DECATHLON SA company operates as the Oxylane Group, designs and manufactures athletic apparel and equipment for some 65 sports, including cross-country cycling, diving, horseback riding, hunting, martial arts, rugby, running, street soccer, and table tennis. The company operates some 400 Decathlon, Tobogan, and Decat sporting goods superstores in about 15 countries. Its outlets offer services such as tennis racket stringing, ice skate sharpening, and bicycle tune-ups and repairs. DECATHLON was founded in 1976 by president Michel Leclercq and is owned by the Mulliez Group.

Head N.V. company manufactures and markets branded sports equipment -- including Penn-branded tennis balls and racquets -- in more than 85 countries. In a bid to boost its presence in a low-growth sector, the company has expanded by buying new brands and entering the snowboard market. The company has also expanded its brands through a variety of sportswear licensing agreements. Tennis great Andre Agassi uses Head racquets. Head was founded in 1950 by Howard Head, inventor of the first metal ski. The company is about 49% owned (and effectively controlled) by chairman and CEO Johan Eliasch and his family.

VI-Spring is a UK manufacturer of tailor-made, hand-crafted mattresses and divans. The bedding maker lays claims to the world's most luxurious and expensive bed -- The Majesty -- which sells for �52,000 and is available exclusively at Harrods. Products are also available through luxury bedding stores, and through the company's retail Web site. Its beds, found in many luxury hotels in London, have also furnished the ocean liners Titanic and the Queen Mary. Founded in 1901, Vi-Spring was sold to Spanish mattress firm Flex Equipos de Descanso in late 2005.

The Roland Group is engaged in two major categories of business: electronic musical instruments and computer-related peripherals centered on large-format color printers.The company is best known for such electronic musical products as keyboards and drum machines, but it also makes amplifiers, digital audio and video media production tools, 3-D scanners, DSP chips for digital instruments, and electronic and pipe organs. Besides its name brand, Roland produces gear under the Boss, Edirol, Rodgers, and RSS labels.

The company produces Guitars, Knilling violins, violas, and cellos. St. Louis Music has manufacturing plants in St. Louis and in Yellville, Arkansas, and an R&D facility in St. Louis. The family-owned company was founded by Bernard Kornblum, an Austrian immigrant who began the company in 1922 by selling violin parts. In the 1980s, son Gene Kornblum launched the Crate brand of electric guitar amplifiers and professional sound equipment that pump up the volume of bands such as Megadeth and Limp Bizkit. St. Louis Music was acquired by LOUD Technologies in 2005.

Graphite Design is the worldwide leader in composite golf shafts, offering exceptional performance and feel to professional and recreational golfers.Graphite Design was founded and launched in Japan. The founder Mr. Megumi Yamada is an accomplished golfer. As an executive for a large composite manufacturer of fishing equipment, Mr. Yamada’s foresight was to bring the best composite materials to the golf industry. Prior to his forming Graphite Design, golf shaft companies had only made shafts the low modulus composite materials. This caused shafts that had weak performance and low quality standards.Graphite Design International Inc. was established in 1989 in San Diego, CA. The company will supply all of the major equipment manufactures with golf shafts for you to enjoy and play better golf.The domestic headquarters is the home of a state of the art Research and development lab. The on site product development engineers have 142 different composite materials to design shafts along with the most technical manufacturing equipment in the golf shaft industry.

Hunter Douglas products are found in millions of homes and commercial buildings around the globe.Hunter Douglas manufacture and market the two principal products lines - window coverings and architectural products - in five geographic markets: Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia and Australia.The company leadership position flows directly from continuous innovation within their business - in their product lines, manufacturing processes, distribution network and marketing programs. These innovations come from about 21,000 people of Hunter Douglas worldwide.

Select Comfort Corporation develops, manufactures, markets, and distributes adjustable-firmness beds and other sleep-related accessory products in the United States and Canada. It offers mattresses under the Sleep Number brand name. The company also provides a line of accessory bedding products, including specialty pillows, mattress pads, comforters, sheets, bed foundations, and leg options. In addition, the company markets a group of comforters and blankets under the brand name Personal Warmth Collection; and Precision Comfort, an adjustable foundation that enables consumers to raise the head or foot of the bed, as well as to experience the comfort of massage, using a handheld remote control. Further, it provides home delivery, including bed assembly and mattress removal services. The company distributes its products through retail, direct marketing, and e-commerce channels primarily to end users, home furnishings retailers, and specialty bedding retailers. As of January 3, 2009, it had 471 company-owned stores and 801 retail partner doors. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Spyder Active Sports is a leading brand of high-end skiwear and other outerwear for use in snowy environments. The company's products, which include jackets, pants, hats, and gloves, are sold by more than 550 retailers in the US and Canada and online. Its apparel is also sold outside North America in some 50 countries through distributors overseas. Spyder Active Sports also sells casual "mountain-lifestyle" clothing, as well as footwear and luggage. The company acquired outdoor apparel maker Cloudveil Mountain Works in 2008. Investment firm Apax Partners owns the company. Chairman David Jacobs, a competitive skier, founded Spyder Active Sports in 1978; Apax bought the company in 2004.

Steelcase Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of office furniture for corporate, hospitality, and residential settings in North America and internationally. It provides interior architectural products, such as full and partial height walls and doors, and lighting; steel case furniture, including panel-based and freestanding furniture systems; and seating products, which comprise ergonomic chairs, lounge seating, general use chairs, and specialty healthcare seating, as well as complementary products that include storage, tables, and work tools. The company also offers visual communication products, such as static and electronic whiteboards; and Web-based communication tools, as well as involves in the provision of surface materials, including textiles, wall coverings, shades, screens, and surface imagings primarily to architects and designers for use in business, residential, healthcare, and hospitality applications. In addition, it provides workplace strategy consulting, product design and innovation, lease origination, and furniture and asset management services. The company offers its products under Steelcase, Turnstone, and Coalesse brands. It serves various industries, including financial services, healthcare, government, higher education, and technology. Steelcase Inc. offers its products and services through various channels, including independent dealers and company-owned dealers, as well as directly to end users. The company was formerly known as The Metal Office Furniture Company and changed its name to Steelcase Inc. in 1954. Steelcase Inc. was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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