General Extrusions makes no exclusions with its extrusions. General Extrusions produces standard and custom aluminum extrusions for manufacturers in the appliance, medical equipment, transportation, and automotive markets, among others. General Extrusions is engaged in fabrication, anodizing, and powder coating, as well as aluminum finishing and machining. It also provides design assistance and engineering support. General Extrusions makes simple and intricate aluminum shapes, through long and short production runs. The company's manufacturing operations, which include its two Ohio plants, total over 300,000 sq. ft. General Extrusions is owned and run by the Schuler family.

Pioneer Metal Finishing proves its mettle by finishing the metal products of others. Pioneer Metal Finishing offers a range of metal finishing techniques, from bright dip anodizing to clear and dyed anodizing, hard lubing, and electroless nickel plating. Its finishes also include acid etch, dry film lubricants, and chromate conversion. Customers -- OEMs and job shops -- operate predominantly in commercial and industrial markets that require parts with increased wear and corrosion resistance, lubricity, heat dissipation, or dielectric properties. Pioneer Metal has divisions in six US cities, each within 300-miles of core customers, or the distance its fleet of tractor trailers can reasonably pick up and deliver metal goods.

United Glass Corporation is one of the leading, independent fabricators and processors of value-added glass products targeting commercial construction end-markets in the Eastern United States. The UGC "family of companies" consists of five operating facilities. These facilities are located in Atlanta, GA; Plymouth, MI; Columbus, OH; two facilities outside Pittsburgh, PA and corporate headquarters in Louisville, KY. The company provides value-added fabrication services to transform raw, flat glass into a variety of sophisticated, energy-saving and technical products. The vast majority of the company's service offerings result in highly customized, "made-to-order" products to meet customer specifications.

Precision Castparts Corp is a leading maker of investment castings used in jet aircraft, satellite launches, armaments, and medical applications (prostheses). Its Investment Cast Products segment makes jet engine parts, fluid management valves, and deep-hole boring tools. Forged Products and Fastener Products round out the company's three segments and cover the power generation and paper and pulp industries, as well as general industry. The cyclical aerospace market still accounts for more than half of PCC's sales. PCC's aerospace customers include jet engine makers General Electric (about 14% of sales) and Pratt & Whitney.

Federal Screw Works is a manufacturer of fasteners and related items, primarily for the automotive industry. The company produces high-volume lots to the specifications of manufacturers. Nonautomotive sales are mainly to makers of durable goods. FSW's products include locknuts, bolts, piston pins, studs, bushings, shafts, and other machined, cold-formed, hardened, and ground-metal parts. It maintains five manufacturing facilities, all of which are located in Michigan.

Marubeni America (MAC) is the main US subsidiary of Japan-based manufacturing and trading company Marubeni; it acts as an independent trader, an importer/exporter, brokering deals for agricultural goods, commodities, consumer and energy products, and natural resources. Marubeni America Corporation which was established in 1951, provides related services such as engineering, financing, insurance, leasing, marketing, logistics, and sales. Marubeni America has offices across the US, Canada, and Mexico. Marubeni America Corporation also distributes crop protection chemicals through subsidiary Helena Chemical and exports wheat and barley through Columbia Grain.

Tekra, which was founded in 1938, operates from locations in California, North Carolina, and Wisconsin, as well as Mexico. Tekra Corporation Company, , a provider of plastic film products, adhesives, and substrates serves the graphic arts, medical equipment, electronic printing, automotive, and appliance industries. Tekra offers polyester, polycarbonate, and adhesive products through partnerships with companies such as Bayer Corporation, DuPont Teijin, and 3M. Tekra Corporation also manufactures and sells coated plastic substrates.

Barnes Group Inc. operates as an international logistical services company, and aerospace and industrial components manufacturer in the United States, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, Korea, Mexico, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, and the United Kingdom. It operates in two segments, Logistics and Manufacturing Services, and Precision Components. The Logistics and Manufacturing Services segment provides value-added logistical support services, including inventory management, technical sales, and supply chain solutions for maintenance, repair, operating, and production supplies and services; and repair services comprising the manufacture of spare parts for the refurbishment and repair of highly engineered components, and assemblies for commercial and military aviation. The Precision Components segment supplies precision springs, fine hairsprings for electronics and instruments, and large heavy-duty springs for machinery, as well as precision-machined and fabricated components and assemblies for original equipment manufacturers turbine engine, airframe and industrial gas turbine builders, and the military.

Cascades Boxboard Group is the largest coated recycled boxboard producer in Canada. Our presence is felt internationally: we have three boxboard mills in Canada, two in France, and one each in the United States, Germany and Sweden.Over 4,300 Cascades Boxboard Group employees contribute to our success, and Cascades Inc. is proud to have been named one of the 100 best employers in Canada for three years running. Cascades Boxboard Group combines a passion for quality with a love for the environment and an inexhaustible interest in innovation.As a world-class leader in boxboard and boxboard coatings, we deliver a variety of products designed to meet our customers’ needs, and have our own research and development department to keep up with their ideas and requirements. We provide value for our clients’ money: great boxboard at great prices, with precision and creativity as part of our value-added package.

Diploma was originally incorporated in 1931 and listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1960. In 1969, the Group started to acquire a number of industrial companies.In the 1990's these traditional core businesses matured into cyclical, lower margin businesses. A new acquisition programme was introduced to diversify into new more attractive sectors.Towards the end of the 1990's there was a simultaneous downturn in the three traditional businesses. It was apparent that they were in structural decline and this prompted the decision to embark upon a radical re-structuring of the Group.Over the three years from 1998 to 2001, ten businesses were sold generating proceeds of more than £90m. Of this, £70m was returned to shareholders through a Scheme of Arrangement in April 2000 and various share buy-backs. The balance was retained to fund future acquisitions and growth initiatives. This phase of re-structuring delivered an increase in shareholder value of more than 80% over the three year period.The restructuring has also changed the geographic spread of the businesses. From being a predominantly UK based Group, Diploma is now more international. Only 25% of the Group's sales are now in the UK, with the balance mostly being generated in North America and Continental Europe. The Group is now actively seeking further acquisitions to accelerate growth and to build substantial, broader based businesses in the core sectors of Life Sciences, Seals and Controls.

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