Porteous Fastener was founded by Bud Porteous in 1966. Porteous Fastener Company (PFC) distributes more than 40,000 different types of fasteners from 16 locations across the US; it also has a warehouse in Vancouver, Canada. The company touts itself as the nation's largest privately held master distributor and importer of fasteners, and combines a diverse range of products (various anchor products, bolts, nuts, screws, threaded rods, and washers) with a range of packaging options (from standard quarter cartons, to farm box and small box packaging, to customized plastic bagging). Porteous Fastener Company's mill division is located in Taiwan.

NEX Performance Films manufactures consistent, high quality, converter grade monolayer, co-extruded, and multilayer barrier polyethylene film for demanding packaging applications. There are many specialty grades of films offered in our portfolio, and each film has been designed with a specific end use application in mind.Our production facilities house technologically advanced extrusion equipment and highly trained teams of skilled professionals to ensure product quality throughout the extrusion process.

PCC Airfoils is a subsidiary of Precision Castparts, manufactures geometry blades, vanes, and vane segments used in the high-temperature turbines of commercial and military jet engines and power generation equipment. The company's products use both directionally solidified and single crystal casting to engineer the vanes, or airfoils, to withstand the increasingly high temperatures demanded by the aerospace industry. The temperatures are increasingly high as a result of the more and more common demand for higher performing and more fuel efficient aircraft. PCC Airfoils has manufacturing plants in the US, Mexico, and the UK.

One of Japan's largest agricultural-machinery makers, Iseki produces an array of tractors, combine harvesters, and tillers for each phase of vegetable and rice farming. Although machinery for rice production is a revenue mainstay, consumer purchases of compact tractors, mowers, and lithium-ion battery run tillers have grown. Iseki supplies AGCO Corporation with OEM models for the US, as well as teams up with smaller equipment makers to develop machines for specialized crops and farming chores, like separating harvested vegetables. Many of the Iseki products for Asian markets are made by Iseki-Changzhou, a China-based subsidiary.

Matrix Marking specializes in electronic systems designed for tagging and tracking surgical equipment and other small components. Matrix Marking company's Identimark reader uses a camera to identify a pattern of small dots that has been imprinted onto a metal surface using a method called dot-peening. The code can contain such information as the name of the hospital where an instrument was originally used or what procedure the instrument was last used to perform. Matrix Marking's system is also used in the automotive and aerospace industries to label components using a durable marking method. Customers include Aventis, Bosch, GlaxoSmithKline, and Nokia.

Zircon Corporation's brand names include MetalliScanner, Circuit Finder, LaserBall 360, and Leak Alert, among others. Zircon designs, manufactures, and markets more than two dozen high-tech hand tools that sense, scan, level, and measure. The company offers two product lines, one for do-it-yourselfers and one for building professionals. Most of its products, including some private-label tools for retailers, are made at its plant in Mexico. Zircon was founded in 1975.

Founded in 1946, the family-owned WIKA Alexander Wiegand SE & Co. KG makes electronic and mechanical pressure measuring devices used in chemical, energy, food, gas distribution, and other industrial manufacturing applications. Other products include analog and digital thermometers, transmitters, thermowells, diaphragm seals, and accessories. WIKA company also makes testing and calibration instruments and software; many mechanical products made by the company are computer-compatible, allowing for automated data collection. WIKA has worldwide manufacturing and distribution operations in about 75 countries.

Schweiter Technologies makes various products through a handful of divisions, including SSM Textile Machinery, which makes rewinding, dyeing, and texturing machines for the textile sector; and Ismeca, a manufacturer of machines that assemble, test, inspect, and package solar cells, light-emitting diodes, and other products made by semiconductor companies. Schweiter Technologies company also makes light-weight composite panels used in the construction of wind turbines, boats, and graphic arts displays through its 3A Composites unit. Schweiter sells the bulk of its products to customers in Asia and Europe.

Nicolet Plastics, Inc. (NPI), was established in 1986 in Mountain, Wisconsin. Phil Hartman, owner of Hart Tooling and Engineering, had an established business manufacturing molds for the plastics industry. Hartman, recognizing the need for an injection molding facility to compliment the mold building capabilities, founded Nicolet Plastics with Flip Hartman and Bob MacIntosh.Today, NPI comprises a 41,000 square foot production facility in Mountain, as well as other facilities in the area.

Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG) is a world player in paper based packaging with leading market positions in Europe and in Latin America. With sales in 2009 of € 6 billion and around 38,000 employees, the Smurfit Kappa Group is a focused player in paper based packaging. Operating in 30 countries (21 in Europe and 9 in Latin America), it is the European leader in containerboard, solid board, corrugated and solid board packaging and has a key position in several other packaging and paper market segments including graphic board and sack paper. It is a market leader in corrugated in Latin America and occupies the number two position in containerboard there. Its Group headquarters are in Dublin with regional headquarters in Paris (Europe) and Miami (Latin America).

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