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The Wisconsin-based company has been designing and manufacturing heavy-duty attachments for utility tractors, skid/steer loaders, tractors, and lawn and garden equipment since 1920. It jointly develops and markets its lineup through commercial and consumer OEMs including Deere & Company and Great Bend., in addition to serving distributors and end-users. The design-and-build business tailors equipment from medium duty backhoes for compact utility tractors to self-propelled golf course mowers. In 2009 Michael Festge stepped up as chairman and CEO. Hit with tumbling orders, Amerequip has laid off over 15% of its workforce.

Ariens Company makes a line of consumer lawn and garden equipment. Its mowers to tillers are sold under multiple brands including the Ariens name, and its snow removal equipment under the Sno-Thro brand. Semi-famous "Lawnmower Boy" Ryan Tripp used an Ariens mower to mow the grounds of 50 state capitols and the White House -- all for charity. The company's Stens Corp. offers aftermarket replacement parts for power equipment via catalog sales and dealers in more than 30 countries. Ariens also produces Gravely-brand commercial grounds-maintenance equipment, and the Locke and National brands for intricate golf course maintenance. The family of founder Henry Ariens owns Ariens.

Astec Industries was founded in 1972. Astec Industries, Inc. (Astec) designs, engineers, manufactures and markets equipment and components used primarily in road building, utility and related construction activities, as well as other products. The Company's products are used in each phase of road building, from quarrying and crushing the aggregate to application of the road surface. The Company also manufactures certain equipment and components unrelated to road construction, including trenching, auger boring, directional drilling, gas and oil drilling rigs, industrial heat transfer equipment, whole-tree pulpwood chippers, horizontal grinders and blower trucks. Astec operates in four business segments: Asphalt Group, Aggregate and Mining Group, Mobile Asphalt Paving Group and Underground Group. As of December 31, 2009, the Company's subsidiaries held 101 United States patents and 36 foreign patents, and had 53 patent applications pending. The Company's products are marketed both domestically and internationally.

Behlen makes metal livestock equipment, pallets, grain storage bins and silos, as well as metal buildings, and trailers. Over the past 20 years, Behlen Country, the company's livestock equipment unit has acquired farm gate maker Farmaster, cattle handling equipment makers Big Valley and Universal Mfg., and storage tank provider Agri-Engineering, to become the industry's largest livestock equipment manufacturer. Behlen Building Systems focuses on making products for the agricultural building market, while Behlen's International Ag Systems unit makes silos and other grain storage structures. BMC Transportation maker truck trailers.

Bucyrus International, Inc. was founded in 1880. Bucyrus International, Inc. (Bucyrus) is a designer and manufacturer of safe and mining equipment for the extraction of coal, copper, oil sands, iron ore and other minerals in mining centers throughout the world. In addition to the manufacture of original equipment, Bucyrus also provides the aftermarket replacement parts and service for this equipment. Bucyrus operates in two business segments: surface mining, including the principal products of Terex Mining, and underground mining. All of its products and services are marketed under the Bucyrus name. The Company has manufacturing facilities in Australia, China, the Czech Republic, Germany, Mexico, the United Kingdom and the United States, and service and sales centers in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, England, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Peru, Russia, South Africa and the United States. On February 19, 2010, Bucyrus completed the acquisition of Terex Corporation, the mining equipment business.

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