CTB makes automation, feed, and storage equipment for the poultry, swine, grain, and egg industries under such brand names as Agro Logic, Brock, Chore-Time, Fancom, Laake, Mannebeck, PigTek, Porcon, ProTerra, Roxell, Shenandoah, and Uniqfill. CTB's integrated environmental feeding systems for livestock include heating, cooling, and ventilation equipment, as well as poultry nests, incinerators, weigh systems, drinkers, and egg counters, among other products. CTB maintains facilities in Belgium, Brazil, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, and the US. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway purchased the formerly public company in late 2002 for about $180 million.

Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL) is a leading developer of fiber plantations with one of the world's largest pulp and paper mills.Our vision is to be one of the largest, best-managed, most profitable and sustainable pulp and paper companies in the world, and be a preferred supplier to our customers and the preferred company to our people.As a major producer of fiber, pulp and paper, APRIL knows it has a fundamental role in developing ways to meet the world's growing demand for these products, while integrating sustainability in our operations."In the long term, a sustainable forest management strategy aimed at maintaining or increasing forest carbon stocks, while producing an annual sustained yield of timber, fiber or energy from the forest, will generate the largest sustained mitigation benefit."

The Eastern Company has latched on to the security industry. The Eastern company's security products group makes coin acceptors used in laundry facilities, smart card payment systems, and keyless locks sold under such brands as Sesamee, Presto, and Huski. It also manufactures industrial hardware, including latches, locks, and hinges, used by the transportation industry. Eastern owns a foundry that makes metal anchoring devices to support underground mine roofs, clamps for construction, and railroad brake system components. The company sells mainly to manufacturers, distributors, and locksmiths through its operations in the US, Canada, China, Mexico, and Taiwan.

Derrick produces dry and wet high-frequency screening units primarily for applications in the plastics, oil-drilling, mining, aggregate, chemical, wastewater, and wood processing industries. Derrick's business divisions include: Oil & Gas Drilling, Civil & Underground, and Mineral Processing. Its products include centrifuges, dry-screening units, fiber extractors, high-shear screens, linear motion screens, recovery systems, repulp wet-sizing screens, resin screens, and stack sizers. The company is the world leader in the design and manufacture of machinery used to screen a wide variety of materials in the range of 3/8 inch to 38 microns. Derrick is controlled by the founding Derrick family.

ERIKS group distributes mechanical engineering components to more than 100,000 customers in the chemical, food, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, refining, and metal industries. The company sells some 600,000 components used in the manufacture of sealing technology, power transmission, flow technology, industrial plastics, and tools and maintenance products. Such products include O-rings, electrical and mechanical transmissions, valves, and plastic piping. ERIKS additionally provides technical and logistics services to buyers. While most of the company's sales come from Western Europe, its worldwide operations include branches in Central Europe, the Middle East, the US, and Southeast Asia (including China).

Hirschfeld Steel fabricates structural steel components for such critical construction projects as bridges, industrial and nuclear facilities, mass transit systems, and stadiums. The company's services include designing, engineering, fabricating, delivering, inspecting, painting, and sand blasting. Hirschfeld Steel has been involved in providing steel for commercial buildings such as Minute Maid Park, Busch Stadium, Heinz Field, Reliant Stadium, and Chicago's Soldier Field. The company is a subsidiary of Hirschfeld Industries, a family of companies that has operations in steel fabrication technology, supply, and transportation.

Bridgestone Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells tires and other rubber products worldwide. The company's products include passenger tires; commercial tires, such as van tires, and bus and truck tires; motorcycles tires; and specialty tires, including off the road tires and aircraft tires. It also offers PureBetaMT, a combination of polymer and nanotechnology used in the development of high technology tires; electronic paper displays; golf equipment, such as balls, clubs, and accessories; and bicycles. In addition, Bridgestone provides industrial products, including conveyor belts, hydraulic hoses, rubber tracks, marine fenders, and switches; and construction material comprising panel type wafer tanks and seismic isolators for buildings. Further, it offers electro-materials, such as EVASAFE, an inter layer adhesive films; B-FACE A1000, an AR film with a polyethylene terephthalate film base for optical performance; and acrylic adhesive/transfer film for UV hardening type namoimprinting. Bridgestone Corporation company was formerly known as Bridgestone Tire Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Bridgestone Corporation. Bridgestone Corporation was founded in 1931 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Smurfit Kappa UK is part of Smurfit Kappa PLC and is a world leader in corrugated packaging, a European leader in containerboard and also has market leading positions, in both paper grades, in Latin America. Smurfit Kappa UK is dedicated to delivering innovative, cost effective solutions to meet the changing needs of our customers. We work closely with customers, understanding the unique challenges they face and adding value whilst often taking out cost. This customer driven approach has enabled us to develop long term relationships with some of the UK’s leading brand owners and manufacturers, of which we are very proud. Smurfit Kappa UK is made up of 36 facilities, including five regional corrugated divisions, each twinned with sheet plants, as well as specialist plants for Sheetfeeding, Composites Tubes, Lokfast Solidboard Divisions, Heavy Duty, XXL Products, Point of Sale & Display, Packaging Solutions, Stationery Products and Machine Systems. Our papermaking facility supplies the majority of the paper used within the group and regional recycling plants cater for both our own and our customers’ waste.

Cousins Leo and Ted Bachhuber founded Mayville Engineering Company, Inc. in 1945 inside a rented garage in Mayville, Wisconsin. Mayville Engineering Company (MEC) manufactures shotshell reloading machinery and equipment, used by hunters, sport shooting enthusiasts, and sporting goods stores. MEC also provides coating, welding, riveting, painting, and mechanical assembly services. Mayville company sells its products to customers worldwide, though Australia, Brazil, China, England, Egypt, Germany, Kuwait, and Singapore generate some of its largest sales. Employees own more than 90% of Mayville Engineering, which realizes about $123 million in sales per year.

Incorporated in 1957, Harland M. Braun & Co. has been supplying tanners throughout the world with quality hides and skins for over 50 years. Our founder, Mr. Harland Braun, was a pioneer in marketing of U.S.A. cattle hides and skins in the Asian tanning markets and was well known for his knowledge and integrity. Harland M. Braun & Co., with it's wholly owned subsidiary Braun.Export, continues to be a leading supplier of quality North American raw material to the world tanning industry. Harland M. Braun & Co. has been a long time member of both the United States Hide, Skin and Leather Association as well as the Leather Industries of America. Numerous members of the Braun & Co. staff have served on the boards of both trade organizations and our president, Mike Hamilton, was a two term chairman of the board for the USHLA. Export, continues to be a leading supplier of quality North American raw material to the world tanning industry. Harland M. Braun & Co. has been a long time member of both the United States Hide, Skin and Leather Association as well as the Leather Industries of America. Numerous members of the Braun & Co. staff have served on the boards of both trade organizations and our president, Mike Hamilton, was a two term chairman of the board for the USHLA.

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