Donaldson Company

H. B. Fuller, founded in 1887, is a worldwide manufacturer of adhesives, sealants, coatings, paints and other specialty chemicals. H.B. Fuller offers technology for corporations to deter counterfeiters from distributing bogus products. The company s global adhesives operating segment produces and supplies adhesive products for application in various end-markets, including assembly, packaging, converting, nonwoven, automotive, graphic arts and footwear. Its Full-Valu and Specialty operating segment produces and supplies specialty chemical products, such as ceramic tile grouts and mortars, powder coatings, liquid paints, consumer caulks and sealants, window sealants and desiccants, and specialty packaging adhesives and consultative solutions. H. B. Fuller operates more than 225,000-square-foot research and development facility, and is headquartered in St. Paul, Minn. It has direct operations in more than 30 countries in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia Pacific.

Datacard Corporation invented systems for high-volume plastic card personalization more than 30 years ago. The firm offers secure ID and card personalization products and services that are used to issue millions of financial cards and identification documents daily. Datacard Corporation clients are from corporate, governmental and organizational sectors. The firm also offers a digital photo ID security system. Datacard Corporation is privately held and reports annual revenues in excess of $300 million. It employs more than 1,400 people in more 120-plus countries, including development centers in the United States, Germany, France, India, Japan, Malaysia and the United Kingdom.

Graco provides systems, products and technology that set production standards in a range of fluid handling applications that include spray finishing and paint circulation, lubrication, sealant and adhesives and processing, as well as power application equipment for the contractor industry. Established in 1926, Graco s ongoing investment in fluid management and control will continue to provide solutions to a diverse worldwide market. The company s business divisions include the contractor equipment division that offers a line of products specifically designed for the professional painting contractor; the industrial equipment division that provides fluid handling equipment for a variety of spray finishing, chemical transfer, sealant, adhesives, lubrication and proportioning applications; and the lubrication equipment division that manufactures products used to dispense, meter and transfer motor and gear oils, grease, hydraulic and transmission fluids, antifreeze and specialty lubricants. Graco has a location in Minneapolis.