Highway engineer J. J. (Joe) Swanson and Wyoming contractor W. A. Norris founded Nebraska Machinery Company in 1938. Nebraska Machinery Company sells and leases new and used Caterpillar equipment through locations in Nebraska and Iowa. Besides the Caterpillar brand, Nebraska Machinery company sells other makes of equipment including Blue Giant, Hawker, Princeton, and Taylor-Dunn. NMC serves customers in the agricultural, construction, industrial, and material handling industries. It operates nine rental stores in Nebraska and Iowa. Nebraska Machinery opened a repair facility in Lincoln, Nebraska, to service highway truck engines.

Creative Storage Systems is the market leader among material handling companies in designing innovative gravity flow storage systems. From application to installation and beyond, Creative Storage Systems is your materials handling solutions leader.We put innovation to work by manufacturing superior gravity & pallet flow storage systems featuring CSS patented products that perform in a wide range of gravity flow applications regardless of the environment or type of flow desired.

John Crane is part of Smiths Group, a global technology business listed on the London Stock Exchange. John Crane designs and manufactures seals and associated products mainly for the oil & gas, chemical, pharmaceutical, pulp & paper and mining sectors.Since being established over 80 years ago John Crane has become the acknowledged global leader in its field. Today it provides the most complete selection of engineered mechanical seals, sealing support systems and mechanical packings, complemented by power transmission couplings. John Crane products are a globally recognized and trusted brand in the oil and gas industry. The John Crane business has 20 manufacturing sites and more than 6,000 employees [located in 50 countries].John Crane offers a comprehensive range of engineered mechanical seals and sealing support systems, mechanical packing, power transmission couplings and asset management systems under the brand names John Crane, Sealol, Safematic, Flexibox, Metastream, Powerstream, Lemco and Performance Plus.

YKK Europe designs, develops, and manufactures a range of fasteners that includes zippers, snap fasteners and buttons, and textile and plastic parts. Its zippers are used in a variety of applications and can be made airtight, flame resistant, lightweight, heavy duty, transparent, or waterproof. The company is the hub of Tokyo-based YKK Corporation's Fastening Products Group's operations in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. YKK Europe does business from offices and facilities in about 40 countries.

Dealing with CLARK Material Handling can be an uplifting experience. Founded in 1917 to make material handling trucks, CLARK has produced more than 1 million forklifts. Selling through its global network of 550-plus dealers, the company's line of forklifts includes internal combustion trucks, electric riders, narrow-aisle stackers, and powered hand trucks. CLARK also supplies aftermarket parts, as well as Totalift-brand parts to fit other manufacturers' forklifts. CLARK Material Handling company has more than 250,000 lift trucks operating in North America and more than 350,000 units globally. Young An Hat Company, a South Korean industrial conglomerate, controls CLARK Material Handling company.

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.

Hilti Corporation manufactures drilling and fastening equipment and supplies for professional customers in the construction and building maintenance industries worldwide. The company's products include drilling and demolition tools; direct and screw fastening systems, diamond coring and cutting tools (saws, sanders, and grinders); anchoring and positioning systems; firestop and foam products; measuring systems; and cutting and sanding systems. Hilti makes about two-thirds of its sales in Europe. The family of the late Martin Hilti, who founded the company in 1941, still controls the firm.

A123 Systems wants to get people all charged up about new cars. And it plans to use rechargeable lithium-ion batteries to do it. The company develops and manufactures rechargeable batteries and battery systems for the transportation, consumer, and electric grid markets. A123 is targeting the fast-growing electric and hybrid electric vehicle market. In the electric grid sector, the company is working with AES to produce multi-megawatt battery systems that take the fluctuations out of the electricity grid and provide backup power during shortages. In consumer products, its batteries are used in home appliances, power tools, and electronics. More than half of sales come from customers in the US.

Thomas Walker Global Limited has manufactured and distributed fasteners to the apparel industry for more than a century. Products include the brace fittings, buckles, and hook-and-bar fasteners used in making clothing, as well as the machinery to attach the hardware. TW also supplies an identity accessory line, such as wallet inserts, lanyards, and retractable badge reels for use in security and access control. It sells worldwide via a network of distributors. The global economic recession dented sales for the company and its subsidiaries, three of which were eventually liquidated.

Chairman DeWitt C. Thompson IV's grandfather founded Thompson Machinery in 1944. Thompson Machinery Commerce Corporation sells, rents, and leases Caterpillar-branded mining, industrial, agricultural, construction, and forestry equipment, as well as truck and marine engines and power generation equipment. The distributor serves about 100 counties in Tennessee and Mississippi. It has centralized warehouses in LaVergne and Memphis, Tennessee, and it operates sales, rental, and service centers and a fleet of field service trucks to handle its customers' job-site needs.

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