For nearly 50 years, Anomatic has served as a well diversified manufacturer of anodized aluminum packaging to the cosmetic, health & beauty, medical device, automotive and spirits packaging industries worldwide. Our proprietary anodizing system has the capability of producing over 2.5 billion units in more than 500 custom colors annually. Value added services offered are embossing, debossing, screen printing, laser engraving and double anodizing. Anomatic offers semi and fully automated assembly for metal to metal, metal to plastic and metal to cork applications.

Ladish company designs and manufactures high-strength forged and cast metal components for aerospace and industrial markets. Jet engine parts, missile components, landing gear, helicopter rotors, and other aerospace products generate nearly 90% of the company's sales; general industrial components account for the remainder. Aerospace industry giants Rolls-Royce (26%), United Technologies (19%), and General Electric (11%) together account for more than half of Ladish's sales. Nearly 50% of its sales come from outside the US (the UK representing more than half of all foreign sales).

Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Company was established in 1917 as the shipbuilding division of Mitsui & Co. It separated from Mitsui 20 years later to become Tama Shipyard, then changed its name during WWII to Mitsui Shipbuilding & Engineering. Although nearly one-half of the company's sales come from building ships, including oil carriers and hull tankers, MES also makes industrial machinery (engines, boilers, gas turbines, and robotic systems) and constructs plants (for water treatment, oil refining, waste treatment facilities, gas chemistry, and chemicals). The company's other divisions build such steel structures as bridges, watergates, and penstocks.

Sirdar plc takes its destiny into its own hands by manufacturing carpet tiles and rugs under such brand names as Burmatex, Ryalux, and Velour Excel. Sirdar has decided to sell its hand-knitting yarn business in order to focus on its floorcovering operations (70% of sales). The company is also consolidating its residential and commercial carpets businesses into a single entity.

ABB is short for A Bunch of Businesses -- though that bunch has evolved over some 130 years. ABB engineers power and automation technologies for a broad base of utility, industrial, and commercial customers. Its lines run from robots to light switches. Power products include transmission and distribution components, as well as turnkey substation systems. Automation technologies are used to monitor and control equipment and processes in industrial plants and utilities. The company has established a presence in about 100 countries, with its core businesses concentrated in power and automation markets. In 2009 developing geographies represented more than 50% of ABB sales.

LWB Refractories, a manufacturer of dolomite-based refractory materials, supplies basic refractories (products based on doloma, magnesia, and alumina raw materials) for the steel and cement industries throughout the world. Its refractory materials are also used in rotary lime kilns. LWB Refractories company operates production facilities in Flaumont and Valenciennes, France; Hagen-Halden, Oberhausen, and Kruft, Germany; and York, Pennsylvania, in the US. Brazilian competitor Magnesita Refratarios acquired LWB Refractories company in October 2008 from US-based equity firm Rhone Capital for $938 million, creating one of the world's largest refractory manufacturers. The deal gave LWB an 11% stake in Magnesita.

Polymer Group us a leading maker of nonwoven textiles.PGI makes nonwoven and polyolefin products used in such consumer goods as disposable diapers, baby wipes, and an array of hygiene and medical products. Disposable goods account for 70% of the company's nonwoven sales. Other uses for its nonwovens include such industrial ends as air and liquid filtration, automotive insulation, protective apparel, car and boat covers, and climate control covers for crops. PGI operates a dozen-plus manufacturing and converting facilities worldwide. In fall 2010 it agreed to be acquired by an affiliate of Blackstone Capital Partners V.

Bull Moose Tube is quite serious about its role in the tubular market. A subsidiary of UK-based steel maker Caparo Group since 1988, the company manufactures mechanical and structural tubes and sprinkler pipe. Offering one of the largest size ranges in the industry, it makes as-welded mechanical tubes, hollow structural sections, V50 pipe, and sprinkler pipe, used in building structures, handrails, telescopes, and vehicle underbodies. Bull Moose Tube's growth caught investor notice in 2007 when SPP Capital Group offered $100 million for the company. The deal was later pulled due to market conditions.

Grupo Carso SA de CV, through its subsidiaries, operates primarily in the industrial, construction and infrastructure, commercial, automotive, and mining sectors. It operates through three divisions: Industrial, Infrastructure and Construction, and Commercial. The Industrial division offers cooper telephone, electronic, coaxial, power, fiber optic, and construction cables; harnesses and automotive cables; installation services; copper products, such as strips, sheets, coils, tubes, pipes, valves; aluminum products comprising strips, coils, and extruded shapes; PVC products, including tubes, joints, and water tanks; transformers; magnet wires; and power plants. The Infrastructure and Construction division provides shopping center, industrial facilities, corporate buildings, highway, water treatment plants, and oil platform construction services; steel tubes; design and installation of telecommunication networks; installation of mobile phone radio bases; and low income housing, mid income housing, and residential housing services.

InterMetro Industries Corporation, a division of Emerson Electric, makes storage and transport systems, from shelving to carts and tables used in commercial, foodservice, consumer, and healthcare markets. An array of hospital general storage and medication management equipment is produced by its Flo Healthcare, Lionville Systems, and medDISPENSE businesses. Foodservice products range from wine racks to heated holding cabinets. InterMetro also touts services, such as space audits and custom product design. Company manufacturing and distribution facilities dot the US, with sales offices in Canada, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America.

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