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9 <br /> <br />Sausage Company, Saag’s Specialty Meats, Mi Rancho Tortilla Factory (Fig.24), Peter James <br />Coffee Limited, Pavel’s Yogurt Co., and Drake’s Brewing Company. Companies such as San <br />Francisco Foods, Bay Cities Produce Co., and Will’s Fresh Foods are also regional suppliers and <br />distributors of produce and other specialties to restaurants, institutions, and stores. <br /> <br /> Metals & Machining – including firms such as PCC Structurals Inc., (Fig. 24) a superalloy, <br />aluminum and titanium investment casting firm that supplies to aviation, medical and high <br />technology manufacturers; Scandic, a custom spring and metal stamping manufacturer <br />supplying electronic and high technology manufacturers; and Castco Aluminum, Inc. an <br />aluminum casting foundry that provides specialty assemblies and parts to other technology <br />industries, and specialized firms such as Applied Fusion Inc., a precision mechanical fabricator; <br />Halus Power Systems, a specialized manufacturer and remanufacturer of wind power turbines, <br />and Production Robotics, an automation design and engineering firm supporting biotechnology, <br />electronics, pharmaceutical, food processing and other manufacturing industries. <br /> <br /> Instruments and Process Controls – including companies such as Pasteurization Technology <br />Group, (Fig. 24) a leader in sustainable wastewater disinfection combined with energy <br />generation; Energy Recovery, a fluid management technology supplier for water, oil, gas and <br />chemical industries; American Underwater Products, manufacturer of diving instruments and <br />technology; and the Kaiser Permanente Health Care Innovation Center, the “innovation lab” for <br />all of Kaiser’s healing environments and facilities. <br /> <br />As well as these clusters, other firms of various types can be categorized together as: <br /> <br /> Other, including Plastics and Power – This group includes firms not in the above categories but <br />also demonstrating high value-adding activity, such as Sunlink, a solar panel mounting <br />components manufacturer that makes installations economically feasible; L3 Communications, <br />a manufacturer of electronic pulse and shielding technology serving industry and military uses; <br />Columbia Cosmetics, a leading private-label cosmetics manufacturer; Borden Lighting, a <br />specification-grade lighting fixture manufacturer; Kennerly-Spratling, Inc., a custom injection <br />molder and contract manufacturer; and Poly-Tek Development Corporation, a custom cast <br />polymers producer. <br /> <br />Many of these firms are industry leaders and their successes are profiled in Popular Science20 as well as <br />in trade publications. They are not in the most glamorous and attention-getting categories of <br />innovation-driven industries (along with their unique employment cultures) that the Bay Area is most <br />famous for, such as social media network software, high-end computer/smartphone hardware and <br />software, computer videogaming, genetic engineering and biotechnology, or computer animation <br />artistry and production. San Leandro’s clusters consequently do not rise to the top of popular <br />conception of high tech. But make no mistake - these industries are just as crucial to American <br /> <br />20 http://www.pastechgroup.com/index.php/press-release-pasteurization-technology-groups-innovative- <br />wastewater-disinfection-process-receives-popular-science-2011-best-of-whats-new-award