The Hitachi Metals manufactures high-grade metal casting components, such as automotive parts (aluminum road wheels, heat-resistant cast exhaust manifolds, and magnetic compass sensors), IT components and materials (antenna switch modules, isolators, and linear motors), and piping and infrastructure products (fire protection piping systems, gas piping, and mass flow controller and metal diaphragm valves), which are used in the automotive, construction, and electronics industries. Hitachi Metals gets more than two-thirds of its sales in Japan.

Kuntz Electroplating is a leading North American polishing and plating facility that puts the finish on steel and aluminum wheels, bumpers, and other auto and body parts. Customers include OEMs of automotive components such as General Motors, Toyota, and Honda. In a partnership with Harley-Davidson and Leggett & Platt, Kuntz Electroplating provides cosmetic nickel chrome plating on the American motorcycle maker's engines. Kuntz Electroplating was founded in 1948 by Oscar Kuntz. In 1989 the company acquired a sister business, Formulated Coatings of Brampton, which operates a cathodic e-coating facility.

Founded in 1883 as a bottling company, the Slingsby family continues to play a role in the company's operations through ownership stakes and managerial roles. H.C. Slingsby p.l.c. company manufactures and distributes a wide range of equipment and fixtures with commercial and industrial applications. Slingsby offers its more than 35,000 products by catalog or through its Web site, selling hand trucks, lockers, storage bins, time clocks, and a variety of other safety, security, and storage equipment.

Handgards is a privately owned company employing nearly 300 people at its El Paso manufacturing plant, distribution center and corporate offices. Originally founded in 1959 as Plasticsmith the company officially became Handgards in 1966 under the reorganization skills and leadership of T. Hamil Reidy. During the 1960's,Handgards marketed disposable gloves through hair care product manufacturers, department stores and mail order houses, as well as veterinary, laboratory, physicians and safety supply houses.At about the same time Handgards introduced disposable polyethylene gloves to the school foodservice and food processing trades. The entire foodservice industry soon adopted the use of disposable gloves for the purpose of preventing contamination of food from the hands of workers preparing and serving foods.The focus of its business significantly changed when Handgards saw the opportunity to diversify and expand its manufacturing processes and to develop additional products for school foodservice applications. Soon a wide variety of High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) fast-loading sandwich bags for both hot and cold applications, food storage and freezer bags, and aprons were added to the product mix.Since arriving in El Paso in 1973, Handgards has grown tremendously. The 250,000 square foot facility houses dozens of state-of-the-art machines that handle the entire process of converting millions of pounds of resin each year into plastic products. Thousands of products sold by this multi-million dollar company are produced daily at their manufacturing facility located at 901 Hawkins Blvd.

Paper is the apple of Appleton Papers' eye. Appleton Papers Inc. company manufactures specialty paper products through two divisions: technical papers and performance packaging. It is the world's #1 producer of carbonless paper; sold under the NCR Paper brand, carbonless paper is used in multi-part business forms (such as invoices). Appleton also makes security papers for government documents, and thermal papers used in coupons, gaming and transportation tickets, shipping labels, and medical charts. Performance packaging products include blown films and vacuum pouches used for packaging retail foods, medical goods, and industrial products. Customers in the US account for about three-quarters of sales.

Wacker Neuson SE company makes equipment for soil and asphalt compaction, concrete production, demolition technology, and pumps, power, and light equipment. Wacker Neuson company's products include rammers, as well as rollers, trowels, and rotary hammers. Wacker Neuson also provides rental options and repair services (the rental business is more pervasive in the company's native Germany). The Wacker family retains majority ownership, with senior management also holding equity stakes. In 2007 Germany's Wacker Construction Equipment merged with Neuson Kramer Baumaschinen of Austria to form Wacker Neuson.

InterMetro Industries Corporation, a division of Emerson Electric, makes storage and transport systems, from shelving to carts and tables used in commercial, foodservice, consumer, and healthcare markets. An array of hospital general storage and medication management equipment is produced by its Flo Healthcare, Lionville Systems, and medDISPENSE businesses. Foodservice products range from wine racks to heated holding cabinets. InterMetro also touts services, such as space audits and custom product design. Company manufacturing and distribution facilities dot the US, with sales offices in Canada, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America.

Pruce Newman Pipework fabricates pipework made of black, galvanized, and coated mild steel, ductile iron, stainless and alloy steel, and thermo and thermosetting plastics and plastic lined mild steel materials. The company is broken into various divisions that work independently and with each other. Its specialist division, for example, manages installation projects and provides CDM, costing feasibility and budgeting, planning, site management, and pipework system and support design services. Its Ayton Fabrications division handles the company's prefabrication at its 8,000 sq. ft. facility. Pruce Newman serves customers including Birse, Esso, and Unilever.

MYLLYKOSKI is a family-owned international paper group with manufacturing in Finland, Germany and the United States and sales offices around the world. The Finnish roots of the parent company go back to 1892. MYLLYKOSKI products consist of wood-containing uncoated and coated publication papers, including newsprint. Customers include publishers, printers, and retailers worldwide. MYLLYKOSKI is among the largest publication paper producers in the world.MYLLYKOSKI operates seven paper mills with a total annual capacity of close to 3 million tonnes, including the alliance partner Rhein Papier GmbH. MYLLYKOSKI employs 2,700 people.MYLLYKOSKI is known as a pioneer in using new technologies as well as recycled fibres for paper production. MYLLYKOSKI’s vision is to be the premier publication paper brand recognized for creativity and positive business solutions.

Demco Automation company manufactures automation assembly machinery, principally the Demco Wedge. The Wedge is a programmable, modular assembly automation system that allows manufacturers to run multiple products on the same line, be it an assembly, testing, inspection, or packaging process. Demco Automation also offers contract manufacturing services, including custom automation equipment design and building, operation and maintenance, and training. Demco Automation serves a breadth of industries, from automotive, electronics, medical devices, pharmaceutical, to telecommunications.

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