Laura Kowalchik

Communications & Power Industries LLC manufactures components to generate microwave frequency signals. It provides microwave, radio frequency, power and control solutions for critical defense, communications, medical, scientific and other applications. The firm develops, manufactures and distributes products used to generate, amplify, transmit and receive high-power/high-frequency microwave and radio frequency signals and/or provide power and control for various applications. The company was founded by Russell H. Varian and Sigurd F. Varian in 1948 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Kenwal Steel Corp. manufactures and supplies flat-rolled steel products. The firm offers hot rolled, cold rolled, galvanized, galvanealed, and aluminized steel products in low carbon, high carbon, and alloy grades. It serves the automotive, appliance and electronics industries. The company was founded by Sol Eisenberg in 1947 and is headquartered in Dearborn, MI.

Urban Science Applications, Inc. provides automotive consulting services. It focuses on supporting the needs of the sales and marketing function of the automotive industry. The company was founded by James A. Anderson in 1977 and is headquartered in Detroit, MI.

Kaydon Corp. designs, manufactures and sells custom engineered products. It operates in two segments, Friction Control Products and Velocity Control Products. The Friction Control Products segment offers anti-friction bearings, split roller bearings, and specialty balls that are used in the aerospace, defense, specialized robotics, medical, alternative energy, security, electronic, material handling, construction, and other industrial applications. The Velocity Control Products segment provides industrial and safety shock absorbers, velocity controls, gas springs, rotary dampers, vibration-isolation and shock-control products, isolation mounts, and highly engineered vibration solutions for use in specialized robotics, material handling, machine tool, medical, amusement, and other industrial applications. The company was founded in 1957 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.