some 70 manufacturing facilities around the world. Vesuvius Group is a manufacturer of industrial equipment used primarily for the production of glass, iron, and steel. Vesuvius Group's products include ceramics, refractory products, and flow control systems; it also provides casting, finishing, and construction services. Vesuvius also makes machinery for the production and processing of aluminum and assorted minerals. Vesuvius Group S.A./N.V. is a part of Cookson Group's ceramics division.

USHIO America discharges its duties by designing, manufacturing, and distributing discharge and halogen lighting. A subsidiary of USHIO, the company has an arsenal of over 4,000 general and specialty lighting products. Its main customers are in the biotechnology, electronics, image information processing, medical, and semiconductor industries. Ushio America's sister affiliate production bases include Ushio America-Oregon, USHIO Philippines, BLV Licht-und Vakuumetechnik GmbH, Taiwan USHIO Lighting, and USHIO Hong Kong. The company puts a high premium on the research and development of advanced photon and electron beam technology and their adaptation for use in industrial lighting and processing equipment.

Impreso, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and distribution of paper and film products for commercial and home use in the United States and internationally. It offers continuous computer paper, point of sale/add rolls, wide format engineering rolls and inkjet media, desktop inkjet papers, high speed laser roll papers, transparencies, processed laser cut sheets, and thermal fax paper and copy paper. Impreso operates Hotsheet.com, an online Web reference directory, which lists news, travel, shopping, and other useful Web destinations. Impreso, Inc company also offers MY HotSheet service that allows users to create a database of bookmarks accessible from any Web connected computer, as well as a meta-search engine. In addition, Impreso, Inc company involves in natural spring water bottling operations in Arkansas. Impreso was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Coppell, Texas.

Work at Advanced Drainage Systems (ADS) isn't going down the drain, it is the drain. ADS manufactures high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipes for storm and sanitary sewers, agricultural drainage, road and highway construction, and residential and commercial development. The corrugated HDPE lineup runs from culverts to drains, fittings, grates, grease interceptors, and leaching chambers. ADS even offers a mix of green building products. Customers are mining and timber operators as well as engineers in highway construction and waste management systems. ADS products lie under fabled US athletic turf and recreation sites, such as Augusta National, Dodger Stadium, and Lambeau Field. ADS is an employee-owned company.

Westinghouse Lighting Corporation (WLC) manufactures and distributes more than 5,000 electrical and lighting products including light bulbs, lighting fixtures and hardware, door chimes, and wall plates. The Energy Star certified manufacturer also makes ceiling fans for indoor and outdoor use under brands such as Builder and Industrial Plus. Its decorative electrical lineup extends from lighting hardware to glassware. WLC also offers Thomas Kinkade (the world's most collected living artist) branded lighting products. The company's global distribution facilities dot Mexico, Germany, the UK, and Asia, catering to residential, commercial, and industrial markets.

Southern Aluminum Finishing Company makes items such as aluminum architectural cornices, copings, drainware, gravel stops, and gutters. The company also provides aluminum coil anodizing and custom coating and painting. SAF's anodizing process converts the aluminum surface into an extremely hard, durable, corrosion resistant, and long lasting aluminum oxide finish. The company's Perimeter Systems division manufactures composition, metal, slate, and tile roofing products. SAF was founded in 1946.

Total Plastics, Inc. was founded in 1978 by John Kozacki and Jerome Kollig as a small plastics warehouse in Kalamazoo, Michigan. In 1984, the national sales office in Grand Rapids, Michigan opened to accommodate the growing business and regional plastics customer base. Further expansion occurred in 1987 with the opening of the Fort Wayne branch. In 1996, Total Plastics was acquired by A.M. Castle & Co. leading to additional branches in Baltimore, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh and Cleveland. TPI has since grown to include 16 branches total. The newest opened in July, 2007 in Rhode Island.

Tietex International company manufactures and markets a variety of fabrics, produced by stitch-bonding, micro-stitching, or warp-knitting. Its operations are divided between interior fabrics and performance fabrics. The former is used primarily in mattress ticking, residential and outdoor furniture upholstery, and drapery and bedding. Performance fabrics serve applications from running shoes to roofing reinforcement, velcro, fire resistant products, and automotive cushions. Tietex has operations in the United States, the Netherlands, and Thailand. Founded in 1972 by the late Arno Wildeman, the company is led by his son, owner and CEO Martin Wildeman.

Irving Polishing and Manufacturing company fabricates and polishes stainless steel fittings, filters, pumps, valves, and tubing for the beverage, biotech, pharmaceutical, and semiconductor industries. Products include long radius stainless steel plumbing elbows, manifolds, miniature fittings, special valves, tanks and Y joints. Irving Polishing and Manufacturing operates a 25,000 sq. ft. facility in an industrial park in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

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