Manufacturing

Continental Resources Corporate Office

Continental Resources was founded by Harold Hamm as Shelly Dean Oil Co. The company’s profitability begins in 1974 when Hamm drills a series of successful oil-producing wells in Oklahoma.

In 1985 the company acquires Petro-Lewis, a company with more than 500 oil and gas wells.

In 1990 Shelly Dean Oil changes its name to Continental Resources.

Today Continental Resources holds 1.5 million acres of undeveloped leasehold properties and 1,772 net producing wells. The company has estimated proven reserves of 1.1 billion barrels.

Continental Resources trades publicly on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol CLR, is #666 in the Fortune 1000, is #16 in Fortune’s list of Fastest Growing Companies, has 1,124 employees, and had $4.28 billion in revenue in 2013.

Continental Resources

Continental Resources was founded by Harold Hamm as Shelly Dean Oil Co. The company’s profitability begins in 1974 when Hamm drills a series of successful oil-producing wells in Oklahoma.

In 1985 the company acquires Petro-Lewis, a company with more than 500 oil and gas wells.

In 1990 Shelly Dean Oil changes its name to Continental Resources.

History

Today Continental Resources holds 1.5 million acres of undeveloped leasehold properties and 1,772 net producing wells. The company has estimated proven reserves of 1.1 billion barrels.

Silgan Holdings Corporate Office

Silgan Holdings manufactures and sells rigid packaging for food products and other consumer goods worldwide.

The company was founded in 1987 by former employees of Continental Can. Immediately the new company began growing by acquisition and pursuing contracts with mega-companies such as Nestle and Del Monte Foods.

Silgan Holdings acquired the food can business of Vogel & Noot Holding AG in 2011. VN has 12 food can manufacturing plants throughout Eastern and Central Europe.

Today the company operates in three segments: plastic containers, closures, and metal containers. The company also manufactures trays for ready to eat meals, pet food containers, thermoformed bowls and plastic tubs for personal care, and soft fabric wipes.

Silgan Holdings trades publicly on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol SLGN, is a member of the S&P 400, is #632 in the Fortune 1000, has 9,610 employees, and had $3.87 billion in revenue in 2013.

Silgan Holdings

Silgan Holdings manufactures and sells rigid packaging for food products and other consumer goods worldwide.

Silgan Holdings acquired the food can business of Vogel & Noot Holding AG in 2011. VN has 12 food can manufacturing plants throughout Eastern and Central Europe.

History

Silgan Holdings trades publicly on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol SLGN, is a member of the S&P 400, is #632 in the Fortune 1000, has 9,610 employees, and had $3.87 billion in revenue in 2013.

Cabot Corporation Corporate Office

Cabot Corporation was founded by Godfrey Lowell Cabot in 1882 when he applied for a patent for a carbon black making machine.

Cabot Corporation was the early producer of carbon black which was needed at the time for magazines, newspapers, tires, and other rubber products for automobiles.

The company now operates selling specialty chemicals and performance materials. Carbon black is still sold as a reinforcing agent for rubber and molded goods. It also offers elastomer composite products of natural latex rubber for tires and drilling purposes used in gas well construction.

Cabot Corporation also produces activated carbon products for the purification of air, water, food, beverages, and pharmaceuticals.

The company sells its products through distributors in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asian Pacific, and the Americas.

Cabor Corporation is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol CBT, is a member of the S&P 400, is #662 in the Fortune 1000, has 4,737 employees, and had $3.65 billion in revenue in 2013.

Cabot Corporation

Cabot Corporation was founded by Godfrey Lowell Cabot in 1882 when he applied for a patent for a carbon black making machine.

Cabot Corporation was the early producer of carbon black which was needed at the time for magazines, newspapers, tires, and other rubber products for automobiles.

History

Cabot Corporation also produces activated carbon products for the purification of air, water, food, beverages, and pharmaceuticals.

The company sells its products through distributors in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asian Pacific, and the Americas.

ARRIS Group Corporate Office

ARRIS Group manufactures telecommunications equipment.

The company was founded in 1995.

ARRIS Group’s communications equipment and components are used in broadband data and voice transmission as well as to build broadcast networks for television.

The company produces set-top boxes, gateways, cable modems, voice/data modems to residential and business subscribers as well as hybrid fiber coax equipment, edge routers, videos management, storage, and distribution equipment for cable providers.

In 2013 ARRIS acquired Motorola Mobility’s Home business from Google in a $2.35 billion cash and stock deal. The acquisition tripled the size of the company.

ARRIS Group trades publicly on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol ARRS, is a member of the S&P 400, is #644 in the Fortune 1000, has 6,500 employees, and had $5.26 billion in revenue in 2013.

ARRIS Group

ARRIS Group manufactures telecommunications equipment.

The company was founded in 1995.

ARRIS Group’s communications equipment and components are used in broadband data and voice transmission as well as to build broadcast networks for television.

History

In 2013 ARRIS acquired Motorola Mobility’s Home business from Google in a $2.35 billion cash and stock deal. The acquisition tripled the size of the company.

ARRIS Group trades publicly on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol ARRS, is a member of the S&P 400, is #644 in the Fortune 1000, has 6,500 employees, and had $5.26 billion in revenue in 2013.

Packaging Corporation of America Corporate Office

Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) was formed in 1959 by the merger of the Central Fiber Products Company, The Ohio Boxboard Company, and the Central Fiber Products Company.

Today the company is the fourth-largest producer of containerboard, a type of paperboard manufactured for the production of corrugated board, and the third-largest producer of uncoated freesheet, a grade of paper that is used in the production of office paper, in the United States.

Packaging Corporation of America produces 2.7 million tons of containerboard, 1.6 million tons of kraft linerboard, and 1 million tons of semi-corrugated medium annually.

The company trades publicly on New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol PKG, is a member of the S&P 400, is #640 in the Fortune 1000, has 14,000 employees, and had $5.68 billion in revenue in 2013.

Packaging Corporation of America

Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) was formed in 1959 by the merger of the Central Fiber Products Company, The Ohio Boxboard Company, and the Central Fiber Products Company.

Packaging Corporation of America produces 2.7 million tons of containerboard, 1.6 million tons of kraft linerboard, and 1 million tons of semi-corrugated medium annually.