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Alliance Machine Systems International, LLC

Alliance Machine Systems International LLC is the global source of innovative products and services to enhance the efficiency and performance of the corrugated packaging industry. The company continuously strives to provide customers with an ever-broadening line of products and services through investments in R&D, training, strategic acquisitions and partnerships. For more than 40 years, Spokane Valley, Washington-based Alliance has designed and manufactured more than 14,000 machines for the corrugated industry, with installations worldwide. Alliance offers material handling systems that keep pace with todays faster finishing machines. It offers high-speed feeding and downstream handling designs that are reliable, cost-effective solutions to increasing productivity. Products include robotic loadformers, stackers, prefeeders, pallet handlers, specialty folder gluers, and more.

christopher farr

Over 30 years ago, artist and designer Christopher Farr set out to unite heritage textile craftsmanship with contemporary design vision. Since then, he and his business partner Matthew Bourne have maintained a dedication to quality and an uncompromising pursuit of beauty that has helped revolutionise rug design and restore rug-making to the status of fine art. Each one made to order, Christopher Farr rugs are now a frequent sight at global art and design exhibitions, and in the homes of connoisseurs and collectors worldwide. Christopher Farr continues to protect and preserve the worlds weaving traditions, while pushing at the creative possibilities of design. Alongside Christophers own work, the company collaborates with a considered roster of international artists, architects, fashion designers and other visionaries to produce a selection of designs that remains unrivalled in its creative scope. Distribution is through showrooms located in London and Los Angeles as well as representation throughout the world. Collections include bespoke collaborations with designers such as Andrée Putman and John Pawson and artists including Gary Hume and Makoto Kagoshima. CF Editions collaborates with some of the worlds leading artists and designers, both past and present, including Josef and Anni Albers, Gunta Stölzl, Terry Frost and Sandra Blow. All designs are produced with the relevant institution, art gallery, estate or artist closely involved in the whole process and every rug is delivered with a signed certificate of authenticity. Unlike the made to order rugs, Editions are in stock and ready for delivery.

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HAIMER

HAIMER is a family run, medium sized company located in Igenhausen, Bavaria near Munich, Germany. We design, produce and sell innovative, high precision products for metal cutting as well as for other branches including automotive, aerospace, energy, rail and general machining. In addition to our large offering of tool holders in all popular interfaces and lengths, including our shrinking and balancing machines, as well as our 3-D Sensors and solid carbide cutting tools, our product offering also includes tool presetting machines of HAIMER Microset. Out of approx. 800 employees worldwide, 500 work at our main production facility in Igenhausen together with the most modern of machines and a high level of automation. At our second HAIMER production site in Bielefeld with around 50 employees, HAIMER Microset presetting machines are manufactured. Our experienced, dynamic and highly qualified employees guarantee the well-known and highest quality "made by HAIMER." As an active apprenticeship company with almost 50 apprentices and a high internal acquisition rate, HAIMER is able to secure its future skilled employees and to fulfill its contribution to further educate young adults, as well as securing the future of our German manufacturing location. As the European market leader in the area of tool holding technology, with a daily capacity of max. 4,000 tool holders, keeping the technological edge of our products is very important to us. Because of this, every year we invest between 8 and 10% of our revenue in research and development. Every day we desire to be better and that works perfectly with our corporate philosophy: Quality Wins Imprint Provider/Responsible for the Haimer GmbH website: Haimer GmbH Weiherstr. 21 D-86568 Igenhausen E-mail: haimer@haimer.de Web: www.haimer.com Also: Youtube Xing CEO: Franz Haimer, Claudia Haimer, Andreas Haimer Corporate headquarters: Igenhausen Commercial register: Amtsgericht Augsburg, HRB 8679 VAT ID number: DE 127333346

Automotive Coalition for Traffic Safety, Inc.

ACTS is a 35-year-old nonprofit based in the Commonwealth of Virginia (U.S.A.) that is supported by all of the worlds leading light car and truck makers. Our mission is to research, educate and promote highway and motor vehicle safety.