Pentaflex (named in part after its five original investors) flexes its muscles as a manufacturer of metal stampings. The company operates hydraulic presses, mechanical presses, and steelweld presses to make its metal stampings. It also uses such methods as heat treating, painting, and plating. Customers include companies which design and make axles, brakes, clutches, transmissions, and wheel and drive line components for heavy trucks. Pentaflex also sells metal stampings to the agriculture, automotive, lawn and garden, and the industrial markets. The company was founded in 1972.

DeAcero is the largest steel wire manufacturer in Mexico. DeAcero company offers a slew of products for agriculture to building, cable, and industrial applications. Its catalog of fence and mesh items feature reinforced and ornamental hardware cloths, chain links, and sheep and hog floors. A list of wire products ranges from electric, fence and barbed wire, to tire wires, and its nail products include masonry, pallet, and fruit nails. DeAcero also produces long steel products, including rods and bars. DeAcero company exports to the US, Europe, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. Building and construction is DeAcero's core market, followed by agricultural, home, and industrial customers.

Allen Gearing Solutions has a need for speed. More commonly known as Allen Gears, Allen Gearing Solutions company makes gearboxes for industrial and marine high-speed rotating equipment. Its short list includes building epicyclic gearboxes (used in gas turbine generator drives) and parallel shaft gearboxes (found in high-power, low-ratio equipment). It also provides an array of aftermarket services, including 24-hour access to engineering advice, customer training, repair, spare parts, and scheduled inspections. Allen Gearing Solutions company's clients hail from the power generation, hydro power, oil and gas, and marine propulsion markets. Allen Gears, formerly a subsidiary of Rolls-Royce, was taken private in a management buyout in 2008.

GSI Group has its laser sights set on manufacturing. The global company makes components for precision motion and motion control products for niche markets, and laser-based manufacturing systems primarily for the semiconductor, telecommunications, and electronics industries. Laser functions include marking, tuning, drilling, placement, and inspection, and are used in lithography, industrial processing, medical, and military applications. Manufacturing facilities are located in the US, China, and the UK; products are sold directly or through distributors to OEMs. Customers in the Asia/Pacific region account for more than half of the company's sales.

American Excelsior Company has manufactured and distributed complete lines of products for packaging, cushioning, engineered foam specialties, erosion control, and a wide variety of engineered wood fibers. AEC's nationwide manufacturing and distribution capabilities ensure efficient delivery from 10 locations across the country.AEC's facilities are equipped with the latest technology and equipment to guarantee quality production of a wide variety of wood fiber excelsior and straw products, foam cushioning, as well as engineered and molded foam specialty products. Their high caliber logistics team assures timely delivery and distribution operations to meet customer needs and maximize efficiency, while a dedicated sales force remains focused on defining and delivering solutions to a broad range of businesses and customers worldwide. Headquartered in Arlington, TX, American Excelsior company prides itself on customer responsiveness and accessibility, and today 10 American Excelsior Company locations across the country employ hundreds of people all dedicated to serving tens of thousands of customers the latest solutions to their packaging, custom foam, evaporative cooling and erosion control needs.

W. S. Darley & Co. company makes firefighting equipment, including pump and foam systems and fire trucks. Its extensive range of products includes emergency lights and sirens, fire protection nozzles and other gear, forest fire drip torches, hazmat equipment, rescue tools, and traffic cones. W. S. Darley, which has a track record of sizeable export and US Department of Defense (DoD) contracts, partners with Odin Foam (compressed air foam systems R&D), PolyBilt (truck bodies), and Ohler Pumps (centrifugal pumps). It ships its products to over 70 countries. Darley company has been family owned and operated for four generations.

The Zignago Vetro Group produces hollow glass containers primarily for Food and Beverage, Cosmetics and Perfumery, Luxury Perfumery and Specialty Glass containers markets. It is active throughout the world with a "business-to-business" model through three Business Units: Zignago Vetro S.p.A., Verreries Brosse S.a.s., and Vetri Speciali S.p.A. (a 43.50% shareholding). Production is carried out in facilities located in Italy and in France

Kalamazoo Fabricating makes electrical panels, controls and drive components using its media blasting, painting facilities, and various lathes, mills, and saws. A division of Envirodyne Technologies, the company has expertise in the areas of custom equipment fabrication, coolant filtration, material handling systems, conveyors, and wash systems. Products are finished using dedicated media blasting (glass bead, sand, walnut shell, etc.) and paint. Kalamazoo Fabricating's installation of controls, drive components, and electrical panels take place at its plant's final assembly building. Industrial conveyor maker PRAB acquired Envirodyne in May 2008.

Building Automation Products, Inc. (BAPI) didn't design George Jetson's house, but it does help to keep things cool. Building Automation company manufactures temperature, humidity, air quality, and pressure sensors used by the heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC/R) industry. It makes AC-to-DC voltage converters, as well as wireless transmitters and receivers that can sense and transmit air quality information from up to 100 feet. BAPI, which was founded in 1993 in Cross Plains, Wisconsin, markets its products both in the US and worldwide through company distributors.

RHI AG company is the world's leading manufacturer of heat-resistant refractory products. RHI's refractories are used in high-temperature industrial processes such as steelmaking, copper and aluminum smelting, and glass production, and in the construction of industrial kilns. Most of the company's refractory product sales (about 60%) are used in steelmaking. RHI has manufacturing and sales operations on five continents. Accounting for more than a third of sales, Western Europe is the company's largest market, but RHI has been working to spread out its production and its sales to other regions.

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