Founded in Germany in 1909 by Anton Piller, Piller Industrieventilatoren GmbH is now owned by the families of Bernd Klostermann and managing director Nils Englund. Piller Industrieventilatoren makes fans -- not the kind that scream at celebrities, nor the kind that ladies use to gently create a breeze, but the kind used in industrial furnaces, power and evaporator plants, and industries ranging from food to textiles to petrochemicals. Piller also offers installation, maintenance, repairs, and remote diagnosis. Piller Industrieventilatoren company has offices and representatives in Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, and the US. Exports account for more than half of sales.

Polysius is always ready to cement a deal. A subsidiary of German industrial conglomerate ThyssenKrupp since 1999, Polysius AG designs industrial plants and makes machinery and equipment for the cement and raw materials industries (including crushed stone and coal). Plant construction services include consulting, process-engineering, and research and development. Raw materials-processing activities such as grinding, pyroprocessing, and materials handling utilize Polysius' engineered products. Polysius also provides process automation systems, spare parts, and after-sales service for existing plants.

Porteous Fastener was founded by Bud Porteous in 1966. Porteous Fastener Company (PFC) distributes more than 40,000 different types of fasteners from 16 locations across the US; it also has a warehouse in Vancouver, Canada. The company touts itself as the nation's largest privately held master distributor and importer of fasteners, and combines a diverse range of products (various anchor products, bolts, nuts, screws, threaded rods, and washers) with a range of packaging options (from standard quarter cartons, to farm box and small box packaging, to customized plastic bagging). Porteous Fastener Company's mill division is located in Taiwan.

Established in 1963, Power Electrics (Bristol) Ltd. specializes in the business of manufacturing electric generators and making them available for lease and sale; Power Electrics also provides parts and maintenance services. Power Electrics (Bristol) company, which serves a wide range of industries, operates through several offices in the UK. Clients include Cambridge University, FG Wilson, and Southern Electric Contracting.

PPT VISION company makes machine vision systems, used by manufacturers to perform in-line quality-control test and measurement inspections and to collect statistical feedback. System components are made by third parties, freeing PPT VISION to build, integrate, and test its lineup. IMPACT branded products incorporate cameras, lights, computer hardware, and graphical programming software. PPT VISION sells to companies in diverse industries, such as automotive, electronics, medical, and pharmaceutical. Top customers include Abbott Labs, 3M, Altria, and United Technologies. Director Peter Peterson owns a controlling stake in PPT VISION.

Precision Industries offers a myriad of bearings and power transmission products. Its line also provides belting, hose, and electrical products, fasteners, tools, and safety goods. Hydraulics and pneumatics are supplied, too, including pipe, valve and fittings, lubrication and material handling products. Distribution is managed by 150-plus stocking points dotting the US, and two master distribution centers. Its supply chain services are tapped by 3M, Avery Dennison, McCormick & Co. and Coca Cola.

Preferred Utilities Manufacturing was founded in 1920. Preferred Utilities Manufacturing's business is divided into five units: Preferred Instruments makes instrumentation and control systems for combustion applications; Preferred Engineering provides support for nuclear power plant outage activities; Preferred Utilities manufactures fuel oil handling equipment; Preferred Services offers field services related to commissioning new combustion systems and instruments, as well as maintenance and calibration of existing systems; and W.N. Best Combustion makes burners for firing natural gas, fuel oil, and waste liquids.

Prime Advantage Corporation company is a private buying consortium focused on creating the best possible savings on raw materials, components, supplies, and services for its client base. Founded in 1997, Prime Advantage's prime strategy of aggregating the purchasing power of individual manufacturers has increased cost savings for its members on a wide array of office and industrial supplies. Prime Advantage Corporation company's supplier roster includes distributors of abrasives, bearings, circuit boards, fasteners, lift trucks, motors, pumps, and valves made by manufacturers such as Motion Industries, Fastenal Company, and Macsteel Service Centers.

Chairman D. Dan Kahn founded PTS in 1951 to serve small factories and shops in the Detroit area. The Kahn family still controls Production Tool Supply Company, LLC. Production Tool Supply totes the tools of the trade -- and it distributes them to more than 50,000 customers worldwide. With nine showrooms in Michigan and Ohio, the company (PTS) distributes brand-name discount industrial tools and machinery. It markets approximately 235,000 products through a 1,700-page catalog, on the Internet, and through independent distributors. Products include cutting tools, carbide tools, abrasives, measuring tools, clamps and vises, power tools, tool safety products, and power machinery by blue chip OEMs, such as Bosch, Porter-Cable, and Sandvik.

Since 1982, Puckett Machinery Company has served as a Caterpillar dealer, owned solely by its chairman, Ben Puckett, Sr. Ben's son, Richard, is Puckett Machinery's president and general manager. Puckett Machinery Company operates equipment facilities in Brookhaven, Gulfport, Jackson, Hattiesburg, Meridian, and Natchez, Mississippi. Puckett Machinery sells and leases a slate of new and used Caterpillar equipment, generators, engines, and parts. It also offers forest products machinery, from Prentice knuckleboom loaders to Hydro-Ax feller-bunchers.

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