Buschman makes wire-wound rods used in coating applications by the paper and converting industries. Buschman company controls all stages of manufacturing for its products, which include wire-wound metering rods, custom-engineered grooved metering and sizing rods, roll-formed rods, smoothing rods, holders, headbox sheets, and tapes for paper machinery and coating applications, as well as customized rods for specific machines. It also provides spare parts and accessories. Customers include 3M, Avery Dennison, Cascades, Hewlett Packard, Smurfit Stone, and Temple Inland, among others. Buschman company operates through representatives and distributors located worldwide.

One of Japan's largest agricultural-machinery makers, Iseki produces an array of tractors, combine harvesters, and tillers for each phase of vegetable and rice farming. Although machinery for rice production is a revenue mainstay, consumer purchases of compact tractors, mowers, and lithium-ion battery run tillers have grown. Iseki supplies AGCO Corporation with OEM models for the US, as well as teams up with smaller equipment makers to develop machines for specialized crops and farming chores, like separating harvested vegetables. Many of the Iseki products for Asian markets are made by Iseki-Changzhou, a China-based subsidiary.

Catalyst Paper is a global leader in the production of telephone directory paper. The company's three segments produce newsprint, pulp, and specialty papers. Its six mills generate approximately 2.5 million tons annually for distribution to its customers, primarily in North America and the Pacific Rim. Other uses for the company's products include catalogs, consumer goods packaging, newspaper inserts, and retail flyers. Catalyst also produces pulp from sawdust, and operates a recycling division that produces de-inked pulp from newspapers and magazines. Investment firm Third Avenue Management controls almost 38% of Catalyst Paper.

Chase Brass & Copper company manufactures Blue Dot-brand round and hexagonal brass rods for machining and forging processes. Its brass rods are used in end-products from plumbing fixtures to industrial machinery components, tire valve stems, and thermostats. CBCC also partners with five companies to lead as an exclusive North American producer of Green Dot, an Eco Brass license for a silicon-based lead-free alloy, desirable in eco-friendly plumbing fixtures and food processing. Founded in 1837, the company is a nameplate of Global Brass and Copper, formerly Olin Corporation, which was acquired by KPS Capital Partners in 2007.

Cristalerias de Chile, known as Cristalchile, just can't contain itself in the bottle-making business. Cristalerias company dominates Chile's glass container industry. Its 200-plus domestic and foreign customers include laboratories and makers of wine, beer, nonalcoholic drinks, pharmaceuticals, and food products. Customers include Compañía Cervecerías Unidas, Viña Concha y Toro, and Viña San Pedro, of which Cristalerias controls. Cristalerias company boasts a technical agreement with Owens-Illinois, as well as stakes in broadcasting businesses. Cristalchile's primary stakeholder is Electro Metalurgica (Elecmetal) and affiliates. Maria Luisa Vial, widow of Cristalerías magnate Ricardo Claro, holds more than 45% of Elecmetal.

Littelfuse company is the world's #1 fuse maker. In addition to its fuses, Littelfuse's other circuit protection devices include positive temperature coefficient devices that limit current when too much is being supplied and electrostatic discharge suppressors that redirect transient high voltage. Littelfuse company's thyristors protect telecommunications circuits from transient voltage caused by lightning strikes. Littelfuse's 4,000-plus customers include electronics manufacturers (Hewlett-Packard and Samsung), automakers (Ford, GM, Honda, and Toyota), and the automotive aftermarket (AutoZone and Pep Boys). Littelfuse company gets about two-thirds of its sales outside the US.

Luxfer Gas Cylinders makes aluminum and composite high-pressure gas cylinders. Its lineup offers compressed natural gas (CNG) for vehicles, CO2 and mixed-gas cylinders for beverages, extinguishers for fire, as well as life-support cylinders for medical and recreational scuba markets, and paintball cylinders for players. Luxfer's manufacturing process uses hydraulic rams to shape aluminum billets into hollow shells, which are closed and threaded. The seamless, lightweight results are ideal for high-pressure storage of gases. Luxfer, part of UK-based Luxfer Holdings, operates plants in the US and UK, France, and China, serving customers in more than 50 countries.

NKT Holding A/S has since 1991 been the financial owner and parent company of the wholly-and partly owned companies, which since then have been the group's business foundation. The capital and the Group's financial strength is rooted in NKT Holding.It is NKT Holding, which has overall responsibility for managing these resources in a constructive interaction with the group companies' management and employees.The primary task of NKT Holding's board and directors is to ensure the long-term business foundation, thereby creating value for shareholders NKTs.

Cordova Bolt is a distributor of standard and special fasteners and hardware. It distributes fasteners including screws, rivets, nuts, bolts, anchors, pins, and washers. Specific items include expansion anchors, drywall screws, formed and forged fittings, lockwashers, metal building fasteners, special threaded products, socket screw products, and thread rod. Cordova Bolt boasts that it is has more than 15 million pounds of fasteners in stock. President Moses Cordova launched his first nuts-and-bolts distributing firm (Circle Bolt) in 1967. He sold that company in 1972 and founded Cordova Bolt in 1975. The Cordova family owns and manages the company.

Panolam Industries makes table and counter tops, and that just scratches the surface! Panolam Industries produces thermally fused melanine panels, decorative surfaces, and high pressure laminates that are used in commercial, institutional, and residential projects across the US and Canada. Its thermofused panels, sold under the Panolam and Pionite trade names, are used in store fixtures and displays, kitchen and bath cabinets, office furniture, and shelves. Under its Conolite Aircraft Laminates brand, the company also manufactures cargo liners designed for aircraft underbellies. Panolam Industries filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in November 2009 and emerged in late December.

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