Otis Elevator Company makes gearless elevators for high-rises, a hydraulic line for mid-rise buildings, and a heavy-duty one for freight. Its escalators and moving walkways carry airport passengers to baggage claim. Otis offers installation, maintenance, and upgrade services, too. Among many attractions, its elevators are in Rio's Christ the Redeemer monument, the Eiffel Tower, and Sydney Opera House. About 80% of Otis' sales come from outside the US.

Industrious IBT has distributed industrial supplies since 1949. IBT company's products include bearings and power transmission products, conveyor belting and hoses, electrical supplies, and fluid power and material-handling equipment. IBT also provides maintenance, engineering, and media production services. Customers include businesses in the aerospace, aggregate, and ethanol industries. IBT company's Integrated Services Group (ISG) provides supply chain management services. IBT's network of some 40 service centers dots the central US. IBT company represents blue chip OEMs, such as Baldor and Goodyear (bearings and hoses), RBC (ball screw and repair supplies), and Dow-Corning (lubricants, adhesives, and tools).

Yaskawa Electric sets things in motion, and keeps them going with robots and engineering. The global supplier competes in motion control, robotics, and system engineering. Serving the mechatronics market combining mechanical, electronic, and software engineering, the term was created by a Yaskawa engineer Yaskawa offers industrial automation products, such as servo drives, motion controllers, and inverters, along with the Motoman line of industrial robots and automation engineering for steelmaking and other heavy industries. It also provides IT services, office machines, and multi-card readers.

The Minka Group, which manufactures and distributes lighting and ceiling fan fixtures through more than 2,100 dealers in the US. The company has an extensive product line from chandeliers to table lamps, floor lamps to wall sconces, and mirrors to wall art, as well as heaters and dehumidifiers. Minka markets its products under the Ambience, George Kovacs, GK Lightrail, The Great Outdoors, Metropolitan, Minka-Aire, and Minka Lavery brand names. The Minka company has over 500 patents for its lighting creations. Customers range from independent lighting showroom dealers to larger accounts such as Home Depot and Lowe's.

Guilford Mills used to make fabrics to cover your ride and your hide. Today it focuses on your ride. The textile maker produces fabrics for car and heavy truck cab interiors, from bodycloth to headliners. Its specialty products group manufactures consumer and industrial fabrics, including loop closure fabrics (used in medical braces), window coverings, technical stretch pieces for athletic wear, and, even shoe linings and casket liners (sadly, a promising market). Johnson Controls and Lear Corporation are among its customers. Founded in 1946, Guilford has sales and manufacturing locations in the US, Asia, and Europe. Guilford Mills has been owned by private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management since 2004.

Aberdeen Fabrication (A-Fab) is steel going strong in the Granite City. Aberdeen Fabrication founded in 1983, fabricates steel components and pipe work and provides services such as installation, maintenance, and welding. A-Fab primarily serves the offshore oil and gas, marine, and steel fabrication industries. Its list of clients includes GlobalSantaFe, OBC Shipping, Technip Coflexip, Stena Drilling, and Transocean SedcoForex. The company has manufactured parts including submarine structures and skidding systems for offshore drilling rigs.

Jervis B. Webb Company is a global leader in providing durable material handling systems including Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGVs), conveyors, baggage handling systems and Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems (AS/RS). Webb systems are the centerpiece of thousands of manufacturing plants, warehouses, and airports. Webb is a subsidiary of Daifuku Co., Ltd., making it part of one of the largest material handling companies in the world.

Unifi,Inc company textures, dyes, and twists multifilament polyester and nylon yarns and allied raw materials. Its polyester yarns are sold to an array of original knitting and weaving manufacturers of apparel goods, industrial textiles, home furnishings, and auto upholstery fabrics. Unifi nylons are marketed for apparel, hosiery, and sock manufacture. Polyester and nylon partially oriented yarn (POY), which is also purchased from suppliers, is often not sold, but further treated to create blends offering a variety of performance advantages. Unifi's revenues rely on US customers (such as (Hanesbrands) and, to a lesser extent, on regions covered by free trade agreements.

Mitsubishi Paper Mills Ltd. (MPM) is one of the leading Japanese manufacturers of coated papers, communication papers, photosenstitive materials and pulp. As a fully integrated business with four production facilities and three research centres in Japan, MPM is world famous for its excellent product quality and innovative ability. In 1989 MPM founded Mitsubishi Paper GmbH, Düsseldorf, which is now responsible for marketing solutions and systems for the European pre-press and printing industries and providing technical support for European customers.In 1998 MPM acquired a majority shareholding in the two German special paper manufacturers Mitsubishi HiTec Paper Bielefeld and Mitsubishi HiTec Paper Flensburg, enabling it to further reinforce its position as a global leader in the manufacture of high tech speciality papers. In 2002 MPM transferred this majority shareholding to its wholly owned subsidiary Mitsubishi Paper Holding (Europe).

Doosan Infracore is carving its own niche as one of the country's largest construction equipment makers. It began by manufacturing excavators and then producing wheel loaders, tower cranes, concrete pump trucks, forklifts, engines, transmission systems, defense vehicles, and machine tool equipment. Today, the company has operations in over 100 countries, more than 60 subsidiaries, and a sales network consisting of 4,000 dealers. Its Ansan Parts Center acts as a hub for global parts distribution. Formerly known as Daewoo Heavy Industries and Machinery, Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction holds over 38% share in the company.

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