Sheards (formerly John Sheard) is a major supplier of textile machinery and parts. It supplies a wide range of yarn spinners including makers of sewing thread, weaving yarn, knitting or carpet yarn, and natural or synthetic fibers. Sheards acts as a distributor and agent for 21 of the world's top textile machinery and component manufacturers and supplies the UK and Irish markets. It formerly served as the UK and Ireland distributor for Lubricant Consult GmbH, the Germany-based leading manufacturer of high-specification lubricants, but exited that business in 2005 following a change in ownership and business direction in 2004.

Nisshinbo Holdings has been spinning its textile spell for more than a century, but only a quarter of its sales come from textile products. Its textile group spins, weaves, knits, dyes, and finishes cotton material for bedding, shirts, denim, and polyester-blend fabric used in uniforms. The company also makes spandex under the Nisshinbo Mobilon name. Its non-textile businesses include automobile brakes; papers (eco-friendly tissue and toilet paper, fine printing papers); mechatronics (laser cutting machines, solar module manufacturing equipment); chemicals (resins, elastomers, carbon foams); and electronics (semiconductors, power supplies, medical electronics).

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.

FWMurphy Group Company makes hundreds of products that monitor and control compressors, pumps, generators, engines, and other equipment. FWMurphy makes engine-driven equipment controls, gauges and industrial control systems for automotive, industrial, oil and gas production and transmission, irrigation and agriculture, and marine applications. The gauges can measure fluid level, pressure, temperature, and vibration. Its Control Systems & Services division (Texas) designs and fabricates control systems primarily for natural gas compressors. FWMurphy also has operations in the UK (Frank W. Murphy, Ltd.) and China (FW Murphy International Trading).

Gaska Tape Inc. manufactures a wide variety of customized specialty foam and tape products. If you need Closed Cell Foams, Adhesive tapes, PVC foam, Gasket tape, or open cell tapes we can help. Polyethelyn foam, low compression foam, aluminum foil tapes, medical grade foam, and colored foam tapes are just a few of the products we offer. To learn more about us, please visit our products section to see the complete listing of seals, tapes, and various foam density products and applications Gaska has to offer.

The family-owned Patten Industries, Inc. was founded in 1933 by B. C. Patten Sr. Patten Industries Company sells, rents, and services new and used Caterpillar equipment. It provides compact and full-sized construction equipment, power systems, and parts and services. Patten serves clients ranging from small contractors and landscapers to homeowners. Its rental fleet contains tractors, loaders, excavators, and other equipment made by Caterpillar and other manufacturers. Patten Industries operates from seven locations in northern Illinois and northwestern Indiana.

Whether cars, pick-ups or forklifts, Nissan is driven by its passion for attaining total customer satisfaction. A wholly owned subsidiary of Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Nissan Forklift is proud of its rich heritage of offering products that deliver high value to their owners. With the same meticulous quality standards and manufacturing principles incorporated into our forklift operations, the result is the no less than the finest material handling equipment our industry has to offer.To meet the needs of our customers, Nissan Forklift added Swedish warehouse manufacturer Atlet AB to its family, reflecting Nissan Forklift’s dedication to supporting the global requirements of our customer base. Today, all four production facilities offer exceptional flexibility to respond to a variety of changing product needs by offering a range of innovative designs.

Nicolet Plastics, Inc. (NPI), was established in 1986 in Mountain, Wisconsin. Phil Hartman, owner of Hart Tooling and Engineering, had an established business manufacturing molds for the plastics industry. Hartman, recognizing the need for an injection molding facility to compliment the mold building capabilities, founded Nicolet Plastics with Flip Hartman and Bob MacIntosh.Today, NPI comprises a 41,000 square foot production facility in Mountain, as well as other facilities in the area.

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.

Briggs & Stratton Corporation designs, manufactures, markets, and services air cooled gasoline engines for outdoor power equipment worldwide. It operates through two segments, Engines and Power Products. The Engines segment offers engines primarily for various lawn and garden equipment applications, which include walk-behind lawn mowers, riding lawn mowers, garden tillers, and snow throwers; and industrial, construction, agricultural and other consumer applications that include generators, pumps, and pressure washers. It also manufactures replacement engines and service parts. This segment sells its products directly, as well as through sales and service distributors. The Power Products segment offers portable and standby generators, pressure washers, snow throwers and lawn and garden powered equipment. It sells its products through various channels of retail distribution, including consumer home centers, warehouse clubs, mass merchants, and independent dealers under the Briggs & Stratton, Brute, Craftsman, Ferris, Giant Vac, John Deere, Murray, Simplicity, Snapper, Victa, and Troy-Bilt brands. Briggs & Stratton company serves original equipment manufacturers. Briggs & Stratton company has a strategic relationship with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) for the distribution of air cooled gasoline engines manufactured by MHI in Japan under Briggs & Stratton's Vanguard brand. Briggs & Stratton Corporation was founded in 1908 and is based in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.

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