Daqo New Energy Corp. company makes polysilicon, a material used in making solar panels. (Polysilicon is also used in making semiconductors, but Daqo New Energy focuses its production purely on the growing solar power market.) It sells the raw material to photovoltaic product manufacturers, who use it to make components such as solar cells, wafers, ingots, and modules. Daqo New Energy has a production capacity of 3,300 metric tons (MT) of polysilicon at its plant in China, and its top three customers -- Yingli Green Energy, ReneSola, and a subsidiary of Suntech -- account for almost 90% of sales. The company began production in 2008 and filed to go public in early 2010.

T-RAM develops and licenses memory chip IP (intellectual property) for use in products that require a lot of memory. T-RAM, Inc. company touts its designs as combining the speed of static random-access memory (SRAM) devices with the memory density of DRAM chips. The company's Thyrister-RAM embedded memory is designed for use in low-power, high-performance applications, including computing, graphics processing, networking, and telecommunications applications. Established in 2000, T-RAM has attracted some $86 million in private equity funding from such investors as CenterPoint Investors, InterWest Partners, Mayfield Fund, New Enterprise Associates, Tallwood Venture Capital, and U.S. Venture Partners.

Cole Hersee manufactures electromechanical, electronic, and digital switches and connectors, primarily for heavy duty trucks, industrial equipment, and pleasure boat applications. The company's products include battery-related equipment, buzzers and alarms, circuit protection devices, senders, solenoids, and wiring harnesses. It sells its products directly to OEMs and through a network of distributors.

Crest Operations, part of Crest Industries, distributes and installs electrical substations and transmission products for electric power generation and utility customers worldwide, through its DIS-TRAN and Beta Engineering subsidiaries. Other subsidiaries grow pine and hardwood trees in Louisiana and Texas (Crest Natural Resources), and make wooden utility poles and cross arms. Crest's Mid-State Supply Company subsidiary is a Louisiana-based distributor of electrical products that has showrooms for appliances and lighting.

Samsung Electronics America sells everything from computer monitors to microwave ovens, from sea to shining sea. Formed in 1977 as a subsidiary of electronics giant Samsung Electronics, the company markets consumer electronics and household appliances, including TVs, DVD and audio players, video cameras, refrigerators, and air conditioners. Other products include large-screen plasma displays, printers, monitors, hard-disk drives, and optical drives. The company also manages the North American operations of Samsung Semiconductor Inc. (consumer device chip manufacturing), Samsung Telecommunications America (mobile phones and telephony equipment), Samsung Electronics Canada, and Samsung Electronics Mexico.

Transgenomic, Inc. provides products for the purification and analysis of nucleic acids used in the life sciences industry for research primarily on molecular genetics and diagnostics. The company also provides genetic variation analytical services to the medical research, clinical, and pharmaceutical markets. Its principal product includes WAVE System, a bioinstrument, which has broad applicability to genetic variation detection in molecular genetic research and molecular diagnostics. The company also offers bioconsumable products, which include SURVEYOR Nuclease and a range of high pressure liquid chromatography separation columns; and consumable products that can be used on multiple independent platforms. In addition, it provides molecular clinical reference laboratory services, which specializes in mitochondrial and molecular diagnostic testing, including genetic testing for oncology, hematology, and inherited disorders, as well as pharmacogenomics research services. The company's customers include academic and medical institutions, as well as pharmaceutical, biotech, and commercial companies. It sells its products through direct sales and support staff in the United States, the United Kingdom, and western Europe; and through dealers and distributors. The company was founded in 1997 and is based in Omaha, Nebraska.

Beckman Coulter, Inc. provides biomedical testing instrument systems, tests, and supplies for clinical laboratories worldwide. The company manufactures chemistry systems, such as routine chemistry systems that use electrochemical detection, chemical reactions with patient samples to detect and quantify substances of diagnostic interest in blood, urine, and other body fluids; and point of care testing products comprising rapid diagnostic test kits and hematology instruments that give physicians information to manage patients. It also provides immunoassay systems performing tests that assess thyroid function, screen and monitor for cancer and cardiac risk, provide information in fertility and reproductive testing, and monitor factors associated with anemia, blood viruses, and infectious disease; and molecular diagnostics that includes testing for infectious diseases, genetic diseases, and disorders, human cancers, and pharmacogenics. Beckman Coulter offers cellular systems for clinicians, such as hematology systems to study formed elements in blood, such as red and white blood cells and platelets; coagulation systems offering information to diagnose bleeding and clotting disorders and to monitor anticoagulant therapy; and flow cytometry systems used in applications in basic research, clinical research, and drug discovery. The company's life science products and services comprise life sciences automation products, centrifugation, and life science tools. It sells its products through sales organizations and independent distributors to hospitals, physician's offices, reference laboratories, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, universities, medical schools, and research institutions. The company was formerly known as Beckman Instruments, Inc. and changed its name to Beckman Coulter, Inc. in April 1998 as of result of acquisition of Coulter Corporation. Beckman Coulter was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in Brea, California.

Kimball Electronics Group (a subsidiary of Kimball International) makes printed circuit boards and electronic assemblies, along with offering such services as design, engineering, prototyping, testing, and packaging. The company was established in 1961 to build electronic organs for its parent firm, then transitioned into the electronic contract assemblies business in 1985. Kimball Electronics has adjusted its international mix of facilities, building a new plant in China while closing one in Indiana.

Ansen provides services such as printed circuit board surface mounting and assembly from manufacturing facilities in China, Hong Kong, and the US. It also offers design, prototyping, and engineering services, as well as packaging, distribution, warranty, and support. The company's products are used in medical instruments, computers, telecommunications gear, and industrial controls. Ansen was taken private by management in 2003, and then combined with fellow EMS firm InnerStep in 2004.

Transcat, Inc. engages in the distribution of professional grade test and measurement instruments and provision of calibration, parts inspection, production model engineering, and repair services. It operates through two segments, Distribution Products and Calibration Services. The Distribution Products segment markets and distributes test and measurement instruments, which include calibrators, insulation testers, multimeters, pressure and temperature devices, oscilloscopes, recorders, and related accessories. The Calibration Services segment offers calibration, parts inspection, product model engineering, and repair services. It markets and sells products through multiple sales channels comprising direct catalog marketing, e-newsletters, Web site, a field sales organization, outbound sales, and an inbound call center in North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. The company serves pharmaceutical industry; FDA-regulated businesses, such as food and beverage businesses; industrial manufacturing companies; energy industry and power, natural gas, and water utility companies; chemical process industry; and industries that require accuracy in their processes and confirmation of the capabilities of their equipment. As of March 28, 2009, it operated 12 calibration laboratories in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada. The company was formerly known as Transmation, Inc. and changed its name in October, 2002. Transcat, Inc. was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in Rochester, New York.

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