Leeds Group is now a small collection of subsidiary companies. Its Hemmers-Itex Textil Import Export subsidiary distributes cloth for apparel and home furnishings across Europe. The company withdrew from textile manufacturing, its traditional business, as the industry began to contract in Europe and move to emerging markets. It is now primarily focused on the import and sale of Asian fabrics in Europe. Today it sells about 35 million linear feet of fabric per year. Johan Claesson and UK entrepreneur Peter Gyllenhammer are major shareholders of Leeds Group.

Parker Boilers are dependably furnishing steam and hot water for almost every type of service. If maintenance costs are high or your present boiler is the cause of expensive plant shutdowns, now is the time to contact your Parker Representative. Let them prove to you how a truly superior boiler can cut your steam or hot water generating costs. For all that Parker offers, you will be pleasantly surprised at the low initial costs. Low NOx models are also available.

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.

Diploma was originally incorporated in 1931 and listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1960. In 1969, the Group started to acquire a number of industrial companies.In the 1990's these traditional core businesses matured into cyclical, lower margin businesses. A new acquisition programme was introduced to diversify into new more attractive sectors.Towards the end of the 1990's there was a simultaneous downturn in the three traditional businesses. It was apparent that they were in structural decline and this prompted the decision to embark upon a radical re-structuring of the Group.Over the three years from 1998 to 2001, ten businesses were sold generating proceeds of more than £90m. Of this, £70m was returned to shareholders through a Scheme of Arrangement in April 2000 and various share buy-backs. The balance was retained to fund future acquisitions and growth initiatives. This phase of re-structuring delivered an increase in shareholder value of more than 80% over the three year period.The restructuring has also changed the geographic spread of the businesses. From being a predominantly UK based Group, Diploma is now more international. Only 25% of the Group's sales are now in the UK, with the balance mostly being generated in North America and Continental Europe. The Group is now actively seeking further acquisitions to accelerate growth and to build substantial, broader based businesses in the core sectors of Life Sciences, Seals and Controls.

BGF Industries manufactures woven and non-woven fabrics from glass, carbon, aramid, and silica yarns. The fabrics strengthen, insulate, and stabilize hundreds of products in aerospace, transportation, construction, electronics, power generation, and oil refining. Products include hot gas filtration systems, aircraft and auto parts, bullet-proof vests, movie theater screens, and surfboards. The company caters to 400 plus customers like Cytec Engineered Materials, GE Energy, 3M Company, W. L. Gore & Associates, and Saint Gobain. BGF is a US subsidiary of Porcher Industries of Badinieres, France.

Orbit Irrigation believes that you should spray it and not say it. Orbit Irrigation makes irrigation products such as sprinklers, timers, and valves for the residential and commercial markets. Orbit also makes low volume and micro irrigation products that focus on conserving water. The company's brands include SunMate, Arizona Mist, DripMaster, and WaterMaster. Its more than 2,000 products are sold globally in more than 40 countries. Orbit has manufacturing facilities in the US and in China. Products can be found in retail stores such as Home Depot and Wal-Mart. Holding company Pro-Mark owns Orbit Irrigation.

El Products company has developed a series of energy-efficient night-lights that stay cool to the touch. Its Power-Fail LimeLite runs on batteries for 72 hours after a power failure. Other products include night-lights and clocks sold under the LimeLite and Indiglo names. The company also makes a line of 110 volt and solar charged exit signs for commercial use. EI Products has a marketing agreement with GE to sell its products under the GE brand name to retail markets.

George Kent (Malaysia) Berhad company's manufacturing division makes a line of brass components including water meters, stopcocks, ferrules, and fiberglass-reinforced polyester panels for water storage tanks. GKM's industrial marketing division offers products that serve the water, building, power generation, and oil and gas industries. Specific products include industrial process controls and instrumentation, valves and fittings, boilers, water meters, and automation systems. George Kent company's infrastructure division develops turnkey water projects for privatized water service. GKM's export division markets the company's products abroad, primarily in South Asia.

PMFG, Inc. provides custom-engineered systems and products for the power generation, natural gas infrastructure, refining, and petrochemical processing markets worldwide. PMFG company operates through two segments, Process Products and Environmental Systems. The Process Products segment offers separation and filtration systems that improve efficiency, reduce maintenance, and extend the life of energy infrastructure by removing liquid and solid contaminants from gases or liquids, as well as by separating different liquids. Its separation and filtration systems include vane separators, centrifugal separators, filter separators, three-phase separators, absolute separators, fuel gas conditioning systems, gas filters, nuclear plant steam separators, inlet air treatment systems, pulsation dampeners, heat exchangers, and industrial silencers. This segment also provides silencing equipment that controls noise pollution in various industrial processes; and heat transfer equipment to conserve energy in various industrial processes, as well as in petro-chemical processing. The Environmental Systems segment designs, engineers, fabricates, and sells environmental control systems and products for air and noise pollution abatement. This segment offers selective catalytic reduction systems that convert NOx emissions produced by burning hydrocarbon and organic fuels, such as coal, gasoline, natural gas, wood, grass, and grain into nitrogen and water vapor. This segment also offers oxidation systems, which oxidize carbon monoxide and various volatile organic compounds into carbon dioxide and water without the use of additional chemical reagents. PMFG company markets its products primarily through independent representatives, as well as directly to customers. PMFG, Inc. was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Timken Company tries to keep its bearings straight. Timken makes bearings that find their way into products from consumer appliances to railroad cars. It also makes power transmission components, from automotive gear shafts and connecting rods to aircraft engine components. In addition, Timken makes more than 450 grades of alloy and carbon steels, producing bars, billets, tubing, and custom components for automotive and industrial applications. It also offer power transmission components, lubricants, seals, and motion control systems. About 60% of sales come from the US. Five generations of the Timken family have served the company since its founding by one-time carriage maker Henry Timken in 1899.

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