Named after scientist/founder Arthur H. Thomas, the company, formed in 1900 and better known as Thomas Scientific, is one of the oldest and largest distributors of scientific laboratory equipment in the US. It shelves an array of beakers and bell jars, centrifuges, hydrometers, microscopes, and test tubes. In addition to equipment, the company supplies the chemicals used in laboratory research. Customers range from public schools and government agencies to cosmetic, food and beverage, and petrochemical businesses around the world. Equally vital, distribution partnerships are cultivated with equipment makers, including Shimadzu Scientific Instruments.

Advanced Cast Products is not a challenging series of performances from a drama class, but it is a class act when it comes to iron products. The subsidiary of Neenah Foundry makes molds and assembles ductile iron products at its single foundry and production facility. The company makes ductile iron, austempered ductile iron, finished, machined, painted, and assembled cast products. Its 15,000-sq.-ft. machining facility houses state-of-the-art CNC machining centers, including double spindled lathes, horizontal machining centers, vertical machining centers, and custom-built lathes. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in February 2010 and emerged later that year along with parent Neenah Foundry.

Joy Global Inc. engages in the manufacture and servicing of mining equipment for the extraction of coal, copper, iron ore, oil sands, and other minerals worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Underground Mining Machinery, Surface Mining Equipment, and Continental Crushing and Conveying. The Underground Mining Machinery segment produces continuous miners, longwall shearers, powered roof supports, armored face conveyors, shuttle cars, flexible conveyor trains, roof bolters, battery haulers, and continuous haulage systems. It also rebuilds and services equipment, and sells replacement parts and consumables in support of installed base. The Surface Mining Equipment segment produces electric mining shovels, walking draglines, and rotary blasthole drills. This segment also provides used electric mining shovels, logistics, and life cycle management support services. The Continental Crushing and Conveying segment manufactures and distributes bulk material crushing and conveyor systems used in coal and hard rock mining for metals and minerals, aggregates, and tunneling. Its products include feeder breakers, conveyor systems, and high angle conveyors.

Electro-Wire, Inc. was founded in 1978. Electro-Wire company touts itself as the world's largest stocking distributor of Exane, the wire and cable of choice for locomotives built by Electromotive, General Electric, and MotivePower. Electro-Wire company also distributes wire and cable products such as audio cable, coaxial cable, extension cords, motor lead wire, and portable power cords. Electro-Wire also offers a wide range of electronic and electrical wire, shrink tubing, and associated products.

Lovejoy Industries finds both love and joy in working with metals. The holding company does business primarily in metal die casting, industrial molding manufacturing, and nonferrous metal foundries. It has bought and sold a number of industrial and manufacturing operations over the past 40-plus years. Touting competitive "lean" business practices in casting of aluminum, magnesium, and zinc, Lovejoy's affiliates are Acme Die Casting, Elkton Die Casting, Pichinin Die Casting (Brazil concern), and Acme Alliance (raw basic industrial services to technology companies, and the power tool industry). The company targets customers in automotive, telecommunications, gasoline distribution, and electric equipment markets.

Shurtape Technologies is on a roll and holding strong. Its tape products include: masking and paper, foil and film, double-coated, cloth and duct, and specialty (insulation and printable). Applications for Shurtape's products include packaging and project, industrial, retail, HVAC, arts and entertainment, professional paint, auto, marine, and aerospace. Shurtape is a global business with manufacturing plants in the US and Canada, and converting plants in China, Germany, Mexico, Peru, and the United Arab Emirates. The company derives its name from its original parent, Shurford Mills, which began as a maker of textile yarns and a leading manufacturer of cordage and twine.

Roper Industries, Inc. engages in designing, manufacturing, and distributing energy systems and controls, scientific and industrial imaging products and software, industrial technology products, and radio frequency products and services. The company operates through four segments: Scientific and Industrial Imaging, Energy Systems and Controls, Industrial Technology, and RF Technology. The Scientific and Industrial Imaging segment offers digital imaging products and software, patient positioning products and software, and handheld and vehicle mount computers and software. The Energy Systems and Controls segment produces control systems; fluid properties testing equipment; industrial valves and controls; and vibration and other non-destructive inspection and measurement products and solutions. The Industrial Technology segment offers industrial pumps, equipment and consumables, industrial leak testing equipment, flow measurement and metering equipment, water meter, and automatic meter reading products and systems. The RF Technology segment provides radio frequency identification, and other communication related technology and software solutions that are used in toll and traffic systems, processing, security and access control, campus card systems, freight matching, mobile asset tracking and water sub-metering, and remote monitoring applications.

Lingotes Especiales designs and produces metal components for use in automobiles, appliances, construction projects, and other products and industries. It also operates laboratories, employs design teams, and contracts with university laboratories to develop new products and improve existing ones. The company's research and development teams include personnel who are fluent in English, French, German, and Italian. Lingotes Especiales also makes sure that its process is as environmentally friendly as possible. Lingotes Especiales was founded in 1968.

Holophane and brand of Acuity Brands, Holophane makes lighting fixtures and systems for industrial, commercial, and outdoor markets. Its largest product line, industrial fixtures, features lighting for vast indoor spaces (retail spaces, convention centers, factories, warehouses, etc.). Holophane also makes lighting products for large outdoor areas such as highway interchanges, and it offers commercial and institutional lighting for schools and offices. Its ISD SuperGlass prismatic lighting technology allows reflectors to cast more light. Holophane was founded in 1895 in London, and its founder helped start the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America.

Elster Group s, electricity, and water meters mainly to utility customers. Its products include both manual-read and smart meters equipped with software and network communications technology used to monitor and measure consumption and energy efficiency. The group has one of the most extensive installed meter bases in the world with operations in North and South America, Europe, and Asia. Elster Group also sells heating equipment to furnace and boiler makers. Subsidiary Elster American Meter, sells gas meters and regulation equipment under the Elster American Meter brand in the US. Elster Group filed to go public in late 2010.

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