President Bill Kuban owns the company his father, Kurt Kuban, founded in 1946. Kurt Manufacturing makes close-tolerance, precision-machined parts and components on a contract basis for the aerospace, defense, automotive, oil, and semiconductor machining markets. Kurt operates through divisions including Hydraulics, Engineered Systems, Kinetic, Chipmunk, and Workholding. These divisions manufacture chip recycling equipment, gaging systems, hydraulic coupling and hoses, vises and other workholding tools and bicycle training products. The company is also a manufacturing partner of DeltaHawk Engines, producing engines that operate on jet fuel and range from 150- to 200-plus horsepower.

GSI Group has its laser sights set on manufacturing. The global company makes components for precision motion and motion control products for niche markets, and laser-based manufacturing systems primarily for the semiconductor, telecommunications, and electronics industries. Laser functions include marking, tuning, drilling, placement, and inspection, and are used in lithography, industrial processing, medical, and military applications. Manufacturing facilities are located in the US, China, and the UK; products are sold directly or through distributors to OEMs. Customers in the Asia/Pacific region account for more than half of the company's sales.

Rockbestos Surprenant Cable Corporation is a world leader in the design & manufacture of insulated high performance Control, Power, Instrumentation and Specialty electrical cables. For over 80 years we have been committed to meeting the most demanding customer requirements through innovative design, manufacturing excellence and unequaled customer service.

Calgon Carbon makes activated carbons and purification systems and offers purification, separation, and concentration services to the industrial process and environmental markets. The company provides activated, impregnated, and acid-washed carbons (about 130 million pounds annually) for use in applications such as food processing, wastewater treatment, and emissions control. Calgon Carbon also sells equipment that uses activated carbon and ion exchange resins for the purification of products in the chemical, food, and pharmaceutical industries. The company's consumer products include charcoal and carbon cloth.

WALTER AG company manufactures and sells industrial machining systems and metal-cutting tools. Its tool division makes carbide tools for boring, cutting, milling, and turning. WALTER also produces a line of tool data management software to aid in project planning and production. Founded in 1919, WALTER has operations worldwide. Sandvik AB owns about 96% of the company and groups WALTER under its Sandvik Tooling segment. In the interest of joint global marketing and sales, WALTER bundles Sandvik's PROTOTYP and TITEX brands under its corporate banner.

A123 Systems wants to get people all charged up about new cars. And it plans to use rechargeable lithium-ion batteries to do it. The company develops and manufactures rechargeable batteries and battery systems for the transportation, consumer, and electric grid markets. A123 is targeting the fast-growing electric and hybrid electric vehicle market. In the electric grid sector, the company is working with AES to produce multi-megawatt battery systems that take the fluctuations out of the electricity grid and provide backup power during shortages. In consumer products, its batteries are used in home appliances, power tools, and electronics. More than half of sales come from customers in the US.

TreeCon Resources, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the forestry and timber-related businesses. It operates in two segments, Equipment, Parts, and Service, and Timber and Wood Products. The Equipment, Parts, and Service segment operates equipment dealerships, which sell major units, parts, and repair services, and finances the sale of industrial and commercial timber and logging equipment in east Texas and western Louisiana. Its customers range from small logging operations to large integrated timber related operations. The Timber and Wood Products segment includes sawmill operations and the treatment and sale of lumber products.

Dynamic Controls Ltd. (DCL), founded in 1960, is the “Leader by Design” of high and low pressure cartridge valves, manifolds, reducing stations and fluid/gas systems for critical, demanding applications.DCL has an extensive, growing installed base in excess of 47,000 cartridges (as of March 2006) on Nuclear Submarines, Diesel Electric Submarines, Aircraft Carriers, Navy Surface Ships and Gas Control systems for Rocket Launch pad(s).DCL design expertise, 3D modelling, and extensive proven experience in design and manufacturing of fluid/gas flow components and systems with special capabilities in high-pressure provide the foundation for unique, critical products, which require demanding applications and performance in petrochemical, nuclear, space industry, and our base-Navy Submarines and Surface Ships.The DCL Quality System for valves and reducing stations meets military, nuclear and non nuclear, as well as ANSI and ASTM quality requirements, including MIL-I-45208A, AM.1, Level 1/Subsafe, M.O.D. military specifications, and ISO-9001 certifications.Related company, BVMI, a division of Dynamic Controls Ltd. (DCL), manufacture/design specialty valves for the Nuclear Industry, bellows sealed (liquid metal) globe valves, non-return valves and strainers.

LEONI is a global supplier of wires, optical fibers, cables and cable systems as well as related development services for applications in the automotive business and other industries. The group of companies, which is listed on the German MDAX, employs around 50,000 people in 36 countries and generated consolidated sales of EUR 2.16 billion in 2009. LEONI develops and makes technically sophisticated products: from single-core auto-motive cables through to complete wiring systems with integrated electronics. Moreover, LEONI’s product range comprises wires and strands,fiber optic cables standardised cables as well as special cables and wiring systems for applications in various markets.

Seco Tools manufactures metal-cutting products which cover four main areas of machining: milling, holding, turning, and holemaking. Items include milling cutters, carbide endmills, thread turners, drills, boring heads, reamers, and tooling systems. Seco Tools also manufactures an array of solid carbide drills, and its Secomax product line consists of a range of high-performance cutting tool grades developed for use on hard-to-machine metals. Some of its latest tool presetters feature digital imaging. The group holds strong market positions in Western Europe and North America and is investing in Asia and Eastern Europe. Sandvik owns about 60% of Seco Tools.

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