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AAR is one of the world s leading aviation support companies. Through its diverse family of businesses, it provides a broad range of products and services to meet the demands of its commercial and government customers, such as aircraft engine parts supply, inventory management programs, aircraft modifications and upgrades, systems installation, and aircraft sales and leasing. AAR supports a diverse group of approximately 13,000 customers that manufacture, maintain or fly aircraft, including American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines, Airborne Express, Boeing, General Electric and the governments of Israel, Japan and the United States. Founded in 1951, AAR is headquartered in Wood Dale, Ill., a suburb of Chicago. The company employs more than 3,500 people in 40 international facilities.

Founded in 1932, Weber Marking Systems manufactures and supplies a range of labels and labeling products. The company provides a variety of pressure-sensitive label applicator systems. It offers label printers, printer ribbons and tagging tools. The company owns and operates the Weber Service Bureau, which provides bar code and variable imprint labels. It offers customer, direct sales, and technical and software support services. The company provides Legitronic, which is a label design and printing software. It serves customers in the automobile, retail and real estate sectors. The company has various plants throughout the world. It offers products and solutions to more than 50,000 companies. The company s headquarters spreads over an area of approximately 320,000 square feet. Weber Marking Systems is a member of the Material Handling Industry of America and the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute.

In 1856, the H.S. Crocker Company is a lithography company that prints for the food and pharmaceutical industries. The company also manufactures thermoformed and injected molded cups and shrink sleeves. The first offset-lithographic press manufactured in America was purchased and used by H.S. Crocker Company and later donated to the Smithsonian Museum. In 1871, Crocker established its first printing and lithography plant in San Francisco. In 1885, Crocker erected a five-story plant, considered to be the finest commercial printing establishment in the West. Between 1950 and 1975, the company went through a series of acquisitions including Independent Lithograph Company in 1958, Strobridge Lithograph Company in 1960, Fraser Label Company in 1969 and Lockwood Folding Box Company in 1972. The by H.S. Crocker Company has an office in Huntley, Ill.