Mannington Mills, Inc

Armstrong World Industries is a global leader that specializes in the design and manufacture of floors, ceilings and cabinets. In 2004, the company s net sales totaled more than $3 billion. The company is based in Lancaster, Pa., and also maintains operates more than 40 plants throughout 12 countries. Armstrong World Industries is an employer of nearly of 15,000. The company s business units include Armstrong Floor Products, Armstrong Building Products and Armstrong Cabinet Products. Founded in 1860, Armstrong World Industries manufactures and markets a vast portfolio of branded products and services. In 2004, in the Builder 2004 Brand Use Study, the company and its subsidiaries were recognized with nearly 20 awards for its products, services and corporate Web site.

Independent Can Company is the parent company of Western Specialty Container, which provides customers with container designs and cost effective packaging solutions. The company has the versatility in packaging concepts to meet the demands of the most modest to the most extensive budgets. Founded in 1984, WSC has developed a product line that has made it a leading packaging distributor and manufacturer in the United States. As a division of Independent Can Company, the company s primary focus is manufacturing decorative tins. It also offers stock design tins in round, square, rectangular and irregular shapes, which are decorated at an in-house lithography facility. Western Specialty Container also specializes in custom designed tins. Other products include accessory products, inserts and dividers for tins, candy pads, tamper evident shrink bands and individual mailing cartons.

SP Industries manufactures specialty glassware and equipment. The company serves the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, educational, industrial and original equipment manufacturing markets. Its products are sold under well-known, market leading brand names. The company s Wilmad LabGlass branded products include laboratory glassware, sample tubes and accessories, spectroscopy supplies, flow tubes and custom glassware. SP Industries Hotpack manufactures under-counter and floor model glassware washers, glassware dryers, tissue culture incubators, vacuum ovens, refrigerators, freezers, stability chambers and laboratory steam sterilizers. Its VirTis equipment products consists of laboratory freeze dryers, pilot plant and production scale lyophilizers, mechanical homogenizers, ultrasonic cell disrupters and fermenters. SP Industries also offers Hull and freeze-drying systems and its SP TechCare is the service and support arm for the equipment group.