Crane Composites is a real heavyweight when it comes to lightweight fiberglass. Founded in 1954, the company became a subsidiary of Crane Co.'s engineered materials segment in 1985. It manufactures fiberglass-reinforced plastics (FRP) for applications including containers, building products like wall and ceiling tiles, and for sidewalls and roofs of truck trailers and recreational vehicles. Crane Composites sells directly to truck trailer and recreational vehicle (RV) manufacturers, but uses distributors for its construction markets. Crane Composites, Inc company changed its name from Kemlite in 2006. In addition to the US, Crane Composites, Inc company also has facilities in Canada, China, the Netherlands, and the UK.

Catalyst Paper is a global leader in the production of telephone directory paper. The company's three segments produce newsprint, pulp, and specialty papers. Its six mills generate approximately 2.5 million tons annually for distribution to its customers, primarily in North America and the Pacific Rim. Other uses for the company's products include catalogs, consumer goods packaging, newspaper inserts, and retail flyers. Catalyst also produces pulp from sawdust, and operates a recycling division that produces de-inked pulp from newspapers and magazines. Investment firm Third Avenue Management controls almost 38% of Catalyst Paper.

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.

LISI (meaning "Link Solutions for Industry"), formerly known as GFI Industries, makes fasteners used in a wide range of industries. Its automotive, aerospace, medical, and cosmetics segments make products that include fastening systems for airframes and aircraft engines, solid rivets, wheel screws and nuts, engine fasteners, and ball joints and clamp washers, as well as plastic packaging and aluminum enclosures for the cosmetics industry, and implants for the medical industry. Among its clients are Boeing, Renault, and Proctor & Gamble. LISI's product reach is global, although Europe accounts for more than 70% of its sales.

OCV Fabrics US is reinforcing its place in the technical "fabric of our lives." Incorporating glass, carbon, and Kevlar, OCV makes a line of fiber woven products, used to reinforce an array of technical fabrics and plastic parts. End uses include canoes to snowboards, window blinds, car parts, industrial tanks, and pipes. OCV's primary markets include transportation, building and construction, marine, telecommunications, and consumer goods. The company has factories in Maine and Texas. Formerly Saint-Gobain BTI, OCV was recreated when Owens Corning acquired the reinforcements and composite fabrics businesses of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain in 2007. OCV is part of Owens Corning's technical fabrics segment.

Founded in 1998, SKYDEX Technologies company develops high-performance cushioning and protective materials designed to limit or absorb the negative effects of impact -- including blast, shock, and vibration limiting -- on the human body. SKYDEX's cushioning materials use polymers and proprietary geometric technologies (imagine two opposing halves of a ball squeezed together) to produce padding that works better than foams, gels, and other cushioning materials. Its materials are used in athletic, commercial, and military applications including footwear, helmets, bike and snowmobile seating, playground surfacing, protective gear, and automotive.

Pilkington Group Limited company produces glass for the automotive and building products industries, and it is a major supplier of glass to replacement windshield shops in Europe, the Americas, and the Asia/Pacific region. Pilkington also manufactures building products, including glass designed to insulate buildings to control energy and noise. The company's automotive glass products include solar control glass, security glazing, and glass heating systems. Pilkington has operations in more than two dozen countries worldwide. In 2006 Pilkington was acquired by Nippon Sheet Glass Company, which previously owned about 20% of Pilkington Group Limited company.

Keyence Corp. Established in 1974 Keyence manufactures a slew of sensors, machine vision and measurement systems, barcode readers, and programmable logic controllers (PLCs). Its short list includes photoelectric sensors, pressure sensors, and ultrasonic sensors. A line for vision measurement offers optical micrometers, digital microscopes, and others. Keyence also provides technical support and training to customers. The sensors supplier holds more than a 40% stake in a software vendor, JustSystems, too. Along with an online retail site, Keyence's global offices poll more than 100,000 customers; Japan garners about 75% of sales.

SystemOne Technologies, Inc. (STI) engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of recycling industrial parts washing products for use in the automotive, aviation, marine, and general industrial repair markets. SystemOne Technologies company’s product line incorporates resource recovery and waste minimization technologies to distill contaminated solvents. STI’s product lines include SystemOne general parts washer, which provides users with pure mineral spirit solvent for parts and tools cleaning purposes; SystemOne mobile washer, a mobile telescoping mini-parts washer; and SystemOne spray gun washer, for paint thinner recovery. SystemOne company sells its products primarily through automotive lubrication distributors and automotive services equipment distributors in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, and Mexico.

Oberg Industries manufactures high precision stamping dies and die components such as progressive dies, primary and secondary scroll dies, punches, and die inserts. The company pioneered the use of tungsten carbide components in the manufacture of high-speed stamping dies. Oberg Industries, which has manufacturing plants in the US (Arizona and Pennsylvania), Mexico, and Costa Rica, also provides insert molding, design support, plastic injection, and custom designed automation equipment. Oberg serves a number of industries including automotive, aerospace, telecommunications, and appliances.

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