Kirk W. Morton

Key Technology, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells process automation systems for food industry. Its products include optical inspection systems, vibratory conveying systems, and process and preparation systems. The firm serves the nuts, potato, dried fruit, fruit and berries, snacks, pharmaceutical, meat, poultry, seafood, and cheese industries. The company was founded by Claude Key in 1948 and is headquartered in Walla Walla, WA.

Portec Group International, Inc. manufactured, designed, and marketed material handling equipment. It manufactured components sub-systems, power-belted conveyor turns, spiral conveyors, and chutes for the airport, parcel, manufacturing, and distribution industries. The company was founded in 1957 and is headquartered in Cañon, CO.

Precision Machine & Manufacturing, Inc. manufactures screw conveyors, precision microvalves, rotary valves and feeders. It offers outboard tapered roller bearings, shaft seal, rotor blades and sealed doors. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Eugene, OR.