Yant Equipment Inc

David Breslow founded Linweld in 1945 as the Lincoln Welding Supply Company with the purpose of providing welding supplies and industrial gases to customers in Lincoln, Neb., and the surrounding rural communities. The company has become one of the largest welding supply distributors and independent processors of industrial, medical and specialty gases. The company now has opened store and plant locations in over 20 cities. Today, it has a fleet of transport and delivery vehicles as well as more than 400 employees. In addition to its sales and service locations, Linweld operates its own distribution center, air separation plant, acetylene plant, specialty gas department, and training and automation center. Linweld is also one of the few distributors in the country able to produce oxygen, nitrogen and argon via its own air separation plant. The acetylene plant converts over 40,000 pounds of calcium carbide each week in supplying cylinder acetylene to all Linweld locations and customers. This office is a branch of the corporate office, and it is located in Grand Island, Neb.

Flowserve - Flow Solutions Group, Hastings Business Unit, Manufacturers of Flowserve, Byron Jackson, ID Pumps, Worthington & Western Land Roller Vertical Turbine Pumps and O.E.M. replacement pump parts for Agricultural, Municipal and General Industrial applications.

Industrial-Irrigation Services is an original equipment manufacturer/distributor of customized engines. Based in Hastings, Neb., the company has a 20,000 square foot shop, office complex and 26,000 square feet of warehouse space. Industrial-Irrigation Services concentrates on marketing three major brands of engines, including John Deere Power Systems, GM Powertrain and Yanmar America Corporation along with offering parts and engines from many other reputable companies. The company customizes these engines for a wide range of agricultural, as well as industrial applications, including irrigation power units, generator sets and numerous other applications. Industrial-Irrigation Services was established as a division of the A. H. Jones Company in 1955 and in 1966 it became a separate corporation.