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Gems Sensors & Controls designs and manufactures a range of liquid level, flow and pressure sensors for various marine and industrial applications. The company offers a variety of miniature solenoid valves and pre-assembled fluidic systems. It is certified by the International Organization for Standardization. The company has been in operation for more than 50 years. Gems Sensors & Controls also provides single- and multi-point sensors. It offers pressure transducers, transmitters and switches, as well as technical support services. The company s facility in Connecticut covers an area of over 60,000 square feet. It maintains manufacturing facilities in North America, Europe and Asia. Gems Sensors & Controls is a division of Danaher Corporation.

FLEXcon Corporation is a family-owned and operated company that manufactures more than 10,000 pressure-sensitive films and adhesives. The company offers products for labeling, electronic printing, packaging, bonding, mounting and zone coating applications. Its products are used in product identification labels, promotional graphics, stickers, jewelry tags, and decals. The company provides products under the MICROSAFE, VALIDATE, FLEXmount, COLORtape and SWITCHmark brands. Operational for more than 45 years, FLEXcon Corporation manages over five manufacturing plants that cover nearly 1 million square feet of space. Its capabilities include brushing, dyeing, embossing, laminating, pressure-sensitive adhesive coating, top coating and finishing. The company has achieved ISO 9001 certification.

With annual sales in excess of $6.5 billion, Praxair is a global company that supplies atmospheric, process and specialty gases, high-performance coatings and related services and technologies. Praxair's primary products include: atmospheric gases such as oxygen, nitrogen, argon and rare gases produced when air is purified, compressed, cooled, distilled and condensed; and process and specialty gases such as carbon dioxide, helium, hydrogen, semiconductor process gases and acetylene produced as by-products of chemical production or recovered from natural gas. The company also designs, engineers and constructs cryogenic and non-cryogenic supply systems. Praxair adopted its name in 1992, from the Greek word praxis, or practical application, and air, a primary raw material. The company was founded in 1907 when it was the first company in North America to commercialize cryogenically-separated oxygen. Steve F. Angel became chairman of Praxair, Inc. in May 2007. He had been president and chief executive officer since January 2007. He was named president and chief operating officer in February 2006. Praxair maintains facilities in Danbury, Conn.