Mazak manufactures tools for metal-cutting and metal-forming machines. Products are used in agriculture, aerospace, automotive manufacturing, construction, energy, industrial contract manufacturing, and medicine. Mazak company operates eight manufacturing plants in China, Japan, Singapore, the UK, and US, turning out lathes, machining centers, milling centers, and dedicated manufacturing systems. Its technology centers, planted in North America, engineer and demonstrate product developments for improving customer production. Mazak offers training services plus parts and used machines. It is a subsidiary of Japanese machine tool maker Yamazaki Mazak, which was founded in 1919.

Carmanah Signs company designs, manufactures, and distributes light-emitting diode (LED) edge-lit signs and displays, primarily for retail and corporate applications. Its energy-efficient lineup illuminates more than 50,000 installations worldwide, including applications for architectural decor, casino and lottery facilities, corporate identities, consumer point-of-purchase, event advertising, and home addresses. Products include gaming signs, table toppers, wayfinding signs, and visual merchandisers. Formerly a subsidiary of Carmanah Technologies (CMH), Carmanah Signs was acquired in 2009 by a holding company of CMH founder, Dr. David Green.

Q.E.P makes and distributes hardwood flooring and flooring installation tools (including trowels, wet saws, and carpet trimmers) for professionals and do-it-yourselfers. It sells more than 3,000 flooring products, mainly for installing marble, carpet, ceramic tile, and drywall, under the QEP, Capitol, ROBERTS, Elastiment, and Tarkett brands, among others. Q.E.P. makes about 25% of its products and acquires the rest from about 200 suppliers. Its customers include retailers and distributors to the home improvement, hardware, and construction trades primarily in the US. The family-run company was founded by chairman and CEO Lewis Gould in 1979.

Fujitec America was established in 1977. A subsidiary of Fujitec Co., Ltd., Fujitec America, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, markets, installs, maintains, and modernizes elevators, escalators, moving walks, vertical parking equipment, and new transportation systems. Projects include the installation of transit escalators in the subway systems of Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington, DC. Fujitec America company operates over 10 manufacturing facilities, four R&D centers, and about 50 sales and service offices throughout the world.

Farrel Corporation company's products include batch mixers, extruders (used to make hoses and sheathings), mills, and pelletizers under brand names Banbury, Technolab, and Intermix. It also provides related services, such as equipment upgrading, consulting, rebuilding, remanufacturing, and spare parts. Farrel sells its machinery to petrochemical, plastic resins, and plastic compounder firms. Rubber-making equipment customers include tire makers, automotive parts manufacturers, and footwear producers. In late 2009 Germany-based industrial conglomerate L. Possehl & Co. acquired Farrel for about $14 million.

Howle Holdings has a firm grip on tooling, cutting, and carbide products. Howle Holdings manufactures branded products from three divisions -- Elektron Components (Arcolectric and Bulgin; electro-components); Hard Metals (Total Carbide and Titman; industrial and tungsten carbide router cutters); Elektron Instruments (Digitron, Sifam, and Queensgate; instrumentation products). Its seven operating subsidiaries are located in China, North America, Tunisia, and the UK. Howle also offers a variety of engineering and computer-aided design services. Howle Holdings company serves customers in the automotive, aerospace, medical, mining, and engineering industries. In 2006 UK-based electronic components manufacturer Elektron PLC bought Howle.

Founded in 1922 by J. McWilliams "Mac" Stone Sr., Dukane was acquired in an MBO in 2005. The diversified maker and marketer's Audio Visual division plies an array of video projectors, cameras, screens, and flat- panel monitors. The lineup is sold to customers looking for some visual aid, from business to government, schools, and churches. Microprocessor-controlled ultrasonic joining equipment, for plastics assembly, is supplied by Dukane's Intelligent Assembly. This division courts big assembly operations, such as automotive, aerospace, and appliance, as well as smaller operations like electronics and toys.

Pridgeon & Clay (P&C) rivals the metal forming industry. An independent manufacturer and supplier of stamped and fine blanked components, the company designs and produces an array of parts for auto assembly plants across the US. Its made-in-the-US (China and Hungary, too) lineup includes steering column lock nuts, brackets for headlights to engines, control arms, flanges, exhaust parts, and muffler shields. Stamping equipment runs from fine blanking presses to high tonnage and progressive presses. P&C touts hand assembly, spot welding, and tapping services, along with a global sales force. Founded in 1948, the company is led by the son of its co-founder, Donald Clay.

Kuraki, founded in 1938, has sales and service offices in China, Germany, Japan, Singapore, and the US. Kuraki company makes sales directly and through a network of independent distributors. Textile manufacturer Kurabo Industries owns 49% of Kuraki. Kuraki manufactures machine tools used primarily for metal boring applications. Its products include horizontal boring mills, horizontal milling machines, axis profilers, and other metalworking equipment.

United Wire manufactures woven wirecloth, screens, and filters used in the production of high-tech filters and fireguards. Products are made primarily from stainless steel but other materials, including brass, bronze, copper, and nickel alloys, are also used. United Wire's woven wirecloth is found in such products as biscuit bands, brewing filters, cushion flooring, fuel filters, noise attenuation equipment, and test sieves. The company is a subsidiary of gas and oil exploration products and services provider Smith International, which is owned by oilfield services behemoth Schlumberger.

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