Noritake began dishing out china for export not long after the time of Commodore Perry's efforts to establish trade with Japan in the 1850s. Today the company's Tabletop Group trades in dinnerware made of china, porcelain, stoneware, and earthenware; it also makes crystal stemware, glassware, and cutlery. Modern-day Noritake's largest unit is its Industrial Products Group, which makes grinding wheels and coated abrasives. Noritake company's Ceramics & Materials, Electronics, and Environmental Engineering segments make such products as catalyst carriers, dental porcelain and metals, vacuum fluorescent displays, ceramic sewer pipes, and kilns. Noritake has factories around the globe. Over 80% of sales are from Japan.

Ditch Witch has cast a spell over the heavy equipment industry since 1949. Captivated by its power and efficiency, The Charles Machine Works (CMW) manufactures and sells construction equipment and parts bearing the Ditch Witch name. Its lineup features trenchless machines, trenchers, mini-excavators, and plows including tractors, backhoes, and saws for home construction and underground utility projects. The company also makes electronic tools from fault locators to beacons for ground directional assistance, and trailers, both dual- and single-axle. Machine maintenance and repair services are offered, too.

Ropak Corporation company manufactures and sells open-head and closed-head plastic containers for commercial packaging applications. Its line includes rigid-plastic storage and shipping containers, which hold a myriad of liquid and dry industrial products, and consumer food and nonfood items. Containers are made in a breadth of shapes and sizes, and feature Ropak's patented EZ covers, often with photorealistic wrap-around-the-corner graphics or in-mold labeling. Among many, Ropak caters to Amway, Clorox, Nestle, and Procter & Gamble. Ropak operates as a division of packaging manufacturer LINPAC, with manufacturing facilities throughout the US and Canada.

Victoria PLC Company designs, manufactures, and distributes residential and commercial carpets, and carpet yarns. It promotes an eco-friendly line, too, dubbed Nature's Carpet. Victoria's family includes Victoria Carpets, operating in the UK and Australia; brands Munster Carpets and Navan Carpets, run in Ireland; Colin Campbell, a Canadian affiliate distributor and design showroom; and Westwood Yarns. It also holds a distribution deal with US concern Mannington Mills. Victoria sells carpet to retailers and contract market sectors such as hotels, corporate and government offices, and financial institutions.

Continental Tire the Americas (CTA, formerly Continental Tire North America) rounds out tire production across the Atlantic for its German parent. The North American subsidiary of Germany-based tire and automotive component manufacturer Continental AG makes tires for cars, light- and heavy-duty trucks, motorhomes, commercial vehicles, SUVs, and agricultural and industrial vehicles (such as dozers and loaders). Brand names include ContiExtreme, ContiTrac, ContiSport, ContiTouring, and ContiPremier. In addition to Continental-branded tires, the company also produces General, Euzkadi, and other private-brand tires that can be found in North America. Customers include BMW, Ford, Toyota, John Deere, Mack, and Volvo.

The marks that Bridgestone Americas (BSAM) leaves on this world have everything to do with tires, and more. A Bridgestone Corp. subsidiary, the company is best known for its Bridgestone, Firestone, and Dayton branded tires for cars, trucks, motorcycles, tractors, as well as earthmoving equipment and aircraft. BSAM operates through a family of companies; in addition to consumer and commercial tire making and marketing across the Americas, it drives more than 2,000 vehicle service and tire outlets in the US (including Firestone Complete Auto Care, and Fleet Care). BSAM puts its mark on a range of construction products, too, along with natural rubber, industrial fibers and textiles, and Airide vehicle air springs.

Wyoming Machinery Company can help you feel the earth move under your feet. The Caterpillar dealer provides earth moving and material handling equipment, as well as power systems. Wyoming Machinery Company sells, services, and rents the entire Caterpillar product line, which includes tractors, excavators, off-highway trucks, backhoe loaders, pavers, and farming equipment. It serves customers in the forestry, construction, manufacturing, energy, and mining industries. Wyoming Machinery also sells used equipment and provides heavy truck maintenance services.

Mitsubishi Paper Mills Ltd. (MPM) is one of the leading Japanese manufacturers of coated papers, communication papers, photosenstitive materials and pulp. As a fully integrated business with four production facilities and three research centres in Japan, MPM is world famous for its excellent product quality and innovative ability. In 1989 MPM founded Mitsubishi Paper GmbH, Düsseldorf, which is now responsible for marketing solutions and systems for the European pre-press and printing industries and providing technical support for European customers.In 1998 MPM acquired a majority shareholding in the two German special paper manufacturers Mitsubishi HiTec Paper Bielefeld and Mitsubishi HiTec Paper Flensburg, enabling it to further reinforce its position as a global leader in the manufacture of high tech speciality papers. In 2002 MPM transferred this majority shareholding to its wholly owned subsidiary Mitsubishi Paper Holding (Europe).

RDM is recycling its renaissance. RDM produces folding boxboard, uncoated board, and coated chipboard. After growing unwieldy through acquisitions and mergers, Reno company disposed of non-core operations in order to focus on manufacturing recycled cardboard. In 2008 Reno company merged with the European recycled cartonboard operations of Cascades S.A., its largest shareholder. Products from both Cascades and RDM are sold through a common sales company, CAREO.

Lincoln Industrial Corporation manufacturer builds lubrication equipment and fluid pumping products to help modify friction, improve fuel economy, reduce noise, and lengthen component life. Among its products are general lubrication pumps and grease guns, heavy-duty pumps for handling viscous materials, and automatic lubrication systems to direct the right amount of grease or oil to bearings or other close-fitting points. In 2005 Lincoln Industrial was acquired by Harbour Group Industries, a privately owned conglomerate with companies active in manufacturing and distributing a diversity of consumer and industrial products.

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