GenCorp is a major technology-based manufacturing company headquartered in Sacramento, California. GenCorp’s two businesses, Aerojet and Real Estate, concentrate on two principal market areas: aerospace and defense, and real estate.GenCorp has been in business for the better part of a century. Established in 1915, GenCorp was formerly the General Tire & Rubber Company. The name change was implemented in 1984 when GenCorp was formed as a parent holding company. In a subsequent restructuring, the company exited the tire business by divesting General Tire. In 1999, GenCorp spun off its Decorative & Building Products and Performance Chemicals businesses into a separate, publicly-traded company called OMNOVA Solutions, Inc.

Ronson Corporation distributes consumer products, such as cigarette lighters, lighter fluid, flints, wicks, and butane fuel injectors, to customers in the US, Canada, and Mexico. Ronson also makes Multi-Lube spray lubricant and Kleenol spot remover. Ronson Aviation, another unit of its business, provides cargo handling, plane fueling, and aircraft repair, among other services, from its hangar and office at Trenton-Mercer Airport in Trenton, New Jersey. The division serves public and governmental agencies. In 2009, Ronson agreed to sell off virtually all of its operations, including the aviation, consumer products, and Canadian businesses.

Annin & Co is the world’s oldest and largest flag manufacturer. Starting from a sail loft in downtown New York City making signal flags for sailing ships in the 1820’s, Annin incorporated in 1847 and has since grown to four manufacturing locations. Annin now has worldwide distribution. As the official flag manufacturer to the United Nations, Annin’s international flags are the standards for exactness, followed by the rest of the world. Every state flag is exact according to specifications. Annin now manufactures over 10,000 different flags and flag accessories.

Earth Search Sciences, Inc., (OTCBB : ESSE) is a dynamic emerging growth company with more than ten years of research and development invested in bringing breakthrough remote sensing technology to the commercial marketplace. Earth Search had the foresight to know that customers' strategic decision making could beneft from the very precise information available only through advanced hyperspectral instruments, such as the PROBE-1. Today, technical decision-makers benefit from this technology in mineral exploration, oil and gas exploration, environmental monitoring and other business channels. Earth Search Sciences's clients and partners are strengthened by the competitive advantage of the PROBE-1 technology.The company has developed remote sensing instruments (using what is called hyperspectral remote sensing technology) based on NASA's Airborne Visible and Infra-Red Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS). The instruments designed by ESSI collect and analyze data for use in oil and gas exploration, mining, hazardous material remediation, and ecosystem monitoring, among other things. The company has served customers in the private, military, and government sectors. Chairman and CEO Larry Vance owns 74% of the company.

United Technologies Corporation (UTC) is a diversified company whose products include Carrier heating and air conditioning, Hamilton Sundstrand aerospace systems and industrial products, Otis elevators and escalators, Pratt & Whitney aircraft engines, Sikorsky helicopters, UTC Fire & Security systems and UTC Power fuel cells.

Hilasal makes and sells cotton towels and robes for all manner of uses including bath and beach towels, sports and kitchen towels, promotional and printed towels, as well as making robes for adults and children. The company sells its products through a variety of retailers including department stores, discount stores, and boutiques including Wal-Mart, Gigante, JC Penny's, Marshall's, and TJ Maxx. Hilasal exports just over one-third of it products to the US for sale.

PPG Industries is a leader in its markets; is a streamlined, efficient manufacturer; and operates on the leading edge of new technologies and solutions. It is their vision to continue being the world’s leading coatings and specialty products and services company, serving customers in construction, consumer products, industrial and transportation markets and aftermarkets. PPG has manufacturing facilities and equity affiliates in more than 60 countries around the globe.Coatings -- such as paints (sold under the Pittsburgh Paints, Lucite, and Monarch brands), stains (Olympic), and sealants that help protect surfaces -- account for most of its sales; the remainder comes from glass and chemicals. PPG's glass offerings include flat glass for buildings, fabricated glass, and continuous-strand fiberglass used in aircraft and buildings. PPG's chemicals segment makes chlor-alkali chemicals. The company operates more than 130 manufacturing facilities worldwide; it also operates 450 retail centers in the US. PPG greatly enhanced its European operations in 2008 by buying SigmaKalon from Bain Capital for $3 billion.

Founded in 1978 as H. Bernbaum Import & Export Company by Harry Bernbaum and Hank Bernbaum, High Sierra Sport Company has grown to become the tenth largest outdoor company in the United States (Sporting Goods Business, November 1999). Today, High Sierra Sport Company employs 40 people and distributes and sells to more than 1500 retailers and 2250 corporate accounts worldwide. High Sierra Sport Company is the official supplier of bags to the U.S. Ski and Snowboarding teams and its memberships include the Outdoor Industry Association (OIA), SnowSports Industries America (SIA) and the Travel Goods Association (TGA).The firm makes and markets a wide range of backpacks, day packs, and other gear for carrying stuff into the great outdoors, onto airplanes, and on their backs as they work out. Company bags are made under the High Sierra, Sierra Expedition, and other labels. In 2007 High Sierra debuted the ATQ line, which includes a wheeled backpack, duffel, and computer case, to its products portfolio. It also makes popular hydration bags. The company, which sells to some 1,500 retailers worldwide the likes of Sports Authority, was founded in 1979 as the H. Bernbaum Import & Export Company.

Acorn Powell Limited specialise in the manufacture and supply of Stainless Steel products. Their expertise covers a broad spectrum of building technologies, regulations and applications. Recent major projects have included washroom facilities for numerous schools, supermarket plumbing systems for Waitrose, fitting out a major shipyard in the Middle East and facilities for an army barracks complex.Acorn Powell equips everything from prisons to high-end hotels with its wide range of stainless steel appliances and fixtures. Its sinks, urinals, toilets, drinking fountains, kitchenettes, wash basins, and other plumbing systems are used in in commercial, residential, and institutional applications. The company distributes seven lines: Apinox Range, Neo-Metro, Whitehall Manufacturing, Acorn Aqua, Murdock Drinking Fountains, AcornVac, and Intra. Acorn Powell does business online and though mail order, but it also has a showroom at its Gloucester offices.

MBI Inc. direct marketing company offers a multitude of collectible items that range from porcelain Shirley Temple dolls and a sculpture of the ill-fated RMS Titanic to official First Day of Issue covers for new US stamps, die-cast sports cars, jewelry, and leather-bound books. The items generally are accompanied by monthly payment installment plans. MBI creates and markets more than 500 new products each year under its Danbury Mint, The Easton Press, and The Postal Commemorative Society divisions. It is one of the leading magazine advertisers in the US and has a mailing list of more than 10 million names.

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