Richard Allen Byers

Metallurg, Inc., a Delaware corporation, together with its majority owned subsidiaries is a leading international producer and seller of high-quality specialty metals, alloys and metallic chemicals which are essential to the production of high-performance aluminum and titanium alloys, specialty steel, superalloys and certain non-metallic materials for various applications in the aerospace, power supply, automotive, petrochemical processing and telecommunications industries. Metallurg sells approximately 50 different product groups to over 1,500 customers worldwide (primarily in North America and Europe)

UOP LLC operates as a supplier and technology licensor for the petroleum refining, gas processing and petrochemical production. Its products include catalysts and adsorbents. The firm offers design, commissioning, ongoing operations, and optimization services. The company was founded on June 17, 1914 and is headquartered in Des Plaines, IL.

Global Factory, Inc. provides collaborative manufacturing execution systems. The firm's software gather, organize & analyze demand, production & quality data from various sources and monitor key indicators & execute business processes to control, manage & optimize distributed manufacturing operations. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.