Lindsay Corporation designs, manufactures, and sells automated agricultural irrigation systems that are primarily used in the agricultural industry to increase or stabilize crop production while conserving water, energy, and labor in the United States and internationally. Lindsay Corporation company also manufactures and markets various infrastructure products. It operates in two segments, Irrigation and Infrastructure. The Irrigation segment manufactures and markets center pivot, lateral move, and hose reel irrigation systems, as well as various water pumping stations and controls. It also manufactures and distributes mini-pivots and hose reel travelers, as well as markets pivot monitoring and control systems, which include remote telemetry and a Web or personal computer hosted data acquisition and monitoring application. The Infrastructure segment offers Quickchange Moveable Barrier systems that help in highway reconstruction, paving and resurfacing, road widening, median and shoulder construction, and tunnel and bridge repairing. This segment manufactures and markets moveable barriers for traffic lane management, specialty barriers, and crash cushions; provides outsourced manufacturing services; and manufactures and sells large diameter steel tubing.

Vaahto Group Plc Oyj is a Finland-based company engaged in implementation of technology and consulting services for the paper, board, and pulp industries. The Company has two main business divisions. The Pulp and Paper Machinery division develops its customers' production processes by designing and manufacturing machinery and components. The division specializes in rebuilds of paper, board, and pulp drying machines, as well as roll cover services and spare parts. Pulp & Paper Machinery division has two business units, foam and foam service projects. The division has units in Finland, China and Russia. The Process Machinery division designs and manufactures agitators, pressure vessels, such as columns and reactors for process industry applications. The Process Machinery division includes subsidiaries Japrotek Oy Ab and Stelzer RUEHRTECHNIK Warburg International GmbH. Other subsidiaries of the Company include AP-Tela Oy, Profitus Oy, Vaahto Group Asia Limited and Vaahto Oy.

Howle Holdings has a firm grip on tooling, cutting, and carbide products. Howle Holdings manufactures branded products from three divisions -- Elektron Components (Arcolectric and Bulgin; electro-components); Hard Metals (Total Carbide and Titman; industrial and tungsten carbide router cutters); Elektron Instruments (Digitron, Sifam, and Queensgate; instrumentation products). Its seven operating subsidiaries are located in China, North America, Tunisia, and the UK. Howle also offers a variety of engineering and computer-aided design services. Howle Holdings company serves customers in the automotive, aerospace, medical, mining, and engineering industries. In 2006 UK-based electronic components manufacturer Elektron PLC bought Howle.

PDQ Manufacturing makes touch-free car wash systems for those who want a clean car pretty darn quick. Its products include the LaserWash line of in-bay automatic washing systems, touted as the most popular in the world. PDQ also takes credit for a hybrid car wash system incorporating touch free and friction cleaning technology. PDQ Manufacturing company produces a line of drying equipment, too. Reaching customers online, its Internet-based wash system allows customers to purchase services from the operating cash wash's Web site. Wash systems are sold through equipment distributors, big box retailers, and convenience stores.

Standard Textile company designs, manufactures, and distributes decorative and workwear textiles for healthcare, hospitality, and institutional use. Healthcare products include bedding, surgical gowns, and incontinence care. Its hospitality goods tie in custom towels, performance blankets, and woven sheeting. Its workwear line offers coveralls to sport jackets. Bedspreads, flame-resistant drapery, and window treatments are part of its decorative mix. The company manages its own R&D, manufacturing, distribution as well as pushes linen management, and technical services. The privately held company is led by its founder's grandson, Gary Heiman.

Marzotto's reputation is made out of whole cloth. Manifattura Lane Gaetano Marzotto & Figli and its affiliates are returning to their roots and concentrating on the textile side of the company's business, after having spun off Italian haute couture fashion house Valentino and other apparel-related operations into a separate company, called Valentino Fashion Group, in 2005. Textile operations remaining under the Marzotto flag include production of woolen and linen fabrics, yarns, and linens and blankets. Some of Marzotto's companies include Fratelli Tallia di Delfina, Estethia, and Lanificio G.B. Conte. The Marzotto family controls the company, which Luigi Marzotto founded in 1836.

Ayrshire Metal Products manufactures cold-rolled steel and other steel products, including lightweight steel frames, doors and purlin and cladding systems. Ayrshire's AyrFrame is a structural steelwork modular building product used especially for the construction of hotels. Additional products include customized design and detailing software. The company maintains three manufacturing facilities, but it closed its historic Scottish factory, which opened in 1819, in Irvine, Ayrshire. Ayrshire Metal Products is owned by Knapdale (Nominees) Ltd., which is controlled by Ayrshire's chairman, Mark Wilson.

Lizhan Environmental uses scrap leather and other local materials to produce synthetic leather and other fabrics for furniture, auto upholstery, and clothing manufacturers as well as for fabric distributors. It sells its products domestically and exports to the US and a handful of other countries. A majority of sales come from recycled leather fabric though the company, through subsidiary Hongzhan, is developing an environmentally friendly imitation leather called Evergreen for the auto upholstery market. Lizhan filed to go public in mid-2010.

Ajax Metal Processing is cleaning up the market when it comes to hardening and protecting small metal parts, such as nuts and bolts, primarily for customers in the automobile manufacturing industry. Services include heat treating, plating, adhesive and sealant application, annealing, cleaning, and coating. The company's wire rod annealing and pickling equipment includes four surface combustion batch-type furnaces with a total annealing capacity of 130 tons per day, and a continuous eight-zone furnace with an annealing capacity of 100 tons per day. Ajax Metal Processing operates two plants in Michigan and one in Indiana.

WIKA Instrument Corporation company makes electronic and mechanical pressure gauges, thermometers, sensors, transmitters, and other instrumentation, as well as diaphragm seals for HVAC and other systems. Its products are used in oil and gas, biodiesel, ethanol, water treatment, hydraulic and fluid power, and manufacturing applications. WIKA sells directly, through distributors, or via the company's Web site to more than 100 countries. WIKA Instrument Corporation company is a fully owned subsidiary of Germany-based components manufacturer WIKA Alexander Wiegand, which has been in business for more than 60 years.

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