Capewell was founded in 1881 and is located in South Windsor, Conn. It is a manufacturer of premier life support and aerial delivery products. Its safety division offers descent control devices for emergency evacuation from wide-body aircraft configurations and a line of manual descenders designed for military, industrial and professional fire service applications. Capewell s aerial delivery division designs and manufactures aerial delivery platforms and containers, airdrop systems, extraction and internal logistics and transport equipment for military and humanitarian operations. Its basic airdrop load fabrication course is designed especially for students. Capewell s engineers and airdrop experts work independently with customers on research and development, operational test and evaluation programs to certify for airdrop equipment. It has various clients, such as The Boeing Co., United Airlines, United Technologies, AirBorne Freight, Delta Airlines and Irvin Aerospace.
Abbott Ball Company, founded in 1909, is one of the world s largest manufacturers of steel balls. The company supplies stainless steel balls of all types, along with carbon steel and specialty balls to original equipment manufacturers across the world. It stocks steel balls in a variety of alloy grades and sizes. Operating from West Hartford, Conn., Abbott Ball Company produces more than 5,000 million balls every year. The company manufactures its products as per the clients technical specifications and requirements. Abbott Ball Company has a special department to administer the production of metal balls of gold, silver, platinum, palladium, titanium and specialized alloys for use in electrical contacts, switches, relays, brazing and jewelry. The company inspects and tests random samples of steel balls for hardness, structure and finish.
Clearing up the bad air between companies is what The Spencer Turbine Company specializes in solving. The company manufactures air and gas-handling equipment used for industrial, commercial, municipal, institutional, utility and governmental applications. Spencer Turbine s product line includes power mizer cast centrifugal blowers, central vacuum systems, custom collectors and separators, high-pressure belt drive blowers, water and wastewater treatment products and pneumatic conveying system. The company has design experience in heavy-duty vacuum systems, including central vacuum systems and mobile vacuum systems with broad industrial and commercial applications. Its world headquarters and 200,000 square foot manufacturing facility is located in Windsor, Conn. The Spencer Turbine Company was founded in 1892.
