austriamicrosystems offers various kinds of devices, including application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) for power management, wireline communications, and medical applications; application-specific standard products (ASSPs) used in cordless phones and digital music players; and standard linear semiconductors, such as converters, amplifiers, and regulators. It customizes systems for power management, sensing, and mobile entertainment. austriamicrosystems also provides contract manufacturing (aka foundry) services through which it produces chips on behalf of other chip makers. The company gets over 60% of its sales in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

Transcat, Inc. engages in the distribution of professional grade test and measurement instruments and provision of calibration, parts inspection, production model engineering, and repair services. It operates through two segments, Distribution Products and Calibration Services. The Distribution Products segment markets and distributes test and measurement instruments, which include calibrators, insulation testers, multimeters, pressure and temperature devices, oscilloscopes, recorders, and related accessories. The Calibration Services segment offers calibration, parts inspection, product model engineering, and repair services. It markets and sells products through multiple sales channels comprising direct catalog marketing, e-newsletters, Web site, a field sales organization, outbound sales, and an inbound call center in North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. The company serves pharmaceutical industry; FDA-regulated businesses, such as food and beverage businesses; industrial manufacturing companies; energy industry and power, natural gas, and water utility companies; chemical process industry; and industries that require accuracy in their processes and confirmation of the capabilities of their equipment. As of March 28, 2009, it operated 12 calibration laboratories in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada. The company was formerly known as Transmation, Inc. and changed its name in October, 2002. Transcat, Inc. was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in Rochester, New York.

Itron, Inc. provides products and services to utilities for the energy and water markets worldwide. It produces electricity, gas, water, and heat meters; and various other associated metering products for residential, commercial and industrial (C&I), and transmission and distribution customers. The company offers electronic electricity meters with and without automated meter reading (AMR); gas and water AMR modules; handheld, mobile, and network AMR data collection technologies; advanced metering infrastructure technologies; electromechanical electricity meters; mechanical and ultrasonic water and heat meters; diaphragm, turbine, and rotary gas meters; one-way and two-way electricity prepayment systems, including smart key, keypad, and smart card; and two-way gas prepayment systems using smart card. It also provides solutions for residential and C&I meter data management; consulting and analysis services; professional services that assist customers in installing and maintaining meter reading systems; managed services that include the issuing of prepayment devices, automated processing of transaction details, customer account management, maintenance of historical financial transactions, business to business call centers, and personalized mailing services. In addition, the company offers software knowledge applications, including modules for C&I complex billing; Web-based usage analysis for customers with advanced metering data; distribution asset analysis; load research and management; revenue protection, including theft detection and identification of unbilled revenue; and central market data collection and load settlement. Itron sells its products through direct sales force, distributors, representative agencies, partners, and meter manufacturer representatives, as well as through original equipment manufacturer arrangements with various meter manufacturers. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Liberty Lake, Washington.

Channell is a global designer and manufacturer of equipment supplied to telephone companies and cable television network operators. Major product lines include a complete line of thermoplastic and metal fabricated enclosures, advanced copper termination and connectorization products, fiber optic cable management systems and heat shrink products.

MAPPER Lithography B.V. company has developed specialized lithography equipment used in semiconductor production. (MAPPER stands for "Multi-Aperture Pixel-by-Pixel Enhancement of Resolution," which is the name of the company's proprietary technology.) Lithography is a key process by which circuit patterns are inscribed into silicon wafers. The company has technology partnerships with Philips and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing. The MAPPER technology grew out of research at the Delft University of Technology, and the company, established in 2000, makes its headquarters in the university's Applied Physics Laboratory.

Transgenomic, Inc. provides products for the purification and analysis of nucleic acids used in the life sciences industry for research primarily on molecular genetics and diagnostics. The company also provides genetic variation analytical services to the medical research, clinical, and pharmaceutical markets. Its principal product includes WAVE System, a bioinstrument, which has broad applicability to genetic variation detection in molecular genetic research and molecular diagnostics. The company also offers bioconsumable products, which include SURVEYOR Nuclease and a range of high pressure liquid chromatography separation columns; and consumable products that can be used on multiple independent platforms. In addition, it provides molecular clinical reference laboratory services, which specializes in mitochondrial and molecular diagnostic testing, including genetic testing for oncology, hematology, and inherited disorders, as well as pharmacogenomics research services. The company's customers include academic and medical institutions, as well as pharmaceutical, biotech, and commercial companies. It sells its products through direct sales and support staff in the United States, the United Kingdom, and western Europe; and through dealers and distributors. The company was founded in 1997 and is based in Omaha, Nebraska.

In 1987 president and CEO Ed Swartz founded Static Control Components, Inc., which is owned and operated by his family. Static Control Components, Inc. company that made a name for itself by selling anti-static products has made an even greater impression by selling parts for rebuilt toner cartridges. Its Imaging Division, which sells parts to recycle used printer cartridges, has captured more than half of the world market. SCC also makes electrical testing tools. In 2006 Static Control Components sold its SCC Products affiliate to 3M.

Canadian Solar Inc. was founded in 2001 and is based in Markham, Canada. Canadian Solar Inc. (CSI) designs, develops, manufactures and sells solar cell and module products that convert sunlight into electricity for a variety of uses. The Company conducts all of its manufacturing operations in China. Its products include a range of standard solar modules built to general specifications for use in a range of residential, commercial and industrial solar power generation systems. It also designs and produces specialty solar modules and products based on its customers’ requirements. Specialty solar modules and products consist of customized modules that its customers incorporate into their own products, such as solar-powered bus stop lighting, and complete specialty products, such as solar-powered car battery chargers. It sells its products under its Canadian Solar brand name and to original equipment manufacturing customers under their brand names. It also implements solar power development projects, primarily in conjunction with government organizations.

Jetion Holdings company manufactures solar cells and modules -- parts used in solar power systems that convert sunlight into electricity. Its products are used by the power generation, defense, maritime, and transportation industries. With production facilities in China, Jetion is targeting its own fast-growing domestic solar power market, as well as export markets in Europe and North America, where demand is strong as solar applications become more sophisticated. Germany represents its largest customer base, accounting for more than half of the company's revenues. Bayerische Solar and Mage Solar are among Jetion's key customers.

SOLON SE engages in the manufacture and sale of solar modules and photovoltaic systems for solar power plants worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Components and System Technology. The Components segment involves in the development, production, and distribution of solar modules for specialty wholesale and installation companies. The System Technology segment engages in the development, manufacture, and distribution of power plant systems; and the construction of turnkey solar power plants. It also develops and produces sinewave inverters; SOLON Mover, a biaxially tracked photovoltaic system; and SOLON Single Axis, a single-axis photo-voltaic system. This segment serves project developers and financial investors. The company was formerly known as SOLON AG fur Solartechnik and changed its name to SOLON SE in December 2008. SOLON SE was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

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