A Global, Diversified Technology Company - 3M is fundamentally a science-based company. We produce thousands of imaginative products, and we're a leader in scores of markets – from health care and highway safety to office products and optical films for LCD displays. Our success begins with our ability to apply our technologies – often in combination – to an endless array of real-world customer needs. Of course, all of this is made possible by the people of 3M and their singular commitment to make life easier and better for people around the world.

Aervoe Industries, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of paints, specialty coatings, cleaners, lubricants, MRO products, and recycling equipment for industrial use.

Welcome to the Alvin web site where you can view the entire range of our 7000 products! With over 54 years of experience, Alvin is one of the primary sources for drafting supplies and drawing equipment in the country. Together with this core group of products, we continue to meet the needs of multiple markets with our expanding range of fine art, hobby and craft supplies, our large selection of drawing room furniture, our wide assortment of exclusively-designed products, and our distribution of numerous national brands.

When I saw with my own eyes the near miracle of AQUASEAL® the thought came, "Every American who knows what its like to get wet feet in the great outdoors needs AQUASEAL®." Little did I know that this would become my personal mission in just a few short years.

That moment was twenty-seven years ago. It has been an adventurous and rewarding journey. Wherever AQUASEAL® is sold we continue to hear similar stories. Everyone expresses how easy it is to use, how well it conditions the leather, and how it effectively keeps their feet dry. With time many other quality products have been formulated and added to the product line. Now we are able to serve many diverse people with many diverse outdoor activities.

Since 1982, Autodesk has ushered in state-of-the-art 2D and 3D technologies that let customers visualize, simulate, and analyze the real-world performance of their ideas early in the design process.

This gives our customers the flexibility to optimize and improve designs before actually executing them.

Autodesk customers not only see, but experience, their designs before they are real, empowering them to save time and money, improve quality, and foster innovation.

Bausch & Lomb lens care products include the ReNu® brand of chemical disinfectants as well as the Sensitive Eyes® and the Boston® lines of products for cleaning contact lenses.

In just over 5 years Beam has become one of the leading global manufacturers of satellite communication equipment in the world and providing the largest range of Iridium based solutions across all market segments.

Brunton manufactures a wide range of products, from compases, lighters, backpacking equipment, and a tremendousn amount more.

Where The Original Bug Shirt touches your skin we use light weight but extremely densely woven fabric, not normally used in clothing. This is what stops the mosquitoes from being able to bite you. Where the shirt hangs away from your skin we use black no-see-um mesh - this keeps out all manner of tiny biters, lets the air through, and provides excellent visibility through the face screen.

Bushnell® has been the industry leader in high-performance sports optics for over 50 years. Our guiding principle is to provide the highest quality, most reliable and affordable sports optics products on the market. And, our commitment to outstanding customer service and strong retailer partnerships is unmatched.

Founded in 1978, Calculated Industries (CI) is the country's leading manufacturer and marketer of specialty calculators and digital measuring tools. For 30 years, our products have helped more than 8 million busy professionals work better, faster, and more efficiently with easy-to-use, portable solutions.

About Carlson Software: Founded in 1983, Carlson Software, Inc., is a leading provider of office and field software for land development markets, including land surveying, civil engineering, mining, construction, accident reconstruction and machine control. Carlson Software is headquartered in Maysville, KY, with offices in Atlanta, Boston, Front Royal, Va., and Queensland, Australia.

MAG NAIL®/ChrisNik is your one stop source for specialized products used in the Surveying industry. Our network of over 300 Dealers brings our products to your local supplier for your convenience and service.

Cooper Industries origins extend back more than 170 years to a small iron foundry in Mount Vernon, Ohio, started by brothers Charles and Elias Cooper in 1833. Today, Cooper Industries has become a leading worldwide manufacturer of electrical products and tools and hardware.

Counter Assault is the developer of the high emission “atomized” fire extinguisher style spray used in all bear deterrents. Counter Assault Bear Deterrent was developed in conjunction with the University of Montana, has the maximum active ingredient strength allowed by both the US EPA and Health Canada, and exceeds Bear Biologist and Wildlife Specialist recommendations for bear spray. Counter Assault is both an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Health Canada establishment and was awarded the Grizzly Bear Stewardship Award for research and development of bear deterrent pepper spray.

Crain Enterprises, Inc. is focused and forward-looking. Our goal of Delivering Real Innovation is a way of life at Crain - our core culture is the result of focused initiatives and the harnessing of multiple advantages.

CST/berger is the world's leading manufacturer of quality surveying, construction equipment and supplies. Vertically integrated with more than 300 employees in five plants worldwide, CST/berger offers you a diverse range of more than 1,000 products, all manufactured and marketed to provide the highest quality at the most competitive prices possible.

Cutter is company owned by Spectrum Brands. SPECTRUM BRANDS is a global consumer products company and a leading supplier of batteries, lawn and garden care products, specialty pet supplies and shaving and grooming products.

The company’s products are sold by the world’s top 20 retailers and are available in more than one million stores in 120 countries around the world.

For those of you who are not familiar with us, let me tell you a little bit about " DEAKIN EQUIPMENT ". Well over thirty years ago, my father, Ross Deakin Sr., (1929 - 2004), pioneered the first ever equipment outfitting company to service exploration crews with everything, "including the kitchen sink" .

With a rich heritage, and origins dating back to 1795, the Dixon Ticonderoga Company throughout history have made our mark through quality, integrity, respect and perseverance. Today the Dixon Ticonderoga continues to make our mark manufacturing and marketing writing instruments, art supplies and tools for self expression, making each of our products “The Best of its Kind”.

"Rite in the Rain" is an all-weather writing paper made specifically to shed water in any weather condition. From the jungles in Africa, to Alaskan winters, to the sweat and grime of Iraq, "Rite in the Rain" ensures your data survives!

Dutch Hill firmly believes that it is not “about us”, it is about you, our client working under many difficult conditions in the field. You need a tripod you can depend on; to carry with ease over long distances or steep terrain, one that will set up easily and provide a stable and strong working platform for your valuable instrument, and allow you to get accurate results. You will save time, effort and frustration by working with a Dutch Hill Tripod, and it will last a long time with its durable features and high quality materials used in every part of it.

Since 1923, the Estwing family and its employees have taken pride in designing and manufacturing the world's most durable, comfortable and attractive striking and struck tools. All claw hammers, axes, specialty tools and pry bars are manufactured to the highest possible standards and offer a true value to both tradesmen and craftsmen alike.

Over the years, Filson's philosophy has never changed: make sure it's the absolute best. Clinton Filson spent a lot of time talking to his customers and refining his designs to their specifications. So it's not surprising that the items that worked then still work today, over 100 years later. Comfort, protection and durability never go out of style.

Since 1970 Fox Valley Systems has been doing business worldwide with our high quality and durable products. Creator Thomas J. Smrt started this company on the principle of an honest deal for an honest product. Over 35 years later Fox Valley Systems still makes all its products right here in the U.S.A with our belief that a high quality product is nothing short of the American way. Being the creators of the first aerosol spray can that works upside-down, we constantly strive to provide nothing but the best for our customers.

What began as a brainstorming session of a handful of engineers around a card table in 1989 has evolved into a worldwide collaborative effort of thousands of colleagues. Garmin’s goal, as it was then, remains simple: To create navigation and communication devices that can enrich our customers’ lives. Our innovative products span various areas of interest, including automotive, aviation, marine, fitness, outdoor recreation and wireless applications.

Globalstar provides affordable, high quality satellite voice and data service across North America and to over 120 countries worldwide. When your business centers on remote worksites and working in remote areas beyond cellular and traditional landline service Globalstar is the answer to your requirement for affordable wireless communications.

HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and institutions globally. The company’s offerings span IT infrastructure, global services, business and home computing, and imaging & printing.

ICOM manufactures radios and receivers for amatuer, aviation, land mobile and marine applications. They offer a diverse product range of great radios.

Based in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A., Iridium Satellite LLC, a privately held company, is the only provider of truly global satellite voice and data communications solutions with complete coverage of the entire Earth including oceans, airways and even Polar Regions. Iridium delivers reliable, secure, real-time, mission-critical communications services to and from areas where landlines and terrestrial-based wireless services are either unavailable or unreliable.

Juniper Systems, Inc. provides high-quality rugged field computing products for natural resource, agriculture, and other rugged markets. These products result in superior customer satisfaction while providing growth and prosperity for employees, investors, and our community. We celebrated our ten-year anniversary in 2003.

Kenwood USA is a leading developer and manufacturer of consumer electronics and communications equipment. Founded in the United States in 1961, Kenwood USA is the largest sales subsidiary of Kenwood Corporation of Japan and is recognized by consumers and industry professionals for providing products known for quality, performance, and value.

Since 1968 tradespeople and contractors have relied on Keson. We are a leading supplier and manufacturer of innovative, high-quality, measuring and marking tools. Our complete line of world-class tools measure up to the exacting demands of working-class professionals. Our service expertise ensures our customers’ needs are met, no matter how unique. From our state-of-the-art, 80,000-square-foot facility, we supply products across the country and around the world.

Laser Technology Inc. is a company devoted to the design and manufacture of innovative laser-based speed and distance measurement instruments, using ISO compliant and continuous improvement techniques. We maintain an intense focus on providing laser measurement technologies which address real world needs and applications, including speed enforcement, accident investigation, forestry, mining, utilities and surveying to name a few.

With close to 200 years of pioneering solutions to measure the world, Leica Geosystems products and services are trusted by professionals worldwide to help them capture, analyze, and present spatial information. Leica Geosystems is best known for its broad array of products that capture accurately, model quickly, analyze easily, and visualize and present spatial information.

Those who use Leica products every day trust them for their dependability, the value they deliver, and the superior customer support. Based in Heerbrugg, Switzerland, Leica Geosystems is a global company with tens of thousands of customers supported by more than 3,500 employees in 28 countries and hundreds of partners located in more than 120 countries around the world.

Magellan is a leader in the consumer, survey, GIS and OEM GPS navigation and positioning markets.

Recognized as an industry innovator, the Company is the creator of the award-winning Magellan® RoadMateTM series portable car navigation systems, the Magellan eXploristTM outdoor handheld navigation devices, the Hertz NeverLost® car navigation system and ProMarkTM, the best-selling single frequency GPS survey product line on the market. The company is recognized worldwide through its Magellan brand and has experienced dramatic revenue growth as GPS technology has proliferated across a range of consumer and commercial applications.

The Company is headquartered in Santa Clara, California with European headquarters in Carquefou, France.

McGuire-Nicholas'® product line, which currently includes leather and synthetic tool aprons and tool holders, knee pads, work gloves, soft-sided tool bags, cotton aprons, plastic storage systems, suspenders and back support belts for carpenters, electricians, plumbers and other workers, is the standard for use in all work fields including construction, industry, manufacturing, and for Do-It-Yourselfers. We are the most highly recognized brand of work gear products in the market.

For the past quarter century, Omni has been a leading producer of precision products for Survey, GPS and the Construction Industries. Our products are designed to be compatible with the leading Instrument Companies such as Leica, Trimble, Magellan, Topcon, Sokkia, Nikon, Pentax, Thales, Javad, Tripod Data Systems and Point, just to name a few.

Dave Parker, Founder and President of Pelican™ Products, has been an avid Scuba diver since age 11 and has dived some of the most exotic spots in the world. Several times during his years of diving, Dave discovered that something he needed to make a dive complete, was simply not available. It dawned on him that "...if I need something like this, I'll bet all the other divers do too!" It was from this thought that in 1976 Pelican™ Products became a reality and Pelican's first product and patent, the Pelican Float, was that concept. After a normal days work at his advertising and industrial design business, Dave and his wife, co-founder Arline, an airline stewardess for TWA, would spend evenings in their garage building floats.

John Giza, (1962-2006) Founder of Giza Industrial Associates (2003) Ltd., created the RascalRule to meet a demand for a tough, multi-purpose tool, that could be used under adverse condition such as those found in the mining industry.

John was a miner, who found that the tools available to him, were not up to standards as far as toughing it out in the tunnels underground. So he set about designing and manufacturing a 'miner proof' rule which soon became a popular item around mining sites in North America.

Rust-Oleum Corporation is a worldwide leader in protective paints and coatings for both home and industry. We offer a wide product range including decorative fashion paints, durable industrial roof repair coatings and, of course, the famous rust-fighting formula that started it all.

With more than a dozen brands you know and trust, Sanford is truly a leader in the writing instrument and art supply industry. As a subsidiary of Newell Rubbermaid since 1992, Sanford continues to dominate the industry, most recently by adding companies such as Eberhard Faber (1994), Berol (1995), Wearever (1998), the rotring group (1998) and Papermate (2000) to its already impressive roster of brands.

Today Sanford stands as a global leader, with locations in Bellwood, IL; Lewisburg and Shelbyville, TN; Janesville, WI; Santa Monica, CA; Ontario, Canada; Hamburg, Germany; Mexico City, Mexico; Bogotá, Colombia, Caracas, Venezuela; and King’s Lynn, UK.

Sanford produces the many brands that you’ve come to see everyday:
Sharpie, Colorific, uni-ball, Papermate, Waterman, Parker, Prismacolor, Expo, rotring, Accent, Liquid Paper.

Schonstedt Instrument Company provides solutions for the detection and location of objects and phenomena below the surface of the ground or water. As a full business unit we design, manufacture, market and service instrumentation for --- Surveyors, Utilities (water, power, telecom, cable, sewer), Ordnance removal, Construction, Excavation, and Exploration. Our products are sold directly over the Web from our headquarters in West Virginia, and through a nation wide network of dealers and manufacturers representatives. We specialize in instruments to locate iron and steel (ferrous) objects, and pipes and cables (linear underground conductors).

SECO is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of surveying and global positioning equipment accessories. In this competitive niche market SECO has gained a reputation for quality and innovation.

Designing, developing and making pressure sensitive tapes – that’s Shurtape. We’re tape specialists guided by a single purpose: help tape users do their jobs better. And when our tape users do their jobs better an interesting thing happens: everyone in our organization – employees, distributors, customers – wins.

Silva is the leading manufacturer of compasses worldwide, starting in 1933 with the invention of the first liquid filled compass. Today the Silva group is part of Fiskars Outdoor Recreational Division with a turnover of approximately 150 million USD. The head office is situated north of Stockholm in Sweden and leading export markets include the European Union and the USA.

Sokkia Corporation is the United States subsidiary of Sokkia Co., Ltd., Tokyo, a world-leading manufacturer of precision measuring systems. Sokkia's diverse product line provides complete measurement solutions for surveying, mapping and GIS, industrial measurement and construction applications. Sokkia products have been used to complete major projects worldwide; from the “Big Dig” in Boston, Mass., to the New Bangkok International Airport in Thailand.

Since starting Spyderco we've been told our knives are different, peculiar, even out there. All true. Thinking beyond established knife industry barriers allowed us to introduce new and radical innovations to the knife culture including: One-hand opening, serrations on a folder and a clip to attach a knife to a pocket. We didn't go into business to rake in a mountain of dough we're here for more selfish reasons- indulging our passion for creating knives. Spyderco is definitely out of the norm in the knife industry in our dedication to researching and developing fresh, improved and better performing materials all with function and reliability being key. Someone once said to Sal Glesser, Spyderco's owner, "You must design in the dark because your knives look so strange." True again. Our recognizable appearance is a result of designing ergonomic functional tools rather than applying lipstick and nylons to a pocketknife.

We've been in the business for almost 150 years with a reputation for quality and performance products... what we call the Taylor Advantage. Taylor Precision Products is the leading North American manufacturer of thermometers, scales and related measurement products.

Tripod Data Systems develops hardware and software for mobile computing applications. TDS produces rugged handheld computers for extreme outdoor and industrial environments, software for land surveying and construction applications, and GIS systems for field data collection and automation.

TDS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Trimble, was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Corvallis, Oregon.

Over a century ago, U.S. Tape invented the steel tape rule and the printing press designs that continue to serve as industry benchmarks. The strength of our reputation is based on over 125 years of experience as an innovative manufacturer of measuring tools, dedicated to quality, value and the needs of our customers. We are continuously adding products and features to our line.

As a tape measure supplier to the U.S. Government Supply Administration, our products are built for accuracy and durability. Our oil tank gauging tapes exceed the standards set by the American Society of Testing and Materials and the American Petroleum Institute.

Since 1928, Weems & Plath has taken great pride in building each of our precision marine navigation products with the goal of providing the highest quality possible. Every step of this building process; from development to production is taken with meticulous care. Our products are meant to be enjoyed for a lifetime, and it is with confidence we offer a limited lifetime warranty on most.

For over 75 years, artists, and graphic designers have been turning to the precision and accuracy of X-ACTO cutting blades and knives. Today, X-ACTO brings this same expertise to a completely redesigned line of office supplies and tools. New and exciting designs of staplers, sharpeners and trimmers are all built with the precise performance of X-ACTO.

Wide Format Solutions - Copy, print, scan, manage, and electronically distribute wide format documents for technical and graphic arts solutions with our array of wide format printers, copiers, finishing solutions, and software.