Illinois Tool Works Inc. manufactures a range of industrial products and equipment worldwide. The company’s Transportation segment offers metal and plastic components, fasteners, and assemblies; fluids and polymers; fillers and putties; polyester coatings, and patch and repair products; and truck remanufacturing and related parts and service. Its Industrial Packaging segment offers steel and plastic strapping and related tools and equipment; plastic stretch film and related equipment; paper and plastic products that protect goods in transit; and metal jacketing products. The company’s Food Equipment segment provides warewashing, cooking, refrigeration, and food processing equipment; and kitchen exhaust, ventilation, and pollution control systems. Its Power Systems & Electronics segment provides arc welding equipment; metal arc welding consumables; metal solder materials for PC board fabrication; equipment and services for microelectronics assembly; electronic components and component packaging; and airport ground support equipment. The company’s Construction Products segment offers anchors, fasteners, and related fastening tools for wood, metal, and concrete applications; metal plate truss components, and related equipment and software; and packaged hardware and other products for retail. Its Polymers & Fluids segment provides adhesives, chemical fluids, epoxy and resin-based coating products, hand wipes and cleaners, and pressure-sensitive adhesives and components. The company’s Decorative Surfaces segment offers laminate for furniture, office and retail space, and countertops; and laminate flooring and worktops. In addition, the company offers plastic reclosable packages and bags, and consumables; plastic and metal fasteners, and components; foil and film products; product coding and marking, paint spray, and static and contamination control equipment; and swabs and mats.

Trion Industries holds the distinction of being the world's leading manufacturer of display and scanning hooks. Its offerings include retail and point-of-purchase display pegboards, slatwalls and grids, and shelf-edge label holder systems. The company also produces of anti-theft hook locks, pilfer-proof security fixtures, and cooler/freezer merchandising fixtures. An array of category and shelf management fixtures is available, too. Trion Industries touts a state-of-the-industry facility in Pennsylvania, a network of sales representatives dotting the US, and a variety of marketing tie-ups to drive Trion's products worldwide. The company is led by its founder's son, John Thalenfeld.

Founded in 1950 as a maker of wristwatches and camera parts, Star Micronics has grown into a provider of computer printers; visual card reader/writer systems; automatic lathes and other machine tools (generates the most sales); and precision components for communications, automotive, and medical applications. Star Micronics company's micro audio components (including speakers, buzzers, receivers, and microphones) are used by mobile phone manufacturers; they may be used in digital music players or game devices, as well. Star Micronics still makes wristwatch components, though the segment has become a smaller part of overall company revenues.

W. S. Darley & Co. company makes firefighting equipment, including pump and foam systems and fire trucks. Its extensive range of products includes emergency lights and sirens, fire protection nozzles and other gear, forest fire drip torches, hazmat equipment, rescue tools, and traffic cones. W. S. Darley, which has a track record of sizeable export and US Department of Defense (DoD) contracts, partners with Odin Foam (compressed air foam systems R&D), PolyBilt (truck bodies), and Ohler Pumps (centrifugal pumps). It ships its products to over 70 countries. Darley company has been family owned and operated for four generations.

Pretium Packaging is a leading plastic container and closure manufacturer with production locations across North America. Pretium acquired plants in strategic locations with unique process capabilities in order to create the premier plastic packaging company in the industry, serving the food and beverage, healthcare/pharmaceutical, personal care, household/industrial/automotive chemical and agricultural chemical markets. We are totally focused on customers’ needs and expectations, often taking a sketch or an idea and transforming it into a market ready packaging solution. In addition, our services include everything from personal customer service and custom design, to delivery and inventory programs to meet your needs. After all, when our customers are successful, we will be too.We’re reshaping the plastic packaging industry by stressing the importance of quality control, speed to market, custom design and manufacturing responsiveness.

Watts Water Technologies, Inc. (Watts). is a provider of water quality, water conservation, water safety and water flow control products for the residential and commercial markets in North America and Europe. The Company operates in three segments: North America, Europe and China. It distributes its products through three primary distribution channels: wholesale, do-it-yourself (DIY) and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The Company also sells products for the residential construction and home repair and remodeling industries through DIY plumbing retailers, national catalog distribution companies, hardware stores, building material outlets and retail home center chains and through plumbing and heating wholesalers. In January 2010, it sold Watts Valve (Changsha) Co., Ltd. In April 2010, the Company acquired Blue Ridge Atlantic Enterprises. In June 2010, the Company acquired Austroflex Rohr-Isoliersysteme GmbH.

SprayCool was founded in 1988. SprayCool company develops products that prevent overheating of electronic systems used in harsh environments. Its enclosures and rack systems use a liquid cooling technology that sprays a mist of liquid which evaporates and cools electronics. SprayCool systems are used in military and industrial applications-- including customers in the oil and gas exploration and telecommunications industries -- and can be installed on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), fixed-wing aircrafts, and other vehicles. Clients have included the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, Lockheed Martin, and Raytheon.

Grupo Carso SA de CV, through its subsidiaries, operates primarily in the industrial, construction and infrastructure, commercial, automotive, and mining sectors. It operates through three divisions: Industrial, Infrastructure and Construction, and Commercial. The Industrial division offers cooper telephone, electronic, coaxial, power, fiber optic, and construction cables; harnesses and automotive cables; installation services; copper products, such as strips, sheets, coils, tubes, pipes, valves; aluminum products comprising strips, coils, and extruded shapes; PVC products, including tubes, joints, and water tanks; transformers; magnet wires; and power plants. The Infrastructure and Construction division provides shopping center, industrial facilities, corporate buildings, highway, water treatment plants, and oil platform construction services; steel tubes; design and installation of telecommunication networks; installation of mobile phone radio bases; and low income housing, mid income housing, and residential housing services.

Klockner Pentaplast of America, Inc. company is one of the largest manufactures of rigid plastic films and sheets for packaging and printing in North America. Uses for its products include pharmaceutical blister packaging, credit card production, food packaging, general-purpose packaging, shrink sleeve/label making, and stationery. Klockner Pentaplast of America, Inc. company has six manufacturing facilities in the US. Klockner Pentaplast of America is a division of German plastic films producer Klockner Pentaplast Group, which was founded in 1965 in Montabaur, Germany.

Businesses let Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America (MCFA) do their heavy lifting. Joining the brains and brawn of two major material handlers, MCFA manufactures and distributes forklift trucks under the Mitsubishi brand, and lift trucks under the Caterpillar brand. Its subsidiary, Rapidparts, Inc., distributes service parts for several competitors' brands of material handling equipment. Parts are sold under the Promatch (Caterpillar) and Mastersource (Mitsubishi) brand names. MCFA provides assembly, fabrication, and supply chain services across the Americas and the Caribbean. It delivers manufacturing and support services along with other MCF companies to Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

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