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.

Chicago Tube & Iron (CT&I) is one of the largest steel service centers in the US. It manufactures and distributes over 30,000 items, including bars, boiler tubes and tools, fittings and flanges, pipes, tubing, valves, and other steel and aluminum building materials. The company also provides bending and fabrication services, such as beveling, coiling, cutting, deburring, and threading. An online store offers apparel, golf accessories, and more with the CT&I logo. Founded in 1914 by the Haigh family, CT&I is led by the family's fourth generation, chairman Robert B. Haigh. He shares ownership with president Donald McNeeley.

Western Pacific Packaging Inc. (WPPI) can wrap up a wide range of products, from sunscreen and shampoo to fuel additives and car wax. The contract packager bottles, pillowpaks, pouches, and tubes are filled, printed, and repackaged in display kits to make items ready for the store shelves. WPPI's facility has bulk storage for liquids, and its bottle filling lines can imprint labeling anywhere on a bottle or cap. Pillowpaks can be completely sealed or affixed with various dispensing tips. Company clients include Amway, Bocchi Laboratories, and Prolong International.

Cinetic Sorting Corp. company makes automated sorting machines used by logistics and retail customers. Among the businesses that use its products are postal agencies and courier services, airports, and distribution centers (from food distributors to newspapers). Cinetic Sorting is the US regional headquarters of Fives; other operations are based in Italy and Japan. Cinetic Sorting was formed when Sandvik sold its Sorting Systems business to the Cinetic Industries (now Fives Cinetic) subsidiary of Fives.

Amsted Industries Incorporated, through its divisions and subsidiaries, manufactures industrial components for the railroad, vehicular, and construction and building markets. Amsted Industries company offers railroad products, including wheels, tapered roller bearings, truck systems, draft gears and cushion units, couplers and connectors, draft sills, locomotive draft gears, center plates, constant contact side bearings, springs, and rail anchors; and vehicular products, such as aluminum and iron wheel hubs, aluminum castings, automatic transmission, reaction plates and one-way clutches, brake drums, molded plastic components, piston pins, power metal parts, and steering column components.

Established in 1935, Murata Machinery makes textile machinery (spinning frames, automatic winders, staple fiber band lines, and texturing machines), machine tools (turning machines, spindle and self-loading chuckers), sheet metal machinery (punch presses and CAD/CAM software), and manufacturing logistics and automation systems (automated warehouse systems, logistics centers, sorting systems, and conveyer systems). Murata Machinery also offers fax machines and multifunction office equipment that it markets under the Muratec name.

Low & Bonar PLC manufacturer supplies fabrics, fibers, yarns, and flooring products to customers in a broad range of industries including building & construction, civil engineering, transport, and carpet & tile. Products include fibrillated yarns, grass yarns, synthetic construction fibers, tiles, woven, and synthetic non-woven fabrics. Low & Bonar produces its goods using such materials as nylon, polyethylene, polypropylene, and PVC. Its brands include Chocflex, Coral, Flotex, Nuway, Tessera, and Threshold. About 70% of revenues come from Europe.

Leeport was founded in 1967 by Joseph Lee. Leeport (Holdings) Ltd. can provide the tools and equipment necessary to manufacture almost anything. Leeport Precision Machine Tool makes metal cutting machinery. Leeport Metalforming offers machinery for bending and forming metal. Leeport Metrology makes measuring instruments. Leeport Tools provides all manner of industrial tooling. Leeport Electronics makes machinery for printed circuit board manufacture and assembly. Other operations include Leeport Technology and Rapman (prototyping), and Leeda Machinery (grinding and milling machines), and Hoffman Quality Tools. Leeport company also provides sourcing and consulting services.

Precision Castparts Corp is a leading maker of investment castings used in jet aircraft, satellite launches, armaments, and medical applications (prostheses). Its Investment Cast Products segment makes jet engine parts, fluid management valves, and deep-hole boring tools. Forged Products and Fastener Products round out the company's three segments and cover the power generation and paper and pulp industries, as well as general industry. The cyclical aerospace market still accounts for more than half of PCC's sales. PCC's aerospace customers include jet engine makers General Electric (about 14% of sales) and Pratt & Whitney.

The world's largest producer of concrete pumps, Putzmeister Concrete Pumps GmbH company also makes pipe-conveying and concrete placing machines as well as high-pressure washing systems. Products generally shoot concrete over long distances from mixers to the tops of large structures. Putzmeister has operations across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and the Americas. In the US, the company's business is handled by Putzmeister America. Products are made in varying locations in order to be able to suit local demand. Putzmeister was founded in 1958 by Karl Schlecht, whose family foundation holds 90% voting control, but owns just 1% of shares.

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