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.

Gems Sensors company, which got its Gems moniker from the names of its founders Gordon Seigle and Ed Moore, is a leading global manufacturer of liquid level, flow, and pressure sensors, and solid-state relays and barriers. It designs, develops, and manufactures hundreds of products for the environmental/process controls and tool and component markets. Individual items include continuous level transmitters, float type level switches, flow switches, pressure transducers, safe relays, solenoid valves, turbine sensors, and temperature switches. Gems Sensors is a subsidiary of Danaher Corporation.

LWB Refractories, a manufacturer of dolomite-based refractory materials, supplies basic refractories (products based on doloma, magnesia, and alumina raw materials) for the steel and cement industries throughout the world. Its refractory materials are also used in rotary lime kilns. LWB Refractories company operates production facilities in Flaumont and Valenciennes, France; Hagen-Halden, Oberhausen, and Kruft, Germany; and York, Pennsylvania, in the US. Brazilian competitor Magnesita Refratarios acquired LWB Refractories company in October 2008 from US-based equity firm Rhone Capital for $938 million, creating one of the world's largest refractory manufacturers. The deal gave LWB an 11% stake in Magnesita.

Emerson Electric company, generally known as just Emerson, makes a host of electrical, electromechanical, and electronic products, many of which are used to control gases, liquids, and electricity. Emerson pursues an active, aggressive acquisition strategy (with select divestitures along the way) in building up its global business with dozens of subsidiaries. Emerson Electric company gathers its 60-plus business units and divisions under eight Emerson Brands. It has more than 250 manufacturing locations, with about 165 locations outside of the US. Foreign operations make up more than half of Emerson's sales.

United Wire manufactures woven wirecloth, screens, and filters used in the production of high-tech filters and fireguards. Products are made primarily from stainless steel but other materials, including brass, bronze, copper, and nickel alloys, are also used. United Wire's woven wirecloth is found in such products as biscuit bands, brewing filters, cushion flooring, fuel filters, noise attenuation equipment, and test sieves. The company is a subsidiary of gas and oil exploration products and services provider Smith International, which is owned by oilfield services behemoth Schlumberger.

Pittards processes leather for use in gloves, footwear, and other goods.Pittards's glove leather division serves manufacturers of sport and dress clothing, as well as makers of military and other service-related uniforms. Its shoe and leather goods division produces cowhide leather for furniture, sporting goods, saddlery, and other products. Pittards' clients include Adidas, Louis Vuitton, Timberland, and Timex. The company has been in operation since 1826. Formerly 29%-owned by the founding Pittard family, Swedish investor Peter Gyllenhammar (backer of a number of other British manufacturing companies) bought a 65% stake in Pittards as part of its restructuring in 2006.

Ross Aluminum Castings utilizes aluminum alloy melting processes and continuous degassing techniques to filter molten metal to remove oxides, inclusions, and hydrogen gas porosity. A subsidiary of Advanced Metals Group since 2007, Ross is one of its parent company's four foundries, in addition to US Aluminum Castings, Oberdorfer, and Mabry Castings. Ross's casting processes include dry sand, green sand, permanent mold and drag, and squeeze casting. Products include aerospace castings and housings, automotive castings, and turbo charger housings.

United States Steel is the nation's #2 integrated steelmaker (behind ArcelorMittal). United States Steel operates mills throughout the Midwest in the US; in Ontario, Canada; and in Serbia and Slovakia. U.S. Steel makes sheet and semifinished steel, tubular and plate steel, and tin products; its annual production capacity is more than 30 million tons of raw steel (though its actual production rate is less than that). The company's customers are primarily in the automotive, construction, chemical, and steel service center industries. In addition, U.S. Steel offers services such as mineral resource management and engineering and consulting.

Tyco Flow Control, a business segment of Tyco International, engineers, manufactures, and installs flow control and heat tracing products for the oil/gas, power, food and beverage, chemical, marine, mining, construction, water, and other process industries. Its lines of business, including Valves & Controls, Water & Environmental Systems, and Thermal Controls, make products under brand names such as Anderson Greenwood, Biffi, Crosby, Keystone, KTM, Raychem, Sempell, Tracer, and Vanessa. Tyco Flow Control has manufacturing facilities, warehouses, and distribution centers throughout North and South America, Europe, and the Asia/Pacific region.

GrafTech International Ltd. manufactures graphite and carbon material science-based solutions. The company operates in two segments, Industrial Materials and Engineered Solutions. The Industrial Materials segment manufactures and delivers graphite electrodes, refractory products, and related services. Its graphite electrodes enable thermal management solutions for the electronics industry and fuel cell solutions for the transportation and power generation industries. Graphite electrodes and are used to produce electric arc furnace steel and various other ferrous and nonferrous metals. This segment also manufactures carbon, graphite, and semi-graphite refractory products, which protect the walls of blast furnaces and submerged arc furnaces. The Engineered Solutions segment offers advanced graphite materials that are used in the transportation, solar, metallurgical, chemical, and oil and gas exploration industries. This segment also provides natural graphite products, including thermal management solutions used in the electronics, automotive, petrochemical, and transportation industries; fuel cell components; and sealing materials. The company sells its products through direct sales force, independent sales representatives, and distributors in North America, South America, Africa, Europe, and Asia.

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