Karl J. Schmidt

Danfoss Power Solutions, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells hydraulic systems and components. Its products are sold primarily to the agriculture, construction, road building, turf care, material handling, and specialty vehicle markets. The company was founded on January 26, 1990 and is headquartered in Ames, IA.

Atkore International, Inc. provides electrical raceway solutions. Its products include cable, cable tray, and framing systems, conduit, fittings, barbed tape, mechanical tube, and standard pipe. It also offers energy, healthcare, and data center solutions. The company was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Harvey, IL.

Degussa-Hüls AG manufactures and supplies chemical products. It produces industrial chemicals, creavis, iron metal producer, specialty polymers, advanced fillers, performance materials, specialty chemistry, iron and hardening. The company was founded in 1999 and is located in Hanau, Germany.

Degussa AG is the world's third largest producer of precious metals. The company operates three divisions; precious metals and banking, which is involved in precious metals trading, production of precious metals and the manufacture of precious metal compounds and products in addition to operating its own bank, 'Degussa Bank', which is a universal bank providing traditional banking services. Chemical products is the second division and is involved in manufacturing fine and special chemicals, rubbers, pigments and chemical catalysts. The third and final division, health and nutrition is involved in manufacturing pharmaceuticals, dental chemicals and fodder additives. The company has subsidiaries in Germany, other European countries, USA, Brazil, Singapore, Japan and South Korea.

Atkore International Holdings, Inc. engages in the manufacture of fabricated steel tubes and pipes, pre-wired armored cables, cable management systems, and metal framing systems. The company was founded on November 4, 2010 and is headquartered in Harvey, IL.