The Michelin Man may look like a marshmallow, but what he's selling is tires. Behind that fluffy white figure is one of the world's top tire manufacturers, Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, which produces more than 150 million tires annually for all kinds of vehicles. The majority of its sales are made from supplying replacement tires to the passenger car and truck markets. It is also a world leader in aircraft and earthmover tires. Michelin sells to both consumers and vehicle manufacturers. Included in its stable are brands recognized regionally (Kleber in Europe, Warrior in China) and worldwide (Michelin, BF Goodrich). Compagnie Generale company also publishes about 10 million maps and travel guides per year.

Ensign-Bickford Industries has a solution. Ensign-Bickford Industries company, which manufactures cable filler and synthetic tapes, has five subsidiaries. The Ensign-Bickford Company makes non-electric explosive initiation systems, Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense makes high-tech products such as reactive armor and demolition products, and SCB Technologies makes semiconductor bridge devices used in electric igniters. Its more prosaic subsidiaries are AFB International, which makes taste enhancers for pet foods, and Ensign-Bickford Realty, a real estate company in Connecticut.

Strongwell has been pultruding fiber reinforced polymer composite structural products since 1956. Today, with more than 66 pultrusion machines and 647,000 square feet of manufacturing space in three plant locations, Strongwell has unequaled capacity, versatility and flexibility to meet the needs of its customers and allied partners. All Strongwell pultruded products are made in the USA. Strongwell company is financially strong, total quality oriented, technically advanced, and customer focused. Strongwell's customers include Fortune 500 industrial and commercial firms, major architectural and engineering firms, leading contractors and distributors, and many other companies - both large and small - in a variety of markets.

Gerresheimer Glas is a glass act. It makes bottles and containers for the cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries. Through its four divisions - Tubular Glass, Moulded Glass, Plastic Systems, and Life Science Research - Gerresheimer company drives pharmaceutics packaging such as ampoules, cartridges, and laboratory glassware, as well as dosing systems such as disposable syringe systems, sprays, and dropper bottles, and cosmetics bottles for fragrances. Its US presence is held through pharma glass group Comar, and a joint venture, Kimble Chase Life Science and Research Products, with Thermo Fisher Scientific. In 2004 private equity firm Blackstone Group bought Gerresheimer Glas from Investcorp and J.P. Morgan Partners.

Toray Industries is a string of 200 subsidiaries and affiliates, weaves together a diversified enterprise producing a swath of "advanced materials.Its chemists create a slew of fibers, textiles, films, resins, chemicals, plastics, and other engineered products. Business is divided among six segments: Fibers & Textiles, Plastics & Chemicals, IT--related Products, Carbon Fiber Composite Materials, Environment & Engineering, and Life Science & Other. Core businesses, Fibers & Textiles and Plastics & Chemicals, churn out materials for apparel to automobiles and aircraft. Other offerings range from artificial kidneys to semiconductor circuit materials. Toray's sales are focused in Asia, chiefly Japan.

Oeneo's double-barreled business attack produces corks and barrels for the wine industry. Oeneo company became Sabate Diosos when the cork-producing Sabate acquired barrel-producer Diosos in 2000; it changed its name to Oeneo in 2003. The company's cork operations (run through key subsidiary Oeneo Bouchage) extend from the selection of cork oak trees through final production. Its products include natural cork stoppers as well as those made partly from synthetic materials. Oeneo Closures USA represents the company's US operations. Oeneo company continues to acquire cork and barrel producing companies as it expands internationally.

AGY is a world leader in high performance materials used in a broad range of markets, including Automotive, Construction, Defense, Electronics, Aerospace, Marine, and Recreation. High performance materials in the form of glass fiber yarns and reinforcements provide our customers six vital enhanced properties:Strength, impact resistance, stiffness, temperature resistance, fatigue resistance and radar transparency.With a product portfolio developed for extreme performance utilizing a set of unique manufacturing platforms AGY provides tailored materials solutions to end use customers for the most demanding applications worldwide.

Engineered Materials Solutions (EMS) is so very glad to bring you clad metals and electrical contacts (in button, inlay, toplay, rivet forms). With clad metals, EMS bonds two or more alloys (such as aluminum and steel) using a high pressure process to roll a layered metal composite. Offering a cost-effective alternative to a traditional single metal, the company manufactures pieces for appliance, automotive, electrical, HVAC, and telecommunications markets. The US Mint has used its cladding for coinage. Although its roots date back to 1916, EMS gained prominence when it bought the clad metals division of Texas Instruments. Wickeder Westfalenstahl, a Germany-based metal fabrication company, acquired EMS in 2007.

Guardian is one of the world's largest manufacturers of float glass and fabricated glass products. You also should know that we manufacture and supply the automotive industry with a variety of exterior products. We've also become a significant player in the building materials distribution business. And somewhere along the line, we became the world's largest producer of mirrors.Headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan, the privately held Guardian Industries group of companies has over 19,000 employees worldwide (that's 21 countries, on 5 continents), and we value them above all else.In fact, we are very proud of our management structure. It is specifically designed to avoid bureaucratic nonsense, and allows the individual to flourish. It is an environment that thrives on the initiative of its people. And it works. Just ask any of our thousands of happy customers.

Marvac Scientific Company's vacuum pumps are mechanical high-vacuum pumps used for scientific and industrial applications. Its heavy-duty belt drive pumps are used in neon sign manufacturing, as well as in laboratory settings. Its heavy-duty direct drive product line is designed for dehydration and some scientific uses, while the standard-duty direct drive models are used in the refrigeration service field. Marvac has phased out manufacturing of vacuum pumps due to overseas competition, but it continues to provide spare parts and repair services for its products. Marvac company has branched out into radiator adaptors and testers.

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