Paul Mueller Company - MUEL- Profile

Mueller (Paul) Company. The Group's principal activities are to manufacture and market custom made stainless steel processing equipment for food, dairy, beverage, chemical and pharmaceutical industries. The Group operates through four segments: Industrial Equipment, Dairy Farm Equipment, Field Fabrication Equipment and Transportation. The Industrial equipment segment sells products to food, beverage, chemical, pharmaceutical processing and biotechnological processing, tank components, industrial heat transfer, pure water, thermal energy storage and commercial refrigeration equipment. The Dairy Farm equipment segment provides milk cooling, storage equipment, heat-recovery equipment and accessories. The Field Fabrication segment manufactures large field-fabricated tanks, sanitary, industrial process applications and vessels. The Transportation segment provides outbound transportation of products for customers. Industrial Equipment acctd for 78% of 2003 gross revs; Dairy Farm Equipment, 12%; Field Fabrication, 7% and Transportation, 3%