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Magazine Issue February 2010

On The Rise

Master Lock Company

The Right Combination

A Fortune Brands Company, Master Lock is the largest global manufacturer and marketer of padlocks and other portable security solutions.

Santal Equipamento S/A

The Sweet Taste of Success

Santal has been supplying sugar cane growers with some of the most advanced planting, harvesting and transporting equipment since it was fou

Spaceport America

The Outer Limits

Spaceport America in New Mexico makes history by challenging traditional paradigms for spaceflight.

Gauss Industria e Comercio de Autopecas Ltda.

Smart Parts

Market leader in the production of specialized automotive parts, Gauss Indústria e Comércio de Autopeças Ltda has a strong presence througho

GE Water

Water Sense

With water supply threatening to exceed demand, GE Water & Process Technologies faces the challenges of industrial water reuse.

National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)

Decrease the Double Digits

With jobs the goal, keep U.S. competitiveness in focus.

Material Handling Industry of America (MHIA)

Industry Uptick Predicted

Not quite a bellwether of overall economic health; yet signs point to an ease in belt-tightening.

Aerospace

Year of Reckoning?

While able to weather the downturn, global aviation might take a nosedive in 2010 and beyond.

Timberland Manufacturing

Heavy Lifters

Timberland Equipment, Ltd. designs and manufactures winches, hoists, blocks sheaves & derricks used in the construction, mining, & marine.

Toniolo, Busnello

Light Through the Tunnel

It’s been a long and winding road for Toniolo-Busnello, a 55-year-old construction company that specializes in building tunnels for railways

USGunite

Concrete Crafter

USGunite is a nationwide provider of pneumatically applied concrete resources – both shotcrete (wet) and gunite (dry) – to pool construction

Wachter

Building Relationships

Building on an 80-year history in electrical construction and technology deployment, Wachter provides unique skills sets that underpin the g

Welded Construction LP

In the Pipeline

Since 1966, Welded Construction, L.P. has completed coast-to-coast pipeline projects characterized by quality and on-time performance. Safet

Semblex Corporation

Holding Tight

Established in 1968, Semblex Corporation evolved from a basic screw manufacturer into a leading supplier of sophisticated industrial fasteni

Streator Dependable Manufacturing

Supplying a Material World

Streator Dependable Manufacturing knows its business. As part of a group of companies that supplies everything from van bodies to hydraulic

Swindell Dressler

Fired Up

Swindell-Dressler International Company is the recognized leader when it comes to kilns. Ninety-plus years of innovation and ambition placed

Techint Engineering & Construction

Extending Canadian Pipelines

An integral component of a global enterprise, Techint E&C’s recently established Canadian operation has already contributed to large pipelin

Teckma Engenharia

Mechanical Methodology

Based in São Paulo, Teckma Engenharia is one of the most important mechanical and electrical engineering firms in the Brazilian construction

Rontan Eletro Metalurgica Ltda.

Signs of the Times

As the largest and most traditional manufacturer of digital and acoustic signal products in South America, Rontan Eletro Metalúrgica will so

Safety Storage, Inc.

Up To Code

Safety Storage of Charleston, Ill. specializes in pre-engineered hazardous materials storage buildings. With its custom designs and national

Santa Barbara SA Engenharia

Expanding the World

Santa Barbara Engenharia has already had huge success in the industrial and infrastructure construction market. Two years ago the company's

Ricardo Inc.

Global Energy Guardian

A subsidiary of UK-based Ricardo PLC, Michigan-based Ricardo Inc. Mirrors its parent company as far as mission. Both entities target global-

Robica Forman Tank Ltd.

Tank Force

Embracing quality and innovation, Robica Forman Tank Ltd. provides mammoth tanker trucks that trample clients’ logistical problems underfoot

Motocana Maquinas e Implementos Ltda.

Balanced Sugar Levels

Motocana is Brazil’s leading producer of sugar cane loading equipment and has doubled its sales in the last two years. Despite the world’s i

Mueller Eletrodomésticos S/A

Winning Washers

In its sixth decade of business, Mueller Electrodomésticos is Brazil’s leading manufacturer of semi-automatic washing machines. Associated w

Ohio Gratings

Grate Expectations

Ohio Gratings Inc. was founded in 1970 to do one thing: manufacture metal grating. Ever since, the company has expanded its product lines in

Parker Hannifin O-Ring

Lord of the Ring

The O-Ring division of Parker Hannifin, the world’s leading diversified manufacturer of motion control technologies and systems, is the mark

Pfaudler Inc.

125 Years Young

Founded in 1884, Pfaudler Inc. possesses the vitality of innovation affording them an entrance into established and emerging markets.

MCE Group

All in One Engineering

For the last 17 years, the MCE Group has been expanding to cover a range of engineering services in the production, assembly and maintenance

Metasa

Reinventing the Steel

Since going national, Metasa, a former local manufacturer of steel structures, hasn't stopped growing. As Michael Sommers discovers, expandi

Linde Material Handling North America

Heavy Lifter

A leading manufacturer of electric and engine powered materials handling equipment, Linde Material Handling North America continually sets t

Master Power Turbo

Getting Vertical

Master Power Turbo only makes one product, turbochargers, but it's tightly focused on making them better and better. Now the company is read

Energy® Manufacturing Company

Hydraulic Energy

The technology that Energy® Manufacturing Company brings to the table regarding state- of-the-art hydraulic cylinders has helped propel the

Enersul

Sulfur Solutions

In a half-century plus nine years, Enersul Limited Partnership emerged as the pre-eminent global sulfur industry supplier. Calgary-based and

Faiveley Transport/Ellcon-National

Rail Industry Leader

Faiveley Transport/Ellcon-National moves beyond merger and forward into the new century as Faiveley Transport North America.

Fundicao Moreno

Steel Advantage

Faced with challenges caused by the global crisis and rising real, after years of global expansion Fundição Moreno has changed tactics. As M

Grupo Froylan

Together As One

Grupo Froylan offers a high level of quality and competitive prices, Jeffrey Matthews reports.

Ceramica Porto Ferreira

Tile & Substance

Brazil’s number one manufacturer of ceramic tableware, Cerâmica Porto Ferreira experienced some serious growing pains before resurfacing as

Alamo Tile Co., Inc.

Stone Beauty

For any developer of a large commercial property in Texas it would be hard to forget the Alamo – Alamo Tile & Stone, that is, which has been

Allison Transmission

In High Gear

Allison Transmission is the worldwide leader in the manufacture of fully automatic power shifting transmissions for on and off-road applicat

Aluminum Shapes LLC

Metal Giant

While recession-related downsizing and consolidation impacts the competition, Aluminum Shapes remains an industry giant. The New Jersey-base

Bernauer

The Air We Breathe

Modern industry comes with as much challenge as it does opportunity. Brazil’s pioneer in filtration systems, Bernauer, confronts the challen

Agrovale

Sweet Success

Nobody ever dreamed it would be possible, let alone profitable, to plant sugar cane in the heart of Brazil’s semi-arid interior.

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