Defiance Metal, which takes its name from its headquarters in Defiance, Ohio, in fact is a precision fabricator of metal parts and assemblies. Its line runs from brackets and cases, to chassis, framing, housings, panels, and racks. In addition to fabricating and finishing sheet metal, the company also manufactures sheet metal forms. Defiance Metal's parts and assembly process begins with design and engineering, and moves on to CNC laser cutting, robotic welding, heavy stamping, and painting. Products cater to commercial and military vehicle, heavy-duty truck, and HVAC markets. The company is owned by an affiliate of the Weatherly Group, LLC.

Mobile Climate Control Industries (MCC) makes heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems (HVAC) and other equipment for on-road and off-road vehicles such as buses and shuttles, ambulances and fire trucks, and military tanks. Mobile Climate Control Industries company has manufacturing operations in Canada, Germany, Poland, Sweden, and the US. Its products are distributed worldwide, with approximately 60% of sales in North America. Major customers include Bobcat, John Deere, Hitachi, Komatsu, Renault, and Volvo. Mobile Climate Control Industries company is owned by Ratos AB, a private equity company located in Sweden.

Hyde Tools makes surface preparation hand tools for drywall, painting, and plumbing professionals. The company manufactures about 2,000 products, including industrial knives and surface preparation tools (scrapers, trowels), are sold worldwide through retailers, such as McCoy Corp. and Sherwin-Williams and online. In 1875 Isaac P. Hyde founded Hyde Manufacturing, then specializing in mill blades, in his garage. Hyde eventually sold the majority of his stock to Joseph Lacroix and Myron Clemence. Clemence's son and grandson ran the company (now Hyde Tools) in the 1970s. Some of his descendants are involved in the business today, including CEO Rick Clemence.

Ennis Steel Industries fabricates structural steel and provides such services as blasting, drilling, galvanizing, and welding. The company uses automated equipment including angle shear and punch machines, beam punch lines, robot beam profilers, and stub welders to prepare beams for construction companies. Its portfolio of completed projects includes work at the Dallas Museum of Art, the Delta Airlines Terminal at DFW Airport, the Fannin Holcombe Parking Garage in Houston, the General Mail Facility in Baton Rouge, Lakeline Mall in Austin, the Super Collider E-1 Project in Waxahachie, Texas, and the Texas Motor Speedway.

Tyco Flow Control, a business segment of Tyco International, engineers, manufactures, and installs flow control and heat tracing products for the oil/gas, power, food and beverage, chemical, marine, mining, construction, water, and other process industries. Its lines of business, including Valves & Controls, Water & Environmental Systems, and Thermal Controls, make products under brand names such as Anderson Greenwood, Biffi, Crosby, Keystone, KTM, Raychem, Sempell, Tracer, and Vanessa. Tyco Flow Control has manufacturing facilities, warehouses, and distribution centers throughout North and South America, Europe, and the Asia/Pacific region.

Piping and Equipment, Inc. is pleased to announce they are now a wholly owned subsidiary of Fairmont Supply Company effective July 2nd, 2007. Piping and Equipment will continue to operate under the P & E name and with the current management team, current employees and current locations. Piping and Equipment is looking forward to continued years of excellent service to our current customer base while exploring opportunities in new markets and geographic areas to grow our business. Gary J. Cartright will remain as President of P & E. Fairmont Supply Company is a full line distributor of industrial MRO and Safety supplies headquartered in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. Fairmont has locations in eight states, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, Illinois, Indiana, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico. Fairmont is owned by Consol Energy, a multi-energy producer of coal, gas and electricity in the north east.

Criterion Machine Works, a manufacturer of boring products and related machine tool accessories. Its products include boring heads, bars, shanks, adapters, and other machine tool accessories made from premium alloy steels. Its boring heads feature threaded backs that can be fitted with interchangeable shanks. Criterion Machine Works Company serves customers around the world, with facilities in the UK and in the US, and has been in business since the 1940s.

Elopak has figured out how to make milk cartons curvier, and juice boxes more convenient! Elopak company ranks as the world's #3 supplier of packaging for beverages, and boasts manufacture of the first paperboard carton for liquid foods, branded Pure-Pak. Elopak's carton portfolio includes an array of board technologies (foil laminate and non-foil, opacity and gas-tight barriers), sizes, and shapes. More than 90% of sales are garnered from customers outside of Norway, with promising growth in Asia. Elopak is owned by Norway's largest privately owned industrial group, FERD Holding, and accounts for the largest share of the group's revenue. FERD is held by the Andresen family, and led by Johan Andresen, Jr.

Transbotics Corporation engages in the design and sale of integrated material handling transportation products and solutions to customers primarily in the manufacturing sector in North America. It specializes in the integration of automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) with other types of automation equipment, primarily loading, unloading, and packaging technologies to provide an automation solution. The company's AGV system products and services are used in various industries, including automotive, publishing, paper, consumer products, and electronics. Transbotics sells these systems directly to end-users, and also as a subcontractor to suppliers of larger automation solutions. It also sells vehicle controls hardware, software, engineering services, and other components to existing owners of AGV systems. In addition, the company distributes industrial robots manufactured by KUKA Roboter GmbH.

Superior Production LLC designs and manufactures machine parts, tool and die construction, and metal stampings. Its operations comprise multiple presses, conventional and horizontal mills, and a wide range of support machinery, such as air compressors, forklifts, furnaces, grinders, hydraulic drills, lathes, sanders, and saws. Core customers are automotive, power equipment, and wind turbine OEMs, and have included General Motors, Magna, MTD Products, and Tower Automotive. The company started in 1914 as a tool-and-die production and repair business; it has evolved to focus on automotive stampings.

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