American & Efird (A&E) is a global manufacturer and distributor of industrial sewing and embroidery threads, and engineered yarns. Its products are used by both consumers and manufacturers of apparel, automotive materials, home furnishings, and medical supplies. In addition to threads and yarns, the company distributes cords, notions, twines, zippers, and related supplies made by other companies, such as YKK. A&E has 29 manufacturing plants and 68 service hubs, dotting more than 40 countries around the world. It is a subsidiary of Ruddick Corp., which also operates a chain of Harris Teeter grocery stores in the Southeast US.

Schoeller-Bleckmann Nitec GmbH designs and manufactures equipment for the fertilizer and petrochemical industries. Its products include urea synthesis products, such as heat exchangers and reactors, strippers, scrubbers, pool-condensers, pool-reactors, falling film condensers, internals, and pipe-spools; and ammonia synthesis vessels, such as converter shells, synthesis loop heat exchangers, and waste heat boilers. The company also provides heat exchangers, reactors, separators, and columns for the chemical and petrochemical industry. In addition, it offers installation and in-situ repair services; replacement parts services, such as seals, screws, and various semifinished products, including plates, pipes, pipe bends, and fittings; and monowall designs pressure vessels.

Guardian is one of the world's largest manufacturers of float glass and fabricated glass products. You also should know that we manufacture and supply the automotive industry with a variety of exterior products. We've also become a significant player in the building materials distribution business. And somewhere along the line, we became the world's largest producer of mirrors.Headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan, the privately held Guardian Industries group of companies has over 19,000 employees worldwide (that's 21 countries, on 5 continents), and we value them above all else.In fact, we are very proud of our management structure. It is specifically designed to avoid bureaucratic nonsense, and allows the individual to flourish. It is an environment that thrives on the initiative of its people. And it works. Just ask any of our thousands of happy customers.

Ratti is always chic founded in 1945.Ratti company specializes in making silk, cashmere, linen, wool, and cotton fabrics. Ratti produces most of its fabrics for women's apparel and accessories such as ties and scarves, but the company also makes fabrics for home furnishings. The company operates a few mills and distributes products worldwide, with offices in Italy, France, and New York. Ratti also participates in cultural textile exhibitions and publishes art books on ancient textiles. In August 2009 Marzotto approved the acquisition of a two-thirds stake in Ratti.

Band-It-Idex, a subsidiary of IDEX Corporation, makes a wide range of stainless steel clamping, bundling, fastening, and identification products for a variety of industrial applications. The company's fasteners include clamps, buckles, hose fittings, and mounting hardware. It also makes related manual and power installation tools. Band-It-Idex sells its clamps and other products worldwide to the aerospace/defense, agricultural, automotive, communications, construction, manufacturing, mining, utilities, oil and gas, and transportation industries, among others.

Draka manufactures elevator cables and wire rope and sells a variety of hoistway hardware, kits, and elevator electromechanical parts. It also makes components for escalator systems and offers customized products such as power-conducting cables, coaxial cable units, and other instrumentation wires and cables. Draka Elevator Products is part of Draka Cableteq, which in turn is a subsidiary of big Netherlands-based cabling company Draka Holding.

China Yuchai International Limited (“CYI”) is a Bermuda holding company established on April 29, 1993. We operate as an exempted company limited by shares under The Companies Act 1981 of Bermuda. On March 7, 2008, CYI registered a branch office in Singapore and has its principal operating office located at No 16 Raffles Quay #39-01A, Hong Leong Building, Singapore 048581. CYI is a subsidiary of Hong Leong Asia Ltd (“HLA”) which indirectly holds 28.24% of its outstanding ordinary shares as well as one special share. The common stock of CYI is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “CYD”.The principal operating subsidiary of CYI is Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Company Limited (“GYMCL”) which is located in Yulin City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southern China. GYMCL is one of the largest medium-duty diesel engine manufacturers in China. It produces and provides a comprehensive range of products from light-duty diesel engines to heavy-duty diesel engines, parts and diesel-powered generators to meet the needs of different sectors. GYMCL has a strong reputation among vehicle manufacturers and customers for the performance and reliability of its products as well as its after-sales customer service. We currently own through six of our wholly-owned subsidiaries, 76.4% of the outstanding shares of GYMCL.In February 2005, the Board of Directors of CYI announced its approval of the implementation of a business expansion and diversification plan. As a result, CYI acquired indirect interests in Thakral Corporation Ltd (“TCL”) and HL Global Enterprises Limited (“HLGE”). Currently we hold a 13.9% and 46.4% interest in TCL and HLGE respectively. The TCL group is a distributor of consumer electronics products with operations mainly in the People’s Republic of China (including Hong Kong). TCL also has other business activities relating to contract manufacturing, property development and investment in the PRC. On December 1, 2009 TCL’s Board of Directors announced a capital reduction and cash distribution exercise subject to receipt of approvals from its shareholders and the regulatory and legal authorities in Singapore. Concurrently with the capital reduction exercise, CYI announced its intention to sell 21% of its total shareholding in TCL through a placement exercise where settlement of the shares purchased would be after the completion of TCL’s capital reduction and cash distribution exercise. On June 9, 2010, TCL announced that the expected date of payment of the cash distribution of S$0.05 per issued share in TCL was July 7, 2010. On July 8, 2010, CYI announced that it had proceeded to complete the sale of 536,000,000 shares out of 550,000,000 shares in TCL available in the placement exercise to the various purchasers and that arising from its sale of the 536,000,000 shares in TCL, it will retain, through its subsidiaries a 13.9% shareholding interest in TCL. CYI has since, sold additional TCL shares in the open market resulting in its shareholding interest in TCL decreasing further from 13.9% to 12.3%.The core businesses of HLGE are hospitality operations and property development. TCL and HLGE are listed on the Main Board of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited.

Founded in 1969 by Chief Executive Officer, John E. Rode, Temper Corporation is an engineering and manufacturing company located in Fonda, New York. Today, Temper Corporation continues to provide innovative design, exceptional product quality and strong customer service. Temper Corporation is a leader in precision assemblies and equipment with quality designs at lower costs.The company's initial objective was to make high performance, cost effective metal spring sealing gaskets or static face seals, to be used on aerospace applications. However, due to cutbacks in aerospace spending in the early 1970's, the product emphasis shifted to newly invented compressible spacers. The Temper Load Ring™ Adjustable Spacer was developed and became an important component for customers to utilize in a wide range of assemblies, particularly for rapid and accurate adjustment of tapered roller bearings. The Temper Load Ring is a precision contour ring designed to perform as a predictable compression force element which is fabricated from ductile, high strength metal alloys.

Risdon International designs and manufactures metal and plastic packaging for the makeup and fragrance industries. It makes such products as lipstick and mascara containers, perfume bottle lids and caps, and metallic lacquer finishes. The company has three US manufacturing plants, as well as facilities in Canada, China, and Mexico, and a sales office in Paris. Risdon's list of customers includes Avon, L'Oreal, Estae Lauder, Procter & Gamble, and Revlon. Private equity firm Tea House Partners (THP) acquired Risdon from Crown Holdings in 2006.

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.

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