Samsung Heavy Industries(SHI) is a core affiliate of Korea’s largest group company Samsung. It designs and constructs high value-added vessels such as LNG carriers and large passenger ships, as well as drill ships and shuttle tankers in which it has retained its No. 1 position. It has recently also emerged as a competitive construction company ranking 12th in the domestic market with the future aim of creating high-tech business models by combining its expertise and digital technology in the shipbuilding and construction areas.

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) is the largest engineering and manufacturing enterprise in India in the energy-related/infrastructure sector. The wide network of BHEL’s 14 manufacturing divisions, four Power Sector regional centres, over 100 project sites, eight service centres and 18 regional offices, enables the company to promptly serve its customers and provide them with suitable products, systems and services — efficiently and at competitive prices.

Pentair is a diversified operating company headquartered in Minnesota. Its Water Group is a global leader in providing innovative products and systems used worldwide in the movement, treatment, storage and enjoyment of water. Pentair’s Enclosures Group is a leader in the global enclosures market, designing and manufacturing standard, modified, and custom enclosures that house and protect sensitive electronics and electrical components.

Gamesa is one of the biggest manufacturers and suppliers of technologically advanced products, installations and services in the aeronautics and renewable energy sectors. It designs, develops and manufactures large equipped structural assemblies or complete aircraft sections for the aeronautics sector.

Ebara Corporation is a globally renowned manufacturer of water and air transportation systems, notably industrial-use pumps, compressors, fans and refrigeration equipment. The Corporation is also prominent in environmental engineering systems, particularly water and waste treatment facilities and waste utilization systems.

Metso is a global supplier of process industry machinery and systems as well as know-how and aftermarket services. It serves customers in the pulp and paper industry, rock and minerals processing, power, hydrocarbon and process industries, and panelboard production.

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) is the world’s leading solution provider for the print media industry. Headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany, the Company focuses on the entire process and value chain in sheetfed offset printing, for formats ranging from 14×20 inches to 28×40 inches. Apart from printing presses, the product portfolio includes plate imaging devices and finishing equipment, as well as software components designed to integrate all print manufacturing processes.

AGCO Corporation is a world leader in manufacturing, marketing, and distributing of agricultural equipment. Sold in more than 140 countries by over 3,900 dealers, AGCO produces and markets well-known brands with over a millennium of combined heritage.

SembCorp Industries (SCI) is a leading player in infrastructure services in Asia, providing integrated utilities and energy, environmental management services and process engineering services to industrial customers. It is also Asia’s largest integrated logistics provider, offering advanced supply chain management solutions to global customers; and a leading global marine and offshore engineering group.

Sumitomo Heavy Industries,Ltd.(SHI) is an integrated manufacturer of industrial machinery, ships, bridges & steel structure, equipment for environmental protection, including recycling, power transmission equipment, plastic molding machines, laser processing systems, particle accelerators and material handling systems.

NSK is a world-class producer of ball and roller bearings. Established in 1916, NSK became one of the leaders in the bearing industry because of an intense commitment to engineering research, dedication to modern manufacturing processes and an obsession for quality.

Fuji Electric has four segments: energy and electric systems, electric distribution and control (ED&C) drive systems, retail support equipment, and electronics. Its energy and electric systems unit makes products for electric power, water-treatment, and environmental system applications. Its ED&C drive systems unit makes power regulators and other components used in factory automation and buildings. The retail support group makes vending machines and currency handling devices, and the electronics unit offers components for semiconductors and computers.

Ishikawajimaharima Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. (IHI) has its world-wide headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. IHI is the vendor and the maintenance supplier of:
-Jet engines and aerospace components, such as rocket engines and space laboratories
-Energy related equipment such as boilers, nuclear vessels and piping, fuel cells, and windmills
-Ships and offshore structures
-Industrial machinery such as presses, rolling machines, paper machines, and material handling systems
-Steel structures such as suspension bridges, buildings, watergates, cranes, and vibration control devices

Furukawa Electric Co. has four operating segments: nonferrous metals (aluminum and copper rod, sheet, and wire); plastics, cables, and wire (bare and wire, power cables, conduit material, and foam sheet); electronics (automotive components, battery products, heat pipes, and circuit boards); and telecommunications (fiber optics and network equipment). Furukawa Electric and Sumitomo Electric Industries agreed to consolidate their wireless technology operations into a joint business venture.

The Assa Abloy Group is the world’s leading manufacturer and supplier of locking solutions, dedicated to satisfying end-user needs for security, safety and convenience. With more that 100 companies operating in 40 countries, Assa Abloy has a strong global presence and holds more than 10 percent of the world market.

Assa Abloy’s organization reflects the three main regions, EMEA, Americas and Asia Pacific. Assa Abloy Hospitality, the Identification Technology Group and Besam are organized in a separate business segment for Global Technologies in order to respond more effectively to the opportunities of these specialized international markets.

SMC Corporation is the world’s largest and most successful manufacturer of pneumatic components. With production, research, development, sales and customer support facilities in over 60 different countries, customers can draw on the experience and resources of SMC at local, national and international level, giving access to the latest developments in pneumatics technology around the world.

Established in Japan in 1959, SMC has led the way in design, manufacture, innovation and high quality developed to meet the needs of applications throughout the world, and reflecting the close working relationship which SMC builds with its customers, to find the most cost effective solution.

The SKF Group is the leading global supplier of products, customer solutions, and services in the business of rolling bearings and seals. The Group’s main competencies include technical support, maintenance services, condition monitoring and training. SKF also holds an increasingly important position in the market for linear motion products, as well as high precision bearings, spindles and spindle services for the machine tool industry, lubrication systems, and is an established producer of bearing steel.The SKF business is organized into five divisions; Industrial, Automotive, Electrical, Service, and Aero and Steel. Each division serves a global market, focusing on its specific customer segments.

Rockwell Automation is one of the world’s largest industrial automation companies. Formerly known as Rockwell International Corporation, the company has two operating segments: control systems (industrial automation products such as motor starters and contactors, relays, timers, signaling devices, variable speed drives); and power systems (power transmission products, bushings, clutches, motor brakes, conveyor pulleys, couplings, bearings, mechanical drives).

Fanuc manufactures automation and control products such as servo units, motors, motion controls, nano-to-high-end controllers, switches, and amplifiers, as well as related software needed for operation. Other products include controls and Ethernet ports used for computer networking, embedded systems, and operator interfaces. GE Fanuc has acquired the US-based Mountain Systems, a manufacturing execution systems (MES) software company.

ALSTOM moves with great power. The company has sold its transmission and distribution business (distribution equipment used to transfer electricity to large customers) and its industrial turbine unit. Its Power segment — which was formed when ALSTOM acquired ABB Asea Brown Boveri’s stake in joint venture ABB Alstom Power — makes power-generation systems and constructs power plants. ALSTOM is also a leading maker of rail equipment such as railcars and signaling devices, and makes luxury passenger ships (such as the “Queen Mary 2″), naval vessels, and natural gas tankers. Other businesses include electrical drives, motors, and generators.

Dividing its activity into three business areas, the Linde group works in a number of different sectors all around the world and in each sector it positions itself as one of the major players.Linde’s foremost business area is still the manufacture of equipment for the building industry, in particular forklift trucks, vechicles, booms, valve pumps and hydraulic machines. In France, Linde is represented by Fenwick and in Europe by Still.Then there are two other lines of business: Linde supplies everything for gas packaging (hydrogen, nitrogen and argon) for industry, medicine and environmental protection: bottles, containers, and tanks as well as a range of related services. The group is also present in the building engineering market, with an array of solutions and turnkey projects for the petrochemical, chemical and energy industries.Last but not least, refrigerated equipment: Linde builds all kinds of refrigerators, refrigerated display units, cold stores and cooling systems for the food industry.

American Standard Companies Inc. (American Standard) is a global, diversified manufacturer of high-quality, brand name products in three major business segments: air conditioning systems and services (Air Conditioning); bath and kitchen fixtures and fittings, and vehicle control systems. Air Conditioning is a global manufacturer of commercial and residential heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment, systems and controls. Bath and Kitchen is a producer of bathroom and kitchen fixtures and fittings in Europe, the United States, Central America and Asia. Vehicle Control Systems, operating under the WABCO name (WABCO) designs, manufactures and sells braking and control systems, primarily for the worldwide commercial vehicle industry.

Motion-control equipment made by Parker Hannifin helped sink the replicated “Titanic” in the Academy Award-winning film. Parker Hannifin’s motion-control products use hydraulic (liquid) or pneumatic (gas or air) systems to move and position materials, or to control equipment. Its industrial products include fluid connectors, hydraulic and automation systems, climate and industrial controls, and process instrumentation. These are sold to the processing, manufacturing, and transportation industries. The company also makes aerospace components such as fuel systems.

The establishment of Komatsu Electronic Metals in 1960 emanated from recognition of the importance of business diversification by its parent company, Komatsu Ltd. To promote long term growth, it was clear that the Company had to diversify its business by establishing subsidiaries, while further expanding its core construction equipment business. For more than four decades Komatsu Electronic Metals has successfully grown to meet the needs of the dynamic electronics industry by providing materials of the highest quality and superior service.

Sumitomo Electric Industries (SEI) produces the wide world of wire. The company is Japan’s largest producer of wire and cable and has more than 200 companies and affiliates across the globe. SEI’s electric wire and cable division makes power and telecommunications cables, as well as the wire used in electronic components and semiconductors. Other products include automotive wiring harnesses, optical fibers, fiber optic components, and related subsystems. In addition to wire and cable accessories, SEI also makes anti-vibration rubber parts and brake systems found in automobiles.

Sandvik Materials Technology, a subsidiary of Sandvik AB, manufactures stainless steel and alloy tube, strip, wire, and bar that are used mainly by the engineering and processing industries. The company’s Kanthal unit makes silicon carbide heating elements, which are able to withstand widest range of high temperature applications. The Sandvik Process Systems unit produces steel belts and press plates and installs steel belt systems for chemical and food processing facilities. The strip steel unit specializes in thin precision strip steel. The tubular products unit manufactures seamless stainless steel tubes, which are primarily used in the chemical, fertilizer, oil and gas, and pulp and paper industries.

Scania is one of the world’s largest heavy-truck and bus manufacturers, hauling in sales from more than 100 countries. The company focuses on trucks with gross weights of 16 tons or greater. Scania also makes buses for public transit and tourism, builds industrial and marine engines, and offers maintenance and financing services. It delivers more than 50,000 new trucks and 5,500 buses per year. Volkswagen controls 34% of Scania after buying shares from Sweden’s Investor AB, an investment vehicle of Sweden’s Wallenberg family. Investor AB still controls more than 19% of the company. Volvo has divested its stake in the company.

Eaton Corporation is a diversified industrial manufacturer with 2004 sales of $9.8 billion. Eaton is a global leader in electrical systems and components for power quality, distribution and control; fluid power systems and services for industrial, mobile and aircraft equipment; intelligent truck drivetrain systems for safety and fuel economy; and automotive engine air management systems, powertrain solutions and specialty controls for performance, fuel economy and safety. Eaton has 56,000 employees and sells products to customers in more than 125 countries.

Once known as a vehicle components supplier, Eaton has diversified to include a broader industrial and commercial focus. Today, Eaton’s businesses comprise four distinct segments: Fluid Power, Electrical, Automotive and Truck.

Danaher’s Professional Instrumentation group produces environmental, electronic testing, and medical technology. The Industrial Technologies unit makes motion control equipment and devices that read bar codes. Danaher’s Tools and Components segment includes hand tools, automotive specialty tools, and accessories, which it makes under brand names like Sears’ Craftsman, Veeder-Root (leak-detection systems for fuel-storage tanks), and Pacific Scientific (electric motors and safety equipment). Brothers Steve Rales (chairman) and Mitch Rales (a director) own 33% of the company.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is sailing more or less smoothly through Japan’s rough economic seas. MHI, a member of the Mitsubishi “keiretsu”, manufactures machinery and equipment ranging from forklifts to air conditioners. It also builds water and waste-treatment plants and steel factories. Machinery and construction together account for over 45% of MHI’s sales. The company also builds nuclear power plants (about 25% of sales); makes aircraft, missiles, and space systems (16% of sales); and builds cruise ships, freighters, tankers, and offshore marine structures. MHI operates globally; Japan accounts for nearly 90% of its sales.

Mitsubishi Electric US is a recognized leader in the research, marketing, sales, engineering, and manufacturing of electrical and electronic equipment used in information processing and communications, consumer electronics, industrial technology, energy, transportation and construction.

Mitsubishi Electric US products include high-definition projection televisions, DVD players, VCRs, projectors, printers, factory automation equipment, automotive equipment, escalators, elevators, telecommunications systems, heating and air conditioning units, semiconductor devices, large scale video displays for stadiums and arenas, and electric utility products. With nearly 4,000 employees in 30 locations throughout North America, sales in fiscal year 2003 were approximately $2 billion.

Illinois Tool Works (ITW), with some 650 separate companies in 45 nations, it makes a range of products used in the automotive, construction, paper products, and food and beverage industries. The company’s engineered products segment offers fasteners, nail guns, industrial adhesives, and automotive transmission components. The specialty systems unit’s products include paint application equipment and welding machines. Although ITW focuses on buying small, often niche, companies and then making them more efficient, it has sold its consumer products holdings (appliances and cookware, exercise equipment, and ceramic tile).

Schneider Electric is the only company exclusively devoted to electricity and automation management. It holds forefront global positions in electrical distribution, Ultra Terminal solutions, secured power, building automation and security, industrial control, PLCs, and sensors, actuators and other automation specialties.

Schneider Electric proposes a vast, coherent offer of intelligent and communicating, innovative and competitive products and systems. Through the converging of electrical, automation and communication technologies, these systems will continue to become more integrated. Long-range control of equipment via Internet will become an everyday reality. Electrical networks will be used to transmit data, sound and images. Wireless connections will become the norm at the workplace and at home.

In 1837, John Deere founded the company that would come to bear his name. Incorporated as Deere & Company in 1868, it has grown from a one-man blacksmith shop into a worldwide corporation that today does business in more than 160 countries and employs approximately 46,000 people worldwide. It is one of the oldest industrial companies in the United States.

The Volvo Group is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of trucks, buses and construction equipment, drive systems for marine and industrial applications, aerospace components and services. The Group also provides complete solutions for financing and service.

Several business units provide additional manufacturing development or logistical support. The largest business units are: Volvo Powertrain, Volvo 3P, Volvo IT, Volvo Logistics, Volvo Parts and Volvo Technology.Founded in 1927, Volvo has approx 76,000 employees, production in 25 countries and operates on more than 130 markets. The Volvo Group’s net sales 2003 amounted to EUR M 19,151.

For more than 75 years, Caterpillar Inc. has been building the world’s infrastructure, and in partnership with Caterpillar dealers, is driving positive and sustainable change on every continent. A Fortune 100 company, Caterpillar is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines and industrial gas turbines. The company is a technology leader in construction, transportation, mining, forestry, energy, logistics, electronics, financing and electric power generation.Caterpillar products and components are manufactured in 49 U.S. facilities and in 59 other locations in 22 countries around the globe.

Abatix is a regional distributor of over 30,000 quality products for the safety, homeland security, construction, and fire & water restoration industries. The company distributes approximately 20,000 industrial, construction tool, personal protection, safety, and hazardous waste remediation products. It distributes disposable protective clothing, chemicals, electrical accessories, fire barrier products, ladders, poly bags, adhesives, tools, absorbents, fiber drums, water restoration equipment, and ozone equipment.