Draka Holding boasts the right connections. Draka company makes low-voltage and special-purpose cable and telecommunication cable and systems. Its Energy & Infrastructure division makes standard low and medium-voltage cable products for the construction, industrial, and infrastructure markets. Draka's Industry & Specialty unit makes a wide range of cable used in such applications as elevators, oil platforms, wind turbines, cruise ships, autos, and airplanes. Its Communications segment makes copper and optical fiber telecommunication cable for broadband, mobile network, multimedia, and other telecom products.

Bobcat Company specializes in compact construction and utility equipment. Its products include mini-track and skid-steer loaders, loader backhoes, excavators, and attachments for all of them. Its brand lines include the M-Series (mini), CT-Series (compact tractor), Toolcat (utility), and VersaHandler (telescopic tool). Based in North Dakota, the company operates manufacturing facilities in the US, the Czech Republic, and France. There are more than 1,000 Bobcat dealers in 100 countries. In 2007 Ingersoll-Rand sold Bobcat, along with its utility equipment and attachments businesses, to Korea's Doosan Infracore and Doosan Engine for almost $5 billion.

Quabbin Wire & Cable Co., Inc. is a privately held corporation founded in 1975 by Paul Engel. The factory and offices comprise a 140,000 square foot facility in Ware, Massachusetts, about a two hour drive west of Boston. Quabbin Wire & Cable employs approximately 100 people and has total annual sales of $25,000,000.

Placon Corporation company makes thermoformed plastic stock and custom packaging for retail, food, and medical markets. Its primarily clear packaging is made from recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET; the kind of plastic used in water and soft drink bottles). Placon offers retail market manufacturers (in electronics, hardware, health and beauty, household, office products, and sporting goods) a range of more than 150 clamshells (packaging boxes) from which to choose. The business operates two manufacturing plants in the US and China. Placon Corporation company was formed in 1966 by Tom Mohs with a small thermoforming machine that he built in the basement of his home.

MARUWA makes ceramics, but you won't see them on display. MARUWA company manufactures circuit and machinery ceramics, as well as radio frequency products and electronic components. Its circuit ceramics are used in resistors for such consumer devices as PCs, cameras, and mobile phones. The machinery ceramics division makes quartz glass products, ferrite, and various ceramics used in such goods as disk drives and water faucets. Nearly all of the sales are in Asia; about half of MARUWA's sales come from Japan where it maintains six manufacturing plants and several sales offices.

OCV Fabrics US is reinforcing its place in the technical "fabric of our lives." Incorporating glass, carbon, and Kevlar, OCV makes a line of fiber woven products, used to reinforce an array of technical fabrics and plastic parts. End uses include canoes to snowboards, window blinds, car parts, industrial tanks, and pipes. OCV's primary markets include transportation, building and construction, marine, telecommunications, and consumer goods. The company has factories in Maine and Texas. Formerly Saint-Gobain BTI, OCV was recreated when Owens Corning acquired the reinforcements and composite fabrics businesses of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain in 2007. OCV is part of Owens Corning's technical fabrics segment.

Malin Integrated Handling Solutions and Design which began operating in the 1970s, also sells used and reconditioned lift trucks. Malin has sales and service locations throughout Texas and in New Orleans. Malin Integrated Handling Solutions and Design sells, services, and rents material handling equipment, including new and pre-owned forklifts made by The Raymond Corporation, sideloaders, pallet trucks, and related equipment such as batteries and chargers (EnerSys). It also stocks 4,000 line items of Raymond parts and provides access to more than 300,000 aftermarket parts for over 2,500 lift truck models through its aftermarket program (Lift Partners).

Calgon Carbon makes activated carbons and purification systems and offers purification, separation, and concentration services to the industrial process and environmental markets. The company provides activated, impregnated, and acid-washed carbons (about 130 million pounds annually) for use in applications such as food processing, wastewater treatment, and emissions control. Calgon Carbon also sells equipment that uses activated carbon and ion exchange resins for the purification of products in the chemical, food, and pharmaceutical industries. The company's consumer products include charcoal and carbon cloth.

Total Plastics, Inc. was founded in 1978 by John Kozacki and Jerome Kollig as a small plastics warehouse in Kalamazoo, Michigan. In 1984, the national sales office in Grand Rapids, Michigan opened to accommodate the growing business and regional plastics customer base. Further expansion occurred in 1987 with the opening of the Fort Wayne branch. In 1996, Total Plastics was acquired by A.M. Castle & Co. leading to additional branches in Baltimore, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh and Cleveland. TPI has since grown to include 16 branches total. The newest opened in July, 2007 in Rhode Island.

Comau sure is hoping robots are the wave of the future. The subsidiary of the diversified Italian manufacturer Fiat Group makes automation systems for the aerospace and automotive industries. Its main products include assembly and welding equipment, sheet metal dies, handling systems, and molds used to form plastic. Comau company also manufactures large assembly-line robots. It divides its business into four units: injection molding and dies; powertrain systems; body welding and assembly; and robotics, final assembly, and service. In addition to Fiat, Comau's customers include Ford Motor.

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