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.

If your home needs to be cooled off or heated up, Backwell's has your back. Backwell IXL and its IXL Appliances division manufacture home appliances. Its inventory includes such products as evaporative coolers, fans, portable heaters, and ventilation systems. The Australia-based company also makes landscape lighting, towel racks, and electric and gas cooktops. Products are distributed through large general department stores as well as specialty appliance and lighting stores throughout Australia and New Zealand.

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.

Janitors with wood-handle mops and tin buckets dream about Minuteman International. Janitors makes commercial vacuums, floor and carpet care products, cleaning chemicals, and bio-hazard vacuums, as well as carpet sweepers, scrubbers, and accessories. Minuteman is made up of several segments: Minuteman, PowerBoss, and Multi-Clean. The company was founded in 1951 as American Cleaning Equipment Corporation. German cleaning equipment maker Hako-Werke International acquired Minuteman International in 2004 and took it private.

Founded in 1978, Escort Radar has a long history of leading technology in radar and laser detection. Launched under the company name Cincinnati Microwave, Inc., today, ESCORT continues to develop high-performance radar and laser detectors, under the Passport brand name and has been issued over 85% of patents in the field - more than all other competitors combined. Our dedication to honing cutting edge technology has been rewarded with numerous industry honors and we are proud to be among the most respected in the industry. Company headquarters are located in the Cincinnati, OH area, and the full line of radar, laser and safety detectors is designed, manufactured, and marketed in North America.

For more than a century, GUND has been creating unique teddy bears and other soft toys recognized the world over for their quality and innovation.The leading soft toy manufacturer in the U.S., and also the oldest, GUND was founded by German immigrant Adolph Gund in Norwalk, Connecticut in 1898. GUND was one of the first companies to design and produce teddy bears in the early 1900’s.Today, the company manufactures an extensive collection of unique characters and licensed plush under the GUND, GUNDbaby and GUNDKids brands.

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.

Umbro, Ltd., a subsidiary of NIKE, Inc., is the original Manchester based football brand that invented sportswear and sports tailoring. Umbro’s first major football kit was made for Manchester City in 1934, a kit they won the FA Cup in. Today, the company combines its heritage in sports tailoring with modern football culture to create groundbreaking and iconic football apparel, footwear and equipment that blend performance and style.

Happy Worker manufactures GeekMan, SuperMom, BossMan, and other pop-culture and novelty figurines targeting the grown-up kids market. GeekMan, a six-inch, realistically sculpted figure, is posable and comes with glasses, a laptop, handheld computer, watch, and coffee mug. He boasts traits, such as "ungodly coding abilities" and "less than ideal personal hygiene routine." Happy Worker, which also makes custom toys for clients, also peddles posters, workplace prank signs, cards to e-mail friends and colleagues, and other items.

Brunswick Corporation provides recreation products worldwide. The company's Boat segment manufactures luxury sportfishing convertibles and motoryachts under Cabo and Hatteras brands; yachts, sport yachts, sport cruisers, and runabouts under Sea Ray brand; sport cruisers and runabouts under Bayliner and Maxum brands; motoryachts under Meridian brand; yachts and sport cruisers under Sealine brand; fiberglass fishing boats under Boston Whaler, Lund, Triton, and Trophy brands; aluminum fishing, utility, pontoon, and deck boats under Crestliner, Harris, Lowe, Lund, Princecraft, and Triton brands; and deck and runabout boats under the Kayot brand. Its Marine Engine segment offers sterndrive propulsion systems, inboard and outboard engines, and water jet propulsion systems under the Mercury, Mercury MerCruiser, Mariner, Mercury Racing, Mercury SportJet, and Mercury Jet Drive brand names, as well as engine parts and marine accessories under the Quicksilver, Mercury Precision Parts, Mercury Propellers, and MotorGuide brand names. Brunswick's Fitness segment provides cardiovascular fitness equipment, such as treadmills, total body cross-trainers, stair climbers, and stationary exercise bicycles; and strength-training equipment under the Life Fitness and Hammer Strength brands. Its Bowling and Billiards segment produces bowling products, such as bowling balls and capital equipment; bowling pins and bowling consumer products; and consumer and commercial billiards tables, table games, foosball tables, and related accessories. As of December 31, 2008, it had 104 bowling centers. Brunswick serves primarily the state/local/foreign governments; independent boat builders; private health clubs; fitness facilities operated by professional sports teams; the military; governmental agencies; corporations; hotels; schools; and universities. The company was founded in 1845 and is headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois.

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