Pentair Water Pool and Spa® is the world’s leading manufacturer of pool and spa equipment and accessories. We built our company so the pool professional and, by extension, the pool owner can secure all the best products from a single source…with the confidence and comfort that comes from single source responsibility and support.

Tekra, which was founded in 1938, operates from locations in California, North Carolina, and Wisconsin, as well as Mexico. Tekra Corporation Company, , a provider of plastic film products, adhesives, and substrates serves the graphic arts, medical equipment, electronic printing, automotive, and appliance industries. Tekra offers polyester, polycarbonate, and adhesive products through partnerships with companies such as Bayer Corporation, DuPont Teijin, and 3M. Tekra Corporation also manufactures and sells coated plastic substrates.

Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company is a custom designer and manufacturer of industrial heaters, sensors, controllers, and software. Its products are used in power generation, semiconductors, plastics processing, foodservice equipment, life sciences, and aerospace applications. Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company revolutionized the heater industry with the introduction in 1954 of the patented FIREROD high watt density cartridge heater, which has mineral insulated leads that can handle temperatures to 1,500'F and resist contamination. Watlow Electric operates through locations in France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, the UK, and the US.

Nichols Wire began in 1952 as Alabama Wire and is located in a 250,000 square foot facility in Northern Alabama. Nichols Wire is recognized as the world’s largest as well as leading, manufacturer of bare mechanical alloy wire products . Aluminum nails and rod are also produced.Markets are serviced through direct sales to OEM’s and indirect sales through processors and distributors. End use markets include transportation, aerospace, consumer durables, marine, building / construction and electrical.

Power Plastics Ltd company makes industrial-strength plastic items such as pond and tank liners, fumigation sheeting, and protective padding such as gym mats. Power Plastics makes other products including construction sheeting, thermal liners, pool covers, secure environment chambers, and germination enclosures. They are also a major supplier of foam-filled landing areas (think pole vaulting) for UK athletic stadiums.

CCL Industries won't object if you give it a little squeeze. CCL produces specialty packaging for the food, health care, automotive, and personal care industries through its three business divisions: Containers (aluminum), Labels (pressure sensitive and film), and Tubes (plastic squeeze). Customers include Procter & Gamble and Johnson & Johnson. CCL's packages have held such well-known brands as Febreze fabric freshener and Equal non-caloric sweetener. It has facilities in North and Latin America, Europe and Eastern Europe, and Asia/Pacific. CCL, which operates over 50 facilities worldwide in about 17 countries, gets about half of sales from the Americas. The founding Lang family controls CCL industries company.

Technical Consumer Products company is the one of the largest manufacturers of energy efficient compact fluorescent light (CFLs) bulbs for the US marketplace. CFLs boast a brighter, longer use with fewer emissions. TCP also markets light-emitting diode (LED) lamps and fixtures, cold cathode lamps, exit and emergency lighting, and a linear lamp, ballast and fixture line. Products are sold under brands SpringLight and ecoVations at Home Depot and Kmart, and distributed by Graybar Electric and Rexel for use in commercial, industrial, and healthcare facilities, as well as consumer households.

Wacker Neuson SE company makes equipment for soil and asphalt compaction, concrete production, demolition technology, and pumps, power, and light equipment. Wacker Neuson company's products include rammers, as well as rollers, trowels, and rotary hammers. Wacker Neuson also provides rental options and repair services (the rental business is more pervasive in the company's native Germany). The Wacker family retains majority ownership, with senior management also holding equity stakes. In 2007 Germany's Wacker Construction Equipment merged with Neuson Kramer Baumaschinen of Austria to form Wacker Neuson.

Founded in 1849 as a woodenware business, the holding company now manufactures packaging and paperboard, returnable materials-handling systems, product labels, and promotional materials, as well as offers logistics and marketing services. Its three core operating units are Menasha Packaging (corrugated packaging and point-of-purchase displays), which includes Cortegra Group (pharmaceutical labeling and packaging), ORBIS Corporation (plastic reusable packaging), and LeveragePoint Media (in-store promotional services). Menasha also has investments in other manufacturing companies. Descendants of founder Elisha Smith own a majority of Menasha.

Velocys is a chemical processor manufacturer that works with oil, gas, and fuel companies to provide them with cost-efficient technologies, methods, and services for their chemical processing, production system, and regulation system needs. Velocys also caters to the military by providing logistical supply lines, such as cryogenic cooling systems, man-portable devices, and protection from chemical attack. In late 2008 the UK's Oxford Catalysts Group acquired Velocys in a $35 million reverse acquisition. The two companies have been collaborating since May 2007.

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