Vidrala, S.A. company makes some 600 products, including bottles for soft drinks, water, oil, vinegar, juices, beers, and wine. Founded in 1965, Vidrala operates about 10 melting furnaces, with an annual production capacity of 950,000 tons in five different color glass containers. About 15% of its sales come from exporting its products outside Spain.

MetalTek International makes a variety of precision cast parts used in aerospace, mining, defense, petrochemical, and nuclear applications. It specializes in non-ferrous, stainless steel, heat and corrosion resistant alloys; its alloy casting methods include centrifugal, continuous, investment, and sand casting. Its five international facilities serve customers in more than 25 countries.

Named for the famous Italian volcano, Vesuvius Group S.A./N.V. was founded as Vesuvius Crucible Company in 1916 and acquired by Cookson in 1986. The venture has since engaged in a string of international acquisitions and has some 70 manufacturing facilities around the world. Vesuvius Group is a manufacturer of industrial equipment used primarily for the production of glass, iron, and steel. Vesuvius Group's products include ceramics, refractory products, and flow control systems; it also provides casting, finishing, and construction services. Vesuvius also makes machinery for the production and processing of aluminum and assorted minerals. Vesuvius Group S.A./N.V. is a part of Cookson Group's ceramics division.

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.

Interface Europe is an environmentally responsible commercial carpet manufacturer. Their InterfaceFLOR, Intercell, and Heuga lines of modular carpeting are easy on your feet and on the earth. Most of the company's products are designed for corporate offices. Interface Europe even recycles old tiles to keep them out of a landfill. The company aims to become completely sustainable by 2020. Interface Europe is a subsidiary of Atlanta, GA-based Interface Inc.

The Manitowoc Company, Inc. (MTW) is a multi-industry, capital goods manufacturer. It operates in two markets: Cranes and Related Products (Crane) and Foodservice Equipment (Foodservice). Crane is the provider of engineered lifting equipment for the global construction industry, including lattice-boom cranes, tower cranes, mobile telescopic cranes, and boom trucks. The Crane products are marketed under the Manitowoc, Grove, Potain, National, Shuttlelift, Dongyue, and Crane Care brand names. It is used in a range of applications, including energy and utilities, petrochemical and industrial projects, infrastructure development, such as road, bridge and airport construction, and commercial and high-rise residential construction. Foodservice is engaged in manufacturing of commercial foodservice equipment serving the ice, beverage, refrigeration, food-preparation, cooking needs of restaurants, convenience stores, hotels, healthcare, and institutional applications.

Russells Technical Products began when Russells Refrigeration Co., a commercial and industrial refrigeration sales and service company, was acquired in 1972 by Mr. Donald Bench. Since then, Russells has been designing and manufacturing environmental test systems and providing a comprehensive and varied product line including both pre-engineered and custom/specialty chambers. This has allowed Russells to attract and retain the technical expertise required in this field. Mr. Bench has been in the environmental test chamber manufacturing business since the 1950's starting with Conrad Inc., one of the original pioneering companies in this industry. Mr. Bench served Conrad as Chief Engineer and later becoming its President.Russells' management team has over 150 years experience in the design and manufacture of environmental test chambers and systems. Russells' personnel are qualified and skilled in all phases of the design and manufacturing process. Its business philosophy is to operate self-sufficiently in terms of utilizing modest but functional facilities and equipment to maintain a low overhead structure and enhance the value of its products. It owns its manufacturing facilities and capital equipment such as sheet metal fabrication, welding, electrical, refrigeration and painting equipment in order to maintain closer control and quality of these operations than if sub-contracted to outside suppliers.

Ditch Witch has cast a spell over the heavy equipment industry since 1949. Captivated by its power and efficiency, The Charles Machine Works (CMW) manufactures and sells construction equipment and parts bearing the Ditch Witch name. Its lineup features trenchless machines, trenchers, mini-excavators, and plows including tractors, backhoes, and saws for home construction and underground utility projects. The company also makes electronic tools from fault locators to beacons for ground directional assistance, and trailers, both dual- and single-axle. Machine maintenance and repair services are offered, too.

Athens Paper Company, Inc. is a privately-owned company, founded in 1952, headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. The two principal owners, M.H. (Bud) Chamberlain, Jr. and W. Donald (Don) Jenkins, Jr., were previously executives for Champion Papers International, Bud being Vice President of merchandising and Don as Director of Operations. Their travels and mill connections led them throughout the United States in the area of responsibility which involved 52 paper merchants from coast to coast. Tired of this extensive traveling and anxious to settle in one location, Chamberlain and Jenkins purchased Athens Paper Company in Nashville and opened for business on January 1, 1968.Both gentlemen began their careers in Nashville which is the main publishing center for seven of the world's largest religious affiliations as well as many other varieties of the printing and publishing trade. Their knowledge of this industry, along with national and international connections to mill sources and publishing requirements, made entry into their new business an appealing venture. Their story has been success after success. Beginning with an old three-story tobacco warehouse in downtown Nashville, Athens has grown from a original staff of 12 employees and one facility to the current 300 plus employees with eleven office/warehouse units and seven publishing sales offices. As well as all the above, Athens in Nashville was one of the first merchants in the region to employ full-time Sales Promotion assistance for advertising agencies and freelance designers. They have faithfully supported the creative field as a successful marketing force for discriminating paper consumers.Mr. Chamberlain passed away in June of 2005, but Mr. Jenkins along with the next generation of Chamberlains and Jenkins are proud to lead Athens Paper into the 21st century as the fastest-growing fine paper in the Mid South. With an emphasis on customer service and deep inventories, Athens remains the first choice for their customers in the region.

FLSmidth & Co. A/S Company, formerly FLS Industries, supplies services, machinery, and equipment to cement and related mineral industries worldwide. Operations include making cement plant machinery and pneumatic ship unloaders. It also offers materials handling and air pollution control services. Through subsidiary Dansk Eternit, it sells fiber cement building materials. After looking for a buyer, the company founders' family heirs gave up their attempt to sell in 2006. Instead, they switched their shares in holding company AS Potagus, which manufactures and markets cement and other building materials, to shares in FLSmidth.

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