Gascogne (formerly Groupe Gascogne) is clearing paths to success in France's Landes Forest. The company's core businesses include flexible packaging products, packaging distribution, kraft paper, and wood. Gascogne's products include bags, boxes, wood pallets, pressure-treated wood, sealing systems, paper for envelopes, and aluminum/paper composites. Gascogne company serves clients -- ranging from construction and insulation to chemicals and paper processing businesses -- in more than 70 countries through some 20 subsidiaries and nearly 20 production plants. French diversified group Electricite et Eaux de Madagascar (EEM) owns about 30% of Gascogne. Gascogne company was incorporated in 1925 as Papeteries de Gascogne.

Westport formed a joint venture with Weichai Power Co., Ltd., China's largest heavy duty engine manufacturer, and Hong Kong Peterson (CNG) Equipment Limited in 2008. The new entity, Weichai Westport Inc. (WWI), will develop, manufacture, market, and sell advanced, alternative fuel engines incorporating Westport technology (and relevant parts and kits) for use in automobiles, heavy duty trucks, power generation and shipping applications.In 1999, Westport and Cummins Inc. of Columbus, Indiana entered into a memorandum of understanding to explore the development of HPDI technology for Cummins flagship heavy-duty truck engine, the 15-litre ISX.

Established in 1919, Quinn is family owned and operated by its founder's third generation. Quinn Group offers a full slate of backhoes and other construction machinery throughout Central and Southern California, and parts of Arizona. Quinn comprises a group of four businesses: Alta Lift sells, leases, and services Caterpillar and non-CAT branded lift trucks for a variety of material handling jobs; Quinn Company supplies construction, industrial, and agriculture and landscape equipment; Quinn Power Systems provides electrical power generation, irrigation pumps, and truck engines; and Quinn Rental Services operates more than a dozen rental stores.

SupplyOne sells packaging and packaging products through a network of eight specialty packaging manufacturers. SupplyOne company provides outer and interior packaging, including labels, packaging supplies, and marking systems, to a range of clients in the automotive, consumer products, electronics, food, healthcare, manufacturing and retail industries. SupplyOne has nearly 15 manufacturing facilities, mainly located in the Southwest and East Coast. It also has a manufacturing facility located in northern Mexico. SupplyOne company maintains an equal number of distributions centers, but they are concentrated on the West Coast and the South.

Pochet's message in a bottle is scented. Founded in 1623, Pochet company makes and distributes luxury glass perfume bottles and containers for cosmetics and perfume manufacturers. It caters to such top industry houses as Jean-Paul Gaultier, Christian Dior, and Calvin Klein. As many as 10 million bottles in a year have been made for perfume CK One! All perfume bottles are made at Pochet's sole factory in Guimerville, and finished at one of three sites. Bottles account for more than half of sales, and decorative glass containers for cosmetics, the remainder. In 2008 Pochet sold Lalique Group, a producer and distributor of luxury goods, to Art & Fragrance. Founders of Pochet, the Colonna family, own Pochet company.

Bonney Forge makes a bonny line of products, including high quality forged and cast steel valves, fittings, and branch connections. In the US the company provides ferrous and non-ferrous branch connections, engineered specialty forged components, flanges, fittings, and piping systems and pressure vessels through its WFI International and RP&C subsidiaries. Bonney Forge also supplies forging and machining in Europe though its Italian subsidiary, Alco di Castronno. Bonney Forge company has expanded its reach through a joint venture based in Shanghai, China, to produce and sell cast steel valves in international markets.

Intex DIY company makes and distributes industrial and consumer cleaning towels, rags, wipes, canvas drop cloths, and sponges to retailers in the automotive, general merchandise, hardware, home center, janitorial, marine, paint, and tool markets. Intex is a leading importer of natural sheepskin chamois. Branded products include Detailn'Gear, Paint USA, Micro Gear (microfiber), ProLine Professional, and Marineworks. It operates manufacturing and distribution facilities in California, Georgia, and North Carolina. Formerly a subsidiary of The Tranzonic Companies, Intex DIY was acquired by Bollag International in February 2005.

Acertec Limited (formerly Acertec plc) produces large body parts for car manufacturers, and provides engineering services to the mining and construction industries. Acertec's two divisions include: Stadco (automotive stampings/assemblies) and Acertec Construction Products (formerly BRC; engineering services for mining, civil engineering, building, security industries). In addition to the UK, Acertec has operations in Germany, East Asia, and Russia. Customers include Bentley, Jaguar, Landrover, Aston Martin, BMW, and Ford. Candover Investments owns more than 20% of the company. Acertec delisted its stock and became a private company in 2009.

DeAcero is the largest steel wire manufacturer in Mexico. DeAcero company offers a slew of products for agriculture to building, cable, and industrial applications. Its catalog of fence and mesh items feature reinforced and ornamental hardware cloths, chain links, and sheep and hog floors. A list of wire products ranges from electric, fence and barbed wire, to tire wires, and its nail products include masonry, pallet, and fruit nails. DeAcero also produces long steel products, including rods and bars. DeAcero company exports to the US, Europe, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. Building and construction is DeAcero's core market, followed by agricultural, home, and industrial customers.

The Oerlikon Group is one of the most innovative and research-intensive industrial groups in the world. Six of the company's business units are active in machine and plant engineering: textile machines, thin-film coating, production plants for thin-film silicon solar modules, vacuum systems, drive systems and "Advanced Technology". In 2010, more than 16,000 employees at 157 sites in 36 countries generated sales of CHF 1.6 billion.The leading technology solutions the Oerlikon Group provides enable our customers to achieve decisive advantages with end users - both industrial and commercial customers as well as private end consumers. Customers like Sony, Bosch, CMC, Kraft Foods, Ferrari, Reliance and Caterpillar use production technologies and components from Oerlikon to attain their own success with high-tech products: solar modules, cars, computers, machine tools, jeans, shirts, oil platforms, tyres - and much more. All Formula 1 engines receive a highly-resilient coating from Oerlikon to enhance their performance. 60 percent of all twines used in industrially manufactured rugs are produced on textile machines from Oerlikon. The most modern solar modules currently available today are made in Oerlikon thin-film coating plants.

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