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TRW Automotive is one of the world's 10 largest automotive suppliers and is one of the top financial performers in the industry with 2004 sales of nearly $12.0 billion. The company supplies more than 40 major vehicle manufacturers and nearly 250 nameplates and holds positions in all of its primary product categories. The company launched its Six Sigma training in 2001, which allowed TRW to establish and globally train more than 9,000 Green Belts, 500 Black Belts and more than 25 Master Black Belts. These individuals work in manufacturing, transactional and engineering disciplines with a focus on quantifiable, statistical results in addition to a Cadre of more than 140 full-time lean promotions officers who carry out Kaizen type workshops throughout the organization. Headquartered in Livonia, Mich., TRW Automotive is a publicly owned company that employs nearly 60,000 people. TRW Automotive also has a branch located in Fayette, Ohio.

Arrow Tru-Line is a leading manufacturer of hardware for sectional overhead doors. The company s extensive line of sectional overhead garage door hardware products includes track, angles, struts, stiles, hinges, bottom brackets, top brackets, lift handles, step plates, jamb brackets, torsion springs, extension springs, cable drums, spring fittings, cables, rollers and locks. It expanded its product offering to include customized hardware cartons and track assemblies in 1996. The company was founded in 1970 in Archbold, Ohio. Its founder believed there was an industry need for a quality and service-committed company engaged in the manufacturing and distribution of overhead garage door components. Arrow Tru-Line is located in Bryan, Ohio.

Franklin Electric Company is a worldwide leader in water well pumping systems and fuel pumping systems. A technical leader in electric motors, pumps, drives and controls, the company is one of the world s largest manufacturers of submersible water well and fueling systems motors and a manufacturer of underground fueling systems hardware and flexible piping systems. Franklin s products are present in approximately one of every two water wells and filling stations worldwide. The company has more than 15 manufacturing and distribution facilities located in the United States, Germany, Czech Republic, Italy, Mexico, Australia, South Africa, China and Japan. Its engineered specialty electric motor products and electronic controls are used in a variety of industrial products, such as gasoline dispensers, paint sprayers, electric hoists, explosion-proof vapor exhaust fans, vacuum pumping systems, livestock feeding systems and soft ice cream machines. Franklin Electric Company has a location in Bluffton, Ind.