Chicago Tube & Iron (CT&I) is one of the largest steel service centers in the US. It manufactures and distributes over 30,000 items, including bars, boiler tubes and tools, fittings and flanges, pipes, tubing, valves, and other steel and aluminum building materials. The company also provides bending and fabrication services, such as beveling, coiling, cutting, deburring, and threading. An online store offers apparel, golf accessories, and more with the CT&I logo. Founded in 1914 by the Haigh family, CT&I is led by the family's fourth generation, chairman Robert B. Haigh. He shares ownership with president Donald McNeeley.

American Furukawa, Inc. (formerly named Furukawa Electric North America or FENA) is a subsidiary of Japan-based parent, the Furukawa Electric Co. In April 2009 American Furukawa (AFI) was established to merge Furukawa Electric North America, Automotive Products Division, Inc. (FENA APD), and Furukawa America Inc. (FAI) to supply products for automotive, electronics, medical, and industrial applications in North America. Products include heat sinks and thermal solutions, memory disks for hard drives, wire harnesses, insulated wire, copper products, and magnet wire, to name a few. AFI's headquarters are now in Plymouth, Michigan.

Anchor Manufacturing Group manufactures metal stampings, assemblies, and steering column products (primarily for the auto industry). Anchor Manufacturing's in-house capabilities include manufacturing services such as welding and assembly, laser cutting, heat treating, sawing, shearing, metal stamping (up to 2,000 tons), tool and die (and repair), powder coating, machining, and metal fabricating. The company operates 340,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing space on 20 acres near the Cleveland Hopkins Airport. Anchor Manufacturing was founded in 1970 by Edward Pfaff.

Alamo Group Inc. was founded in 1955. Alamo Group, Inc. is engaged in the design, manufacture, distribution and service of equipment for right-of-way maintenance and agriculture. The Company’s products include tractor-mounted mowing and other vegetation maintenance equipment, street sweepers, excavators, vacuum trucks, snow removal equipment, pothole patchers, zero turn radius mowers, agricultural implements and related aftermarket parts and services. The Company operates primarily in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Canada and Australia. On October 22, 2009, the Company completed the acquisition of all the assets of Bush Hog, LLC.

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.

Michelin North America's tires to make their rounds. So do motorcycles, trucks, and tractors, among many other types of commercial, industrial, and specialty vehicles. With some 20 manufacturing facilities in the US, Canada, and Mexico, Michelin North America makes and sells tires branded with the Michelin, BF Goodrich, and Uniroyal names. One site builds synthetic rubber and rocket fuel components for NASA. Michelin North America generates about one-third of parent Compagnie Genorale des Etablissements Michelin's annual sales. Its tires are sold to consumers, the military, OEMs, and replacement centers. The company also produces North American road maps and travel guides.

olmen AB can see the forest for the trees. The company's three product-based business segments include Holmen Paper (telephone directory paper, newsprint, office paper, and coated printing paper), Iggesund Paperboard (paperboard for packaging, graphic purposes, book covers, and brochures), and Holmen Timber (sawn timber production and distribution for the woodworking industry). Its two raw materials-oriented businesses include Holmen Skog (timberland management) and Holmen Energi (hydro power assets). Holmen AB company produces over 2.5 million tons of paper products a year. Swedish brokerage firm L E Lundbergfaretagen has a controlling stake in Holmen.

Since the 1830's, there has been industrial activity on the current site of the Blue Heron Paper Mill. At times, the site has been used as a flour mill, a sawmill, a brick operation, a woolen mill and a paper mill. The Oregon City mill as it is today started in 1908 as the Hawley Pulp and Paper Mill. W.P. Hawley bought the mill and adjacent properties and eventually installed four paper machines to produce a variety of paper products including fruit wrap, bread paper, wrapping paper, toweling, bags and newsprint.Ownership transferred to the Los Angeles Times as Publishers Paper Co. and then to Jefferson Smurfit Corporation. The Oregon City mill led the Pacific Northwest into the reclamation of old newspapers with a 25 ton/day deinking plant in 1975. Today, old newspapers and magazines comprise over half our raw materials.Blue Heron Paper Co. can recycle over 600 tons per day of newsprint, magazines and other paper and make a variety of grades of newsprint, high bright specialty papers, converting and bag papers.

Flex-Kleen supplies dust particle collection and filtering equipment primarily for the chemical, petrochemical, food and dairy, minerals and clay, cement and rock products, and pharmaceutical markets. Its pollution control products include high-pressure and high-vacuum pulse-jet dust collectors, bin vent filters, welded modules, cartridge and pleated element filters, cyclone dust collectors, and data accumulation/operation monitors. Flex-Kleen sells its products throughout the US and internationally through Flex-Kleen Canada, a regional office in Shanghai, and manufacturing reps in Chile, Mexico, and the Philippines.

Orsa Celulose, Papel, e Embalagens papers Brazil. Orsa company produces woodpulp, wrapping paper, recycled paper, corrugated cardboard, and other packaging materials from six mills located across Brazil. While most of its products are sold domestically, Orsa Celulose also produces kraftliner paper for export. Its Marquesa forestry operation provides raw material for Orsa company and sells wood. Orsa company is part of the Brazilian conglomerate Orsa Group which includes the pulp, paper, and packaging operations of Orsa Celulose, Papel, e Embalagens, as well as Jari Celulose (pulp mill), Orsa Florestal (forestry), and Fudacao Orsa (foundation promoting education, healthcare, and social causes).

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