Weiss Instrument distributes industrial process control instruments, power supply products, and automation systems. Weiss Instrument company also provides installation, maintenance, repair, systems integration, and training services. It sells products from EnerSys, Kanthal, and several divisions of Invensys. Weiss Instrument has expanded beyond its original metals and glass businesses into the electric power generation, environmental monitoring, oil and gas, and water and wastewater utility industries. It serves original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), construction firms, system integrators, and end users.

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.

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.

The US operations of global manufacturing conglomerate ABB have built a presence in dozens of industries. Like its Swiss parent company, ABB Inc. operates in two main areas -- automation technologies and power technologies -- and serves customers in the power utilities, chemicals, oil and gas, and industrial process industries. ABB Inc.'s products include controls and instrumentation, robotics, switches, motors, transformers, and power electronics. It also offers various consulting, repair, and outsourcing services. Although ABB Inc. has acted independently in the past, its parent has brought it under the umbrella of a central management structure.

We, WestBond Enterprises Corporation, are a paper converter that supplies disposable paper products to many market segments. Our sales volumes continue to increase significantly, almost doubling in the past 5 years. We initially grew to become one of Canada's leading manufacturers of medical disposables. In 1998 we expanded into products for use on airplanes and, in 2002, we again expanded our product offering to take advantage of high volume opportunities in personal hygiene products for away from home markets. We sell mainly to major medical and industrial distributors in Canada and the United States and we also sell to larger end-users on a direct basis. Our product lines include clinical products such as examination table paper, dental bibs, sheets, pillowcases and gowns. The personal hygiene product line consists of hand towels and bathroom tissue in jumbo roll format as well as conventional formats. In addition to these two large markets, we also produce patient wipes and underlays for long-term care facilities (nursing homes), and airline towels and pillowcases. Our goal is to increase sales by supplying a comprehensive paper product line directly to medium sized janitorial contractors providing public washroom maintenance services and to small and medium sized distributors who sell to the janitorial market. Our most significant competitors in the personal hygiene product line use wholesale master distributors who sell to smaller distributors that sell to smaller contractors. By selling direct or to the smaller distributors, we eliminate the "middle-man" and are able to offer more competitive pricing. Also, unlike our most significant competitors, we will configure our product to these customers' specifications. Our current focus for expansion in this market is Canada and western USA. We will also pursue opportunities to supply these products directly to smaller hotel, motel and restaurant chains.

Founded in Germany in 1909 by Anton Piller, Piller Industrieventilatoren GmbH is now owned by the families of Bernd Klostermann and managing director Nils Englund. Piller Industrieventilatoren makes fans -- not the kind that scream at celebrities, nor the kind that ladies use to gently create a breeze, but the kind used in industrial furnaces, power and evaporator plants, and industries ranging from food to textiles to petrochemicals. Piller also offers installation, maintenance, repairs, and remote diagnosis. Piller Industrieventilatoren company has offices and representatives in Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, and the US. Exports account for more than half of sales.

Polyair is an industry leader in the North American protective packaging market. We offer a full product line-up of bubble, foam, mailers, insulation and integrated packaging systems, including our innovative AirSpace air pillow machines. We take great pride in all our products and challenge anyone to compete with our quality. Polyair's commitment to providing unique products and complete systems has allowed us to push the envelope on protective packaging products. We offer more than products. Polyair goes beyond customer expectations to provide complete solutions that satisfy all of their clients' growing business needs. Polyair operates 8 manufacturing facilities, seven of which are in the US, where we generate the majority of our sales.

Ajax Metal Processing is cleaning up the market when it comes to hardening and protecting small metal parts, such as nuts and bolts, primarily for customers in the automobile manufacturing industry. Services include heat treating, plating, adhesive and sealant application, annealing, cleaning, and coating. The company's wire rod annealing and pickling equipment includes four surface combustion batch-type furnaces with a total annealing capacity of 130 tons per day, and a continuous eight-zone furnace with an annealing capacity of 100 tons per day. Ajax Metal Processing operates two plants in Michigan and one in Indiana.

Continental Packaging Solutions (formerly Continental Glass & Plastic) is confident in its ability to design and make packages and containers. Privately held since 1936, Continental Packaging Solutions company provides molding, label designs, and point-of-purchase displays, as well as consulting services. Continental Packaging Solutions has catered to such high-profile clients as Owens-Illinois, Silgan Plastics, Poly-Seal, and Liquid Container. Continental Packaging Solutions company has over a dozen office locations across the US and one in China. Continental Packaging Solutions is operated by the Giesen family.

Coroplast, Inc. company is North America's largest manufacturer of corrugated plastic sheet for sign substrate and returnable packaging markets. Its lineup touts a range of colors, graphics, and additives for flame resistance, UV protection, corrosive inhibitors, and other functional buffers. Coroplast caters to blue chip customers through a network of independent distributors. Exxon tapped the line to supply its name change from Esso/Humble Oil at stations across North America. Coroplast is a division of Great Pacific Enterprises, a US subsidiary of Canadian giant Jim Pattison Group.

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