James J. Kregel

Thomas Industries Inc. manufactures blowers, compressors and vacuum pumps. Its products are claw, diaphragm, linear, peristaltic, piston, radial, rotary lobe, rotary vane, screw and side channel products for use in global OEM applications. The company was founded by Lee B. Thomas Sr. in 1953 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI.

Gardner Denver, Inc. manufactures air compressors and blowers. Its products also include loading arms, swivel joints, couplers, valves, fall protection and access equipment used to load and unload ships, tank trucks, and rail cars. The firm also designs, manufactures, and markets engineered compressors, blowers, pumps, and other fluid transfer equipment. The company was founded in 1859 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI.

Gardner Denver Thomas, Inc. manufactures compressors and vacuum pumps. The firm's products include WOB-L piston, articulated piston, diaphragm & rotary vane, linear and peristaltic. Its customers include the construction, laboratory, leak detection and medical markets. The company was founded in 1948 by Lee B. Thomas and is headquartered in Sheboygan, WI

Tecumseh Products Co. engages in the manufacturing and selling of hermetic compressors for air conditioning and refrigeration. It offers reciprocating compressors, rotary compressors, scroll compressors and condensing units. The firm offers specialty air conditioning, household refrigerators and freezers, and commercial refrigeration applications. . The company was founded by Raymond Herrick in 1934 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.