Founded in 1926, G. W. Van Keppel has grown to distribute a slew of construction, aggregate, and material-handling equipment under blue chip brands, including Volvo, Hyster, and Champion Motor Graders. Customer needs are met from 15 locations crossing Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, and Texas. The G. W. Van Keppel Company also offers repair and maintenance services, rental equipment, and aftermarket parts for its equipment. G. W. Van Keppel is led by its founder's third generation, chairman and CEO Bill Walker.

Kalamazoo Fabricating makes electrical panels, controls and drive components using its media blasting, painting facilities, and various lathes, mills, and saws. A division of Envirodyne Technologies, the company has expertise in the areas of custom equipment fabrication, coolant filtration, material handling systems, conveyors, and wash systems. Products are finished using dedicated media blasting (glass bead, sand, walnut shell, etc.) and paint. Kalamazoo Fabricating's installation of controls, drive components, and electrical panels take place at its plant's final assembly building. Industrial conveyor maker PRAB acquired Envirodyne in May 2008.

Ropak Corporation company manufactures and sells open-head and closed-head plastic containers for commercial packaging applications. Its line includes rigid-plastic storage and shipping containers, which hold a myriad of liquid and dry industrial products, and consumer food and nonfood items. Containers are made in a breadth of shapes and sizes, and feature Ropak's patented EZ covers, often with photorealistic wrap-around-the-corner graphics or in-mold labeling. Among many, Ropak caters to Amway, Clorox, Nestle, and Procter & Gamble. Ropak operates as a division of packaging manufacturer LINPAC, with manufacturing facilities throughout the US and Canada.

Tempel Steel Company religiously manufactures magnetic steel laminations used in motors, ballasts, and transformers. The company also produces electrical and cold-rolled motor lamination steel that it sells to manufacturers, subcontractors, and other customers who use it to produce their own laminations. Tempel Steel is owned by the family of Tempel Smith Sr., who founded the company in a garage in 1945. In addition to its US operations, Tempel Steel has manufacturing facilities in Canada, China, India, and Mexico.

Defiance Metal, which takes its name from its headquarters in Defiance, Ohio, in fact is a precision fabricator of metal parts and assemblies. Its line runs from brackets and cases, to chassis, framing, housings, panels, and racks. In addition to fabricating and finishing sheet metal, the company also manufactures sheet metal forms. Defiance Metal's parts and assembly process begins with design and engineering, and moves on to CNC laser cutting, robotic welding, heavy stamping, and painting. Products cater to commercial and military vehicle, heavy-duty truck, and HVAC markets. The company is owned by an affiliate of the Weatherly Group, LLC.

Thomas & Betts Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets electrical components for industrial, construction, utility, and communications markets in the United States, Canada, and Europe. It operates in three segments: Electrical; Steel Structures; and Heating, Ventilation, and Air-Conditioning (HVAC). The Electrical segment offers connectors, components, and other products for industrial, construction, utility, and communications applications. Its products include fittings and accessories; fastening products, such as plastic and metallic ties, and flexible tubing; connectors, such as compression and mechanical connectors for power and grounding applications; indoor and outdoor switch and outlet boxes, covers, and accessories; floor boxes; metal framing used as structural support for conduits, cable tray, and electrical enclosures; and emergency and hazardous lighting. This segment also offers utility distribution connectors and switchgear; power quality equipment and services; CATV drop hardware; radio frequency connectors; aerial, pole, pedestal, and buried splice enclosures; encapsulation and sheath repair systems; and other products, including insulation products, wire markers, and application tooling products. The Steel Structures segment designs, manufactures, and markets highly engineered steel transmission structures.

Republic Wire has been manufacturing high quality wiring products since 1982. From our early roots as "bare copper specialists", we have expanded our offering to include products to meet all of your needs. Our bare copper conductors are made from pure electrolytic-grade copper and are manufactured in compliance with ASTM standards B-8 (concentric lay), B-258 (solids), and in tempers meeting ASTM B-1, B-2, and B-3. Our bare wire is available from 14 through 1000 MCM and tempers of soft drawn, medium hard drawn, and hard drawn. We also supply tinned copper in sizes 8 through 500 MCM. Our manufacturing facility has the ability to package our products in spools, reels, coils, and master reels.

AET Films is a leading supplier of specialized oriented polypropylene (OPP) films in North America. Applied Extrusion Technologies company provides supply chain value through the application of advanced proprietary polymer technology, world-class manufacturing capabilities, and unmatched service organizations to offer products that meet the needs of customers and target markets. With the ability to provide technology for flexible packaging, product labeling, food packaging, graphic media, building products and other markets, our products are fit for use in a wide variety of applications. AET’s ability to react to market needs and provide customers with a wide range of OPP film products of varying thickness and performance characteristics has positioned Applied Extrusion Technologies company as a market leader. AET supplies many of the world’s largest consumer products companies and continues to develop advanced performing, innovative products to meet the needs of tomorrow.

Senco Brands makes power-fastening systems, including fasteners such as nails, screws, cleats, and staples, and the nailers, staplers, and other pneumatic tools to fasten them. SENCO serves contractors, remodelers, and manufacturers of boats, furniture, pallets, and other products. Its products are sold through a network of dealers, including Fastenal, Home Depot, and Lowes. Among the company's products is an all-battery-powered finish and trim nailer. Founded in 1951, the firm was purchased out of bankruptcy by private equity firm Wynnchurch Capital for $43 million in 2009.

Accuride International Inc. was founded in 1962 by Fred Jordan. It is still owned and operated by the Jordan family. Accuride International designs and makes ball bearing slides for such uses as drawers in residential and office furniture, appliances, and enclosures for servers and telecommunications. Accuride company's slides are also found in automotive accessories, including storage units and arm rests, and industrial equipment, such as cash registers and assembly lines. Accuride International builds and maintains its own tools and machinery for manufacturing its products.

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