Tyco Flow Control, a business segment of Tyco International, engineers, manufactures, and installs flow control and heat tracing products for the oil/gas, power, food and beverage, chemical, marine, mining, construction, water, and other process industries. Its lines of business, including Valves & Controls, Water & Environmental Systems, and Thermal Controls, make products under brand names such as Anderson Greenwood, Biffi, Crosby, Keystone, KTM, Raychem, Sempell, Tracer, and Vanessa. Tyco Flow Control has manufacturing facilities, warehouses, and distribution centers throughout North and South America, Europe, and the Asia/Pacific region.

Being square is no insult for box-maker Norampac. A division of Cascades, Norampac manufactures volumes of containerboard, boxboard, and corrugated products. To do so, it operates 26 corrugated products plants, seven containerboard mills, three boxboard mills, and five folding carton plants. A graphic center and an innovation center also offer design services and an array of paper options. Norampac facilities in Canada, the US, and France, churn out products for the food, wine and spirits, and consumer goods industry. Norampac debuted in 1997 when Cascades and Domtar joined their containerboard and corrugated products businesses. Members of the Lemaire family, owners of Cascades, serve in Norampac's management.

Waukesha Bearings is a leading designer and manufacturer of engineered hydrodynamic bearings and magnetic bearing systems for high-performing turbomachinery in oil & gas, power generation, marine and industrial markets. Typical applications include gas, steam and hydro turbines, centrifugal gas compressors, generators, gearboxes, pumps and motors.Waukesha Bearings’ range of oil and process lubricated bearings are optimized for top performance in challenging environments and engineered for low power consumption, reduced temperatures, and increased reliability and efficiency. Waukesha’s field-proven magnetic bearing systems offer superior performance and availability along with environmental benefits.

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.

Interpump Group likes high-pressure when it comes to its business. Interpump Group S.p.A. company makes a range of products to serve four sectors: hydraulics (oil pressure power take-offs), industrial equipment (high and very high-pressure plunger pumps), electric motors (used in high pressure washers and compressors, and in gate openers), and cylinders (hydraulic pumps). Interpump exports its products to more than 60 countries worldwide. Interpump Group S.p.A. company, which was founded by CEO Fulvio Montipo in 1977, jumpstarted a plan to focus on more technology-intensive products with its 2005 acquisition of Hammelmann, a Germany-based manufacturer of high-pressure pumps.

Kirby Risk Corporation, which was named after one of its co-founders, supplies electrical products (process automation products, drives and motors, lighting, fuses, wire and cable) and services in the midwestern US. Kirby Risk's services include electric-motor repair and precision machining. Kirby Risk Corporation company's electrical supply distribution unit handles more than 20,000 products from some 500 manufacturers, including 3M, Allen Bradley, and Rockwell Automation. Other operations include ARCO Electric Products (phase converters). CEO James Risk III owns Kirby Risk Corporation.

Tarpon Industries angles to be a giant in the sea of steel storage racks. Doing business as Eugene Welding Co. (EWCO) and its SpaceRak division, the company manufactures structural and mechanical steel tubing, along with steel storage rack systems. The storage lineup offers cantilever, pushback, and selective storage racks, and drive-in/drive-thru systems. Its tubing is used in making products from automotive racks to sprinkler systems. Customers include retail centers, and public, commercial, and industrial warehouses, as well as manufacturers, such as Sears, Boeing, and Ford. In 2008 Heartland Steel Products, led by Tarpon CEO James Bradshaw, acquired the company, completing Tarpon's bankruptcy reorganization.

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.

Sta-Rite Industries, Inc. company manufactures pumps, water systems, filters, and accessories, which it sells in more than 100 countries. Sta-Rite manufactures its products for two distinct markets: pool and spa customers and residential, commercial, and municipal water supplies. It operates domestic plants in California; Nebraska, New Hampshire, and Wisconsin, and international facilities in Australia, Germany, Italy, Mexico, and New Zealand. Founded in 1934, Sta-Rite was part of Wisconsin Energy's WICOR subsidiary until it was acquired by water products company Pentair in 2004.

Nestor Sales is as a national warehouse distributor to niche manufacturing markets. Its operations comprise three independent units: Ace Tool, AIM Supply, and a Government Sales division. Ace Tool provides tools, equipment, and supplies to automotive accounts; in addition to OEMs, customers include mobile tool jobbers and parts stores. AIM Supply sells tools and maintenance, repair, and overhaul supplies to marine, manufacturers, and fleet service companies. Government Sales supplies vehicular equipment components and services to federal agencies, including the Department of Defense. Investment firm Carousel Capital owns Nestor.

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