Immediate Response Technologies (IRT) helps first responders out of a bad situation. IRT supplies rapid-deploy shelters (including isolation and infection control systems) for the military, first-response agencies, and law enforcement. It sells related accessories, too -- tents, respirators, and filters. IRT's infrared thermal line includes markers, targets, beacons, and reflective material. Products are sold through IRT sales staff and distributors to customers in the US, Europe, and Australia. Based outside of Washington, DC, IRT equipment assisted the Pentagon following the 911 attack. The company (formerly TVI Corp.) and its subsidiaries filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in April 2009, and exited in December.

The Weir Group need not be wary of even the biggest infrastructure project. The engineering company offers an array of industrial products and services used to build or run everything from mines to wastewater plants to oil pipelines to nuclear facilities. The Weir Group PLC company manufactures industrial pumps, valves, controls, and material handling equipment; it also provides maintenance and technical support and replacement parts. To keep its global operations organized, Weir divides its activities into three divisions: minerals, oil and gas, and power and industrial. North America is the group's leading region, with about one-third of sales.

Nilfisk-Advance A/S is part of the NKT group of companies. Tracing its roots to the early 1900s, the company has grown to rival the world's top manufacturers of professional cleaning equipment. Nilfisk-Advance makes and sells a slew of vacuums, including backpack vacuums branded Backuum, scrubber-dryers, ride-on sweepers and burnishers, and carpet extractors. Nilfisk offers financing and purchase programs to contract cleaners and after-sales services. Through a network of dealers and branches, Nilfisk-Advance equipment is marketed worldwide to contract cleaners, institutions, building and construction business, and private households.

The Connecticut Spring & Stamping Corporation (CSS) stamps an indelible impression on a diversity of markets worldwide. Aerospace, defense, firearms, and medical industries pepper its client roster. The manufacturer sells springs and metal stampings, fourslide/multislide/vertislide products (clamps, clips, and retainers), and assemblies. Engineering support includes custom design and production of close tolerance precision parts. CCS headquarters and manufacturing facilities operate in the US, with global production and warehousing capacity in Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Singapore. Founded in 1939, the family-owned company is led by its second generation, CEO Peter Youmans.

Jervis B. Webb Company is a global leader in providing durable material handling systems including Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGVs), conveyors, baggage handling systems and Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems (AS/RS). Webb systems are the centerpiece of thousands of manufacturing plants, warehouses, and airports. Webb is a subsidiary of Daifuku Co., Ltd., making it part of one of the largest material handling companies in the world.

Pratt Industries company rivals the world's largest privately held manufacturers of paper and packaging materials. Pratt bridges seven divisions: recycling, mills, corrugating, converting, displays, packaging systems, and national accounts. Its products, which include container board and corrugated sheets, are sold to clients such as Rubbermaid and Pringles. Pratt Industries operates some 50 plants in about 20 states in the US and Mexico. Founded in 1948 by Leon Pratt, grandfather of current chairman Anthony Pratt, Pratt Industries company is owned and controlled by Australian-based Pratt family investment vehicle Visy Industries.

ABB Limited-Thailand (THABB) makes process control automatic. A subsidiary of Switzerland-based ABB, Ltd, THABB manufactures an array of industrial automation products for use in Thai industry. ABB company is comprised of five divisions: Power Products (voltage products and transformers); Power Systems (power generation and transmission); Automation Products (motors, power electronics, and drives); Process Automation (control and analytical systems, force measurement); and Robotics (industrial robots and software). In addition to its manufacturing center, THABB operates two electrical service workshops in neighboring Thailand provinces. Customers include state agencies and private companies.

Bonney Forge makes a bonny line of products, including high quality forged and cast steel valves, fittings, and branch connections. In the US the company provides ferrous and non-ferrous branch connections, engineered specialty forged components, flanges, fittings, and piping systems and pressure vessels through its WFI International and RP&C subsidiaries. Bonney Forge also supplies forging and machining in Europe though its Italian subsidiary, Alco di Castronno. Bonney Forge company has expanded its reach through a joint venture based in Shanghai, China, to produce and sell cast steel valves in international markets.

Altec Industries is actually very little talk, but lots of action. Altec manufactures lift trucks, digger derricks, and specialty handling equipment used by electric utility, telecommunications, and forestry industries, and various government branches. After-sale services and parts are offered worldwide, as well. Altec's used equipment is sold through sister subsidiary National Utility Equipment Co., and rented through Global Rental Co., also in the Altec family. Altec offers financing, too, through Altec Capital Services. The equipment maker's production, assembly, and service facilities crisscross Canada and the US. Founded in 1929, Altec is owned and led by its founder's third generation, Lee Styslinger III.

Donaldson Company makes filtration systems designed to remove contaminants from air and liquids. Donaldson's engine products business makes air intake and exhaust systems, liquid-filtration systems, and replacement parts; products are sold to manufacturers of construction, mining, and transportation equipment, as well as parts distributors and fleet operators. The company's industrial products include dust, fume, and mist collectors and air filtration systems used in industrial gas turbines, computer disk drives, and manufacturers' clean rooms. Donaldson has more than 100 locations worldwide, including 40 manufacturing plants.

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