Kubota Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture of machinery, and other industrial and consumer products primarily in Japan. The company offers farm equipment, including tractors, combine harvesters, rice transplanters, power tillers, and reaper binders for agricultural use; small engines; and construction machinery, such as mini-excavators and wheel loaders for various industrial uses. It also provides pipes and valves that consist of ductile iron pipes, spiral welded steel pipes, plastic pipes and fittings, and various valves to municipalities and public utilities for use principally in water supply and sewage systems along with industrial water supply, as well as for use in gas supply, telecommunication, and irrigation systems. In addition, Kubota offers industrial castings comprising various iron castings, such as rolls for the steel industry, machinery parts, and soil pipes and fittings; and various steel castings, including heat-resistant steel pipes and products for petrochemical plants, thermal treatment in-core products for ironmaking plants, steel pipe columns for construction, and steel pipe piles to prevent landslides. Further, it offers water and sewage treatment plants, submerged membrane systems, and biogas production systems for water treatment; pulverizing facilities for solid waste treatment; and pumps for waterworks, sewage facilities, irrigation system, rainwater drainage, and power supplies. Additionally, Kubota provides vending machines, electronic-equipped machinery, air-conditioning equipment, septic tanks, condominiums, construction, and other equipment and services. It sells its products directly, as well as through wholesale-retail dealers, wholesalers, agricultural cooperative associations, trading companies and dealers, and local distributors.

Leeport was founded in 1967 by Joseph Lee. Leeport (Holdings) Ltd. can provide the tools and equipment necessary to manufacture almost anything. Leeport Precision Machine Tool makes metal cutting machinery. Leeport Metalforming offers machinery for bending and forming metal. Leeport Metrology makes measuring instruments. Leeport Tools provides all manner of industrial tooling. Leeport Electronics makes machinery for printed circuit board manufacture and assembly. Other operations include Leeport Technology and Rapman (prototyping), and Leeda Machinery (grinding and milling machines), and Hoffman Quality Tools. Leeport company also provides sourcing and consulting services.

Alfa Laval is all about valves and other industrial processing equipment. Alfa Laval AB company is organized around its three main product lines: separation (centrifuges), fluid handling (pumps and valves), and heat transfer (heat exchangers). Its equipment and services are designed to help optimize processes such as heating, cooling, separating, and transporting products (petrochemicals, chemicals, beverages, foodstuffs, and pharmaceuticals). The group introduces 25 to 30 new products each year, which are sold worldwide. Alfa Laval counts BASF, Bayer, Heineken, Shell, and Tetra Laval as customers. Gustav de Laval, who invented the centrifugal separator, founded Alfa Laval AB in 1883.

Gascogne (formerly Groupe Gascogne) is clearing paths to success in France's Landes Forest. The company's core businesses include flexible packaging products, packaging distribution, kraft paper, and wood. Gascogne's products include bags, boxes, wood pallets, pressure-treated wood, sealing systems, paper for envelopes, and aluminum/paper composites. Gascogne company serves clients -- ranging from construction and insulation to chemicals and paper processing businesses -- in more than 70 countries through some 20 subsidiaries and nearly 20 production plants. French diversified group Electricite et Eaux de Madagascar (EEM) owns about 30% of Gascogne. Gascogne company was incorporated in 1925 as Papeteries de Gascogne.

Cinetic Sorting Corp. company makes automated sorting machines used by logistics and retail customers. Among the businesses that use its products are postal agencies and courier services, airports, and distribution centers (from food distributors to newspapers). Cinetic Sorting is the US regional headquarters of Fives; other operations are based in Italy and Japan. Cinetic Sorting was formed when Sandvik sold its Sorting Systems business to the Cinetic Industries (now Fives Cinetic) subsidiary of Fives.

Skyjack company's scissor lifts allow workers to perform their duties at heights up to 56 feet, and they are drivable at full height. For more challenging work environments, the company offers rough-terrain models with four-wheel drive. Its boom lifts provide work heights ranging from 45 to 71 feet. Skyjack also sells new, used, and reconditioned booms, scissor lifts, and similar industrial equipment. It additionally provides reconditioning services for other companies. Machined components (primarily automotive) maker Linamar acquired the company in 2002; Skyjack is one of Linamar's industrial segments.

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.

Founded in 1849 as a woodenware business, the holding company now manufactures packaging and paperboard, returnable materials-handling systems, product labels, and promotional materials, as well as offers logistics and marketing services. Its three core operating units are Menasha Packaging (corrugated packaging and point-of-purchase displays), which includes Cortegra Group (pharmaceutical labeling and packaging), ORBIS Corporation (plastic reusable packaging), and LeveragePoint Media (in-store promotional services). Menasha also has investments in other manufacturing companies. Descendants of founder Elisha Smith own a majority of Menasha.

At Dresser, our business is about energy. We are one of the world's leading providers of innovative, reliable and affordable equipment and services for mission-critical applications in global energy infrastructure. We are a growing, successful company with the resources, the technology leadership and the internal capability to meet the demands of the energy business.We've built a reputation for delivering proven results and establishing long-term relationships with leading companies throughout the global energy infrastructure. Customers rely on Dresser to perform under the most demanding conditions and in the most critical applications — from production, transport and refining to power generation and retail distribution. Beyond the ever-expanding markets we serve, we're also driven by the combined energy of more than 6,000 passionately committed employees in every region of the world. Sharing new ideas. Embracing personal accountability.

Founded in 1836, Elster American Meter Company, LLC pioneered the shift to aluminum-case meters as a replacement for cast iron. Elster American Meter's products have been ticking for more than 170 years. The specialty manufacturer, formerly known as American Meter, makes natural gas meters, regulators, shutoff devices, filters, test equipment, and accessories, and provides services including metering, data collection and transfer, and evaluation. Elster American Meter company is a unit of the Elster Group, which has some 70 natural gas measurement and control subsidiaries worldwide. Elster American Meter introduced the synthetic molded, convoluted diaphragm that established new industry standards for long-term accuracy and reliability.

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