Viva la cocina! Ekco S.A.B. is Mexico's largest housewares company. Ekco manufactures steel and aluminum cookware, bakeware, cutlery, dinnerware, flatware, coffee makers, and kitchen gadgets. Ekco sells its kitchenware in Mexico, Argentina, and across Central America under the brands Ekco, Presto, Regal, Thermos, and Vasconia. After Lifetime Brands bought a 30% stake in Ekco for $22 million in 2007, the company introduced Vasconia brand kitchenware to the US and Canadian market. In turn, Ekco became the Latin American distributor for Lifetime's popular US brands Faberware, KitchenAid, Cuisinart, Pedrini, and Pfaltzgraff. Ekco S.A.B. traces its roots back to 1934.

FortuNet, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, field maintenance, and leasing of electronic gaming and entertainment systems in North America. It offers wireless and stationary player terminals, cashier-based point-of-sale terminals, self-service kiosks, and game file servers that conduct and control bingo games. The company also provides player tracking, accounting, and inventory management, as well as reporting software package that analyzes and reports players spending and automatically issues electronic coupons that provide players with incentives to play multiple bingo sessions; gaming software package that executes on multi-game and multi-player gaming platforms, as well as provides various downloadable traditional casino games; and radio frequency communication hardware and software for wireless communications. Its platforms are also adapted to conduct traditional casino games, such as keno, poker, and slots.The company owns and leases an inventory of third- and fourth-generation wireless and stationary player terminals marketed under the BingoStar brand name. In addition, FortuNet, Inc. offers consumable bingo products, smart bingo flashboards, and ball blowers. It serves bingo hall operators in the commercial casino, tribal casino, and charitable bingo markets. The company distributes its products through indirect channels and a network of distributors in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia. FortuNet, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Sideshow Inc company makes licensed collectibles including action figures, figurines, and polystone busts. It has designed products based on such franchises as Lord of the Rings, Star Trek, Indiana Jones, The Simpsons, and Pirates of the Caribbean, among other entertainment properties. Sideshow also makes a proprietary line of figures that depict zombies, Old West legends, and soldiers from the Civil War and World War I. Sideshow was founded in 1994 as Sideshow Productions.

In July 2007 Garrity Industries was honored to win the year's Silver SPARC award. Over 20 major Fortune 500 companies were on the ballot presented by the Retailing Today editors in the Hardware/DIY retail category . The honor was based on votes by 500 buyers, merchandise managers, and vice presidents in the retail industry. Garrity are very proud of this achievement. It is one of the many that Garrity has been awarded in its forty year history as a leading supplier of portable lighting products.In April 2006, Garrity Industries was acquired by Duracell. This combination -- the power of the Trusted Everywhere battery and Garrity's products -- will continue to make Garrity an undisputed industry leader.

Hornby Plc makes model railways, miniature trains, and other vehicles mainly for the collector and hobby markets. Hornby has over 650 products and its primary brands include Hornby and Scalextric. The company was founded in 1907 by Frank Hornby as Meccano Ltd. Over 70% of Hornby's sales are within the UK. Looking to expand into the Spanish and Italian markets, in 2004 the company purchased Madrid-based Electrotren, as well as Italian-based model railway maker Lima, whose brands include Lima, Rivarossi, Jouef, Arnold, and Pocher.

Viking is the brand best known for being the crowning touch to kitchens. Viking Range Corporation began by adapting commercial stoves for use in the home. Viking manufactures and markets upscale, professional-grade appliances, such as dishwashers, disposals, refrigerators, freezers, ovens, blenders, mixers, outdoor grills, cookware, cutlery -- and, of course, stoves. The company, which also makes and markets its owned branded cookware and cutlery, counts St. Charles Cabinetry as one of its divisions. Viking's products are manufactured in the US and are sold worldwide through a network of appliance distributors. Viking sold three of its US distributorships to specialty appliance distributor HADCO.

Turn up the volume with Denon. Denon Electronics (USA) sells the Denon brand of home entertainment products. Denon Electronics makes and markets such consumer electronic goods as CD and DVD players, headphones, home theater systems, stereo tuners and amplifiers, and turntables. In 2009, it has been boosting its Blue-ray products. Denon Electronics (USA) sells its products through stereo and electronics retailers in the US. Denon Electronics is owned by D&M Holdings, which in 2008 combined its Denon and Boston Acoustics brands under a single management team (led by Joe Stinziano) in a bid to reduce costs. The move has allowed it to integrate the sales and marketing operations of both companies.

QRS was founded in 1900 by Melville Clark, who developed the player piano. QRS supplied music rolls to the player piano market, with production peaking in 1927, when QRS Music Company sold 10 million rolls.It also produces CDs and DVDs that can be synchronized with player pianos, and the company's NetPiano subscription service lets customers download music to their Pianomation systems. QRS Music was founded by Melville Clark in 1900. Chairman Richard Dolan owns about 60% of the company.

From its origin as a manufacturer of tennis ball machines, Prince has proven itself to be an industry leader in the innovation and manufacturing of performance racquet sports products. Prince has continually revolutionized the game with introductions of racquet technologies such as "Oversize" and "Longbody" and most recently with O3 and Speedport. Prince is committed to continually delivering top-quality tennis products in all categories – outfitting players with the very best in footwear, apparel, strings, balls, accessories, and more. Prince has leveraged its international exposure by sponsoring some of the sport's most elite athletes, including Maria Sharapova, Nikolay Davydenko, Jennifer Capriati, Patrick Rafter, Jimmy Connors and Martina Navratilova. Their success at the highest level of competition has heightened consumer interest in the brand as well as the sport of tennis overall.

PlayPower, Inc. is the world's largest, fully integrated manufacturer of commercial playground equipment, floating dock systems and lifts for boats and personal water craft. The company is headquartered in Huntersville, NC with marketing, sales and manufacturing facilities in Monett MO, Charlotte NC, Alleur Belgium, Hong Kong, Aneby Sweden, Dorset England, Biedenkopf Germany and Majorca Spain. PlayPower, Inc's. goal is to lead the market in all areas in which it competes and to continue to bring innovation and fun to the marketplace. PlayPower is made up of nine companies focused in commercial recreation and leisure. They include Miracle Recreation Equipment Company, Hags Play, Soft Play, L.L.C., EZ Dock, RSS, Records, SMP and Aqua Recreation. All of the PlayPower's companies are leaders in the markets in which they serve and have years of experience bringing play and recreation to life.

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