Founded in 1923 as an electrical supply house, Turtle & Hughes demonstrates that slow and steady really does win the race to distributing electrical and industrial equipment. Turtle & Hughes company's exhaustive lineup is sold through three subsidiaries: Turtle & Hughes Integrated Supply, Turtle Data (wire, cable, and power protection devices), and TurtleEnergy (energy systems). Its customers include industrial and construction companies, electrical contractors, telecommunications servers, utilities, and various government agencies. Family-owned, Turtle & Hughes is led by its fourth generation, Jayne Millard, and third woman CEO.

Jore makes power tool accessories and hand tools under retailers' private labels and for power tool manufacturers. Products include drill sets, driver bits, quick-change systems, and related accessories. Customers have included Stanley Black & Decker, and Sears. In addition to private-label manufacturing, Jore markets products under its Rocky Mountain Twist and Montana Brand names. The company was founded in 1990. It was acquired out of bankruptcy in 2002 by Western Mortgage and Realty for about $30 million.

Emhart Teknologies supports the design and the application needs of our customers through a unique series of Innovation Centers strategically located around the world. These centers are staffed by skilled application specialists. Electronically linked, our Innovation Centers are capable of sharing application data and new design concepts with each other as well as with our customers. No matter which innovation center our customers choose, they can be confident that the latest in technological solutions will be applied when and where they need them.

Consider flexible packaging and specialty papers maker Packaging Dynamics. Its BagcraftPapercon unit converts paper, film, and foil into food packaging such as bags and wraps, butcher and freezer paper, pan liners, and tissue. International Converter produces adhesive and film extrusion lamination materials for making decorative cartons, bags, cans, and goods for consumer, medical, and industrial purposes. Thilmany Papers makes specialty lightweight papers for a diversity of packaging, pressure sensitive, and industrial uses from sandwich wraps and microwave popcorn bags to baggage tags and tapes. Packaging Dynamics is a portfolio company of Kohlberg & Company.

Dillon Supply Company distributes all kinds of industrial, construction, and materials handling equipment. To do so, its work is divided between eight divisions: industrial and maintenance equipment, repair and overhaul machines; safety and janitorial supplies; storage and handling hardware; cutting tools, abrasives and lubricants; industrial coatings; pipe, valve, and fittings; steel products (beams, angles, flats, tubing); and forklift trucks. Customers include the Army Corps of Engineers, and industries large and small. Founded in 1914, Dillon Supply operates as a subsidiary of supply giant Descours Et Cabaud.

KF Industries, located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was founded in 1962 as a contract machine shop providing services for local manufacturers. The original owners were Gene Key and Odell Friar, thus KF. In 1972, KF began manufacturing its own limited line of needle valves, this being the first marketed “KF” product.KF Series C floating ball valves were introduced in 1978. This threaded end, carbon and stainless steel valve design was well received in the oil and gas production market and continues to be in demand to this day. Several other floating ball valve variations followed. By 1982, KF was producing a comprehensive offering of threaded and flanged end valves. Sizes ranged from ¼” bore through 4” bore with pressure ratings to 3000 psi. During the early to mid-1980’s, KF Industries, like many other companies serving the oil and gas industry, felt the squeeze of a harsh economy. KF was able to “weather the storm”, with the timely introduction of another innovative product, the Series T trunnion ball valve. The patented Series T’s top-entry trunnion mounted design offered inline reparability, double block and bleed

Etteplan provides industrial engineering design services for large and mid-sized industrial companies. Delivery Design includes among its services mechanical, electrical, automation, and plant design and commissioning for equipment suppliers and plant operators. Product Development operates through long-term partnerships with clients. Etteplan also operates a laboratory that provides electromagnetic disturbance measurements. Etteplan focuses on clients in the automotive, equipment manufacturing, wood-processing, and electronics industries.

ATS is an industry-leading automation solutions provider to many of the world's most successful companies. ATS uses its extensive knowledge base and global capabilities in custom automation, repeat automation, automation products and value-added services including pre-automation and after-sales services to address the sophisticated manufacturing automation systems and service needs of multinational customers in markets such as life sciences, chemicals, consumer products, electronics, food, beverage, transportation, energy, and oil and gas. Founded in 1978, ATS employs approximately 3,500 people at 26 manufacturing facilities and 47 offices in North America, Europe, Southeast Asia and China. The Company's shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol ATA.

Daktronics, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, marketing, and support of electronic display systems, as well as related products, maintenance, and professional services worldwide. Daktronics's products include sports products, such as indoor and outdoor scoreboards, timing systems, digit displays, sound systems, statistics software, and other related products; and automated rigging and hoist products comprising automated rigging systems, which complement arena center-hung scoreboard/display systems for small and large sporting facilities. It also offers video products consisting of displays, such as a number of pixels capable of creating various levels of video, graphics, and animation, as well as controllers that manage the operation of the display; commercial products, which include various indoor and outdoor applications primarily as graphics and text-based displays; and transportation products, including a range of LED-based display products for road management, parking, mass transit, and aviation applications. In addition, Daktronics provides software products, including Venus 1500 control software that allows the creation, display, and scheduling of dynamic text and basic graphics content on electronic displays; Venus 7000 display control system, which controls multi-color displays and video displays; and Visiconn control software that is used to display targeted messages to specific audiences and to control large networks of digital displays.

Econolite company now manufactures and distributes much more sophisticated traffic control equipment. Its products including loop traffic control systems, vehicle detection systems, traffic control cabinets, and signal display equipment. Econolite boasts about 5,000 arterial systems in operation, controlling 100,000-plus intersections, and more than 90,000 wide-area video vehicle detection systems set at intersections and on freeways. Econolite began in 1933 when company founders developed a stop sign with a built-in flashing red light, controlled by a bi-metal sun valve.

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