The company is a leading manufacturer of aluminum scaffolding products that aid in aerial construction and maintenance on facilities such as retail centers, airports, stadiums, and power generation boilers. It sells mobile access towers, walkways, and docking platforms -- branded under such names as Snappy, Span, System F, and Towermatic -- through a global network of distributors. Products are designed to be lightweight and easy to assemble. Customers include equipment rental companies in the Americas, Europe, and the Pacific Rim.

Lovejoy Industries finds both love and joy in working with metals. The holding company does business primarily in metal die casting, industrial molding manufacturing, and nonferrous metal foundries. It has bought and sold a number of industrial and manufacturing operations over the past 40-plus years. Touting competitive "lean" business practices in casting of aluminum, magnesium, and zinc, Lovejoy's affiliates are Acme Die Casting, Elkton Die Casting, Pichinin Die Casting (Brazil concern), and Acme Alliance (raw basic industrial services to technology companies, and the power tool industry). The company targets customers in automotive, telecommunications, gasoline distribution, and electric equipment markets.

Gerber Scientific, Inc., through its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, distributes, and services integrated automation equipment and software worldwide. Its Sign Making and Specialty Graphics segment markets printing equipment, software, and aftermarket supplies to sign makers, screen printers, exhibit and display houses, quick printers, award and trophy producers, and to the die making, short run, and sample making segments of the packaging industry. Its products comprise inkjet and thermal printing solutions, plotters and routers, and packaging systems; design and production software; aftermarket supplies, such as color foils, adhesive-backed vinyls, banner materials, and inks for inkjet printers; GerberGauge marking system; and various UV curable inks for inkjet products. The Apparel and Flexible Materials segment offers conceptual design, computer aided design pattern-making, and marking or nesting software; pattern design digitizers and large format plotters; computer aided manufacturing material spreading and single- and multi-ply cutting systems; product lifecycle management and product data management software for apparel brands and retailers for the management of product activities; precision laser-based templating, inspection, marking, and engraving solutions; aftermarket supplies, including spare parts and consumable materials; and customer training, technical support, and comprehensive maintenance and specialized support services. The Ophthalmic Lens Processing segment offers equipment, software, and supplies used in processing prescription eyewear. Its products include lens surfacing equipment, coating equipment, finishing equipment, full service laboratory equipment, and software. This segment serves wholesale lens production laboratories, retail eyewear chains, and independent eye care professionals, such as ophthalmologists, optometrists, and opticians.

Littelfuse company is the world's #1 fuse maker. In addition to its fuses, Littelfuse's other circuit protection devices include positive temperature coefficient devices that limit current when too much is being supplied and electrostatic discharge suppressors that redirect transient high voltage. Littelfuse company's thyristors protect telecommunications circuits from transient voltage caused by lightning strikes. Littelfuse's 4,000-plus customers include electronics manufacturers (Hewlett-Packard and Samsung), automakers (Ford, GM, Honda, and Toyota), and the automotive aftermarket (AutoZone and Pep Boys). Littelfuse company gets about two-thirds of its sales outside the US.

Shiloh Industries produces steel blanks, stampings, and modular assemblies for the automotive, heating and air-conditioning, and lawn and garden equipment industries. It also makes tools and assembly equipment for its own use and to sell to OEMs and other suppliers. Shiloh's largest customer is General Motors, which accounts for over 40% of sales. Other customers include Ford, Chrysler, and Toyota, as well as home appliance manufacturers, construction companies, and steel producers. Its nine manufacturing plants are located in Ohio, Michigan, Georgia, and Tennessee, and in Mexico. The company was founded in 1950 as Shiloh Tool & Die Manufacturing.

Arnold Machinery Company distributes construction and mining, concrete aggregate, industrial, and material handling equipment, as well as farm machinery (through its General Implement Distributors division) throughout the western US. Arnold Machinery Company also offers used equipment and provides repair and maintenance, rebuild, exchange, and rental services. OEM equipment suppliers include Volvo and Hitachi (construction and mining equipment); Hyster and Unarco (forklifts, warehouse equipment, and other material handling equipment); and Buhler and McFarlane (farm equipment). Chairman Alvin Richer has the controlling interest in Arnold Machinery Company.

Cross selling is no problem for Cross Company, an industrial distributor of products and solutions for fluid-power, motion-control, factory-automation, fluid-handling, and measurement applications. Employee-owned since 1979, the Southeastern US-based automation technology company operates four divisions: Cross Automation, Cross Fluid Power, Cross Hose & Fittings, and Cross Instrumentation. It has operations in seven US states. Division Cross Automation provides industrial plant and machine automation products including controls, sensors, and drives. Cross Fluid Power is a distributor of hydraulic and pneumatic components and engineered systems.

Southco company manufactures and distributes engineered access control hardware for applications in the automotive, computer, HVAC, industrial machinery, marine, mass transit, medical, military, networking, RV, and telecom industries. Its products include cam locks, captive fasteners, drive rivets, handles and pulls, hinges, and latches. All told the company offers some 25,000 standardized and 50,000 customized products. Southco has a global network of distributors in more than 30 countries. Outside the US, Southco has operations in Asia and Europe.

J C Bamford Excavators, commonly known as just JCB, is such a popular brand in the UK that its residents often substitute "JCB" for the word digger, the same way Americans use "Kleenex" for tissue. Best known for making backhoes, JCB produces a variety of heavy equipment used in construction and farming, including crawler excavators, backhoe loaders, front-end loaders, material handlers, and the speed tractor (the Fastrac, which moves at about 45 mph). JCB is Europe's largest maker of construction equipment. Subsidiaries JCB Finance and JCB Insurance Services, respectively, provide equipment financing and insurance for equipment and workers.

Founded in 1987 as Tycom Corporation, Kyocera Tycom Corporation became a subsidiary of San Diego-based Kyocera International in 2001. Kyocera Tycom manufactures carbide cutting tools, such as countersinks, drills, drill bits, end mills, scoring tools, routers, router bits, and end mills, while also providing resharpening services. Kyocera Tycom Corporation company caters to the industrial, electronics, medical, and aerospace sectors. Its primary market focus is the printed circuit board industry. In addition to its home in Southern California, Kyocera Tycom maintains operations in Canada, China, Hong Kong, Japan, and other parts of the US. It is also the US distributor for sister subsidiary Kyocera Advanced Ceramics cutlery and kitchen tools.

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