Applied Nanotech Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the research and development of products for applications using proprietary field emission technology, sensors, nanoelectronics, and nanomaterials platforms. Its electron emission platform is used for display applications, such as large area carbon nanotubes flat screen color field emission displays, large area surface conduction color field emission displays, backlights for displays, and picture element tubes for medium resolution large area electronic billboards; and non-display applications, including traveling wave tubes, non-radioactive sources, neutron and gamma-ray sources, and lighting devices. The company's sensors platform is used in hydrogen sensors, carbon monoxide sensors, biosensors, and other sensors; nanoelectronics platform's applications include conductive/technical inks; functional nanomaterials applications comprise sporting goods/equipment; and nano-ecology platform applications consist of Photoscrub technology, an air purification technology. It develops products for the U.S. government and multinational corporations.

Shepherd Electric Supply is the oldest independent wholesale electrical distributor in the Baltimore/Washington area. Ernest J. Fluharty and Henry A. Shepherd founded Shepherd Electric in 1892. At the onset, company sales generally involved dry cell batteries and other related items. Due to the giant surge in the use of electricity in the 1900's, Shepherd's business grew rapidly. At first, there was more emphasis on industrial products; however, over the last thirty years, there has been a shift to the commercial construction market. Shepherd Electric has moved four times for expansion and currently has four locations. The company is built around exceptional service and a very large inventory.

Foveon makes photographic light-sensing chips for digital cameras. The X3 direct image sensor is manufactured using a CMOS fabrication process, which is widely employed in the semiconductor industry. The X3 name comes from the three layers of pixels embedded in the silicon, each of which records a different color -- red on the bottom layer, green in the middle, and blue on top. The X3 is found in Polaroid, Sigma, and Toshiba camera models. Co-founded in 1997 by legendary chip engineer Carver Mead, the company is backed by National Semiconductor and Synaptics, among other investors. Foveon was the subject of a book published in 2005, The Silicon Eye, written by famed technology newsletter editor George Gilder.

ViaLogy LLC company was founded in 1999 and is based in Altadena, California. ViaLogy LLC operates as a subsidiary of ViaLogy plc. ViaLogy LLC provides network-centric real-time signal processing platforms for sensor applications in life sciences, public safety and security, surveillance, defense, and geoseismology. It offers Quantum Resonance Interferometry, a technology that uses software algorithms for signal processing; Sensor Policy Manager, an Internet protocol based software framework for the event detection, analysis, and response management and notification; and QuantumRD, a technology for the discovery, validation, and recovery of oil and gas reservoirs. The company also provides QSUB, a solution package that enables geolocation of buried oil and gas pipelines; and QDM, a solution package that enables geolocation of disturbed earth and to identify specific man-made objects. Its customers include enterprise operations, oil and gas organizations, and governments in North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific.

Semitool, Inc. (Semitool) designs, manufactures, installs and services engineered equipment for use in the fabrication of semiconductor devices. The Company’s products are focused on the wet chemical process steps in integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing and include systems for wafer surface preparation and electrochemical deposition (ECD) applications. The Company’s surface preparation systems are designed for Front End of Line (FEOL), Back End of Line (BEOL) and wafer level packaging of ICs processes. The Company’s single-wafer FEOL surface preparation systems are used for photoresist stripping, post etch and pre-diffusion cleans. The Company’s ECD systems are used to plate copper and other metals, which are used for the IC’s internal wiring, or interconnects; to plate solder and lead free solder bumps, and to plate other metals for a range of semiconductor and related applications. In December 2009, Applied Materials, Inc. acquired Semitool, Inc.

MRL Industries, Inc. established in 1979, was acquired in 1998 by Sandvik. MRL Industries, Inc. company's products include heating elements, furnace systems, insulation materials, gas systems, and cantilever loading systems. It also provides support services, including installation and repair. Thermal processing is used in semiconductor manufacturing for annealing, deposition, oxidation, and silicide formation. The Swedish manufacturer bought the company a few months after Selas Corporation of America (now IntriCon) agreed to acquire MRL for nearly $17 million in stock, then backed out of the deal.

Analog Devices, Inc. was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts. Analog Devices, Inc. (Analog Devices) designs, manufactures and markets analog, mixed-signal and digital signal processing integrated circuits (ICs) used in industrial, communication, computer and consumer applications. The Company’s signal processing products translates light, sound, temperature, motion and pressure into electrical signals to be used in a range of electronic equipment. Its ICs are designed to address a range of signal processing applications. The Company’s products include Analog Products and Digital Signal Processing Products. As of October 31, 2009, Analog Devices had approximately 60,000 customers worldwide.

EPIC company has evolved into providing contract electronic manufacturing services primarily for clients in the automotive (78% of sales), consumer electronics, and personal communications sectors. EPIQ makes electronic and electro-mechanical systems and subsystems, such as printed circuit boards and injection-molded plastic parts, as well as other drive and control elements. The company also offers engineering, R&D, and logistics management services. European customers account for around 80% of sales. Belgian investment group Elex NV owns about 79% of EPIQ.

Elliott Electric Supply has become a regional leader in the electrical distribution and industrial automation industry. In June 2008, Elliott Electric Supply was ranked 25th in Electrical Wholesaling magazine's listing of the 200 largest distributors in the United States (based on Sales in 2007). Elliott Electric Supply has been committed to growth by providing the most knowledgeable sales staff in the industry, strategic partnerships with customers and manufacturers, and constant improvement in services and operations.

Vestas Wind Systems and its subsidiaries annually manufacture and distribute well over 3,000 on-land and offshore wind turbines used to produce electricity; it offers installation, repair, and maintenance services, as well. Vestas has R&D centers in Denmark, India, Singapore, the UK, and the US. Vestas company's first manufacturing site in the US will begin production in Colorado in 2010. Vestas is teamed up with Boeing on joint research projects. Vestas company, which began manufacturing wind turbines in 1979, operates through a number of business units. The company gets more than half of its sales in Europe.

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