TOPCON, which was founded in 1932 as the surveying instruments division of what is now Seiko Corporation, has offices and subsidiaries worldwide. TOPCON CORPORATION is a Japan-based company mainly engaged in the manufacture and sale of medical equipment, measuring equipment, industrial machinery and optical devices. The Company operates in three business segments. The Positioning segment offers global positioning systems(GPSs) for location surveys, digital photogrammetric systems and others. The Eye Care segment provides fundus cameras, tonometers, slit lamps, perimeters, operation microscopes, laser photocoagulators, photographic devices for corneal endothelial cells, digital image filing systems, electronic clinical record systems for ophthalmic practices, lens-processing machines and others. The Fine Technology segment provides wafer surface inspection equipment, proximity exposure equipment, semiconductor-related precision optical units, optical units for projectors, digital versatile discs (DVDs) and copy machines, as well as high precision lenses and infrared optical parts.

Cincinnati Belting and Transmission company manufactures and distributes bearings, belting and conveyor components, and power transmission, pneumatic, and electrical automation products. Products are used on bottling equipment, bakery conveyors, printing presses and washing systems. CB&T joins the going green effort by supplying energy rebate information along with upgrades for lighting, HVAC, and motors. Beyond the plant floor, CB&T offers predictive/preventative maintenance from just-in-time manufacturing system setup to inventory management, and data collection. Founded in 1921, President and owner James Stahl Jr. bought CB&T in 1975.

LG Display Co., Ltd. manufactures and supplies thin film transistor liquid crystal displays (TFT-LCD) to original equipment manufacturers and multinational corporations. The company offers TFT-LCD panels in a range of sizes and specifications primarily for use in televisions, notebook computers, and desktop monitors, as well as for handheld application products, such as mobile phones; and medium- and large-size panels for industrial and other applications, including entertainment systems, portable navigation devices, e-paper, digital photo displays, and medical diagnostic equipment. It has a strategic alliance with Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. to develop organic light-emitting diode displays. The company was formerly known as LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd. and changed its name to LG Display Co.

Enova Systems, Inc. engages in the development and production of digital power management systems for transportation vehicles and stationary power generation systems in the United States, Asia, and Europe. The company also develops and produces software, firmware, and hardware for applications in alternative power markets. It focuses on digital power conversion, power management, and system integration. The company offers power management systems, which control and monitor electric power in an automotive or commercial application, such as an automobile or a stand-alone power generator; drive systems comprising an electric motor, an electronics control unit, and a gear unit that offers power to electric vehicles; hybrid systems that eliminates external recharging of the battery system; hydrogen fuel cell based system; and stationary power systems utilize similar components to those, which are in a mobile drive system in addition to other elements. Its products are used in light, medium, and heavy duty trucks; and train locomotives, transit buses, and industrial vehicles.

MOSAID Technologies Incorporated engages in the licensing of patented semiconductor and telecommunications intellectual property (IP), complemented by the development of memory and other technologies. The company has right to license approximately 50 patents and foreign counterparts relating to digital signal processors (DSPs), reduced instruction set computer (RISC) processors, microprocessors, microcontrollers, application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), application specific standard products (ASSPs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), and semiconductor memory and processing technologies. The company also owns a portfolio of 400 patents relating to DRAM, Flash memory and semiconductor process technology. It also owns patents relate to technologies, including power over Ethernet (PoE), voice over Internet protocol (VoIP), IP private branch exchanges (IP-PBXs), wireless access points (WAP), IP digital subscriber line access multiplexers (IP-DSLAMs), cable modems, and asynchronous DSL (ADSL) modems. Licensing Programs The company has two major licensing programs, including the semiconductor licensing program and the telecommunications licensing program. The semiconductor licensing program focuses on licensing its memory patent portfolio, which includes patents related primarily to DRAM, Flash memory and PSRAM, and its microcomponents patent portfolio. The telecommunications licensing program focuses on licensing the company’s wireless patent portfolio, and on licensing the communications portfolio. As of April 30, 2008, the company had granted 33 patent licenses to companies headquartered in Asia, Europe and North America.

Elma Electronic is a global company that designs and manufactures solutions in electronics packaging. The company provides standard to fully customized components such as modular enclosures, cabinets and backplanes up to complete system integration. Elma also manufactures precision rotary switches. The company offers a fast, flexible response to customer needs and extensive practical knowledge in tailoring solutions to specific applications.

The Durham Co. have Thomas Edison to thank for their jobs. For over a half century the company has manufactured electrical hook-ups for investor-owned utilities to rural electric coops, and electric municipalities. Its lineup specializes in meter sockets, metering enclosures, socket-breakers and switch combinations, and transformers. Durham enclosures protect breakers and generator transfer switches, as well as meter pedestals. For metering relay circuits and instrument circuits, Durham also makes an array of test switches. The company's two Missouri plants divide up work; one makes the pad mount product line, and the other, enclosures and sockets. Durham is owned by the family of George E. Carr.

Fluensee company develops end-to-end radio-frequency identification (RFID) chips, software (termed AssetTrack), and support and training services for asset management and tracking. RFID technology can be thought of as futuristic bar codes that track in real-time products of all shapes and sizes. The technology is particularly useful for IT equipment and reusable/returnable assets.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. provides analytical instruments, equipment, reagents and consumables, software, and services for research, manufacture, analysis, discovery, and diagnostics. The company operates in two segments, Analytical Technologies and Laboratory Products and Services. The Analytical Technologies segment offers scientific instruments, including analytical instrumentation to analyze prepared samples; biosciences products for general chemistry and life sciences applications; software interpretation tools and development support; and laboratory automation equipment and systems. It also offers diagnostics products and services used in healthcare laboratories to prepare and analyze patient samples to detect and diagnose diseases; process instruments that provide measurement solutions and services; and solutions and services for environmental monitoring, safety, and security. The Laboratory Products and Services segment offers laboratory equipment, including sample preparation, environment storage and handling equipment, and laboratory workstations; laboratory consumables; research market solutions; and healthcare market products comprising analytical equipment, diagnostic tools, and reagents. This segment also offers workplace and first responder equipment, protective gear, and apparel; and packaging, warehousing, distribution, labeling, and analytical laboratory services. Thermo Fisher serves pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, hospitals and clinical diagnostic labs, universities, research institutions, government agencies, and environmental and industrial process control settings in the United States, Germany, England, and internationally. The company was formerly known as Thermo Electron Corporation and changed its name to Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. in November 2006 as a result of the merger with Fisher Scientific International Inc. Thermo Fisher was founded in 1956 and is based in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Cepheid, a molecular diagnostics company, develops, manufactures, and markets integrated systems for genetic testing in the clinical molecular diagnostic, industrial, and biothreat markets. Its systems enable molecular testing for organisms and genetic-based diseases by automation. Its SmartCycler system integrates DNA amplification and detection to allow rapid analysis of a sample; and GeneXpert system integrates sample preparation in addition to DNA amplification and detection. GeneXpert is designed for reference laboratories, hospital central laboratories, and satellite testing locations, such as ER and ICU units within hospitals, and doctors offices. In the clinical molecular diagnostic market, Cepheid markets tests for both the GeneXpert and the SmartCycler platforms in the areas of hospital acquired infections, critical infectious disease, immuno-compromised transplantation, women's health, and oncology. These tests include Food and Drug Administration cleared products, such as in-vitro medical devices, CE Marked, analyte specific reagents, and research use only tests. In the industrial market, the company sells its SmartCycler along with general use polymerase chain reaction reagents and reaction tubes. Cepheid has tests available for anthrax, pestis, and tullarensis in the biothreat market. The company sells its products through direct sales and distribution channels worldwide. It has strategic relationship with bioMerieux, Inc. for bioMerieux to develop DNA testing products using nucleic acid sequence-based amplification technology. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

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