Toy Quest company makes outdoor toys, as well as robotic pets, such as Tekno the Robotic Puppy. Other products include Planetcare eco-conscious toys, Stretch Screamers, role-play costume sets, and its Banzai Falls line. Toy Quest makes toys under license with Disney, Nickelodeon, Warner Brothers, Sesame Street, and Jeep. Toy Quest's products are sold by toy retailers, discount stores, and online. Founded by Chinese businessman Sampson Chan in 1975, Toy Quest is owned by Chan and president Brian Dubinsky.

Poof-Slinky makes and sells polyurethane foam toys, including airplanes, rockets, and balls for basketball, football, volleyball, and other activities. The company also makes Slinky-brand toys (which originated in 1945 when Slinky inventor Richard James watched a spring fall off a desk) and Slinky Science toys. Its more than 250 toys, made mostly in the US, are sold through retailers nationwide and online. President Ray Dallavecchia and COO Douglas Ferner own Poof-Slinky.

Sega Sammy Holdings Inc., leading maker of video games, SEGA is known for its Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. Sammy is Japan's top producer of pinball-like pachinko games and pachislots, upscale versions of classic slot machines that allow players to win prizes instead of cash. Established in 2004, Sega Sammy is integrating the companies' operations, which also include about 450 amusement centers and arcade machines.

The Vitec Group supplies equipment such as cameras and lights for the photographic and staging industries (including video and live events) through its Imaging & Staging unit. Its Broadcast Systems division provides equipment for film and television broadcast applications, while its Broadcast Services division provides rental services and technical support for the broadcast market. The UK-based company's products are distributed in nearly 100 countries, with the Americas accounting for about half of its sales.

Stuart Spector Design makes electric basses. The company's basses range in price from about $600 to more than $5,000. The company also sells guitars and guitar accessories such as bags, cases, and strings. Products are sold at specialty guitar stores and national music retailers, including Brook Mays Music, Guitar Center, and Sam Ash. Founder Stuart "Thumbslinger" Spector has been designing and manufacturing Spector basses since 1976. In the 80s the company was acquired by Kramer.

Kidzup Productions designs educational media that encourages children to learn math, reading, writing, and foreign languages through music. The company produces workbooks, activity book sets, flashcards, and recorded music for retail distribution primarily in the US and Canada, as well as in international markets; the company also offers online shopping. Kidzup Productions is 40%-owned by the Kidzup Foundation, which provides philanthropic aid to such kid-centric organizations as UNICEF, World Vision Canada, the Children's Wish Foundation of Canada, and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

Pressman Toy Corporation company specializes in licensed games and puzzles based on movies, such as Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2, and television game shows like Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy, Double Dare, and Who Wants To Be a Millionaire. Jack Pressman founded the company in 1922. Its first smash hit was Chinese Checkers (1928), a game that is still featured in the company's products lineup. President and CEO Jim Pressman, son of the founder, was appointed president of Pressman Toy in 1977.

Jacuzzi UK believes more people should go soak themselves -- in its relaxing bubbles. Jacuzzi UK Group is a leading hydrotherapy bathtub manufacturer. Jacuzzi makes indoor whirlpool and outdoor hot tubs, as well as home steam rooms, shower enclosures, and traditional (i.e., non-whirlpool) bathtubs, showers, bath fixtures, and accessories, under the names Jacuzzi, B C Sanitan, Niagara, and Fordham. Jacuzzi began as Spring Ram Corporation, but in 2000 was reincarnated as Jacuzzi UK. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of US-based Jacuzzi Brands, which was acquired by Apollo Management in February 2007.

Ricky Ricardo and his band would own stock in Latin Percussion if they could. Latin Percussion is a leading maker of bongos, congas, and other percussion instruments. It markets its products under such brand names as Aspire, Matador, Music Collection, and World Beat. LP instruments are sold in the US through retailers (Sam Ash, Guitar Center) and through a worldwide dealer network. Its products are favored by seasoned musicians, including Giovanni Hidalgo, Armando Peraza, and Carlos Valdez. Mechanical engineer and Latin jazz fan Martin Cohen formed the company in 1964. Jazz icon Tito Puente was among LP's first customers. The company operates as a unit of KMC Music, formerly Kaman Music Corporation.

Aldila, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of graphite golf club shafts primarily in the United States. The company's golf shafts are composite structures consisting principally of carbon fiber and epoxy resins, as well as boron or fiberglass. In addition, it offers composite prepregs and other related composite materials. The company sells its graphite shafts to golf club manufacturers, distributors, custom club shops, pro shops, and repair shops; and composite materials to manufacturers of composite products. Aldila also sells its products in England, China, Canada, Australia, Mexico, and Vietnam. The company was founded in 1972 and is based in Poway, California.

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