Andritz is a provider of production equipment focusing on five business areas: Hydro (now the company's largest segment generating more than 40% of revenues); Pulp & Paper; Metals (rolling mills and strip processing lines); Environment & Process; and Feed & Biofuel. The company goes crackers for water turbines and pumps, primarily for the hydropower, and pulp and paper industries. CEO Wolfgang Leitner is the managing director for Certus, an investment firm that owns almost 30% of Andritz. Andritz AG dates back to 1852, when it was established as an industrial foundry and machine works.

Chairman D. Dan Kahn founded PTS in 1951 to serve small factories and shops in the Detroit area. The Kahn family still controls Production Tool Supply Company, LLC. Production Tool Supply totes the tools of the trade -- and it distributes them to more than 50,000 customers worldwide. With nine showrooms in Michigan and Ohio, the company (PTS) distributes brand-name discount industrial tools and machinery. It markets approximately 235,000 products through a 1,700-page catalog, on the Internet, and through independent distributors. Products include cutting tools, carbide tools, abrasives, measuring tools, clamps and vises, power tools, tool safety products, and power machinery by blue chip OEMs, such as Bosch, Porter-Cable, and Sandvik.

Rockbestos Surprenant Cable Corporation is a world leader in the design & manufacture of insulated high performance Control, Power, Instrumentation and Specialty electrical cables. For over 80 years we have been committed to meeting the most demanding customer requirements through innovative design, manufacturing excellence and unequaled customer service.

Hirsch International Corp. company supplies single- and multi-head embroidery machines, embroidery supplies, machine parts, and software, as well as digital printers and textile lasers. Hirsch is the exclusive US distributor of Tajima Industries equipment (multiple-head embroidery machines), MHM screen printing equipment, SEIT textile bridge lasers, and other industry tech brands. Tajima-built equipment accounts for about 50% of sales. Core customers are manufacturers that produce thread, applique, and rhinestone-decorative apparel and accessories, uniforms, or sportswear, and apparel screenprinters and retailers.

China Enterprises Limited engages in the manufacture and sale of rubber tires in the People’s Republic of China. China Enterprises company, through its 26% equity interest in Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Co., Ltd. offers tire rubber and carbon powder. China Enterprises Limited, through its 12.83% interest in Wing On Travel (Holdings) Limited, engages in the business of providing package tours, travel, and other related services; hotel operation; and trading of securities. China Enterprises company was founded in 1993

Simpson Manufacturing makes connectors and venting systems for the building, remodeling, and do-it-yourself industries. Subsidiary Simpson Strong-Tie (SST) makes more than 11,000 types of standard and custom products that are used to connect and reinforce joints between wood, concrete, and masonry building components. Simpson Dura-Vent, meanwhile, makes venting systems for furnaces, water heaters, fireplaces, and stoves. Both units market globally and distribute through home centers and a network of contractor and dealer distributors. The Home Depot is a top customer of Simpson Manufacturing.

C. R. Laurence Company supplies more than 50,000 different industrial products, such as all-glass storefront and entrance systems, architectural hardware, architectural metal and railing systems (under the TAPER-LOC dry-glaze brand), display systems, shower doors, and window and door hardware. Peripheral products that cater to glass professionals include adhesives, cleaners, lubricants, sealants, and hand held power tools. Automotive offerings include vehicle windows and sunroofs. C. R. Laurence company serves the architectural, automotive, construction, glazing, and railing industries. CRL operates through more than 25 locations in North America, Europe, and Australia.

Castings PLC is a group of three stand-alone manufacturing sites. Castings Ductile Cast Products and Wm Lee operate iron foundries and offer graphite and iron castings, machining, designing, and prototyping services to industrial manufacturers in the automotive, railway, and other industries. Castings counts Toyota among its customers. CNC Speedwell provides machining, surface treatment, assembly, and finishing. The group gets most of its sales from European customers, with the UK accounting for more than a third of the sales. Aberforth Partners controls almost 17% of the company's shares, while Hunter Hall Investment Management owns nearly 11% of Castings.

SPX Corporation provides flow technology products, test and measurement products, thermal equipment and services, and industrial products and services worldwide. The company’s Flow Technology segment provides products and solutions that are used to blend, meter, and transport fluids. This segment offers high-integrity pumps, valves, heat exchangers, fluid mixers, agitators, metering systems, and filters and dehydration equipment for food and beverage, oil and gas, power generation, chemical, mining, and general industrial industries. Its Test and Measurement segment provides diagnostic service tools, fare-collection systems, and portable cable and pipe locators for the transportation, telecommunications, and utility industries. The company’s Thermal Equipment and Services segment engineers, manufactures, and services cooling, heating, and ventilation products, including dry, wet, and hybrid cooling systems for the power generation, refrigeration, HVAC, and industrial markets, as well as hydronic, and heating and ventilation products for the commercial and residential markets. This segment also provides thermal components and engineered services to power and steam generation plants. Its Industrial Products and Services segment designs, manufactures, and markets power transformers for utilities; industrial tools and hydraulic units, and precision machine components for the aerospace industry; crystal growing machines for the solar power generation; television, radio, and cell phone and data transmission broadcast antenna systems; communications and signal monitoring systems; and precision controlled industrial ovens and chambers. The company sells its products through stocking distributors, manufacturing representatives, third-party distributors, direct sales, and retailers. It was formerly known as Piston Ring Company and changed its name to SPX Corporation in 1988. SPX Corporation was founded in 1911 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Reesink enables its customers to get their hands dirty. The Dutch firm manufactures and wholesales agricultural supplies, including garden products, agricultural machinery, and products for woodland and park management. Reesink also trades in rolled metal products, pipes and fittings, central heating products, bathroom fittings, wire products, paints, and other household products. Its agricultural machine products are sold under brand names Reco, Kaweco, and Stico. Nearly half of Reesink's sales come from do-it-yourself materials -- including hardware, gardening, and electrical products -- while the majority of sales comes from The Netherlands.

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