Daifuku Co., Ltd. company straddles three business segments. Its Logistics Systems comprise auto factory automation, making conveyor systems for producing cars; factory and distribution automation, supplying storage, sorting and picking, and transport; and electronic factory automation, including clean room transport and storage. An Electronics segment makes interface boards for industrial computers. Car wash to bowling equipment is covered, too, by the Other segment. A fourth business, US affiliate Jervis B. Webb, specializes in baggage handling systems. Sales offices dot Japan and 19 countries.

Mazak manufactures tools for metal-cutting and metal-forming machines. Products are used in agriculture, aerospace, automotive manufacturing, construction, energy, industrial contract manufacturing, and medicine. Mazak company operates eight manufacturing plants in China, Japan, Singapore, the UK, and US, turning out lathes, machining centers, milling centers, and dedicated manufacturing systems. Its technology centers, planted in North America, engineer and demonstrate product developments for improving customer production. Mazak offers training services plus parts and used machines. It is a subsidiary of Japanese machine tool maker Yamazaki Mazak, which was founded in 1919.

ITT Corporation designs, manufactures, and sells a range of engineered products, and provides related services worldwide. The company’s Defense segment provides a range of information, situational awareness, and electronic warfare systems for multiple military aircraft, surface ships, submarines, and ground vehicles; systems integration, communications, engineering, and technical support solutions; a range of research, technologies, and engineering support services to government, industrial, and commercial customers; and systems support solutions for combat equipment, tactical information systems, and facilities management. This segment also offers wireless networking systems for tactical military and government systems; hardware and software for the U.S. government, law enforcement agencies, and commercial use; night vision equipment; and remote sensing and navigation solutions to customers in the defense, intelligence, space science, and commercial aerospace communities. The company’s Fluid segment offers water and wastewater treatment solutions, pumps, valves, control systems, and related technologies for industrial, commercial, and municipal customers. ITT Corporation’s Motion and Flow segment provides shock absorbers and brake friction materials for the transportation industry; electrical connectors used in telecommunications, computers, aerospace, and industrial applications; and a range of pumps and tailored products for marine, beverage, and general industrial markets. It was formerly known as ITT Industries, Inc. and changed its name to ITT Corporation in July 2006.

Sandvik Aktiebolag makes a wide array of tools for drilling holes in just about anything. Its cemented-carbide cutting tools are used by the automotive, aerospace, and engineering industries to drill, mill, and machine metal. Sandvik also produces mining and construction equipment for drilling, crushing, loading, and transporting rock and ore. Its specialty steel division makes stainless steel and alloy tube, strip, wire, and bar that are used primarily by the engineering and processing industries. Sandvik's operations are represented in more than 130 countries worldwide. Europe accounts for nearly half of its sales; the US is the largest single country.

A123 Systems wants to get people all charged up about new cars. And it plans to use rechargeable lithium-ion batteries to do it. The company develops and manufactures rechargeable batteries and battery systems for the transportation, consumer, and electric grid markets. A123 is targeting the fast-growing electric and hybrid electric vehicle market. In the electric grid sector, the company is working with AES to produce multi-megawatt battery systems that take the fluctuations out of the electricity grid and provide backup power during shortages. In consumer products, its batteries are used in home appliances, power tools, and electronics. More than half of sales come from customers in the US.

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.

Patterson Fan Company manufactures industrial and commercial fans, heaters, evaporative coolers, and other air flow products used in warehouses, production lines, athletic fields, and, even horse stables and zoos. The Patterson Fan Company, the company's primary operating arm, manufactures and markets high-velocity modified tube-axial fans; a secondary activity, the Ventilation Company custom designs and manufactures specialized air-movers. Other businesses are Down South (stainless steel barbecue grills incorporating fan technology), Patterson Fan West, Patterson International, and Patterson Roof Cooling Systems. Customers include Wal-Mart, UPS, FedEx, and GM.

Aquascape company distributes natural-ecosystem water garden and pond supplies and equipment, including its own Nursery Pro line, to retailers and distributors. Products include installation tools, liners and underlayment, mechanical and biological filters, natural algae control, plumbing, pond kits, and pumps. About 70% of sales come from contractors. The firm's EPDM rubber lining for the base of a pond is less likely to crack than concrete. Aquascape also sponsors Ponds for Kids, a program that puts students together with contractors to build pond ecosystems. CEO and owner Greg Wittstock founded the company in 1991.

Southeast Texas Industries is a down home manufacturer that likes staying local, but it also keeps an eye open for international opportunities. The company specializes in the fabrication of pipe, plate, pressure vessel, sheet metal, heavy structural steel, and drilling rig products. Southeast Texas Industries also provides project management, construction, and maintenance services. Customers include companies in the oil and gas, power generation, pulp and paper, and petrochemical industries, along with engineering firms that work on industrial projects. Southeast Texas Industries was founded in 1977.

Heidelberg USA is a manufacturer of sheetfed printing presses and prepress, printing, and binding equipment for customers in the print media industry. Heidelberg USA company also sells such consumables as plates and film and resells products made by other manufacturers, including Kodak. Through its Print Media Academy program, Heidelberg USA offers product training at locations in Canada and the US. Heidelberg USA company is the main US subsidiary of German printing giant Heidelberger Druckmaschinen (known as Heidelberg), along with Baumfolder Corporation, Heidelberg Digital LLC, and Heidelberg Print Finance Americas, Inc.

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