Bollinger Shipyards is a leading provider of shipbuilding and ship repair services along the US Gulf Coast. The company specializes in the construction, repair, and conversion of Navy and Coast Guard patrol boats, oil tankers, and supply and utility vessels such as barges and tugboats. It operates from some 13 shipyards, primarily in Louisiana. Its 40 dry docks have the capability to accomodate ships ranging in size from 100 tons to 22,000 tons. It also has a more than 460,000 sq. ft. facility for contructing vessles indoors. Bollinger Shipyards was founded in 1946.

Miba is one of the leading strategic partners of the international engine and automotive industry. Our product portfolio includes sintered components, engine bearings and friction materials. Miba products make motor vehicles, trains, ships, aircraft and power plants more efficient, more reliable and more environmentally friendly.

Chesswood Income Fund, created in May 2006, is a conversion of the former Toronto Stock Exchange listed company cars4U Ltd., along with the addition of Pawnee Leasing Corporation, of Colorado, USA. Pawnee Leasing, the largest of Chesswood’s companies, is an acknowledged leader in small-ticket equipment leasing, specializing in providing business equipment leases up to $30,000 for start-up and less traditional credit profiles. Founded in 1982, Pawnee originates all of its leases through an independent network of lease brokers and conducts business in all of the lower 48 states of the U.S.Our operating businesses have a culture of growth and each company operates in accordance with its own strategic plan, which calls for expansion of its business through organic growth, while protecting distributions.

Bodine Aluminum company operates three plants in Troy and St. Louis, Missouri, and Jackson, Tennessee. Bodine's Troy plant is the hub and totally dedicated to producing aluminum cylinder heads, intake manifolds, and engine blocks for Toyotas assembled in North America. The St. Louis plant produces aluminum castings for passenger cars, trucks, and agricultural equipment. The Tennessee plant, which Toyota invested $164 million to build, manufactures aluminum engine blocks. Originally founded in 1912, Bodine Aluminum became a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America (formerly Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America) in 1990.

The company is a manufacturer of leather interiors for the automotive industry. The company offers an extensive selection of leather colors and textures used in automotive seats and other interior applications. And Seton does so with a Teutonic twist: There is no direct English translation for the German word "Belederung," the leather-wrapping method employed by the company. The method is used to wrap nonseating interior components such as dashboards, center consoles, and door panels. The company's product is marketed as the definitive recycled material. Seton is controlled by the family of the company's founder, Joseph Kaltenbacher.

Courtesy Chevrolet is real nice about its new cars and trucks. The company sells new and used Chevrolet and Geo cars and Chevrolet trucks, SUVs, and vans from its dealership in San Diego. It also sells GM parts and offers maintenance and repair services along with financing and insurance. Courtesy offers fleet and commercial sales of heavy duty trucks and delivery vehicles and can even ship them overseas. Its Web site lets customers check new and used inventory and order parts online. Courtesy ranks in the top ten car dealers in San Diego based on sales. It was acquired by the Courtesy Chevrolet dealership in based in Phoenix. Both dealerships are run by the Fitzgerald and Gruwell families.

Superior Industries International, Inc., headquartered in Van Nuys, California, is one of the world's largest OEM suppliers of cast and forged aluminum road wheels for the automotive industry. Superior operates nine manufacturing facilities employing approximately 5,700 people in the United States, Mexico, and Europe that produce aluminum wheels for the major vehicle platforms of the world's leading automobile and light truck manufacturers.

Quinton Hazell Automotive (QH) is the UK's leading manufacturer of aftermarket auto parts. QH carries more than 30,000 parts numbers. Chief product groups include: auto electrical, filters, cooling, brakes and hydraulics, steering and suspension, transmission, and security. The company's brands include Moprod, Eurosteer, Wix, Lipmesa, Commercial Ignition, and Krooklok. In addition to selling to the automotive aftermarket, some of QH's products are also sold to automotive manufacturers. QH is a member of the family of companies held by The Cypress Group.

Famous for making cars as sleek as they are impossibly expensive, Automobili Lamborghini (a subsidiary of Volkswagen's AUDI unit) caters to the elite consumer. For a mere $300,000, you can buy one of the 400 or so Lamborghini Murcielagos manufactured each year. Tired of poor acceleration? With a top speed of more than 200 mph, the Murcielago's 6.5-liter, 12-cylinder power plant (which delivers 630 horsepower -- more than five Toyota Corollas or two Ford V-8s) can rocket you from zero to 60 mph in less than four seconds. But don't burn too much rubber -- the Murcielago's Pirelli tires cost more than $600 each.

J.L. French is a global supplier of aluminum die castings specializing in powertrain and automotive components. There are currently four manufacturing locations around the world including plants in the United States, and Spain. The company has fourteen engineering/customer service offices to globally support our customers near their regional engineering and maunfacturing locations. J.L. French is headquartered in Sheboygan, Wisconsin for North America and in our Ansola, Spain facility for European operations.Working with our customers, J.L. French provides die casting solutions including product design, simulation, testing, rapid prototyping and production facilities. We offer die cast machines ranging from 300 tons to 3500 tons, producing components ranging in weight from a few grams to 22 Kg. Quality is the central focus throughout the organization. Continuous improvement is the basis for achieving this, allowing us to not only meet, but exceed customer expectations.J.L. French is an industry leader in technical resources. Innovations are quickly and efficiently introduced as a result of continuous investment in facilities and equipment, but our greatest investment is our people.

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