American Tubing is a producer of copper assemblies for use in the air conditioning and refrigeration industries. Its component parts include straight length, elbows, return bends, multi-bend crossovers, coiled, non-brazed assemblies, header and manifold assemblies and custom tube configurations. It also provides packaging for its products with heat shrink plastic wrap. The company serves a diverse customer base and its components are also used in the defense and automation industries. In addition to copper components, American Tubing has fabricating capabilities in other metals such as brass, cupronickel and aluminum. The company is headquartered in Sprindale, Ark., and is a subsidiary of National Tube Holding Company.
Founded in 1880, Bekaert s two core competences are in the areas of advanced metal transformation and advanced materials and coatings. The company s advanced wire products range from wires for use in the manufacture of industrial springs and in the reinforcement of flexible pipes, through steel fibers for concrete reinforcement, profiled wires, textile machine wires, bookbinding wires and weaving wires, to champagne cork wires, silicon-sawing wire and various types of lacquered and coated wires. The advanced materials segment covers applications in fiber technologies, combustion technologies and composites. The advanced coatings segment comprises industrial coatings for various materials, applied by vacuum technologies or thermal spraying. Bekaert also supplies special equipment for the glass industry for applying coatings to large areas of flat glass. Bekaert is headquartered in Belgium and has operations throughout Africa, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, Asia, Oceania and North America, including a facility in Rogers, Ark.
Established in 1967, Fastenal Company is a chain of full-service multipurpose stores. Based in Rogers, Ark., it operates approximately 2,500 stores located in North America, Asia, Europe and Central America. The firm provides a number of products in categories of fasteners, cutting tools and metalworking, material handling, storage and packaging, tools and equipment, power transmission, safety and hydraulics/pneumatics, to name a few. In addition, it offers products in categories of abrasives, electrical, plumbing, metals, materials, fabrication equipment, chemicals, paints, lifting, fleet, automotive and welding. Fastenal Company provides an array of services in areas, consisting of inventory and product, engineering and lab, manufacturing and industrial.
