Jiangsu Guotai International manufactures dozens of hand and power tools under the Top King brand name. Its hardware products include tableware, scissors, knives, and portable typewriters, among many others. Jiangsu Guotai also manufactures a variety of textile products, including knitted and woven garments, tents, and sleeping bags. Its division focusing on specialty pharmaceutical material manufacturing produces such well-known products as aspirin, benzocaine, erythromycin, and folic acid.

It makes Dr. Scholl's foot products, and Durex condoms (the top condom brand in the world). Merck & Co. (formerly Schering-Plough) owns the rights to the Dr. Scholl's brand in the Americas, but SSL owns it everywhere else. SSL also makes products tailored to regional markets. Its Mister Baby brand, for example, includes a line designed for infant care, sold solely in the UK. Likewise, its Sauber brand includes toiletries, hosiery, and creams targeted to the Italian consumer. SSL International gets almost 75% of its sales in Europe.

RESILUX is a family company by origin that was founded in June 1994, and since 1997 it has been listed on the Brussels Stock Exchange (Euronext). The company has an extensive network of sales and service offices in various countries. Alongside the main unit in Belgium, RESILUX has also created production units in other countries in just a few years, i.e. Spain (1997), Russia (1998), Greece (2000), Switzerland (2000/2001), Hungary (2002) and a joint venture in the United States of America (2001). RESILUX has sales offices in the above countries, as well as in many other countries on different continents. All these countries have their own specific characteristics that influence the growth dynamics. RESILUX produces preforms for many applications and in various weights, colours and forms. Preforms and bottles are produced for both single use and multiple use. For barrier-sensitive products, it is also possible to use multilayer preforms or bottles. Moreover, the RESILUX R&D centres are continually researching ways to further improve quality, increase the barriers of PET, and optimise the preform and bottle designs. RESILUX also does bottle-blowing projects for many customers. RESILUX provides the necessary know-how and if required the infrastructure and manpower for the filling companies. They can be done on the customer's premises (in-house), right next to the customer (wall-to-wall), or near to the customer (satellite). RESILUX is one of the most outstanding companies in the PET packaging market. This is mainly due to the strategic focus of the company, in which the global spread of risk and maximum market flexibility are central. In the second place, the strong position of RESILUX is due to a very high level of productivity, and its technological leadership, where the quality aspect comes first. Production is highly automated and production technology has to a large extent been optimised in house. Part of RESILUX's know-how is protected by patents and registered designs.

Romag Holdings is a specialist manufacturer of glass and plastic composites used in products that can provide bullet and bomb resistancy, and which can be used for security and safety, solar control, heated glass, and environmental control applications. Romag company supplies its products primarily to the specialist transport and architecture sectors, most notably where security is a concern. End products that utilize Romag's glass specialties include curtain walling, structural glazing, fire-resistant screens, insulating glass units, skylights/glass roofing, partitions, scenic lifts, and glass floors and stairways. Customers include BAA, BP, Securicor, UK government departments, banks, and building societies.

Bobst Group SA company is a global supplier of packaging equipment and services specializing folding cartons, corrugated board, and flexible materials. Serving packaging manufacturers around the world, the company's products print, cut, stamp, glue, fold, and laminate all manner of boxes, bags, and packages used to contain and display the handiwork of consumer products manufacturers. Bobst company's equipment is sold under various trade names, including Bobst, Champlain, Steuer, Astitrade, Rapidex, Rotomec, and Schiavi.

Fu Sheng Industrial makes industrial air compressors, golf club heads, and lead frames for integrated circuits. Its Fu Sheng Machinery division, founded in 1953, makes air compressors, refrigerant compressors, and air dryers. A top manufacturer of golf club heads, Fu Sheng Sporting Goods sells to every premium golf club maker in the world. Its US-based FS-Precision Tech subsidiary makes titanium and alloy investment castings such as orthopedic implants, turbochargers, jet engine diffusers, and other parts. The company operates globally through subsidiaries in China, Germany, Taiwan, Vietnam, and the US. Oaktree Capital Management acquired control of Fu Sheng in 2007 for about $850 million.

Asahi Glass Company shatters the conventional image of glassmakers. The world's #1 maker of flat glass also claims the top spot in automotive glass, plasma display panel substrates, and fluorinated resins. Glass for construction, automotive, and other applications account for half of Asahi Glass' overall sales. The company's Electronics and Display division makes high-purity silicon carbide and synthetic quartz glass for semiconductors and glass substrates for LCDs, while its Chemicals unit manufactures soda ash, caustic soda, and other specialty chemicals. Subsidiaries include US-based AGC America and French glassmaker Glaverbel.

Pilkington Group Limited company produces glass for the automotive and building products industries, and it is a major supplier of glass to replacement windshield shops in Europe, the Americas, and the Asia/Pacific region. Pilkington also manufactures building products, including glass designed to insulate buildings to control energy and noise. The company's automotive glass products include solar control glass, security glazing, and glass heating systems. Pilkington has operations in more than two dozen countries worldwide. In 2006 Pilkington was acquired by Nippon Sheet Glass Company, which previously owned about 20% of Pilkington Group Limited company.

Polar opposites attract profits at Walker Magnetics Group. Walker Magnetics Group company custom designs and manufactures a vast line of magnetic tools for work-holding, material handling and separation applications. From electromagnetic chucks to lifting devices, recycling and separation equipment, Walker Magnetics Group company caters to just about every industry (textiles to transformers, and fishing boats) that uses steel. The company's Canadian operation even built the world's largest (88-ton) suspended electromagnet, as certified by the Guinness Book of World Records. Its magnetic conveying systems are widely used by makers of cans and canned goods. Operations reach 190 countries with manufacturing and R&D sites in the US, Canada, and Europe.

The Milan-based company makes sub-marine and underground power cables needed to transmit high-voltage electricity and high-speed broadband. Prysmian operates through two main divisions: Energy Cables & Systems produces industrial cables needed for cars, trains, and underground mining, while its Telecom Cables & Systems division makes optical, fiber, and copper cables for video, data, and voice transmission. Prysmian S.p.A. company sells its products worldwide to such customers as Verizon, Siemens, and France Telecom. Prysmian has over 50 plants in 21 countries, subsidiaries in 38 countries, and seven R&D centers in Europe, and North and South America.

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