Philatron (PI) comes up with a truckload of cable, hoses, and electrical wires. The bulk supplier, also known as Philatron Wire and Cable, manufactures an array of hook-ups, from festoon cable used in cranes and hoists, to speaker wires, jumper cables, and spark plug wires. PI also plies coiled power cords and cables; its Stallion brand coiled cables move the heavy-duty trucking market. Other brands include Bronco, Philaflex, and Philafin. The company's custom cable division works directly with OEMs, commercial contractors, and the Defense Department to make standard and custom cables for a diversity of applications. PI is led by its founder and CEO Phillip M. Ramos, Jr.

Appleton Coated has the ticket to Utopia. Appleton Coated LLC company manufactures and markets coated free-sheet carbonless paper products under brands names including Altima, Curious, and Utopia. The company's products are used to make such goods as books, magazines, corporate annual reports, and consumer product packaging. Its Curious products include metallic, tactile, and translucent sheets. Appleton Coated primarily serves printers and paper merchants, and produces about 400,000 tons of paper per year. Appleton Coated LLC company is a subsidiary of France-based paper manufacturer ArjoWiggins, which is in turn owned by Sequana Capital.

OSRAM SYLVANIA ballast, bulb, or light-emitting diode module. Operating through about 20 manufacturing plants and 12 labs, OSRAM SYLVANIA researches, develops, makes, and markets a swath of energy-saving lighting products, including precision materials and components, and fixtures. It also designs and makes electronic control systems used in manufacturing lighting products. Its lineup ignites a myriad of aerospace, auto, electronics, home and business, and industrial applications. Valeo Sylvania, a joint venture with Valeo, specializes in vehicular lighting. OSRAM SYLVANIA company is a subsidiary of Siemens Industry, Inc., the US affiliate of Siemens AG.

Holding company Tetra Laval International operates through three subsidiaries that produce packaging and make machines that package food products. DeLaval makes and sells equipment for dairy farmers, as well as milk production and animal husbandry products. The flagship Tetra Pak group designs and sells equipment used to process, package, and distribute liquid food products. Sidel manufactures packaging equipment. Meanwhile, Tetra Laval International handles the financial affairs of the holding company. The group has operations in more than 150 countries. Tetra Laval is controlled by the family of Ruben Rausing, inventor of the milk carton and founder of Tetra Pak.

Lorin Industries anodizes aluminum coils and sheets and provides value-added services such as slitting and shearing. (Anodizing provides aluminum with a protective coating that controls oxidation.) The company's products are used in architectural, commercial manufacturing, and electronics applications. Founded in 1943 by Herb Kersman, Lorin Industries is owned by the Kersman family.

Chairman D. Dan Kahn founded PTS in 1951 to serve small factories and shops in the Detroit area. The Kahn family still controls Production Tool Supply Company, LLC. Production Tool Supply totes the tools of the trade -- and it distributes them to more than 50,000 customers worldwide. With nine showrooms in Michigan and Ohio, the company (PTS) distributes brand-name discount industrial tools and machinery. It markets approximately 235,000 products through a 1,700-page catalog, on the Internet, and through independent distributors. Products include cutting tools, carbide tools, abrasives, measuring tools, clamps and vises, power tools, tool safety products, and power machinery by blue chip OEMs, such as Bosch, Porter-Cable, and Sandvik.

United Capital Corp. engages in the investment and management of real estate properties. United Capital company also operates hotels, as well as manufactures and sells engineered products. Its Real Estate Investment and Management segment invests in and manages real estate properties, as well as engages in making short-term loans secured by desirable properties. This segment owns properties that are leased primarily as department stores, shopping centers, restaurants, and office buildings; and properties available for sale and lease, as well as owns day-care centers in New York City. United Capital's Hotel Operations segment operates four full and limited-service hotels located in the United States. Its Engineered Products segment offers knitted wire products and components for use in airbags, shock and vibration isolators, noise reduction elements, and EMI electronic shielding, as well as in air, liquid, and solid filtering devices for the automotive, aerospace, and general industrial markets worldwide.

Distribution International company, through its subsidiaries (BWI Distribution and Distribution International Southwest) and affiliates (Branton Industries, Insulation Sales and Fabrication, and MIT International) distributes insulation products used in industrial, commercial, and marine applications. Distribution International (DI) serves its customers through some 20 branches in about eight states, primarily serving customers in the Mid-Atlantic, Gulf Coast, and Southeast portions of the US. Middle-market company investor Audax Group acquired DI from Grey Mountain Partners in mid-2010.

MMI Products insists on concrete results. MMI straddles two business segments: concrete construction products and fencing products. Concrete construction products include wire mesh and related building materials used to install reinforcing bars and grids. Products are basic to constructing concrete pipe, bridges, and roads. The company's Merchants Metals line produces residential and commercial chain-link security fencing, aluminum and die-cast galvanized steel fence fittings, and ornamental iron fence supplies. MMI sells its fencing products primarily to barrier wholesalers, industrial manufacturers, and residential and commercial contractors. MMI is a subsidiary of CRH plc's Oldcastle division.

ORX manufactures and repairs all types of railroad axles, gear units, trucks, and wheel sets. The company also provides a wide range of wheel shop services, including freight car wheel set repair, locomotive U-tube assembly, and the manufacture of new axles for all types of rail vehicles. Among its other jobs, ORX acts as a subcontractor that refurbishes Amtrak's Acela locomotive wheel sets under a maintenance subcontract. (Maintenance of Amtrak's Acela trains is the responsibility of Bombardier Inc. and Alstom, the consortium that built the train).

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