3M Company

HEIDENHAIN develops and manufactures linear encoders, angular encoders, rotary encoders, digital readouts and numerical controls. The company delivers its products to manufacturers of machine tools and manufacturers of automated facilities and machines, especially for semiconductor and electronics manufacturing. Its competence in the area of linear and angular metrology is reflected by a large number of customized solutions for users. These include in particular the measuring and inspection devices developed and built for many of the world's standards laboratories, as well as angle encoders for various telescope projects and satellite receiving antennas. Heidenhain Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dr. JOHANNES HEIDENHAIN GmbH. Headquartered in Schaumburg, Ill., HEIDENHAIN maintains sales, service, training for distributors and customers and manufacturing at the same facility.

Unytite was established in the United States to serve the domestic fastener and parts industries. Major industries served are construction, heavy equipment, truck and trailer, automotive, petro-chemical, amusement, nuclear power, railroad, motorcycle and ATV-PWC. Unytite was incorporated in the state of Illinois in 1986. In 1989, the company broke ground on a new facility in Peru, Ill., and the first products manufactured began shipping in early 1990. The facility has been expanded to 152,000 square feet on 26 acres. Unytite Corporation Japan was founded in 1946 and is located in Kobe, Japan. Unytite Japan is an ISO -9000 certified and has larger range and widely variety of production capability than Unytite USA.

Operational for more than 160 years, Ryerson is one of the leading distributors and processors of metals and related products in North America. It processes and manufactures tubing, sheets, coils, plates, bars, pipes and extrusions. The company additionally provides a variety of roofing systems and building materials under the Fluoroceram, ULTRA-Cool, AlumaKlad and ColorKlad brands. It specializes in the fabrication of various metals, including stainless steel, aluminum, carbon, alloy, nickel, brass and copper. The company offers leveling, blanking, slitting, shearing, painting, embossing, polishing, anodizing and laser cutting services. It also provides sales, marketing, distribution, product procurement, inventory management, shipping and on-time delivery services. Ryerson operates service centers throughout the United States and Canada, as well as serves commercial and industrial clients in Mexico, India and China.