Miller Electric Manufacturing was founded in 1929 by Niels Miller, who wanted to make a smaller and more affordable arc welder for use in rural Wisconsin. Miller Electric Manufacturing company, which has been owned by Illinois Tool Works since 1993, is not affiliated with Miller Electric Construction. Miller Electric Manufacturing Company makes arc welding and cutting equipment under the Miller brand. Its products include MIG (metal inert gas) welders, TIG (tungsten inert gas) welders, stick welders, engine-driven welders, plasma cutters, generators, wire feeders, and helmets. Miller equipment is sold through more than 2,600 distributors in 100 countries.

The applications for mobile electric power have been growing steadily over the last decade as advanced digital electronics penetrate all walks of life. Computers, digital sensors and instruments, control systems, automation, real time data collection /processing and other electronic components are steadily replacing less efficient tools and machines. Applications away from the grid line or on-the-move require a mobile source of electricity and, in particular, digital systems require pure sine wave AC power. More recently, global wide environmental concerns and awareness demand reduction in harmful emissions from internal combustion engines. It is accepted that the most promising near term solution is the use of electricity in the form of electric motors and generators.Historically gensets, also known as APUs, have provided mobile power solutions. A gensets (APU) is a small internal combustion engine (ICE) that is the prime mover for a generator. The engine runs at constant speed of 3,600 or 1,800 RPM to generate 60 hertz AC power (1,500 or 3,000 RPM for 50 hertz). Such engines not only tend to be environmentally unfriendly, bulky, heavy, and noisy, but also derate with outside temperature and altitude, derate in the presence of harmonics in the load, and also require regular scheduled maintenance.

Acertec Limited (formerly Acertec plc) produces large body parts for car manufacturers, and provides engineering services to the mining and construction industries. Acertec's two divisions include: Stadco (automotive stampings/assemblies) and Acertec Construction Products (formerly BRC; engineering services for mining, civil engineering, building, security industries). In addition to the UK, Acertec has operations in Germany, East Asia, and Russia. Customers include Bentley, Jaguar, Landrover, Aston Martin, BMW, and Ford. Candover Investments owns more than 20% of the company. Acertec delisted its stock and became a private company in 2009.

United States Steel is the nation's #2 integrated steelmaker (behind ArcelorMittal). United States Steel operates mills throughout the Midwest in the US; in Ontario, Canada; and in Serbia and Slovakia. U.S. Steel makes sheet and semifinished steel, tubular and plate steel, and tin products; its annual production capacity is more than 30 million tons of raw steel (though its actual production rate is less than that). The company's customers are primarily in the automotive, construction, chemical, and steel service center industries. In addition, U.S. Steel offers services such as mineral resource management and engineering and consulting.

Davis-Standard was founded in 1848 as a manufacturer of cotton gin machinery, but began manufacturing extruders a century later. It is owned by management and an investor group led by equity firm Hamilton Robinson. Davis-Standard designs and manufactures extrusion systems and process controls for the wire, cable, plastic, and rubber industries. Extrusion products include foam, fiber, pipe, and sheet extruders; its conversion products provide liquid coating and laminating, blow molding, and industrial films. The company operates through its subsidiaries, which are part of Extrusion Systems or Converting Systems groups. Manufacturing facilities are in Germany, the UK, and the US, with R&D centers in the US and Germany.

Founded in 1921 by Theodore and Herman Strahman, Strahman Valves company started as a distributor of European products in the U.S. market. As the company grew, the Strahmans began to design and manufacture their own line of valve products and developed the piston sampling and drain valve market. Their goal was to provide superior equipment that was able to meet customers more stringent emerging demands. A few years later a complete line of high-quality wash down equipment was added to the product mix.In 1951, Strahman Valves company moved from New York City to New Jersey to meet the continuing growing demand for its high-quality valve and wash down products. In 2004, we entered the custom made fabricated valve market by acquiring MG Process Valves in Mery, France. MG was a leader in the design and manufacture of specialty valves for critical applications. This acquisition enabled Strahman to extend its U.S. capability to every international market and bring new innovative European products to the U.S. In 2006, continued growth caused Strahman Valves to move its headquarters and U. S. operations to a larger and new state-of-the-art facility in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and upgrade its capabilities in Mery, France.From those early beginnings to its present position as the global leader in the design and manufacture of the highest quality, innovative wash down equipment and custom process valves, Strahman products remain the premier standard for numerous industrial and commercial applications in the refinery, chemical, petrochemical, oil/gas, mining, pulp and paper, polymer, pharmaceutical, food processing and service, beverage and dairy industries.

Malin Integrated Handling Solutions and Design which began operating in the 1970s, also sells used and reconditioned lift trucks. Malin has sales and service locations throughout Texas and in New Orleans. Malin Integrated Handling Solutions and Design sells, services, and rents material handling equipment, including new and pre-owned forklifts made by The Raymond Corporation, sideloaders, pallet trucks, and related equipment such as batteries and chargers (EnerSys). It also stocks 4,000 line items of Raymond parts and provides access to more than 300,000 aftermarket parts for over 2,500 lift truck models through its aftermarket program (Lift Partners).

Tetra Pak Ltd. manufactures aseptic laminated paperboard packaging materials used to store liquids such as milk and juice and shelf-stable processed foods such as tomatoes and tuna. Tetra Pak Ltd. company sells close to 3 billion packages a year to customers in the UK; the cartons are comprised of approximately 75% paperboard. In an effort to limit its contribution to waste products, Tetra Pak Ltd. is active in establishing recycling facilities for its used packaging, which is turned into construction materials. Tetra Pak Ltd. is the UK arm of Swiss packaging manufacturer Tetra Pak, itself a subsidiary of Tetra Laval International.

Bull Moose Tube is quite serious about its role in the tubular market. A subsidiary of UK-based steel maker Caparo Group since 1988, the company manufactures mechanical and structural tubes and sprinkler pipe. Offering one of the largest size ranges in the industry, it makes as-welded mechanical tubes, hollow structural sections, V50 pipe, and sprinkler pipe, used in building structures, handrails, telescopes, and vehicle underbodies. Bull Moose Tube's growth caught investor notice in 2007 when SPP Capital Group offered $100 million for the company. The deal was later pulled due to market conditions.

Schindler Holding Ltd is a Switzerland-based holding Company that specializes in the production of escalators, elevators and moving walks. The Company operates globally in two main divisions: Elevators and Escalators, and ALSO. The Elevators and Escalators division provides a range of elevators for different applications, including freight and special elevators, high-rise elevators, residential elevators and commercial elevators. It also offers commercial and public transport escalators, as well as inclined and horizontal moving walks. The Company's subsidiary, ALSO Holding AG, provides of information and communications technology and consumer electronics in the wholesale and logistics sectors. As of December 31, 2009, the Company had wholly owned subsidiaries in Austria, the United Kingdom, Iceland, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Guatemala, and the United States, among others, and majority owned subsidiaries in Argentina and Costa Rica, among others, and affiliates in Ghana, among others.

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