H. Paulin & Co. manufactures and distributes fittings, fasteners, screws, bolts, fluid system components, automotive parts, and other hardware. Its over 50,000 fastener products are used by OEMs to make everything from cars and aircraft to lawnmowers and medical equipment. It also provides products to retail distribution outlets such as Home Depot. H. Paulin's fluid products include plumbing and gas fittings and aftermarket automotive parts. The company also makes a line of screwdrivers and accessories under the Pro-Tip name, and it provides inventory management services. H. Paulin operates about 10 manufacturing and distribution facilities in Canada and the US.

GSI Group has its laser sights set on manufacturing. The global company makes components for precision motion and motion control products for niche markets, and laser-based manufacturing systems primarily for the semiconductor, telecommunications, and electronics industries. Laser functions include marking, tuning, drilling, placement, and inspection, and are used in lithography, industrial processing, medical, and military applications. Manufacturing facilities are located in the US, China, and the UK; products are sold directly or through distributors to OEMs. Customers in the Asia/Pacific region account for more than half of the company's sales.

Brick by brick, Hanson Brick East has risen up as North America's biggest brick maker. It has capacity to churn out 1.7 billion bricks annually from plants in the US and Canada. Over 1,000 styles in five regional brick lines are offered. Its clay brick and concrete roof tiles are touted for their "green" building durability. Hanson Brick and five sister companies operate as divisions of Hanson Building Products North America. Often sold in conjunction with brick, Hanson Roof Tile makes concrete roof tile for residential and commercial projects, and its Hardscape makes pavers, tiles, and retaining walls. Hanson companies are part of HeidelbergCement Group, a global cement, concrete, and heavy building products giant.

MNP manufactures a slew of precision fasteners and cold formed components, including screws, rivets, washers, small stampings, as well as screw machine parts. Its services range from plating to annealing, flat-rolling, pickling, hot-dip galvanizing, and coatings. General Fasteners, Cadon Plating, and Beta Steel are just a few of MNP's affiliated companies that produce a medley of metal parts, and jointly operate the GFC/MNP Engineering Center in Michigan. The company serves the automotive, heavy truck, military, and industrial markets. Core customers include Chrysler, Ford, and General Motors. Chairman Larry Berman owns the company.

Arnold Machinery Company distributes construction and mining, concrete aggregate, industrial, and material handling equipment, as well as farm machinery (through its General Implement Distributors division) throughout the western US. Arnold Machinery Company also offers used equipment and provides repair and maintenance, rebuild, exchange, and rental services. OEM equipment suppliers include Volvo and Hitachi (construction and mining equipment); Hyster and Unarco (forklifts, warehouse equipment, and other material handling equipment); and Buhler and McFarlane (farm equipment). Chairman Alvin Richer has the controlling interest in Arnold Machinery Company.

FLSmidth & Co. A/S Company, formerly FLS Industries, supplies services, machinery, and equipment to cement and related mineral industries worldwide. Operations include making cement plant machinery and pneumatic ship unloaders. It also offers materials handling and air pollution control services. Through subsidiary Dansk Eternit, it sells fiber cement building materials. After looking for a buyer, the company founders' family heirs gave up their attempt to sell in 2006. Instead, they switched their shares in holding company AS Potagus, which manufactures and markets cement and other building materials, to shares in FLSmidth.

RoboGroup T.E.K. Ltd. is a global, diversified enterprise with proprietary technologies on the forefront of robotics, motion control and technology education. RoboGroup company has taken its engineering and management expertise in the fields of automation, motion control and algorithmic functions and developed several businesses related to these technologies.

Noritake began dishing out china for export not long after the time of Commodore Perry's efforts to establish trade with Japan in the 1850s. Today the company's Tabletop Group trades in dinnerware made of china, porcelain, stoneware, and earthenware; it also makes crystal stemware, glassware, and cutlery. Modern-day Noritake's largest unit is its Industrial Products Group, which makes grinding wheels and coated abrasives. Noritake company's Ceramics & Materials, Electronics, and Environmental Engineering segments make such products as catalyst carriers, dental porcelain and metals, vacuum fluorescent displays, ceramic sewer pipes, and kilns. Noritake has factories around the globe. Over 80% of sales are from Japan.

Alpan Lighting Products company specializes in design, development, and manufacture of solar lights for residential settings. Alpan's lineup includes stainless steel, bronze, cooper, and plastic solar garden lights, solar stepping stones, decorative outdoor post lamps, as well as low- and line-voltage powered lights, and replacement parts and batteries. Alpan Lighting Products company is headquartered in California and operates manufacturing facilities in China, Malaysia, and Hong Kong. Alpan sells its products through its website and, to a lesser extent, through major retail and home improvement centers in the US, such as Ace Hardware and Wal-Mart.

Amtek Engineering designs and manufactures precision toolings, as well as metal stampings of parts and casings for appliances, automotive parts, computers, consumer electronics, mass storage, and telecommunications equipment. The company's other services include industrial design, decorative metal finishing, and plastic and rubber injection molding. China and Singapore account for approximately 75% of sales. Amtek's primary subsidiaries are located in China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore. Amtek Engineering has manufacturing facilities in China, the Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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