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.

Guilford Mills used to make fabrics to cover your ride and your hide. Today it focuses on your ride. The textile maker produces fabrics for car and heavy truck cab interiors, from bodycloth to headliners. Its specialty products group manufactures consumer and industrial fabrics, including loop closure fabrics (used in medical braces), window coverings, technical stretch pieces for athletic wear, and, even shoe linings and casket liners (sadly, a promising market). Johnson Controls and Lear Corporation are among its customers. Founded in 1946, Guilford has sales and manufacturing locations in the US, Asia, and Europe. Guilford Mills has been owned by private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management since 2004.

Nextec manufactures windproof, water resistant, and breathable fabrics used primarily in apparel, but also in vehicle covers, outdoor gear, dog beds, and medical applications. While other performance fabrics rely on coatings, laminates, or durable water repellent treatments to provide protection, the Nextec encapsulation process places the protection inside the fabric. This encapsulation process wraps an ultra thin polymer around individual woven fabric fibers. Nextec Applications' customers include Lands' End, Orvis, Patagonia, and Bibler Tents. Its fabrics are also used in making apparel for the military.

Juno Lighting makes light fixtures for commercial, institutional, and residential buildings under eight brand names. Its key product lines comprise showcase lighting fixtures, fiber optic lighting products, and emergency and exit lighting signs using light-emitting diode (LED) technology. Juno's other products include recessed and track-lighting systems. Under the Juno and Danalite labels the company offers LED undercabinet and casework lighting products. Juno counts contractors and remodelers as its chief customers. Founded in 1976, the company is a subsidiary of Paris-based giant Schneider Electric.

Vidrala, S.A. company makes some 600 products, including bottles for soft drinks, water, oil, vinegar, juices, beers, and wine. Founded in 1965, Vidrala operates about 10 melting furnaces, with an annual production capacity of 950,000 tons in five different color glass containers. About 15% of its sales come from exporting its products outside Spain.

NKT Holding A/S has since 1991 been the financial owner and parent company of the wholly-and partly owned companies, which since then have been the group's business foundation. The capital and the Group's financial strength is rooted in NKT Holding.It is NKT Holding, which has overall responsibility for managing these resources in a constructive interaction with the group companies' management and employees.The primary task of NKT Holding's board and directors is to ensure the long-term business foundation, thereby creating value for shareholders NKTs.

Waukesha-Pearce Industries (also called WPI) is where WPI graduates and others can pick up the tools of their trade. The company's Engine Division designs and distributes engine-driven equipment, from power generators to pumps, blowers, and switchgear. Its Construction Machinery Division offers a slate of heavy construction and mining products, including earth movers and demolition equipment made by such OEMs as Komatsu and Gradall Industries. WPI also sells used equipment and leases heavy earth-moving equipment.

Tognum makes a mighty family of engines, generators, fuel cells, and fuel injection systems under its MTU and L'Orange brands. Its engines are used in ships, trains, military tanks, industrial equipment, and on offshore oil platforms. Products from its Onsite Energy & Components unit include diesel and gas-powered generators and fuel cells for emergency backup, peak load, and continuous power applications, as well as fuel injection systems that improve diesel engine efficiency. Tognum company also has a vast spare parts and after sales service organization. Tognum has 12 production plants and more than 1,000 service centers in 130 countries.

Doosan Infracore is carving its own niche as one of the country's largest construction equipment makers. It began by manufacturing excavators and then producing wheel loaders, tower cranes, concrete pump trucks, forklifts, engines, transmission systems, defense vehicles, and machine tool equipment. Today, the company has operations in over 100 countries, more than 60 subsidiaries, and a sales network consisting of 4,000 dealers. Its Ansan Parts Center acts as a hub for global parts distribution. Formerly known as Daewoo Heavy Industries and Machinery, Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction holds over 38% share in the company.

Associated Weavers International (AWI) hopes its products will continue to be trampled upon for years to come. Producing tufted and woven carpets, the company exports its products worldwide but enjoys a prominent place within European markets. Products include wall-to-wall carpets, rugs, runners, and carpet tiles for both industrial and residential clients under the brand names AW, Balsan, and Prado. In 2006 AWI was acquired by Belgian holding company, Beaulieu Kruishoutem Group. After the acquisition AWI added the materials sourcing, processing, and nylon yarn production operations of sister company, Beaulieu Nylon, to its own carpet-making enterprise.

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