Valence Technology company's rechargeable lithium polymer batteries are designed for use in industrial, military, and motive and stationary electrical power applications. Valence touts its Saphion (patented technology) lithium iron magnesium phosphate (LiFeMgPO4) energy storage systems as having a longer life and being safer and more stable under extreme conditions than lithium-ion batteries that use oxide-based cathode materials. Valence derives over 60% of its sales from Segway (46%) and The Tanfield Group (16%). Customers in the US account for about 60% of sales.

Bucyrus International, Inc. was founded in 1880. Bucyrus International, Inc. (Bucyrus) is a designer and manufacturer of safe and mining equipment for the extraction of coal, copper, oil sands, iron ore and other minerals in mining centers throughout the world. In addition to the manufacture of original equipment, Bucyrus also provides the aftermarket replacement parts and service for this equipment. Bucyrus operates in two business segments: surface mining, including the principal products of Terex Mining, and underground mining. All of its products and services are marketed under the Bucyrus name. The Company has manufacturing facilities in Australia, China, the Czech Republic, Germany, Mexico, the United Kingdom and the United States, and service and sales centers in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, England, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Peru, Russia, South Africa and the United States. On February 19, 2010, Bucyrus completed the acquisition of Terex Corporation, the mining equipment business.

Although Sequana Capital capitalized on a sequence of businesses, Sequana Capital company -- which was called Worms & Cie for more than a century -- now focuses on paper manufacturing and distribution. Wholly owned subsidiary ArjoWiggins, a paper manufacturer and distributor, represents the company's largest business segment. It operates 25-plus paper mills spread throughout Asia, Latin America, and North America. Sequana Capital also owns paper products distributor Antalis, which operates in more than 50 countries around the globe. The firm changed its name to Sequana Capital in 2005; Sequana translates to "seine" in Latin, meaning "to fish."

Matco Tools makes and distributes more than 13,000 professional automotive products, including hand tools and toolboxes, across the US, Puerto Rico, and Canada. Products include wrenches for working on the front axle shaft of Asian-made motorcycles and scanners that interface between PCs and vehicles. The company also makes aviation and air conditioning equipment. Matco markets its products to professional mechanics and others via a network of franchised distributors, recognized by their white trucks with the Matco logo. The firm also sells through industrial representatives and an online catalog. Founded in 1946, Matco is owned by professional instrumentation group Danaher.

True Textiles offers a range of panel fabrics for office interiors from upholstery to wall panels, cubicle curtains, and window treatments. True Textiles also specializes in eco-friendly fabrics for healthcare, hospitality, and automotive markets. The company's office lineup is marketed under the Guilford of Maine, Teknit, Infinity, and Terratex labels. True Textiles supplies a roster of leading furniture makers, including HNI, Herman Miller, Steelcase, and Haworth. The company also scores automotive work; it makes a sustainable body-cloth fabric for Ford and Hyundai hybrids. True Textiles is a portfolio company of Sun Capital Partners.

Midwest Air Technologies' (MAT) offerings include chain-link fencing for dog kennels, wire and plastic fencing for residential and agricultural use, and lawn and garden decor (arbors, topiaries). Products are made under the G&B, FarmGard, and TomatoGard brands. The company has more than 20 manufacturing plants and warehouses in the US, Europe, India, and China. MAT, a unit of MAT Holdings, was founded in 1984 by Dr. Steve Wang.

Carter Machinery Company sells, rents, and services new and used Caterpillar equipment used in the logging, agricultural, and construction industries. Available equipment includes backhoe loaders, excavators, marine engines, and power generation systems. Carter Machinery company also offers rental services and equipment financing options. Carter Machinery, which was founded in 1951, operates through more than 20 locations throughout Virginia and in southern West Virginia.

Whitesell sells its engineered fasteners, wire forms, and cold-formed metal components to durable products makers around the world. Typically, midsized to large OEMs, including almost every major automotive company, buy its components; among them are General Motors, Nissan, and Toyota. Its cold-rolled and cold-forged steel parts are used in applications where strength and precision are critical. Other components it makes include rubber parts, plastic moldings, tapes, brakes, wheels, clamps, stampings, and filter bottles. Privately held Whitesell has more than 25 manufacturing and distribution facilities throughout North America and Asia.

Hirsch International Corp. company supplies single- and multi-head embroidery machines, embroidery supplies, machine parts, and software, as well as digital printers and textile lasers. Hirsch is the exclusive US distributor of Tajima Industries equipment (multiple-head embroidery machines), MHM screen printing equipment, SEIT textile bridge lasers, and other industry tech brands. Tajima-built equipment accounts for about 50% of sales. Core customers are manufacturers that produce thread, applique, and rhinestone-decorative apparel and accessories, uniforms, or sportswear, and apparel screenprinters and retailers.

Gardner Denver, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets engineered industrial machinery and related parts and services primarily in North America, Europe, Asia, South America, Africa, and Australia. It operates in two segments, Industrial Products Group and Engineered Products Group. The Industrial Products Group segment offers rotary screw, reciprocating, and sliding vane air compressors, which are used in manufacturing, process applications and materials handling, and power air tools and equipment; and positive displacement, centrifugal, and side channel blowers that are used primarily in pneumatic conveying, wastewater aeration, and various applications in industrial manufacturing and engineered vacuum systems. The Engineered Products Group segment designs, manufactures, markets, and services pumps, liquid ring pumps, single-piece piston reciprocating, diaphragm vacuum pumps, water jetting systems, and related aftermarket parts used in oil and natural gas well drilling, servicing and production, and in industrial cleaning and maintenance. This segment also offers liquid ring pumps for vacuum applications, such as water removal, distilling, reacting, flare gas recovery, efficiency improvement, lifting and handling, and filtering, principally in the pulp and paper, industrial manufacturing, petrochemical, and power industries, as well as designs, manufactures, markets, and services other fluid transfer components and equipment for the chemical, petroleum, and food industries. The company sells its products through independent distributors and sales representatives, as well as directly to original equipment manufacturers, engineering firms, packagers, and end users.

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