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.

TMD has grown from this modest beginning into a full service supplier with over 900 employees, 5 manufacturing plants, a highly sophisticated R&D center, test lab, and tooling facility. The continuing success of TMD is largely attributed to our recognition of and quick response to significant trends in industrial sectors. With the increase in merger and acquisition activity and the growing internationalization of suppliers, manufacturers are seeking out suppliers that build complete component systems for assembly.

Emhart Teknologies supports the design and the application needs of our customers through a unique series of Innovation Centers strategically located around the world. These centers are staffed by skilled application specialists. Electronically linked, our Innovation Centers are capable of sharing application data and new design concepts with each other as well as with our customers. No matter which innovation center our customers choose, they can be confident that the latest in technological solutions will be applied when and where they need them.

Founded in 1976, Metro Machinery (also known as Metro-Cat) offers a range of Caterpillar vehicles for construction, mining, material handling, agriculture, petroleum, marine, and power generation uses. Metro Machinery company also sells Caterpillar-brand diesel engines and generators. Metro employs a staff of technicians and mechanics who provide repair support to buyers, as well as an arsenal of more than 25,000 parts and components for its various vehicles. Metro boasts roughly 30 domestic branches in addition to its Bangkok headquarters.

Valcor Engineering is not a dance troupe, but you might say they know something about fluid movement. Valcor Engineering Corporation company makes fluid-control products with aerospace, scientific and light industrial, and nuclear applications. Valcor's Aerospace division offers 50,000 varieties of solenoid valves, pressure regulators, relief valves, and accumulators. Valcor Scientific has a library of more than 18,000 solenoid-driven fluid control devices, including cryogenic service valves and dispensing/metering pumps. Valcor Engineering Corporation company offers another 18,000 components, including solenoid valves, check valves, and flow regulators, for nuclear plant applications.

Iberpapel Gestion, S.A. company manufactures printing and writing papers and pulp. Operating through multiple subsidiaries, its operations are divided between three divisions: forestry (some 25 thousand hectares of eucalyptus woodland in Spain, Argentina, and Uruguay), industrial (comprising a cellulose fiber plant, a paper mill, and power plant) and pulp and paper or commercial segment. Outside of Spain, Iberpapel Gestion has commercial subsidiaries in France and North Africa. Products, such as coated and laser paper, offset paper for envelopes, and resistance paper of bags, are made to order, some 90% of which are sold to end users. Exports represent about 60% of sales.

Pro-Tec Coating is one of the world's largest, continuous, hot-dipped galvanizing, and galvannealing production facilities. The company provides customers in the automotive industry, as well as other heavy manufacturing markets (notably home appliances), with coated sheet metal. In 2007 Pro-Tec Coating won the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, one of five recipients that year for the annual awards given by the US Department of Commerce, and the only one in the small business category for 2007. Pro-Tec Coating, founded in 1990, is a joint venture co-owned by United States Steel and Kobe Steel.

Dopaco manufactures take-out containers for customers in the food service industry. Its lineup includes folding cartons, hot and cold beverage cups and accompanying lids and carriers, as well as cartons for fries, and clamshells and food trays for pizza and hot dogs. Dopaco company also touts customized packaging design services to meet menu and marketing requirements. Major customers include Jack in the Box, Burger King, McDonald's, and Wendy's. Based near Philadelphia, Dopaco has six plants in North America, and joint ventures in the US, Australia, Indonesia, and China. It is a subsidiary of Canadian paper-maker Cascades Inc.

United Brass Works is a manufacturer of high quality industrial valves for a variety of applications. The company was founded in 1910 in New York City and continues to grow by providing products from stock for immediate shipment from its factory and home office in Randleman, North Carolina and its warehouse and sales office in Pomona, California, whether you are looking for boiler valves, globe valves, angle valves, ball valves or custom industrial components. From its beginning as a manufacturer of steam valves and components for steam equipment, United has grown to be a world class manufacturer serving many industries including Boiler, Fire Protection, HVAC, Electrical Transformer, Industrial and Laundry and Dry Cleaning. In addition to standard items, such as fire protection or needle valves, United also provides custom cast and machined products made to customer's specifications. In addition, their non-ferrous foundry division pours pressure tight custom castings in a variety of alloys. Working with original equipment manufacturers as well as distributors, United's products are sold all over the United States, as well as internationally.

“FlexSol is very enthusiastic about this alliance and the foundation it provides for aggressive growth in the years ahead,” said Brian Stevenson, President of FlexSol Packaging Corp. “Sigma has earned the reputation of being one of the most financially sound leaders in the flexible films industry and the partnership with FlexSol will allow for strong customer, market and product synergies. With FlexSol’s financial restructuring now complete, Sigma will become the majority shareholder of FlexSol. The entire FlexSol management team is excited to become part of the Sigma Group.” Mr. Teo said, “FlexSol is a very fine company with an outstanding management team. As one of the original company founders, I have been closely associated with FlexSol for over two decades. I am very excited about the combined opportunities available as FlexSol joins the Sigma family of companies”.

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