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Industrial Tool Inc. is a manufacturer of complex automated machining systems, builder of Dedicated Machining Centers and rugged CNC Machining Fixtures. The company has expertise in producing turnkey systems and incorporating robotics and automation supporting the manufacturing cell. Industrial Tool Inc. provides its clients with services, such as engineering of equipment and systems, machining and processing prototype designs and fixtures. Additionally, it offers installation, support and training services. Industrial Tool Inc. serves a range of industries, including automotive, construction equipment and hydraulic industry.

Automation, in Fridley, Minn., is a distributor of motion, vision, pneumatic, fluid-power and industrial control components. Its products include air-motors and drills, air-preparation, ball-valves, cylinders, fittings, circuit breakers, control transformers, AC and DC motors, DC motor controls, DC power supplies, terminal blocks and wire management, starters and contactors, variable frequency drives, disconnects and safety switches, HMI, industrial computers, limit-switches, machine safety components, motor control centers, pilot devices and pushbuttons, pressure and temperature switches and relays and timers. Its other products include industrial network components, level indicators, pressure and temperature switches, remote input-output, Scada software and Web-enabled devices, thrusters, tubing, vacuum and cups, valves, linear motors, multi-axis positioning systems, computer-based motion control, precision manual stages, robotic end-of-arm components, robots, lenses, lighting, machine vision, gear motors and gear heads, conveyors, light curtains, linear bearings, shock absorbers, structural extrusion and vibration isolation.

Founded in 1976, Omnitool is one of the leading thermoform tooling builders in the world. Based in Minneapolis, Minn., it is a precision manufacturing company that specializes in designing and building large thermoform molds/metal trim dies. It offers a wide range of services, including product design, ideation sketching, engineering, manufacturing as well as tooling, to name a few. It utilizes computer numerical controlled (CNC) machines, as well as computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) tools. The firm caters to customers in the aerospace and food packaging industries.