Chief Industries' chief concern is satisfying its (primarily agricultural) customers. Through its various divisions, the company makes and distributes grain-drying and storage bins, crop-drying fans, and aeration systems. Its fabrication division manufactures intermodal chassis and custom-metal fabricated parts. Chief Industries even designs and makes programmable message displays used by banks, motels, and shopping centers. Its recreational vehicle division makes RVs under the King of the Road brand name. The building division designs and constructs pre-engineered commercial and industrial buildings to customers' requests.

FINN Corporation company manufactures a line of landscape and erosion control machinery, which are used for mulching, seed distribution, watering, fire and dust suppression, fertilizing, straw blowing, and other purposes. FINN also sells turf-enhancing additives such as plant hormones, microbial bacteria (to aid germination and fight disease), and polymers. Its customers include golf courses, land development companies, residential and commercial landscaping businesses, fire departments, sports fields, and farmers. Selling its products through dealers, FINN distributes throughout the US and Canada, and also distributes to select international markets.

OFS Fitel is looking for companies in need of a steady diet of fiber. Its fiber products include nonzero dispersion optical fibers, single-mode fibers, multimode fibers, and ocean fibers. OFS Fitel company sells its optical fiber under the AllWave, LaserWave, UltraWave, and TrueWave brands. It also sells specialty fibers such as carbon-coated and ribboned fibers. Furukawa Electric acquired the optical fiber cable business of Lucent Technologies (now Alcatel-Lucent) and formed OFS Fitel and its sister company, OFS BrightWave, which makes fiber-optic cable. OFS began as Western Electric Company, the manufacturing arm of Western Union, in 1869.

China Metal International Holdings (CMI) is the largest metal casting foundry in China. Its customized products include compressor parts for air conditioners and refrigerators; automobile components; and other mechanical parts. CMI also provides molding, machining, and coating services. The company serves Japanese and Korean air compressor and refrigerator compressor manufacturers; automobile parts and component manufacturers; automobile manufacturers; and other industrial manufacturers for water pumps and agricultural equipment. CMI operates two foundries in China -- Tianjin CMT Industry and Suzhou CMS Machinery -- with machining facilities, six molding lines, and one coating line. CMI was founded in 1992.

Nook has the corner on manufacturing engineered motion-system parts. It covers robotic grippers to guided linear and rotational components that are electrically and pneumatically actuated. Nook takes on extreme-duty environments such as auto, chemical, communications, electronics, food and beverage, medical/diagnostics, and packaging and paper. Its line of explosion-proof modular guided actuators is said to simplify and improve the machine design process as well as prevent fires from sparking in caustic areas. For workplaces subject to dripping, spraying, or submersion in water, as in food processing, Nook protects power and data cabling with its stainless steel cable tray.

Industrious IBT has distributed industrial supplies since 1949. IBT company's products include bearings and power transmission products, conveyor belting and hoses, electrical supplies, and fluid power and material-handling equipment. IBT also provides maintenance, engineering, and media production services. Customers include businesses in the aerospace, aggregate, and ethanol industries. IBT company's Integrated Services Group (ISG) provides supply chain management services. IBT's network of some 40 service centers dots the central US. IBT company represents blue chip OEMs, such as Baldor and Goodyear (bearings and hoses), RBC (ball screw and repair supplies), and Dow-Corning (lubricants, adhesives, and tools).

Timken Company tries to keep its bearings straight. Timken makes bearings that find their way into products from consumer appliances to railroad cars. It also makes power transmission components, from automotive gear shafts and connecting rods to aircraft engine components. In addition, Timken makes more than 450 grades of alloy and carbon steels, producing bars, billets, tubing, and custom components for automotive and industrial applications. It also offer power transmission components, lubricants, seals, and motion control systems. About 60% of sales come from the US. Five generations of the Timken family have served the company since its founding by one-time carriage maker Henry Timken in 1899.

Exmark Manufacturing has the tools to cut blades of grass down to size. It designs and manufactures mid-size commercial walk-behind (Metro, Viking, Turf Tracer) and riding lawn mowers (Navigator, FrontRunner, Next Lazer Z, Quest) for landscape professionals. The company's machines run on diesel as well as alternative fuels (biodiesel, propane). Exmark sells its turf care equipment to distributors, who market the products to dealers throughout the US and Canada. The company was incorporated in 1982 as a maker of mid-size walk-behind mowers and turf rakes. It is a subsidiary of The Toro Company.

Lock Joint Tube manufactures mechanical and structural grade steel tubing for OEM and metal fabricators. The company's various sized and shaped tubing offers a breadth of applications, from bedside tables and wheelchairs to IV stands and hand railings used in medical facilities. Customers hail from the automotive, healthcare, office furniture, and exercise and display fixtures market. Lock Joint Tube is privately held by Lerman Enterprises (a network of four industrial metal companies), which also owns Indiana-based Steel Warehouse Company, Inc.

T-3 Energy Services, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, repairs, and services products used in the drilling and completion of new oil and gas wells, the workover of existing wells, and the production and transportation of oil and gas primarily in the United States and Canada. It offers pressure and flow control products, such as blow-out preventers (BOPs), BOP control systems, elastomer products, high pressure gate valves, and manifolds, as well as production, drilling, and well service chokes that are used in the drilling, completion, production, and workover of onshore, offshore, and subsea applications. T-3 Energy Services company also provides wellhead products, which include wellheads, production chokes, and production valves used for onshore oil and gas production. In addition, it offers pipeline products, which comprise various valves for pipeline applications, including gate, ball, control, and check valves. Further, the company provides protective coatings for oilfield and industrial products to prevent corrosion, wear, and leakage; and aftermarket parts and services, such as remanufactured products and parts, repair, and field services.

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