Michael E. Batten

Walker Forge, Inc. provides closed-die steel forgings. It offers pistons, timing and transmission gears, transmission shafts, control arms, input or output shafts, pump bodies, wheel hubs and spindles, ring gears and pinions, steering knuckles, valve bodies, balls, tees, seats, hammer union nuts, and chuck valves. The firm offers full array of services for the industries, including energy, agriculture, transportation, railroad, construction, and industrial. The company was founded by Gordon Walker in 1950 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI.

Briggs & Stratton Corp. engages in the design, manufacture, and distribution of gasoline engines and outdoor powered equipment. It operates through Engines and Products segments. The Engines segment produces four-cycle aluminum alloy gasoline engines which are used in the production of walk-behind and riding lawn mowers, garden tillers, and snow throwers. The Products segment comprises lawn and garden power equipment, turf care products, portable and standby generators, pressure washers, snow throwers, and job site products. The company was founded by Stephen F. Briggs and Harold M. Stratton in 1908 and is headquartered in Wauwatosa, WI.