uss lst ship memorial companies supplying equipment/parts

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USS LST Ship Memorial

Companies Supplying Equipment/Parts

Original Name From 2002 List What We Believe to be Current

Contact (where changed)

Notes

Ward Leonard Electric Mr. Jon Carter

President

Ward Leonard Electric

31 South Street

Mount Vernon, NY 10550

Mr. Michael Clute

President

Ward Leonard Electric

401 Watertown Road

Thomaston, CT 06787

Cutler Hammer Co. President

Cutler Hammer Co.

Navy Controls Division

4265 N. 30th Street

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53216

Mr. Alexander M. Cutler

Chairman and CEO

Eaton Corporation

1111 Superior Avenue

Cleveland, OH 44114

Continental Electric Continental Electric

325 Ferry Street

Newark, NJ 07105

Found a Continental Electric

that is Chicago-based. Not

sure if the same.

Palmer Electric

Manufacturing

Bogue Electric Manufacturing Bogue Electric Manufacturing

100 Pennsylvania Avenue

Patterson, NJ 07503

Star-Kimble Motor. Div. Miehle Products

Rockwell International

800 E. Oak Hill Drive

Westmont, IL 60559

Delco Products Mr. J.T. Battenberg III

Chairman

Mr. Rodney O'Neal

CEO and President

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Delphi Automotive Systems

5725 Delphi Drive

Troy, MI

Delphi Automotive

5725 Delphi Drive

Troy, MI 48098

The Hertner Electric Co. Mr. Lewis P. Kaspar

President

Linde Hydraulics Corp

P.O. Box 82

Canfield, OH 44406

Mr. John D. Craig

President & CEO

EnerSys, Inc.

P.O. Box 114145

Reading, PA 19612

Diehl Manufacturing Mr. Peter Kiehl

President

Diehl Inc.

24 N. Clinton Street

Defiance, OH 43513

Ryobi, LTD

(purchased in 1988)

Newport News Shipbuilding &

Drydock

Mr. William P. Fricks

Chairman

Newport News, VA 23607

Mr. Matt Mulherin

President

Newport News Shipbuilding

4101 Washington Avenue

Newport News, VA 23607

Gibbs and Cox President

Gibbs and Cox

50 W. 23rd Street

10th Floor

New York, NY 10010

Mr. Kevin Moak

Chairman

Gibbs & Cox, Inc.

2711 Jefferson Davis Hwy

Suite 1000

Arlington, VA 22202

Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Mr. Robert E. Owen

Chairman

P.O. Box 1085

Omaha, NE 68101

Opened two shipyards in

Evansville to build LSTs

Chicago Bridge & Iron Mr. Gerald M. Glenn

Chairman

1501 N. Division Street

Chicago Bridge & Iron

Company

Oosstduinlaan 75

CB&I

One CB&I Plaza

2103 Research Forest Drive

3

Plainfield, IL 605444 2596JJ The Hague

Netherlands

The Woodlands, TX 77380

American Bridge Co. President

2000 American Bridge Way

Coraopolis, PA 15108

Larry Frisco

Senior Vice President

American Bridge Company

1000 American Bridge Way

Coraopolis, PA 15108

Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Mr. Mark K. Knoy

President & CEO

American Commercial Lines

Jeffersonville, IN

Has online corporate giving

application

Dravo Corporation President

11 Stanwix St. #1100

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Closed in 1983

Bethlehem-Hingham

Shipyard

Closed and liquidated

Bethlehem Steel Company President

Massachusetts Heavy

Industries

97 E. Howard Street

Quincy, MA 02169

Closed

Electric Service Control

General Electric

Air Conditioning Dept.

3135 Easton Turnpike

Fairfield, CT 06431

Mr. Jeff Immelt

CEO

General Electric


Fairfield, CT 06431

Carrier Corporation Mr. William R. Brown

Exec. VP – Toshiba Carrier

Carrier World Headquarters

1 Carrier Place

Mr. Karl J. Krapek

Chairman and CEO

Carrier Corporation

One Carrier Place

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Farmington, CT 06034 Farmington, CT 06032

Copeland Refrigeration Mr. Ed Purvis

President

1675 W. Campbell Road

Sidney, OH 45365

Tested Appliance Co. President

Everpure, Inc.

660 Blackhawk Drive

Westmont, IL 60559

Edison General Electric Mr. Jeff Immelt

CEO

General Electric


Fairfield, CT 06431

American Metal Ware President

1835 Raymond Drive

Northbrook, IL 60062

Grindmaster-Cecilware Corp

4003 Collins Lane

Louisville, KY 40245

Triumph Manufacturing President

Triumph Mixer Company

11180 Southland Road

P.O. Box 40810

Cincinnati, OH 45240

Mr. Robert J. Baur

VP and General Manager

Magna Mixer Co.

7811 Palace Drive


Purchased Triumph

Manufacturing in 1985

Edwards Company Mr. Jay Twombly

President

Edwards Systems Technology

90 Fieldstone Ct.

Cheshire, CT 06410

Edwards Signaling

9 Farm Springs Road

Farmington, CT 06032

New England Thermo Tac

Radalab, Inc. President

29 Bank Street

Stamford, CT 06901

President

29 Bank Street

Stamford, CT 06901

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Jensen Mfg.

Division of Muter Co

Good-All Electric J. Joseph Burgess

President and CEO

Corrpro Companies

7000 B Hollister

Houston, Texas 77040

Good-All purchased from

Valmont Co. for $3.1 million.

Walter Kidde & Co. Mr. Richard DeMarle

COO

Kidde-Fenwal

400 Main Street

Ashland, MA 01721

Kidde-Fenwal

400 Main Street

Ashland, MA 01721

Electro-Motive Division

General Motors

R.W. Happel


9301 W. 55th Street

LaGrange, IL 60525

Mr. Daniel F. Akerson

Chairman and CEO

General Motors Corp.

300 Renaissance Center #L1

Detroit, MI 48243

Douglas R. Oberhelman

CEO

Caterpillar Corporate

Headquarters

100 North East Adams Street

Peoria, IL 61629

Detroit Diesel Engine Div.

General Motors

Mr. Roger S. Penske

Chairman

Detroit Diesel Corp.

13400 Outer Drive W

Detroit, MI 48239

Mr. Daniel F. Akerson

Chairman and CEO

General Motors Corp.

300 Renaissance Center #L1

Detroit, MI 48243

Westinghouse Electric Mr. Charles W. Pryor, Jr

President

4350 Northern Pike

Monroeville, PA 15146

Dr. Aris Candris

President and CEO

Westinghouse

1000 Cranberry Woods Drive

#572A

Cranberry, PA 16066

Basler Electric Mr. Fred Schulze

President

Mr. William L. Basler

Chairman and CEO

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P.O. Box 269

Highland, IL 62249

Basler Electric

12570 Illinois 143

Highland, IL 62249

Euclid Equipment Mr. Chris Carr

President

Euclid-Hitachi Heavy

Equipment

22221 St. Clair Avenue

Cleveland, OH 44117

Hitachi Construction

Machinery

P.O. Box 1515 5th Avenue

Moline, IL 61265

Purchased from General

Motors

Curtis Lighting Co.

Galbraith-Pilot Marine Corp

Jensen Radio Manufacturing Mr. Robert Shaw

Chairman

Recoton Auto Corp

25 Tri-State International

Office Center

Lincolnshire, IL 60069

(possibly Advent

Loudspeakers)

Defunct - parts sold to various

companies in 2007

Operadio Mfg. Mr. John McWilliams Stone,

Jr.

Chairman

Dukane Corp.

2900 Dukane Drive

St. Charles, IL 60174

Mr. Michael W. Ritschdorff

CEO and President

Dukane Corporation

2900 Dukane Drive

St. Charles, IL 60174

Gibbs Manufacturing &

Research

Mr. Robert Kamphius

President

Gilman Engineering &

Manufacturing

P.O. Box 1367

Janesville, WI 53547

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Detroit Diesel Allison President

Allison Transmission

Div. of General Motors

P.O. Box 894

Indianapolis, IN 46206

Mr. Lawrence E. Dewey

CEO

Allison Transmissions, Inc.

One Allison Way


National Supply Company

Hercules Motors Corp. Mr. Thomas L. Goassage

Chairman

Hercules Incorporated

Hercules Plaza

1313 N. Market Street

Wilmington, DE 19894

Hercules Inc. was a Delaware

based company of chemical

and munitions, a spin off of

DuPont. No mention of diesel

engines (right company?)

National Supply Co

Superior Engine Division

Quincy Compressor Mr. Kenneth J. Rollins

President

Quincy Compressor (Div. of

Goodrich, Corp.)

P.O. Box C2

Quincy, IL 62305

Mr. Ronnie Leten

President and CEO

Atlas Copco AB

SE-105 23

Stockholm, Sweden

Purchased by Atlas in March

2010

The Sharples Corp.

National Transit Pump &

Machine

Mr. John R. Files

Chairman

Merisol Antioxidants LLC

Rouseville Road

Oil City, PA 16301

Merisol USA

1914 Haden Road

Houston, TX 77015

Or

Merisol Antioxidants LLC

292 State Route 8

Oil City, PA 16301

Sperry Piedmont Mr. Clark Graham

President

Litton Marine Systems

Mr. Wes Bush

Chairman, CEO & President

Northrop Grumman

May 1996 Litton concludes

purchase of Sperry Marine

from J.F. Lehaman & Assoc.

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1070 Seminole Trail

Charlottesville, VA 22901

2980 Fairview Park Drive

Falls Church, VA 22042

Now owed by Northrop

Grumman

Dodge Division

Chrysler Corp.

Dr. Dieter Zatche

Chief Executive

Daimler Chrysler Corp.

1000 Chrysler Drive

Auburn Hills, MI 48326

Sergio Marchionne

CEO

Chrysler Group LLC

P.O. Box 21-8004


Decca Radar Limited Decca

Burlington House

118 Burlington Road

New Malden, Surrey

KT3 4NW United Kingdom

Decca Radar now Sperry

Marine under Northrop

Grumman

Holtzer-Cabot Logan D. Delany, Jr.

Chairman of the Board

ElectroCraft, Inc.

1 Progress Drive

Dover, NH 03820

Closed in 1972 and sold

remainder of its lines to

Eastern Air Devices based in

Dover, NH (Now known as

Electrocraft).

Gardner Bender, a unit of

APW

Gardner Bender

P.O. Box 3241

Milwaukee, WI 53201

Simpson Electric Mr. Edward M. Herter

President

853 Dundee Avenue

Elgin, IL 60120

Simpson Electric

P.O. Box 99

520 Simpson Avenue

Lac du Flambeau, WI 54538

Not sure if this is the same

corporation

James G. Biddle Co. President

Biddle Manufacturing

800 S. Georgia Street

Sheridan, IN 46069

MeterCenter

A Division of Lovelace

Company

2046 West Peninsula Circle

Chandler, AZ 85248

Merged Biddle into firm some

years ago.

Hale Fire Pump Mr. William Kysor

President

Hale Products

700 Spring Mill Avenue

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Hale Products

700 Spring Mill Avenue

Conshohocken, PA 19428

Conshohocken, PA 19428

General Electric GE Power Systems

One River Road

Schenectady, NY 12345

Mr. Jeff Immelt

CEO

General Electric


Fairfield, CT 06431

Westinghouse Electric Corp.

Motor (Welding) Division

Dr. Aris Candris

President and CEO

Westinghouse


#572A

Cranberry, PA 16066

Welding division phased out

in 1950s

Webster-Brinkley President

Webster Industries

325 Hall Street

Tiffin, OH 44883

MJM Manufacturing Located a MJM

Manufacturing in Florida,

founded in 1979 but has

strong defense and aerospace

metal work experience.

Nothing in history suggests

company working on LST.

Groen Manufacturing Mr. Thomas Phillips

President

Groen, A Dover Industries Co

1055 Mendell Davis Drive

Jackson, MS 39272

Groen, A Dover Industries Co

1055 Mendell Davis Drive

Jackson, MS 39272

Cleveland Range Co. Mr. Stephen Amos Cleveland Range Company

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President

1333 E. 179th Street

Cleveland, OH 44110

1333 E. 179th Street

Cleveland, OH 44110

Silex Company Mr. Richard E. Posey

President

Hamilton Beach/Proctor-Silex

4421 Waterfront Drive

Glen Allen, VA 23060

Gregory H. Trepp

CEO & President

Hamilton Beach

4421 Waterfront Drive

Glen Allen, VA 23060

Insinger Machine President

6245 State Road

Philadelphia, PA 19135

Mr. Robert A. Cantor

CEO

Insigner

6245 State Road

Philadelphia, PA 19135

T.J. Topper 2734 Spring Street

Redwood City, CA 94063

Gale Products (Outboard

Marine)

OMC closed doors in 2000

owing more than $768 million.

Prosser Industries J.A. Bertrand

President

A.O. Smith Electrical

Products

531 N. 4th Street

Tipp City, OH 45371

Peerless Pump Division, FMC President

Sterling Peerless Pumps

2005 Dr. Martin Luther King

Street


Grundfos

Poul Due Jensens Vej 7

8850 Bjerringbro Municipality

Denmark

Grundfos purchased Peerless

Pumps in 2007.

Goulds Pumps Mr. Paul Baldetti

President

ITT-Goulds Pumps

Mr. Robert J. Pagano, Jr.

CEO

ITT-Goulds Pumps

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240 Fall Street

Seneca Falls, NY 13148

240 Fall Street

Seneca Falls, NY 13148

Duro Pump Co.

F.W. Dyer Manufacturing Dwyer Instruments

102 Indiana Highway 212

P.O. Box 373

Michigan City, IN 46360

(46361)

Meriam Co Mr. Charles G. O’Brien


Meriam Instrument

10920 Madison Avenue

Cleveland, OH 44102

Chain Belt Mr. Peter Wallace

President

Rexnord Corporation

4701 W. Greenfield Avenue

Milwaukee, WI 53214

Todd Adams

President and CEO

Rexnord Corporation

4701 W. Greenfield Avenue

Milwaukee, WI 53214

E.L. Wiegand Co. Anthony Caster

CEO

Chromalox

103 Gamma Drive


Lyons President

Lyons Magnus

1636 S. Second

Fresno, CA 93702

Robert Smittcamp

President and CEO

Lyons Magnus

3158 E. Hamilton Avenue

Fresno, CA 93702

Norris President

Prince Castle Inc.

355 Kehoe Blvd.

Randy Garvin

President

Prince Castle Inc.

12

Carol Stream, IL 60188 355 Kehoe Blvd.

Carol Stream, IL 60188

Cleveland-Brooks Mr. David Tenniswood

Chairman

Aqua Chem, Inc.

Box 421

Milwaukee, WI 53201

Mr. David Gensterblum

President and CEO

Aqua Chem

3001 East John Sevier Hwy

Knoxville, TN 37914

Western Gear Works Roland Ramberg

Chairman & CEO

The Gear Works

500 S. Portland Street

Seattle, WA 98108

Hansen Clutch & Machinery Closed in 1967

Welin Davit & Boat Corp Mr. Wayne C. Oldenburg

President

The Oldenburg Group

Companies

8600 W. Bradley Road

Milwaukee, WI 53224

Norman Rose

Chairman and Managing

Director

Welin Lambie

Britannia House, Old Bush

Street

Brierley Hill, West Midlands

DY5 1UB, United Kingdom

American Hoist & Derrick Closed in 1985

Baldwin Locomotive President

Baldwin Technology

12 Commerce Drive

Shelton, CT 06484

Closed 1972

A.A. Johnson

Toledo Scale President

Mettler-Toledo, Inc.

1900 Polaris Parkway

Columbus, OH 43240

Oliver Filliol

Chief Executive Officer

Mettler Toledo

1900 Polaris Parkway

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Columbus, OH 43240

Hotpoint Corp. Hotpoint Ltd.

Morley Way

Peterborough, PE2 9JB

United Kingdom

Hotpoint Ltd.

Morley Way

Peterborough, PE2 9JB

United Kingdom

Gifford-Wood

W. H. Nicholson Mr. Douglas Frank

General Manager

Nicholson Stream Trap

Division

150 Coldenham Road

Walden, NY 12586

Spence Engineering

Nicholson Stream Trap, Inc.

150 Coldenham Road

Walden, NY 12586

Privately held, need more

information to find CEO

Hammond Machine Peter Nau

President

Hammond Machine Works

5047 Columbia Avenue

Hammond, IN 46327

Peter Nau

President

Hammond Machine Works

5047 Columbia Avenue

Hammond, IN 46327

American Mr. George L. Strike

Chairman

The American Laundry

Machinery

5050 Section Avenue


Privately held, will need

additional research

Ajax Mr. Thomas F. L’Esperance

Chairman

Alliance Laundry Systems

Attn: Ajax

P.O. Box 990

Ripon, WI 54971

Mr. Michael D. Schoeb

CEO and President

Alliance Laundry Systems

P.O. Box 990

Ripon, WI 54971

Sandy Hill Iron & Brass Closed in 1991

Almon A. Johnson President

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A. A. Johnson

Division Timberland

Equipment

P.O. Box 490

Woodstock, Ontario, Canada

N4S 7Z2

Joy Manufacturing Mr. Wayne F. Hummell

President

Joy Mining Machinery

177 Thorn Hill Road

Warrendale, PA 15086

Michael W. Sutherlin

President and CEO

Joy Global Inc.

177 Thorn Hill Road

Warrendale, PA 15086

Morrison Machine

Beloit Iron Works Filed Chapter 11 in June 1999

Marietta Manufacturing Yard Yard closed in 1967

Kaiser Company

Vancouver, WA

(sold to Gilmore Steel 1960)

Kaiser Co. #3 Mr. Daniel N. Larson

President

Kaiser Steel Corp.

3633 E. Inland Empire Blvd.

Suite 850

Ontario, CA 91764

American Steel & Wire Mr. Mike Blake

Managing Director

4300 E. 49th Street

Cleveland, OH 44125

Mr. John P. Surma

Chairman and CEO

United States Steel

600 Grant Street


Was purchased by USS.

Duke Manufacturing J.D. Johnson

Chairman

2305 N. Broadway

Mr. Jack Hake

CEO

Duke Manufacturing

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St. Louis, MO 63102 2224 N. Tenth Street

St. Louis, MO 63102

I.P. Morris Dept of Baldwin

Southward Division Baldwin

Locomotive Works

Viking Pump Mr. Glen Springer

President

P.O. Box 8

Cedar Falls, IA 50613

Mr. Paul Schwarzbaum

CEO

Viking Pump

206 State Street

Cedar Falls, IA 50613

Louis Allis 2498 State Highway 160

Warrior, AL 35180

The Deming Co.

ILG Electric Ventilating CO American Coolair Corp.

3604 Mayflower Street

Jacksonville, FL 32205

American Coolair Corp.

3604 Mayflower Street

Jacksonville, FL 32205

Privately held.

Warsaw Elevator Co. Mr. Stephen F. Page

President

Otis Elevator

10 Farm Springs Road


Mr. Pedro Baranda

President

Otis Elevator Company

10 Farm Springs Road


Cummings Machine Works

Henschel Corp. Mr. Robert G. Hartsock


9 Malcolm Hoyt Drive

Newburyport, MA 01950

Bendix Aviation Corp Bendix Commercial Vehicle

Systems

901 Cleveland Street

Elyria, OH 44305

Mr. David M. Cote

Chairman and CEO

Honeywell

101 Columbia Road

Mailstop – M6/LM

Bendix was purchased by

Honeywell.

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Morristown, NJ 07962

South Bend Lathe 400 W. Sample Street

South Bend, IN 46601

South Bend Lathe

P.O. Box 2027

Bellingham, WA 98227

Gary Marine Motor

Gardner-Denver Mr. Ross J. Centanni

Chairman

Compressor Division

P.O. Box 4024

Quincy, IL 62305

Western Electrical Instrument

Corporation

George D. Roper Corp. Roper Pump Company

3475 Old Maysville Road

Commerce, GA 30529

Pottstown Water Heater Co

Vickers Electric Division President

Vickers Inc.

P.O. Box 632

Maumee, OH 43537

Bussman Mfg.

Chicago Telephone Supply Mr. Joseph P. Walker

Chairman

905 N. West Blvd.

Elkhart, IN 46513

Dial Light Mr. Mike Kirchoff

President

Dialight Corp.

1501 Route 34 South

Famingdale, NJ 07727

Mr. Harry Tee

Chairman

Dailight Corporation

1501 Route 34 South

Famingdale, NJ 07727

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Electro Switch Corp President

180 King Avenue

Weymouth, MA 02188

Mr. Rob Pineau

President

Electroswitch

180 King Avenue

Weymouth, MA 02188

Electric Specialty Co. Mr. Logan Delany

Chairman

EAD Motors

1 Progress Drive

Dover, NH 03820

Ford Instrument Co

International Resistor Inst. Man IRC - Wire & Film

Division

Box 1860

Boone, NC 28607

Fidelity Electric

E.C. Schleyer Pump President

P.O. Box 2098

Anderson, IN 46018

Jack Hendricks

President

E.C. Schleyer Pump Company

501 Sycamore Street

Anderson, IN 46106

Badger Manufacturing 210 Walnut Street

Lockport, NY 14094

210 Walnut Street

Lockport, NY 14094

S. Blickman President

Blickman Supply Co.

280 Midland Avenue

Saddle Brook, NJ 07663

Blickman Supply Co.

280 Midland Avenue

Saddle Brook, NJ 07663

Northwest Engineering

Reynolds Electric

Scientific Equipment Mfg. President Scientific Equipment

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Scientific Equipment Corp.

34 E. Main Street

Freehold, NJ 07728

Company

15 Kent Road

Aston, PA 19014

Leviton Mfg. Mr. Harold Leviton

President

59-25 Little Neck Parkway

Little Neck, NY 11362

Donald J. Hendler

President and CEO

Leviton Manufacturing

201 N. Service Road

Melville, NY 11747

Mine Safety Appliances John T. Ryan III

P.O. Box 426


Bill Lambert

President and CEO

Mine Safety Appliances


Cranberry Twp., PA 16066

Malleable Steel Range Mr. Richard Hartzell


Southbend, a Middleby Co

1100 Old Honeycutt Road

Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526

Pettibone-Mercury Mr. Michael Heisley, Sr.

Chairman

2626 Warrenville Road

Suite 300

Downers Grove, IL 60515

A&G Mercury

165 Gelsanliter Road

P.O. Box 935

Galion, OH 44833

Purchased by A&G Mercury

in 1996

Marquette

Johnson

National Transit

Allis-Chalmers President

4180 Cherokee Drive

Brookfield, WI 53045

Fulton-Sylphon

Reynolds Metals

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Reynolds Foodservice

Ingersoll Rand Mr. Herbert L. Hinkel

Chairman

200 Chestnut Ridge Road

Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677

Mr. Michael W. Lamach

Chairman, President, CEO

Ingersoll Rand

800-E Beaty Street

Davidson, NC 28036

Patterson-Kelley Mr. James P. Mitchell

President

One Mack Center Drive

Paramus, NJ 07652

Reliance Electric President

P.O. Box 248020

Cleveland, OH 44124

Janette Mfg.

U.S. Electric Tool

Willys Mr. Thomas C. Gale

Exec VP & General Manager

Jeep Operations

Jeep Division

1000 Chrysler Drive


Sergio Marchionne

CEO

Chrysler Group LLC

P.O. Box 21-8004


Fisher Boat Works President

Fisher Boat

2500 E. Kearney

Springfield, MO 65803

Lionel Corp. Mr. Jerry Calabrese

Chief Executive Officer

Lionel, LLC

26750 Twenty-three Mile

Road

Chesterfield, Michigan 48051-

20

1956

Jerry Pennington

Sales

The Carlisle & Finch Co.

4562 West Mitchell Avenue


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