Chairman D. Dan Kahn founded PTS in 1951 to serve small factories and shops in the Detroit area. The Kahn family still controls Production Tool Supply Company, LLC. Production Tool Supply totes the tools of the trade -- and it distributes them to more than 50,000 customers worldwide. With nine showrooms in Michigan and Ohio, the company (PTS) distributes brand-name discount industrial tools and machinery. It markets approximately 235,000 products through a 1,700-page catalog, on the Internet, and through independent distributors. Products include cutting tools, carbide tools, abrasives, measuring tools, clamps and vises, power tools, tool safety products, and power machinery by blue chip OEMs, such as Bosch, Porter-Cable, and Sandvik.

Technical Materials, Inc. provides a variety of metals processing services, including cladding, electroplating, electron beam welding, and solder coating, to produce specialty strip metals. The company works with materials such as aluminum, copper, nickel, and steel. It maintains a 125,000 sq. ft. facility in Rhode Island and serves customers in the aircraft, automotive, computer, alternative energy, medical, jewelry, and telecommunications industries. Founded in 1968, TMI is a subsidiary of Brush Engineered Materials. TMI has offices worldwide.

Al and Mg are well-known symbols on the periodic table for aluminum and magnesium, respectively, but ALMAG has become a symbol for custom extruded aluminum parts. ALMAG Aluminum's products are used by producers of a variety of goods. The company provides services including fabrication and finishing, extrusion design assistance, extrusion punching, and surface anodizing. ALMAG manufactures such products as heatsinks for electronic devices and components for medical devices. Edward Peacock, father of company president Bob Peacock, founded the company in 1953 as a manufacturer of decorative door grills.

Consolidated Container Company (CCC) is one of the largest manufacturers of rigid plastic packaging in the US. The company markets its myriad containers (used for milk, water, fertilizer, salsa, antifreeze, and more) to industries from dairy to water, agricultural, food, and industrial chemical. Custom packaging, project management, lab work, product integration, and logistics support are part of CCC's service lineup. CCC operates more than 70 blow-molded manufacturing plants in North America, which produce about 7 billion pieces annually. Customers include Dean Foods and Procter & Gamble. CCC is controlled by private equity Vestar Capital Partners.

Krause Corporation was founded in 1916 by Henry Krause. Krause is a family-owned operation that manufactures plows and other tilling systems. Krause Corporation company produces the world's largest selection of farm tillage equipment and grain drills of any short line manufacturer. Krause's products include chisel plows, disc/coulter chisels, disc and in line rippers, disc harrows, field cultivators, Landsman and Landstar brand one-pass finishers, row crop cultivators, no-till and minimum till grain drills, and soil packers. Krause has 400,000 sq. ft. of covered manufacturing space on 40-acres.

Cardo AB is a Sweden-based engineering company. It is engaged in the provision of industrial and garage doors, logistics systems, water treatment systems, as well as process equipment for the pulp and paper industry. The Company is operational through four principal divisions. The Door and Logistics Solutions division with its corporate brand Crawford provides industrial doors and docking systems. The Wastewater Technology Solutions division with its corporate brand ABS is a supplier of pumps, mixers, aerators, compressors, as well as control and monitoring systems for wastewater treatment applications. The Pulp and Paper Solutions division develops pumps, mixers and measuring instruments for the pulp and paper industry. The Residential Garage Doors division manufactures garage doors for residential use. Cardo AB is operational in approximately 30 countries worldwide.

Reesink enables its customers to get their hands dirty. The Dutch firm manufactures and wholesales agricultural supplies, including garden products, agricultural machinery, and products for woodland and park management. Reesink also trades in rolled metal products, pipes and fittings, central heating products, bathroom fittings, wire products, paints, and other household products. Its agricultural machine products are sold under brand names Reco, Kaweco, and Stico. Nearly half of Reesink's sales come from do-it-yourself materials -- including hardware, gardening, and electrical products -- while the majority of sales comes from The Netherlands.

TRACO MANUFACTURING INC., is a leading U.S. manufacturer and importer of packaging equipment and shrink film products. During our first two decades, Traco was recognized by Inc. 500 as one of the fastest growing privately held companies in America and identified by Utah 100 for three consecutive years as one of the fastest-growing companies in the state. Traco appreciates a growing base of packaging customers as we celebrate 25 years of leadership in the shrink film and packaging industry. Traco's packaging products are primarily sold through stocking distributors in the USA and internationally.

ABB is short for A Bunch of Businesses -- though that bunch has evolved over some 130 years. ABB engineers power and automation technologies for a broad base of utility, industrial, and commercial customers. Its lines run from robots to light switches. Power products include transmission and distribution components, as well as turnkey substation systems. Automation technologies are used to monitor and control equipment and processes in industrial plants and utilities. The company has established a presence in about 100 countries, with its core businesses concentrated in power and automation markets. In 2009 developing geographies represented more than 50% of ABB sales.

Simpson Manufacturing makes connectors and venting systems for the building, remodeling, and do-it-yourself industries. Subsidiary Simpson Strong-Tie (SST) makes more than 11,000 types of standard and custom products that are used to connect and reinforce joints between wood, concrete, and masonry building components. Simpson Dura-Vent, meanwhile, makes venting systems for furnaces, water heaters, fireplaces, and stoves. Both units market globally and distribute through home centers and a network of contractor and dealer distributors. The Home Depot is a top customer of Simpson Manufacturing.

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