Young Chang's pianos -- styles from full-concert grand pianos to Kurzweil-brand player-pianos for barstool Beethovens -- are sold in more than 45 countries. The company's products portfolio boasts several brand names, including Bergmann, Young Chang, and the Pramberger Signature Series. In 2990, Young Chang acquired Kurzweil Music Systems, a manufacturer of synthesizers, player pianos, and digital pianos. Still family-owned and -operated, Young Chang was founded in 1956 by three brothers: Jae-Kim, Jae-Young, and Jae-Sup Kim.

Hoshino Gakki has been enabling strumming and drumming for almost 100 years. Founded in 1908 as a musical instrument sales division of Hoshino Shoten (bookstores), the company manufactures and distributes the well known Ibanez and Tama brands -- Ibanez guitars, basses, and acoustic and electronic items, and Tama drums, drum hardware, and parts. Hoshino Gakki has offices in the Netherlands, Germany, and Taiwan, as well as in California and Pennsylvania.

Portmeirion was founded in 1960 by the legendary pottery designer Susan Williams-Ellis and her husband Euan Cooper-Willis. Susan sadly passed away in November 2007 but her philosophy of creating collections that are not only beautiful but also functional and affordable lives on at Portmeirion.Always at the forefront of contemporary design, Susan Williams-Ellis was renowned for her originality in both design and manufacturing techniques. This has led to her enviable reputation for producing striking shape and pattern designs that were trend setting and had worldwide appeal – designs that are now seen as iconic.

Mattel, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of various toy products worldwide. Its products include fashion dolls and accessories, vehicles and playsets, and games and puzzles. The company offers its products under various brands, including Barbie, Polly Pocket, Little Mommy, Disney Classics, Pixel Chix, High School Musical, Hot Wheels, Matchbox, Speed Racer, Tyco R/C, CARS, Radica, Speed Racer, Batman, Kung Fu Panda, Fisher-Price, Little People, BabyGear, View-Master, Sesame Street, Dora the Explorer, Winnie the Pooh, Go-Diego-Go!, See Say, Power Wheels, Just Like You, and Bitty Baby. Its product portfolio includes Blokus and Whac-A-Mole games. Mattel, Inc. also offers various game properties under Apples to Apples, Snorta, and Blink names. In addition, the company publishes advice and activity books, as well as magazines, such as the American Girl. It sells its products to retailers, including discount and free-standing toy stores, chain stores, department stores, and other retail outlets; wholesalers; and distribution centers. The company also markets its products directly, as well as through its Web site, and agents and distributors. Mattel, Inc. was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in El Segundo, California.

In 2008, Arçelik A.Ş. continued reinforcing its position in the Turkish market with over 4,500 authorised dealers and more than 600 authorised services, finishing out the year with consolidated revenues reaching 6.8 billion TL. Under tough market conditions in 2008, Arçelik A.Ş. sustained its top position in the domestic market with a 54% share, made even tighter by 3.5%.Despite constraints in the Turkish white goods industry, the company gained a business profit of 440 million TL in 2008, thanks to its making even greater improvements in its products and services.In 2008, Arçelik A.Ş. made 143 international applications, climbing 35 ranks higher and landing at 101st among the top 500 companies with the highest rate of applications around the globe to become the only Turkish company on the list of the top 500, as published by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). Thus, outpacing several important international companies, Arçelik carried its domestic achievements to the international arena as the only Turkish company taking a place beside the giants in the Patent Champions League, shoring up the success of Koç Holding, the only Turkish company among the top 1,000 allocating resources to R&D, according to a European Commission report.

Kong Hsue Sheh, formerly named the "Wan-Wu" group was established by Chien-Chung Hsieh and his brothers in Kaohsiung Taiwan in 1930. In Japanese, Wan-Wu means "everything available." Following the end of the Second World War the Shieh brothers decided rename the company to reflect its core customers; mainly schools, teachers and students. Wan-Wu formally became known as "KHS" and has sought to dedicate itself to the education field and focus on servicing their society.

McCauley Sound, Inc. is an American company founded in the humble frontier spirit of discovery and driven forward by a traditional pride in the merits of craftsmanship. As an innovator and leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance professional loudspeaker systems and raw-frame loudspeaker components, McCauley Sound is the only professional audio company still based in the United States who both engineers new technologies and manufactures products entirely in-house and under the direct control.

At a time when workplace cynicism is in vogue, Successories is the anti-Dilbert. The company makes personal motivation and self-improvement items, including awards, books, coffee mugs, computer and desk accessories, framed desk and wall decor, greeting cards, and pens. Products produced by Successories are sold through the millions of catalogs it mails each year, its Web site, and a handful of retail stores in Florida, Indiana, North Carolina, and Texas. Successories was founded in 1985 by Arnold (Mac) Anderson. It published its first catalog in 1988, went public in 1990, and was taken private in 2003. TWS Partnership acquired the company in June 2009.

Pleasant Rowland introduced American Girl dolls in 1986 as a historically-themed alternative to Barbie and the Cabbage Patch Kids. Since 1998 her firm has been owned by the maker of both rival dolls, #1 toy maker Mattel. American Girl (formerly Pleasant Company) makes the American Girls Collection of 18-inch, high-dollar dolls, including Addy (an escaped slave) and Rebecca Rubin (a young Jewish immigrant). It also publishes "American Girl" magazine and American Girl books (more than 127 million copies sold) and sells room decor, clothing, and accessories, including items that match the dolls.

TOMY Company, manufactures toys and games, including video games, and apparel for children and infants and is one of Japan's leading toymakers. About 90% of its toys and games are sold in Asia, with Europe and the US accounting for the rest. TOMY's key toy product lines include baby & toddler, bath, preschool, and Transformers. TOMY also makes such game products as Screwball Scramble, Pop up Pirate, and Rumble in the Jungle. TOMY acquired another toy maker, Takara, in 2006 as part of an initiative to extend the reach of its brand. Founded in 1924, TOMY operates in Japan, China, Hong Kong, Thailand, France, the UK, and the US.

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