Fiskars company makes shears, axes, and other cutting tools for gardening, crafts, school, and the office. In the kitchen, it offers up knives and cooking utensils, cookware, and tableware under the Fiskars, Iitala, Arabia, and Kitchen Devils names, among others. The firm also hooks outdoor enthusiasts with its Gerber and Silva brand hunting, fishing, and camping equipment, as well as with its Buster, Drive, and Inha Works brand boats. Fiskars also manages real estate in and around Fiskars Village, where the company was founded in 1649.

Kanai Juyo Kogyo Company manufactures and markets textile machinery parts and accessories, including spinning needles and various rings, as well as carding for non-woven fabrics. Kanai Juyo Kogyo also produces and sells non-woven fabric, which is used in industrial and bulk goods (air conditioner filters, abrasives, automotive interiors, and hat materials). Domestic affiliates, Tokusen Kogyo manufactures specialty steel wire, and Kosenkaku Hotel provides lodging at Japan's Arima Spa Resort. Foreign subsidiaries are established in China and the US. The textile parts maker was founded by Kumakichi Kanai and continues under his family's control.

Mueller Water Products, Inc. is a manufacturer and marketer of a range of water infrastructure, flow control and piping component system products for use in water distribution networks and water treatment facilities. The Company also acts as a wholesale distributor, especially in Canada, for products it manufactures and products that are manufactured by other companies. Its product portfolio includes engineered valves, fire hydrants, pipe fittings, water meters and ductile iron pipe, which are used by municipalities, as well as the residential and non-residential construction for heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), fire protection, industrial, energy and oil and gas industries. The Company operates through three business segments: Mueller Co., U.S. Pipe and Anvil. At September 30, 2009, Mueller Water Products, Inc’s installed products included more than three million fire hydrants and more than 10 million iron gate valves.

Voith AG operates in the paper, energy, mobility, and service markets worldwide. The company operates through four segments: Voith Hydro, Voith Paper, Voith Turbo, and Voith Industrial Services. The Voith Hydro segment supplies hydroelectric equipment, technology, and services to the renewable energy market. It offers hydro power components, such as Francis, Pelton, Kaplan, bulb, and pump turbines for the hydro power plants. This segment also produces generators and generator drive units for various kinds of turbines, as well as excitation and diagnostic systems, frequency converters, insulation systems, switching systems for voltages, and transformers. The Voith Paper segment provides process lines for the papermaking industry. This segment develops solutions for the paper making process for various types of paper comprising graphic grades, board, packaging papers, tissue paper, and special-purpose papers. It also manufactures forming fabrics, wet felts, and dryer fabrics for the cellulose and paper industry.

Mecalux,S.A makes storage products that range from metallic shelving systems to automated warehouses (racking/conveyors/software). Customers include Academy Sports & Outdoors, Hitachi, Sara Lee, and Wal-Mart. The company has worldwide operations through a dozen production centers in Eastern and Western Europe, and North and South America. Its subsidiaries include Esmena and Interlake Mecalux. Founder and chairman Jose Luis Carrillo Rodreguez controls nearly 60% of Mecalux through his affiliation with investment firm Leina (Spain). He founded the company in 1969, after he made light shelving for the previous three years in a workshop in Barcelona.

Toner Machining Technologies (TMT) doesn't make toner for photocopiers; it manufactures holding fixtures, gages, lathes, boring mills, grinding machines, saws, inspection machines, welding equipment, and other special machinery. Toner Machining Technologies company caters to the aircraft, automotive, electric power generation, heavy truck, medical, and nuclear industries. Customers include ArvinMeritor, Bombardier, Caterpillar, Eaton, Ingersoll-Rand, Makino Milling Machine, Northrop Grumman, Rockwell Automation, and TRW Automotive.

The beginning of what is Cooper Lighting today goes back to 1956. At that time the Halo Lighting Company was founded with the philosophy of manufacturing lighting fixtures which would be attractive, simple to install and easy to service. From the modest beginnings of a one-room facility and six product lines, Cooper Lighting has grown to a position of international industry leadership. Along the way, there have been many changes.The mission of Cooper Lighting is to be the leading provider of innovative, high quality lighting fixtures and related products to worldwide commercial, industrial, residential and utility markets. Cooper Lighting has a total commitment to a Customer First attitude and to being consistently superior to competitors in fulfilling customer needs. Cooper Lighting is also committed to growing profitably and to the opportunity for all employees to contribute, grow, have fun, and take pride in their work.

Yaskawa America, Inc. - Motoman Robotics Division company makes industrial robots that weld, assemble, cut, and handle goods for manufacturers. It also offers related process controls, positioning systems, welding equipment, and operating software. Motoman and sibling Drives & Motion Division (a maker of control products, AC servo motors and drives, and inverters, formerly Yaskawa Electric America), combined to form Yaskawa America, a unit of Yaskawa Electric Corp. (YEC) of Japan, one of the world's top manufacturers of industrial robots.

Talan Products offers custom metal stamping, tube forming, and tube fabrication services; it also provides machine processing services such as bending, countersinking, drilling, and welding. Talan Products makes a range of tooling and engineered parts for customers in the automotive, construction, consumer appliance, defense, and hardware markets. Talan Products' primary business is mid- to high-volume metal stampings. Founders and company executives -- CEO Steve Peplin, president Pete Accorti, and manufacturing VP Pat Parziale -- own and run the company.

KUKA concentrates on advanced solutions for the automation of industrial production processes. Ever since the company was founded over 100 years ago, it has stood for innovation in mechanical and systems engineering; it is one of the world's leading suppliers in the field of robot technology as well as in plant and systems engineering. Having come of age in the cutting-edge technology of the European automotive industry, KUKA is now increasingly supplying state-of-the-art technology in other sectors and regions. With their ideas, concepts and solutions for the automation of industrial production processes, more than 5,700 employees generate a business volume of around EUR 900 million.

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