Ozark Rubber Products

Gates Corporation, formerly known as The Gates Rubber Company, is a manufacturer of industrial and automotive belts and hoses and a host of related products. It is a subsidiary of Tompkins, a global engineering and manufacturing group. Gates Corporation company sells products directly to automotive and industrial original equipment manufacturers and through a network of 150,000 distributors, jobbers and dealers worldwide. In 1954, the company opened its first international manufacturing facility in Canada. Four years later, the Gates Corporation opened Gates Rubber de Mexico. In 1963, Gates built a belt and hose plant in Belgium, the first of its many European facilities. Gates is one of the only non-tire-producing rubber companies with sales and manufacturing operations in all of the world's major markets, including North America, Europe, Asia, Australia and South America. Gates Corporation maintains operations in Siloam Springs, Ark.

Established in 1991, Boyd Metals Inc. is a full line steel service center. Based in Joplin, Mo., with four stocking warehouses and sales office locations, it offers a vast range of carbon steel, stainless steel, aluminum and fiberglass products. The company serves its vast customer base in Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. It offers an array of services that include custom sawing, shearing, flame cutting, plasma cutting, galvanizing, pickling, bar polishing and more. Boyd Metals Inc. provides a host of products, such as pipes, valves, fittings, flanges, pipe hangers, clamps, ferrules, gaskets, pip nipples, bushings, plugs/pipe and sanitary tubing. Its products find applications in a number of areas, including concrete reinforcement, safety applications, maintenance requirements and various types of grating and walkway materials. It has membership with North America Steel Alliance.

Since in 1967, Hendren Plastics has been providing expanded polystyrene products. Based in Gravette, Ark., the company specializes in flotation, insulation, packaging and custom fabrication. It also offers a variety of laminated products, such as foil on one side or both, film on one side or both, foil/paper and foil/film on each side. Additionally, Hendren Plastics designs letters for trade shows, church events and commercial displays. It caters to a diverse group of industries, including industrial, commercial, architectural, aviation, residential and cold-storage.