Established in 1938 as Shibaura Machine Tool, Toshiba Machine Company adopted the Toshiba name in 1961. Toshiba, however, has since sold close to 20% of its stake in Toshiba Machine, down from about 30%. Toshiba Machine Company manufactures precision and plastic processing machinery, dye-casting machines, and hydraulic equipment. It serves a breadth of industries, from automotive and aerospace to die and mold, energy, and construction. Toshiba Machine's products include printing presses, machine tools, semiconductor manufacturing equipment (through independent subsidiary NuFlare Technology), and electronic controls. It partners on machine research and development with Sanjo Seiki, and Krauss Maffei.

“FlexSol is very enthusiastic about this alliance and the foundation it provides for aggressive growth in the years ahead,” said Brian Stevenson, President of FlexSol Packaging Corp. “Sigma has earned the reputation of being one of the most financially sound leaders in the flexible films industry and the partnership with FlexSol will allow for strong customer, market and product synergies. With FlexSol’s financial restructuring now complete, Sigma will become the majority shareholder of FlexSol. The entire FlexSol management team is excited to become part of the Sigma Group.” Mr. Teo said, “FlexSol is a very fine company with an outstanding management team. As one of the original company founders, I have been closely associated with FlexSol for over two decades. I am very excited about the combined opportunities available as FlexSol joins the Sigma family of companies”.

Pall Corporation manufactures and markets filtration, purification, and separation products and integrated systems solutions worldwide. The company’s Life Sciences segment offers technologies that facilitate the process of drug discovery, development, and production used in laboratories, pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, blood centers, and hospitals at the point of patient care. It also provides medical products that enhance the safety of the use of blood products in patient care and help control the spread of infections in hospitals; and cell therapy products, which enable technologies for the regenerative medicine market. In addition, this segment sells separation systems, and disposable filtration and purification technologies used in the development and commercialization of chemically synthesized and biologically derived drugs and vaccines, as well as provides validation services to drug manufacturers, and laboratory products for use in drug discovery, gene manipulation, and proteomics applications. The company’s Industrial segment offers enabling and process enhancing technologies for various industries, such as aerospace, transportation, micro and consumer electronics, municipal and industrial water, fuels, chemicals, energy, and food and beverages. This segment also provides filters, coalescers, and integrated separation systems for hydraulic, fuel, and lubrication systems on mechanical equipment to various industries. In addition, it sells filtration and fluid monitoring equipment to aerospace industry. Further, this segment offers filtration and purification technologies for the semiconductor, data storage, fiber optic, advanced display, and materials markets, as well as a suite of contamination control solutions for chemical, gas, water, chemical mechanical polishing, and photolithography processes. Pall company was founded in 1946 and is based in Port Washington, New York.

The American Wire and Cable Company was formed in 1899 as the cable manufacturing division of United States Steel Corporation (USX) in Worcester, Massachusetts. Its primary function was manufacturing mining cable for USX’s numerous coal mines. AmerCable Incorporated company moved to its present location in El Dorado , Arkansas in 1979, and was renamed AmerCable in 1982 after being sold to Associated Materials Corporation. AmerCable Incorporated company expanded its product lines into the Oil & Gas, Transportation and Industrial markets.In June 2002 senior management, which has led AmerCable’s unprecedented growth since 1993, purchased the company. This management group, headed by President and CEO Bob Hogan, focused on expanding AmerCable’s market positions through high quality, innovative products and value-added services that deliver greater customer profits.

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.

Schott Corporation company is a manufacturer and distributor of technical glass as well as components for the solar energy, optics and opto-electronics, pharmaceutical packaging, consumer electronics, lighting, and automotive industries. Its glass products are used in everything from building windows and traffic lights to armored military vehicles and microscopes. Schott's mirror-substrates are part the world's largest solar telescope. Schott Corporation company is the North American headquarters for Germany-based Schott AG and part of the Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung. Schott operates through multiple divisions and subsidiaries, in the US, Canada, and Mexico, including solar power module maker SCHOTT Solar.

NTN Bearing Corporation of America company, a subsidiary of Japan's NTN Corporation, manufactures ball bearings used in products ranging from personal electronics to automobiles. Classifications of the company's products include angular contact ball bearings, disc bearings, clutch products, radial ball bearings, and mounted or adapted bearings. NTN America is one of NTN Corporation's five main regions and generates about 20% of its parent's total sales. Established in 1963, NTN America counts BAE Systems Land & Armaments, Hitachi Automotive Products (USA), Honda Motor's Formula One racing team, and John Deere among its customers. NTN Bearing Corporation of America company has offices and plants across the US.

K-Tool Corporation distributes hand tools, power tools, industrial equipment, and other professional products made by more than 250 manufacturers to more than 3,000 auto parts stores, government agencies, hardware stores, industrial distributors, and tool distributors. Customers may order by phone or through the company's Web sites. In addition K-Tool offers repairs and provides spare parts. The company also makes hand tools, power tools, and professional equipment through its K-Tool International division. K-Tool's Preferred Tool & Equipment division sells exclusively to jobbers, warehouses and distributors. K-Tool was founded in 1981 by Edward Kay.

Industrial Engineering & Equipment, doing business as INDEECO, can handle the heat. INDEECO company designs and manufactures commercial and industrial electric heating equipment and related control products. Its turnkey manufacturing process includes engineering, welding, assembly, fabrication, and quality assurance; it also provides field-service engineering. INDEECO's products include heating elements, circulation heaters, cooling-tower heaters, duct heaters, explosion-proof heaters, heat-transfer systems, impedance-pipeline systems, and unit heaters for buildings, industrial ovens, printing machines, and other uses.

Prime Advantage Corporation company is a private buying consortium focused on creating the best possible savings on raw materials, components, supplies, and services for its client base. Founded in 1997, Prime Advantage's prime strategy of aggregating the purchasing power of individual manufacturers has increased cost savings for its members on a wide array of office and industrial supplies. Prime Advantage Corporation company's supplier roster includes distributors of abrasives, bearings, circuit boards, fasteners, lift trucks, motors, pumps, and valves made by manufacturers such as Motion Industries, Fastenal Company, and Macsteel Service Centers.

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