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.

AirBoss of America has a compounding interest in the rubber industry. AirBoss of America Corp. company is the second-largest custom rubber compounding and mixing enterprise in North America. AirBoss caters to manufacturers of everything from tires and conveyor belts to auto parts and gas masks. Its rubber compounding subsidiary supplies mixed rubber for transportation and industrial parts manufacturing. Hand, foot, and respiratory protective wear for defense markets is developed and sold through an Engineered Products subsidiary. This subsidiary also produces calendared and extruded rubber products for industrial and recreational OEMs. SunBoss Chemical, a 50% joint venture, sources chemicals used in the rubber compounding business.

PRAB (named after the first initials in the names of the company's founders) manufactures metal scrap reclamation systems and bulk material handling equipment. Its products include briquetting systems, conveyors, metal stamping scrap systems, and metal chip processing systems, which are used in the chemical, food processing, and pharmaceutical industries. Its Hapman division serves the pharmaceutical, chemical, food, plastics, packaging, mining and waste water treatment industries. Kalamazoo Acquisition, an investment firm led by PRAB's management, has acquired PRAB company and merged it with its newly formed Kalamazoo PRAB subsidiary.

Typical customers include manufacturers, commercial printers, publishers, government, and creative professionals. A division of International Paper, xpedx operates 230 distribution centers, over 120 warehouses, and 130 retail stores in the US, Canada, and Mexico. One of the US's largest suppliers of post-consumer waste content and recycled paper, xpedx also offers phone and on-site technical support and supply chain services.

BTD Manufacturing provides metal fabrication services for custom machine parts and metal components through stamping, tool and die, machining, tube bending, welding, and assembly. BTD offers design, engineering, prototyping, and short-run functions. It serves customers in the agricultural machinery, appliance, health and fitness, lawn and garden equipment, mass transportation, and recreational vehicle industries, mainly in the Midwest. Major clients include snowmobile maker Arctic Cat, lawn equipment giant Toro, and farm equipment manufacturer Case. BTD is a wholly owned subsidiary of Otter Tail Corporation.

Supercraft is a fabricator of simple pipes, ductwork, and structural assemblies. The company serves customers primarily in the aerospace and defense industries. Supercraft utilizes manufacturing processes such as mechanical assembly, machining, pipe and duct work, sheet metal fabrication, and welding. The company also provides project management services.

International Baler Corporation's offices and manufacturing shops are located on our multi-acre facility in Jacksonville, Florida. We do all of our construction and fabrication in-house, so we can assure quality craftsmanship.Since 1945 International Baler Corporation has been a leader in design and manufacture of commercial and industrial recycling equipment with over 20,000 units shipped worldwide. IBC is internationally recognized for quality, reliability, durability and the strength of its equipment. This has been accomplished by having over 150 years of combined engineering and manufacturing experience in this industry.International Baler Corporation has the largest and most diversified product line in the baler industry, with over 200 configurations to select from. We take a great deal of pride in assisting our customers and dealers in selecting the right model equipment for their specific application.

Kuraki, founded in 1938, has sales and service offices in China, Germany, Japan, Singapore, and the US. Kuraki company makes sales directly and through a network of independent distributors. Textile manufacturer Kurabo Industries owns 49% of Kuraki. Kuraki manufactures machine tools used primarily for metal boring applications. Its products include horizontal boring mills, horizontal milling machines, axis profilers, and other metalworking equipment.

The Hitachi Metals manufactures high-grade metal casting components, such as automotive parts (aluminum road wheels, heat-resistant cast exhaust manifolds, and magnetic compass sensors), IT components and materials (antenna switch modules, isolators, and linear motors), and piping and infrastructure products (fire protection piping systems, gas piping, and mass flow controller and metal diaphragm valves), which are used in the automotive, construction, and electronics industries. Hitachi Metals gets more than two-thirds of its sales in Japan.

ABB Ltda. may be destined to walk in its parent's shadow, but there are certainly worse shadows to walk in. ABB company is the Brazilian division of Swiss-Swedish electrical engineering giant ABB Ltd. It targets customers in the utility and industry sectors and is a global leader in power and automation technologies. ABB Brazil operates through multiple plants and regional offices spread throughout the country. Its customers buy from them directly, as well as through distributors, wholesalers, system integrators, and other partners. The Brazilian unit got its start in 1912.

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