Actuant Corporation - ATU- Profile

Actuant Corporation. The Group's principal activity is to manufacture and market industrial products and systems. It operates in 2 business segments. The Tools and Supplies segment markets branded specialized electrical and industrial tools and supplies to hydraulic and electrical wholesale distributors. The customers for the Tools and Supplies segment includes Lowe's, The Home Depot, Menards, True Value, Ace Hardware, Wal-Mart and Sears. The Engineered Solutions segment includes designs, manufactures and markets customized motion control systems primarily for Original Equipment Manufacturers. The customers for the Engineering Solutions segment Wilhelm Wilhelm Karmann GmbH, CTS Dachsysteme, Edscha and Webasto. During fiscal 2006, the Group acquired B.E.P. Marine Ltd (BEP), D L Ricci (Ricci), Precision Sure-Lock (Precision) and Actown-Electrocoil Inc (Actown). On 22-Dec-2006, Maxima Technologies, 05-Jan-2007, Veha Haaksbergen B.V and on 22-Jan-2007, Injectaseal Deutschland Gmbh. Tools and Supplies accounted for 63% of fiscal 2006 revenues and Engineered Solutions, 37%