Cross selling is no problem for Cross Company, an industrial distributor of products and solutions for fluid-power, motion-control, factory-automation, fluid-handling, and measurement applications. Employee-owned since 1979, the Southeastern US-based automation technology company operates four divisions: Cross Automation, Cross Fluid Power, Cross Hose & Fittings, and Cross Instrumentation. It has operations in seven US states. Division Cross Automation provides industrial plant and machine automation products including controls, sensors, and drives. Cross Fluid Power is a distributor of hydraulic and pneumatic components and engineered systems.

NewPage Group Inc. company is run through its subsidiary NewPage Corp. and is one of the largest makers of coated and specialty paper (used in annual reports, magazines, and catalogs) in North America. From 20 paper machines and 10 mills located in the eastern part of the US and Canada, NewPage churns out about 4.4 million tons of paper annually. Its top customer, xpedx, accounts for about 20% of sales; other customers include Conde Nast, McGraw-Hill, Time Inc., and Avery Dennison. NewPage Group Inc. company got its start in 2006 when MeadWestvaco sold its papers business to investment firm Cerberus Capital.

Ahlstrom Corporation company manufactures and sells a swath of web forming technologies and fiber-based materials. It straddles two divisions: Fiber Composites (home and personal nonwovens, filtration, glass and industrial nonwovens, and advanced nonwovens) and Specialty Papers (release and label papers and technical papers). Applications for its line include wipes, masking tape, coffee and automotive filters, self-adhesive labels, flexible packaging, and roofing. Since 1851, the Ahlstrom family has held an ownership interest; an initial public offering in 2006 shifted control to a holding company, created for over 130 descendents of the company's founder.

Waukesha-Pearce Industries (also called WPI) is where WPI graduates and others can pick up the tools of their trade. The company's Engine Division designs and distributes engine-driven equipment, from power generators to pumps, blowers, and switchgear. Its Construction Machinery Division offers a slate of heavy construction and mining products, including earth movers and demolition equipment made by such OEMs as Komatsu and Gradall Industries. WPI also sells used equipment and leases heavy earth-moving equipment.

Independent Stave Company is a family-owned, dynamic, global company reaching customers in over 20 countries and cooperages around the world. Every day, millions of people enjoy beverages in our wine and whiskey barrels.Founded by T.W. Boswell in 1912, Independent Stave Company initially focused on white oak staves and heading for cooperage. By 1951, J.E. Boswell had expanded into the bourbon barrel business that later led to the establishment of our wine barrel division by current CEO and Chairman of the Board John Boswell. Since 1997, we have established the premium wine barrel division, Cooperages1912 located in Napa, California and have established international subsidiaries to meet the growing demand for oak worldwide: Tonnellerie du Monde in Bordeaux, France, Grupo Tonelero Andino in Santiago, Chile, Cape Cooperage Group in Paarl, South Africa and Cooperages 1912 in Adelaide, Australia.Independent Stave company has a subsidiary, Stave Associates International, who markets French, European and American oak to cooperages worldwide. Our environmentally aware barrel alternatives company, Oak Solutions Group offers value-added flavor solutions through oak by-products such as oak chips and powder, tank staves, and barrel inserts.

Pilkington North America manufactures and markets flat and safety glass for the building and automotive markets. Its sales are made up of 73 percent automotive products and 27 percent building products. The North American automotive business is made up of 56 percent Original Equipment (OE) and 44 percent Automotive Glass Replacement (AGR). The Group has six float glass lines, six automotive glass fabrication operations, and a network of some 100+ wholesale centers supplying automotive replacement glass.

Redman Fisher certainly knows how to grate on you. A subsidiary of Hill & Smith Holdings PLC, Redman Fisher makes industrial metalwork products, including floor grating, handrails, ladders, beams, and stairtread. The company's open grid flooring products are primarily made of aluminum, stainless steel, and GRP (glass fiber reinforced plastic). It also fulfills custom design orders for flooring, staircases, access platforms, balconies, and balustrades. Bromford Iron and Steel, another Hill & Smith subsidiary, is the company's primary supplier of raw materials. Redman Fisher Engineering was founded in 1897.

ADB Airfield Solutions (formerly Siemens Airfield Solutions) can shed some light on landings, takeoffs, and other aircraft endeavors. The company makes products that illuminate approach zones, aprons, main runways, and taxiways. From the largest freight hub in the world to small regional airports, ADB's products can be found in virtually any airport. Other products include externally lighted wind cones, guidance and control monitoring systems, and cables and connectors. ADB also acts as a turnkey contractor for a variety of airport projects.

Barksdale is a manufacturer of switches, valves, and other industrial controls, with a focus on making components for the control and measurement of fluids. Barksdale company's components are used in auto plants, in chemical processing plants and distribution facilities, on machine tools, on offshore drilling rigs, in power generation, in steel mills, and in a host of other industries. In agriculture, for instance, Barksdale pressure switches are used to monitor center pivot irrigation systems, while its temperature switches help maintain optimum growing climates in greenhouses, and its valves control the water supply in cattle feedlots. Barksdale is a subsidiary of Crane Co.

HUBER + SUHNER allows radio and data signals to come in loud and clear. HUBER + SUHNER AG company makes radio-frequency (RF) and fiber-optic cable, connectors, and antennas used in telecommunications, industrial, and transportation (railway and automotive) applications. Other products include lighting protectors, signal splitters, and coaxial cable. HUBER + SUHNER AG company markets its products under the HUBER+SUHNER, Sencity, Radox, Berkol, Enviroflex, and Sucoplate brands. HUBER + SUHNER pegs its growth plans to a combination of acquisitions and organic growth in developing markets, such as Eastern Europe and China. HUBER + SUHNER AG company gets about two-thirds of its sales in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region.

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