LWB Refractories, a manufacturer of dolomite-based refractory materials, supplies basic refractories (products based on doloma, magnesia, and alumina raw materials) for the steel and cement industries throughout the world. Its refractory materials are also used in rotary lime kilns. LWB Refractories company operates production facilities in Flaumont and Valenciennes, France; Hagen-Halden, Oberhausen, and Kruft, Germany; and York, Pennsylvania, in the US. Brazilian competitor Magnesita Refratarios acquired LWB Refractories company in October 2008 from US-based equity firm Rhone Capital for $938 million, creating one of the world's largest refractory manufacturers. The deal gave LWB an 11% stake in Magnesita.

Emin Leydier's operations include Emin Leydier Paper Mills (paper for corrugated material), Emin Leydier Packaging (recycled corrugated cardboard for packing), and Emin Leydier Services (packaging services). Its elytra segment also acts as a strategic unit used to manufacture corrugated packaging for food products. Emin Leydier produces about 180,000 tons of corrugated cardboard annually. Forged in the merger of two firms belonging to Pierre Emin and Paul Leydier in 1975, the family-owned business owns subsidiaries in France, Spain, Italy, and the UK.

Hill & Smith Infrastructure Products Group (IPG) is a family of more than a dozen companies that provide a range of infrastructure and transportation products. The Hill & Smith Holdings subsidiary manufactures everything from bridge parapets and wire fences to steel tunnels and traffic poles. Its Hill & Smith division makes road safety barriers. IPG accounts for about half of its parent's revenue (the holding company's other segments deal in galvanizing services and building products). IPG focuses on four main sectors of the infrastructure market: roads, rail, security, and utilities.

Quality Products, Inc., through its subsidiaries, manufactures and distributes ground support equipment for aircrafts and industrial hydraulic press machine tools in the United States and internationally. Quality Products company operates in two segments, Machine Tools and Aircraft Ground Support Equipment. The Machine Tools segment provides bench model, floor model, and 4-post hydraulic presses, as well as customized gap frame, gib-guided, 4-post, and fabricated frame presses. The Aircraft Ground Support Equipment segment designs and manufactures hydraulic aircraft jacks, aircraft ground handling equipment, maintenance equipment, and ground support equipment. Its products include axle jacks, hand mobility, dolly, flyaway, and cantilever; fixed height tripod jacks; variable height tripod jacks; tire bead breakers; tire dolly; tow bar; nitrogen carts; hydraulic pumps; and hydraulic cylinders.

Founded in 1922 by J. McWilliams "Mac" Stone Sr., Dukane was acquired in an MBO in 2005. The diversified maker and marketer's Audio Visual division plies an array of video projectors, cameras, screens, and flat- panel monitors. The lineup is sold to customers looking for some visual aid, from business to government, schools, and churches. Microprocessor-controlled ultrasonic joining equipment, for plastics assembly, is supplied by Dukane's Intelligent Assembly. This division courts big assembly operations, such as automotive, aerospace, and appliance, as well as smaller operations like electronics and toys.

Eltherington Group specializes in fabricating extrusion and sheet aluminum, transport body kits, and coated aluminum cladding. The range of products manufactured and distributed by Eltherington includes bars, coated and plain sheet, extrusions, and tubes. The company also makes the Motomaster line of truck and trailer body kits as well as PVCu double-glazed windows and doors for the recreational vehicle industry. Eltherington serves customers primarily in the building, marine, and transportation industries.

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.

Met-Pro Corporation (NYSE: MPR) is a leading niche-oriented global provider of solutions and products for product recovery, pollution control, and fluid handling applications.Met-Pro's diverse and synergistic solutions and products address the world's growing need to meet more stringent emission regulations, reduce energy consumption and employ "green" technology. The Company's solutions, products, and systems include filtration and purification equipment for air, water, and harsh, corrosive liquid applications; fluid handling equipment for water, corrosive, abrasive and high temperature liquids; and proprietary water treatment chemicals.Through its global sales organization, internationally recognized brands, and operations in the United States, Canada, Europe and the People's Republic of China, Met-Pro's solutions, products and systems are sold to a well-diversified cross-section of customers and markets. The Company has a large base of installed equipment and derives approximately 40% of its revenues from recurring sales of parts and consumables. Met-Pro continues to drive margin improvement through global sourcing, consolidation of facilities, improved efficiencies and project execution, and favorable product mix.

Innerstave, Inc. was founded by fellow coopers (barrel makers) president Bob Rogers and Cole Cornelius, who began their collaboration in 1976. Innerstave company makes oak inserts (staves), which go into barrels and tanks to impart new oak flavor without the vintner actually having to purchase new barrels. Oak barrels cost $300 to $600 so it makes sense to get as much mileage as possible from them. Innerstaves' wooden slats fit inside the aging vessel and can be easily replaced when they have given up all their flavor, typically after three to five vintages. Innerstave company also sells loose slats, chips, custom staves, and specially configured staves.

Quipp, Inc. company makes post-press newspaper-handling equipment that stacks, wraps, bundles, and loads newspapers. The company's Twin-Trak and Quipp-Gripp III conveyors move newspapers from the press to the mailroom, where the Viper wraps them in paper and adds identification labels. Stackers mechanically stack newspapers, and cart-loading systems automatically load the papers onto trucks. Computerized monitoring systems control the handling process. Quipp boasts more than 500 US and international customers; newspaper publisher Gannett accounts for about 10% of sales. Acquired in 2008, Quipp operates as a subsidiary of industrial behemoth Illinois Tool Works.

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