Founded in 1979, Icom America is now celebrating 30 years of business relations, growth and prosperity! With the exception of our friends in Canada and Cuba, Icom America is responsible for representing Icom products within the entire Western Hemisphere. Icom America Inc is a part of Icom Incorporated. Started in 1954 by Tokuzo Inoue in Osaka, Japan, Icom Inc is a publicly held Japanese corporation; its stock is traded on the Tokyo and Osaka Stock Exchanges. Icom Inc.’s roots are in designing, engineering, and manufacturing highly advanced, compact solid-state radio equipment for use in the amateur (ham) radio industry. The company's product line has since expanded to include communications equipment and products based in the marine, avionics, land mobile and wide-band receiver industries.

Some 35 years after Dave Longaberger founded The Longaberger Company with five basketmakers, the company reflects early roots and family tradition of handmade artisanship. When you purchase a Longaberger basket, you are sharing in the Longaberger story and family tradition.The company is family-owned company with a family-friendly environment.Today, The Longaberger Company is America's premier maker of handcrafted baskets and offers other home and lifestyle products, including pottery, wrought iron, fabric accessories and specialty foods. The company is based in Newark, Ohio, and there are approximately 45,000 independent Home Consultants located in all U.S. states who sell Longaberger products directly to customers.

The company makes and markets flutes (alto, bass, conservatory, professional, and student models) and piccolos (plastic, silver, and wood models) under the Gemeinhardt brand. In addition, Gemeinhardt manufactures cleaning kits, headjoints, and instrument cases. The company's Web site provides users with practicing tips and flute-care advice. Gemeinhardt is part of the Gemstone Musical Instruments subsidiary of Brookstone Partners. Other Gemstone brands that are part of the firm's products portfolio, include Stephanhouser, Sankyo, Trevor James, Artisan, Roy Seaman, W. Nirschi, and Andino.

Pioneer was founded in 1938 in Tokyo, Japan by Nozomu Matsumoto - a man with a passion for music that he hoped to share with the world through high quality audio speakers. That passion began with a small operation to repair and manufacture speakers in Matsumoto's garage. It has since grown to international stature as a manufacturer of audio and video products for use at home, in the car and in business environments.The element that has not changed in nearly 70 years is the passion for audio and video products that Pioneer Electronics hope to share with the world. From the employees at the research labs looking for the "next big thing" to the engineers at factories focused on quality assurance to product trainers explaining the new technology to customers - Pioneer Electronics remain passionate about creating an unbeatable entertainment experience.

Landscape Structures Inc. was founded in 1971 by Barb and Steve King, and is headquartered in Delano, Minn. Landscape Structures is one of the leading commercial playground equipment manufacturers in the world, and the company has designed, manufactured, installed and delighted children with more than 50,000 playgrounds worldwide. The company, now led by President Pat Faust, currently has more than 300 employees, and a global network of local representatives.

Kaz is a state of the art, dynamically-managed, global leader in healthcare devices and home comfort products that operates in over 65 countries on six continents with a brand portfolio that includes Vicks, Honeywell, Braun, and more. Kaz was founded on innovation by Max Katzman in 1926. Katzman was a man of vision who saw a better way. In the hundreds of products that have followed since its first electric vaporizer, Kaz has continued in its innovative tradition with the goal of improving people's lives with new insights on everyday products. Providing quality products that delight you and enhance your world are the focus at each phase of development, from in-house consumer research to operational excellence and superior consumer care.

Weber-Stephen Products is one of the nation's top makers of barbecue grills, including portable, charcoal, and gas versions. Weber-Stephens boasts brands such as Spirit, Genesis, Summit, Performer, One-Touch, and Weber Q. Its portable models include Smokey Joe and Go-Anywhere. The company also makes grilling accessories, such as utensils and grill covers. Weber-Stephen's products are sold at mass merchandisers and home improvement stores, among other retail outlets. Founded in 1951 by George Stephen, it's owned by the Stephen family. Weber-Stephen also owns three Chicago-area Weber Grill Restaurants that feature barbecue.

The company manufactures plastic toys, including doll accessories (strollers, nurseries), children's furniture, role-playing items (kitchen sets, tool benches), riding toys (trikes, wagons), seasonal toys (pail and shovel sets), and vehicles (dump trucks, airplanes). Products are sold by such retailers as Wal-Mart, Kmart, and Toys "R" Us across the US, as well as in Canada, the Caribbean, Central and South America, and Mexico. The company was founded in 1962.

Meyer affiliates have been designing, manufacturing and marketing cookware on a global scale since 1971. Combined, the affiliates sell over 100 cookware lines in more than 30 countries, and employ more than 5,000 people worldwide.Meyer cookware is manufactured by its own affiliates in factories located worldwide. In addition to manufacturing cookware, the companies also manufacture over 90 percent of the materials used to make the cookware including corrugated materials used for packaging, handles made of stainless steel and high heat-resistant phenolic, rivets and stainless steel lids. Combined, Meyer affiliate factories produce more than 30 million pans annually.

Indesit Company is Europe’s second biggest producer of home appliances by market share. It leads the market in Italy, the UK, Russia, Portugal, Romania, Bulgaria and the Ukraine and is one of the leaders in France, Poland, Turkey, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Greece. Founded in 1975 by the current chairman Vittorio Merloni and listed on the Milan stock exchange since 1987, the Group posted sales of €3.2 billion in 2008, having turned out 15 million appliances (washing machines, dryers, washer-dryers, dishwashers, fridges, freezers, ovens and hobs). Indesit Company operates through 16 production facilities (Italy, Poland, the UK, Russia and Turkey) and 24 commercial branches worldwide and has 17,000 employees. The Group’s main brands are Indesit, Hotpoint-Ariston and Scholtès.

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