Pentaflex (named in part after its five original investors) flexes its muscles as a manufacturer of metal stampings. The company operates hydraulic presses, mechanical presses, and steelweld presses to make its metal stampings. It also uses such methods as heat treating, painting, and plating. Customers include companies which design and make axles, brakes, clutches, transmissions, and wheel and drive line components for heavy trucks. Pentaflex also sells metal stampings to the agriculture, automotive, lawn and garden, and the industrial markets. The company was founded in 1972.

Concord Fabrics textile manufacturer mainly produces polyester circular knits and fleece that appeal to patchwork and quilting enthusiasts. The company's Andover Fabrics unit specializes in fabrics used in quilts, made in a variety of colors and patterns. Its Makower UK unit, headquartered in Oxfordshire, designs and produces cotton fabrics for quilters. Andover Fabrics sells to apparel makers and retailers in the US, Canada, and South America. Makower prints its products in South Korea and distributes them throughout Europe from its warehouse in Oxfordshire. Concord Fabrics is owned by Safer Textiles.

Oerlikon Barmag company makes spinning and textile machines used to produce manmade fibers. Its machines process raw material to make sportswear, carpet, safety belts, and other products. The company has subsidiaries located in most regions of the world and has boosted sales through acquisitions, including Neumag, a maker of textile machines and staple fibers. Barmag's largest customer base resides in the Asian market, primarily China, as well as India and Taiwan. Barmag is part of the Oerlikon Textile, which was the textile division of Switzerland-based Saurer until it branched off in 2007.

National Manufacturing's name doesn't do the scope of its operations, or its geographic reach, justice. Also known as National Hardware, the company makes a vast array (6,900 SKUs) of builders' hardware and home improvement products, including bolts, pulleys, and other attachment items; garage-door, gate, and rail components; hasps, hinges, hex keys, locks and latches, screen- and storm-door accessories, screwdrivers, and wrenches. In addition, it provides hardware retailers with inventory, packaging, and merchandising services. National Manufacturing, which operates in the US, Mexico, and Canada, started off in 1901 as a small wagon company in Sterling, Illinois. Stanley Black & Decker owns the company.

Asahi Organic Chemicals really knows how to turn on the waterworks--and how to turn them off, as well. Organic Chemicals Industry Co. company manufactures and distributes valves, valve actuators and controls, gaskets, and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic piping products. Its fluid control products can be found in the Georgia Aquarium, as well as Japan's famed Phoenix Seagaia Resort. Asahi Organic Chemicals also produces such items as flow meters and filtration equipment for use in automotive and industrial applications. Organic Chemicals Industry Co. company maintains operations in China, Europe, Singapore, the US, and Japan, of course.

Lincoln Industrial Corporation manufacturer builds lubrication equipment and fluid pumping products to help modify friction, improve fuel economy, reduce noise, and lengthen component life. Among its products are general lubrication pumps and grease guns, heavy-duty pumps for handling viscous materials, and automatic lubrication systems to direct the right amount of grease or oil to bearings or other close-fitting points. In 2005 Lincoln Industrial was acquired by Harbour Group Industries, a privately owned conglomerate with companies active in manufacturing and distributing a diversity of consumer and industrial products.

Gundle/SLT Environmental, Inc. (GSE) is a leading manufacturer and marketer of geosynthetic lining products and services with a worldwide presence in the following markets: agriculture, aquaculture, canals, civil, golf courses, mining, power, stormwater retention, waste containment, wastewater, and other industrial applications. For over 30 years, people around the world have looked to GSE products to make their projects easier and better. With an expansive line of geomembranes, geosynthetic clay liners, geonets, geocomposites, nonwoven geotextiles, and concrete protection, GSE continues to develop solutions to meet our customers varying project requirements.Our unstoppable commitment to innovation, creating new technologies and products, gives our company the ability to apply our technologies to an endless array of customer needs. GSE’s dedicated and experienced professionals are always ready to service our customers around the world. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, GSE has manufacturing and sales offices in the United States, Canada, Chile, Germany, United Kingdom, Thailand, and Egypt. GSE is a subsidiary of GEO Holdings Corp. owned by Code Hennessy & Simmons IV L.P.

Besser manufactures equipment for the worldwide concrete products industry. It serves all segments, including landscape, pipe, precast, ready-mix, and masonry. Besser company sells both new and used equipment, along with molds and machine parts. It also offers training for maintaining, operating, and troubleshooting machinery. Besser company was founded in 1904 as the Besser Manufacturing Co. by Jesse Besser; CEO James Park is his great-nephew. Besser operates in Canada, Germany, and the US. In 2010 the company acquired Kraft Energy, a supplier of quick concrete curing equipment sold to makers of concrete products.

Established in 1973, Jablite rapidly grew into the UK's largest producer of expanded polystyrene (EPS) insulation products and developed Jablite into the brand leader. Since 1996, we've been a member of Synbra Group b.v, which operates with autonomous business units, putting us in the unique position of being able to respond quickly to our own local markets, whilst enjoying the added benefit of sharing the resources and technology of a major, global group. Today, the Jablite name is synonymous with quality, innovation and customer investment. Totally committed to the concept of a customer-supplier partnership, we work closely with you, the customer, to provide the products and services you require and, through continuous improvement, we develop new, innovative products as your needs change.

Extruding confidence in the face of difficult environments, Lauren Manufacturing lets its products seal the deal. The custom extrusion company uses organic, silicone, and specialty polymer materials (butyl rubber and neoprene, for example) to mold products such as weather stripping, high performance (UV and ozone resistant) synthetic rubber sponges, automotive gaskets, and seals. Supplying industries from vehicle and transportation to building and construction and container manufacturers, its 1,000-plus customers include General Motors, Harley-Davidson, IBM, and Pella Windows. Lauren International acts as parent company of Lauren Manufacturing and divisions Edgetech, Lauren AgriSystems, and LMI Custom Mixing.

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