AGCO Corporation manufactures and distributes agricultural equipment, including tractors, combines, self-propelled sprayers, hay tools, forage equipment and implements, and diesel engines, and related replacement parts worldwide. The company provides tractors, including compact tractors used in small farms and specialty agricultural industries, such as dairies, landscaping, and residential areas; utility tractors comprising two-wheel and all-wheel drive versions used in small and medium-sized farms and specialty agricultural industries, including dairy, livestock, orchards, and vineyards; and horsepower tractors used in large farms and on cattle ranches for hay production. It also offers combines, and application equipment, including self-propelled, three and four-wheeled vehicles and related equipment for use in the application of liquid and dry fertilizers, and crop protection chemicals; chemical sprayer equipment; and related equipment, including vehicles used for waste application that are specifically designed for subsurface liquid injection and surface spreading of biosolids, such as sewage sludge.

Alamo Group Inc. was founded in 1955. Alamo Group, Inc. is engaged in the design, manufacture, distribution and service of equipment for right-of-way maintenance and agriculture. The Company’s products include tractor-mounted mowing and other vegetation maintenance equipment, street sweepers, excavators, vacuum trucks, snow removal equipment, pothole patchers, zero turn radius mowers, agricultural implements and related aftermarket parts and services. The Company operates primarily in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Canada and Australia. On October 22, 2009, the Company completed the acquisition of all the assets of Bush Hog, LLC.

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.

Buhler Industries Inc. (TSX: BUI) is headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Established in 1932 as an agricultural equipment manufacturer, the original company was purchased by John Buhler in 1969. Through steady expansion, new products and acquisitions, the company has experienced progress and steady growth. Over the years, many brands have joined Buhler Industries: Farm King, Allied, Inland and Versatile. Today Buhler Industries operates several modern manufacturing plants and distribution centers. Factories in Morden and Winnipeg, MB, and Fargo, ND, build tractors, front-end loaders, augers, compact implements and more. Buhler Industries maintains several well-stocked parts warehouses.In 2007, Combine Factory Rostselmash Ltd, a major combine manufacturer located in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, acquired 80% of the common shares of Buhler Industries. With additional investment in engineering, research and development and production, the company is moving forward. The dealer / distribution network in North America remains unchanged, but the Rostselmash network of more than 200 dealers in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan now has access to the products built by Buhler Industries. Buhler Industries remains committed to continuous product improvement and incorporating new value-added features. That tradition of excellence will continue well into the future.

Cascade Corporation engages in the manufacture and distribution of material handling load engagement products and related replacement parts, primarily for the lift truck and construction industries worldwide. It offers lift truck related products that are designed to handle loads with pallets and specialized application loads without pallets, including devices designed to handle loads, such as appliances, carpet and paper rolls, baled materials, textiles, beverage containers, drums, canned goods, bricks, masonry blocks, lumber, plywood, and boxed, packaged, and containerized products. The company also provides construction related products that allow vehicles, such as loaders, backhoes, and rough terrain lift trucks to move materials, as well as manufactures attachments for the construction industry. Its construction related products are also used on excavators and loaders for conventional and specialized ground engagement applications. The company offers its products primarily under the Cascade name. Cascade Corporation sells its products to the end-user customer through the retail lift truck dealer distribution channel and to lift truck manufacturers as original equipment manufacturer (OEM) equipment. It serves the pulp and paper, grocery products, textiles, recycling, and general consumer goods industries; lift truck OEDs, OEMs, and distributors; and original equipment manufacturers of construction, mining, agricultural, and industrial vehicles.

Caterpillar Inc. manufactures and sells construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, and industrial gas turbines worldwide. Its Machinery business engages in the design, manufacture, marketing, and sale of construction, mining, and forestry machinery, such as track and wheel tractors, track and wheel loaders, pipelayers, motor graders, wheel tractor-scrapers, track and wheel excavators, backhoe loaders, log skidders, log loaders, off-highway trucks, articulated trucks, paving products, skid steer loaders, underground mining equipment, tunnel boring equipment, and related parts. This business also involves in the design, manufacture, remanufacture, maintenance, and service of rail-related products, as well as offers logistics services.

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