David J. Bauman

Thrustmaster of Texas, Inc. engages in the manufacture of commercial marine propulsion equipment. Its products include Azimuth thrusters, portable dynamic positioning, outboard propulsion units, retractable thrusters, water jets, tunnel thrusters, portable river ferry and hybrid propulsion systems. The company was founded by Joseph R. Bekker in 1984 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

John Crane, Inc. manufactures seals, lubrication systems and power transmission couplings. Its products include dry gas, elastomer bellows, labyrinth, metal bellows, non-contacting, o-ring pusher, PTFE bellows, PTFE wedge, slurry, split vessel and agitator, gas seal systems, wet seal systems, bearing assemblies, bearing isolators, fixed geometry, tilting pad, equipment alignment, API general process industries, turbomachinery, filtration systems and packing. The firm’s services include design engineering, equipment service, reliability support, asset management solutions, turbomachinery service, training overview and e-business. It serves the oil and gas, pharmaceutical, chemical, automotive, pulp and paper mining, food and beverage and power generation industries. The company was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.