The papermaker makes a wide range of quality paper grades including specialty grades such as gumming kraft and laminating kraft. Other products include recycled papers, cut rolls, lightweight linerboard, unbleached kraft pulp, and unbleached kraft rolls. Port Townsend Paper (PTPC), which is owned by PT Holdings Company, also operates BoxMaster plants and Crown Packaging factories in Canada. The Canadian operations produce corrugated cardboard boxes, cartons, and displays. Early in 2007, PT Holdings filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection; it emerged from bankruptcy in August of that year.

Westport formed a joint venture with Weichai Power Co., Ltd., China's largest heavy duty engine manufacturer, and Hong Kong Peterson (CNG) Equipment Limited in 2008. The new entity, Weichai Westport Inc. (WWI), will develop, manufacture, market, and sell advanced, alternative fuel engines incorporating Westport technology (and relevant parts and kits) for use in automobiles, heavy duty trucks, power generation and shipping applications.In 1999, Westport and Cummins Inc. of Columbus, Indiana entered into a memorandum of understanding to explore the development of HPDI technology for Cummins flagship heavy-duty truck engine, the 15-litre ISX.

Marmon monitors a melange of more than 130 autonomous manufacturing and service companies. A subsidiary of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, Marmon's 11 manufacturing units make automotive components and trailers, food service equipment, wire and cable, industrial materials and components, consumer products, transportation equipment, building products, water-treatment products, and more. Services include marketing and distribution. Marmon is an international association of companies that operates about 250 facilities in more than 40 countries. Chicago's Pritzker family (owners of the Hyatt hotel chain) sold a 60% stake in Marmon to Berkshire Hathaway for $4.5 billion in 2008.

Bigger is better, especially if you're Bramco. Operating through a multi-state network dotting the Midwest and Southeast US, the company wholesales and rents new and used construction, mining, and material handling equipment and machinery. Bramco represents an array of blue chip brands; it is the largest distributor of Komatsu and Ingersoll-Rand equipment in the US. Its wholly owned subsidiaries -- Bramco Properties, Brandeis Machinery and Supply, Power Equipment, and Certified Rental -- drive the company's marketing clout in delivering hard-to-find large equipment.

The Hillman Companies, Inc. (Hillman) is the provider of hardware-related products and related merchandising services to retail markets in North America. The Company’s principal business is operated, through its wholly owned subsidiary, The Hillman Group, Inc. (the Hillman Group). The Hillman Group sells its products to hardware stores, home centers, mass merchants, pet supply stores, and other retail outlets principally in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean. Product lines include parts such, as fasteners and related hardware items; threaded rod and metal shapes; keys, key duplication systems and accessories, and identification items, such as tags and letters, numbers and signs. In May 2010, Oak Hill Capital Partners acquired The Hillman Companies, Inc. In addition, Hillman completed its acquisition from Quick-Tag Holdings and Quick-Tag, Inc. of the Quick-Tag license and related patents.

AB Lorentzen & Wettre was founded in 1895 by Christian Lorentzen and Einar Wettre. Lorentzen & Wettre (L&W) follows the paper trail worldwide to serve its customers. A subsidiary of industrial door giant Cardo AB, the Swedish manufacturer provides quality control and product-testing equipment for the paper industry. L&W makes process optimization machines (permeability meters, moisture sensors), laboratory automation (computer testing software), testing devices (micrometers, resistance testers), and sample preparation equipment (cutters, trimmers) used to measure and check the size and strength of paper products. L&W also provides maintenance, training, and customer support services.

CYP Technologies, a joint venture of Davis & Davis Rugs Inc. and Burtco, Inc., was formed in late 2001 when it purchased the patents, trademarks, trade names, and intellectual property belonging to Tapistron International Inc. (which had gone into Chapter 11 protection from creditors for the second time) for the purpose of making computerized yarn-placement machinery. CYP Technologies primarily sells to customers in Japan and stateside in Dalton, Georgia.

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.

Marubeni America (MAC) is the main US subsidiary of Japan-based manufacturing and trading company Marubeni; it acts as an independent trader, an importer/exporter, brokering deals for agricultural goods, commodities, consumer and energy products, and natural resources. Marubeni America Corporation which was established in 1951, provides related services such as engineering, financing, insurance, leasing, marketing, logistics, and sales. Marubeni America has offices across the US, Canada, and Mexico. Marubeni America Corporation also distributes crop protection chemicals through subsidiary Helena Chemical and exports wheat and barley through Columbia Grain.

Rain Bird Corporation is the leading manufacturer and provider of irrigation products and services. Since its beginnings, Rain Bird has offered the industry’s broadest range of irrigation products for farms, golf courses, sports arenas, commercial developments and homes in more than 130 countries around the world. Rain Bird has been awarded more than 130 patents, including the first in 1935 for the original horizontal action impact drive sprinkler (U.S. Patent #1,997,901), which revolutionized the food production industry and ushered in a new era in irrigation, worldwide. The original impact sprinkler was designated a historic landmark in 1990 by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers. Today, Rain Bird offers over 4,000 irrigation products and services.

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