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NVE, located in Eden Prarie, Minn., develops and distributes devices using 'spintronics,' a nanotechnology the company helped pioneer, which utilizes electron spin rather than electron charge to acquire, store and transmit information. NVE is a licensor of spintronic magnetic random access memory technology, otherwise known as MRAM. It also manufactures spintronic products, including sensors and couplers, which are used to acquire and transmit data in automated factories. NVE was founded in 1989, primarily as a government contract research company. It has distributed licenses for its MRAM intellectual property to select customers, including Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, Honeywell International and Motorola. NVE s sensors and couplers are sold through a worldwide distribution network.

EF Engineering is an industry leader of unique cartoning and packaging equipment for assembly line automation. Specializing in the design and building of packaging machines, cartoners, denesters, collator machines, accumulator machines, pick-and-place machines, conveyor systems and creating custom automated solutions for production and packaging applications since 1990.

Bosch Packaging Technology is one of the leading international manufacturers and distributors of specialty packaging. The company designs and manufactures value-added plastic and paper-based flexible packaging products for the consumer and protective packaging markets. It serves a variety of markets, including packaging for food, medical devices and electronic goods and protective packaging for industrial products. The company has employees worldwide in different fields, such as operations, finance, sales, marketing, systems and administration. Bosch Packaging Technology maintains operations in Brooklyn Park, Minn.