Andritz is a provider of production equipment focusing on five business areas: Hydro (now the company's largest segment generating more than 40% of revenues); Pulp & Paper; Metals (rolling mills and strip processing lines); Environment & Process; and Feed & Biofuel. The company goes crackers for water turbines and pumps, primarily for the hydropower, and pulp and paper industries. CEO Wolfgang Leitner is the managing director for Certus, an investment firm that owns almost 30% of Andritz. Andritz AG dates back to 1852, when it was established as an industrial foundry and machine works.

Milliken & Company manufacturer produces more than 19,000 products, including carpets, apparel fabrics, carpet, mattress barriers, and bunker liners. It also makes chemicals and colorants that infuse such products as Crayola markers and liquid laundry detergent, make plastic food containers clear, and offer improvements for automotive, consumer products, and industrial markets. Milliken operates some 45 plants globally, and one of the largest textile research centers in the world. The Milliken family controls the company.

Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche builds its business by building machinery for metal makers. Most of its equipment is used by steelmakers and iron foundries. Products include blast furnaces, electric steel meltshops, casting equipment, and hydraulic presses. Danieli company also manufactures hot- and cold-rolling mills, processing lines, and extrusion plants. Danieli builds pollution-treatment plants and offers construction and engineering services, as well. It also procures products ranging from computers to steel pipes for companies. Customers include IPSCO and Nucor Corporation, and joint ventures to make steel products are inked with Vietnam Steel Corp. SIND International SA controls about 65% of Danieli company.

Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc. is a subsidiary of Switzerland-based OC Oerlikon Corporation AG, offers coating services for metalworking tools and precision components. Its PVD (physical vapor deposition) coatings are marketed under the BALINIT brand name. The company's coatings, which are extremely thin but hard, are designed to impart wear resistance and increase the reliability of tools, medical instruments, and plastic bottle preforms. Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA also also offers contract coating services through its network of 12 North American coating centers. The first coating center in North America opened in 1984.

General Extrusions makes no exclusions with its extrusions. General Extrusions produces standard and custom aluminum extrusions for manufacturers in the appliance, medical equipment, transportation, and automotive markets, among others. General Extrusions is engaged in fabrication, anodizing, and powder coating, as well as aluminum finishing and machining. It also provides design assistance and engineering support. General Extrusions makes simple and intricate aluminum shapes, through long and short production runs. The company's manufacturing operations, which include its two Ohio plants, total over 300,000 sq. ft. General Extrusions is owned and run by the Schuler family.

Timken Company tries to keep its bearings straight. Timken makes bearings that find their way into products from consumer appliances to railroad cars. It also makes power transmission components, from automotive gear shafts and connecting rods to aircraft engine components. In addition, Timken makes more than 450 grades of alloy and carbon steels, producing bars, billets, tubing, and custom components for automotive and industrial applications. It also offer power transmission components, lubricants, seals, and motion control systems. About 60% of sales come from the US. Five generations of the Timken family have served the company since its founding by one-time carriage maker Henry Timken in 1899.

HUBER + SUHNER allows radio and data signals to come in loud and clear. HUBER + SUHNER AG company makes radio-frequency (RF) and fiber-optic cable, connectors, and antennas used in telecommunications, industrial, and transportation (railway and automotive) applications. Other products include lighting protectors, signal splitters, and coaxial cable. HUBER + SUHNER AG company markets its products under the HUBER+SUHNER, Sencity, Radox, Berkol, Enviroflex, and Sucoplate brands. HUBER + SUHNER pegs its growth plans to a combination of acquisitions and organic growth in developing markets, such as Eastern Europe and China. HUBER + SUHNER AG company gets about two-thirds of its sales in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region.

OSRAM SYLVANIA ballast, bulb, or light-emitting diode module. Operating through about 20 manufacturing plants and 12 labs, OSRAM SYLVANIA researches, develops, makes, and markets a swath of energy-saving lighting products, including precision materials and components, and fixtures. It also designs and makes electronic control systems used in manufacturing lighting products. Its lineup ignites a myriad of aerospace, auto, electronics, home and business, and industrial applications. Valeo Sylvania, a joint venture with Valeo, specializes in vehicular lighting. OSRAM SYLVANIA company is a subsidiary of Siemens Industry, Inc., the US affiliate of Siemens AG.

Founded in 1985, Retrotech specializes in automated pallet handling systems. It provides consulting, maintenance, system design, and technical support services. Retrotech is an engineering firm that designs, makes, installs, and modernizes stand-alone and integrated automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS) for distribution centers, plants, and warehouses. Its products include automated guided vehicles, automated racking equipment, overhead cranes and hoists, stacker cranes, and warehouse management software. Retrotech owns Woodson Company, a food and beverage AS/RS software and services provider. Customers include Proctor & Gamble and Cargill Meats.

Royal Ten Cate and its subsidiaries operate on four continents, creating textiles and synthetic materials used in a wide range of applications. On the industrial side, TenCate makes everything from aerospace composites to antiballistic fabrics and artificial turf. It also manufactures textiles used in civil engineering, agriculture, and water management, as well as more prosaic fabrics such as tent cloth. The firm touts itself as the oldest Dutch industrial firm with the prestigious "Royal" appellation, which it garnered in the 19th Century.

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