ARC International (LSE: ARK) is fueling the multimedia revolution by enabling high quality multimedia content to be captured, shared, and played on a wide variety of consumer electronics devices. ARC licenses award-winning consumer intellectual property (IP) in the form of vertically integrated solutions, configurable audio systems, configurable video systems, configurable processors, and related technologies to semiconductor and OEM companies worldwide. These highly integrated products allow for lower development costs and accelerated time-to-market. ARC solutions also enable customers to create differentiated consumer electronic products that deliver an enhanced multimedia experience on a variety of products such as digital and mobile TVs, portable media players, PCs, laptops, flash storage, digital cameras and music and smart phones.

The company is a wholesale distributor of piano and organ parts, hardware, tools, and accessories, including metronomes and composer busts. In addition to wholesaling other brands, Schaff Piano makes piano and organ covers, bench cushions, refinishing supplies, tuning tools, and moving equipment under the Schaff and Hale names. Its products are distributed to piano supply dealers and music stores. Schaff Piano Supply was founded in 1884.

Pentland Group plc was founded in the early 1930s in Liverpool, England. It was then called the Liverpool Shoe Company because it dealt purely in shoes; first a wholesale shoe business, then expanding into a manufacturing business. Always displaying innovation and creativity, Pentland was one of the first companies to manufacture from Asia, forming a division in Hong Kong in the early 1960s. In 1981 Pentland purchased the majority share of a tiny US company called Reebok. After a 10-year period of growth, Reebok was sold. In the 1990s Pentland bought brands and now proudly has a portfolio of some of the greatest international sports, outdoor and fashion brands globally.

RealD is the global leader in 3D technology, leveraging 30 years of expertise to create the most stunningly realistic and enjoyable digital 3D experience in theatres worldwide, cutting-edge visualization tools for professionals, and technology for tomorrow's 3D TVs and other display screens today.Wherever visual media is delivered, RealD has a solution to make the experience more lifelike, immersive and engaging.The impact of digital 3D on today's moviemaking has been compared to the introduction of color film when there was only black and white. To make this a reality, RealD pioneered the first wide commercial deployment of stereoscopic projection systems for digital cinema and works with partners worldwide to create the most powerful 3D experience audiences have ever seen.

The concept behind Tamrac’s camera carrying systems was conceived in 1977. Tamrac’s founders were outdoor enthusiasts who loved nature photography. They, like many amateur and professional photographers, had a strong need for camera bags that were tough enough to offer excellent protection, yet were easy to carry and allowed fast access to camera equipment to capture spontaneous wildlife pictures.Tamrac is committed to design innovations. Several of Tamrac’s inventions are patented within the United States. Among Tamrac’s innovations are the following: Total Coverage Tops, Pop-Off™ Film Pockets, ZipDrop™ Pockets, the Lens-Bridge® support system, the LensGate® Divider System, Tuck-A-Way™ Hip Belt, Rolling Systems, QuickClip™ Tripod Attachment System, Strobe Hatch™/Lens Hatch™, M.A.S.™ Modular Accessory System, Slide Pockets™, Giant Rain Flaps, Piggy-Back Pocket™ and Tamrac’s latest innovation -- the TurboTop™ (patent pending). Information about these and other ‘Great Innovations from Tamrac’ can be found under 'The Tamrac Difference’ menu button.Tamrac is recognized throughout the world as the leading "Name Brand" manufacturer of camera cases with distribution throughout the USA, Canada, Europe & Japan. Our headquarters and primary manufacturing facilities are located in Chatsworth, California.

Global-Tech Advanced Innovations Inc., an investment holding company, manufactures consumer electrical products primarily in Australia, Europe, North America, and Asia. The company operates in three segments: Home Appliances, Electronic Components, and Others. The Home Appliances segment manufactures floor care products, including hand-held steam vacuum cleaners, upright vacuum cleaners, and extractors; and kitchen appliances, such as blenders, breadmakers, coffeemakers, electric knives, espresso machines, food choppers, food processors, food steamers, ice cream makers, and indoor grills. The Electronic Components segment produces complementary metal oxide semiconductor camera modules (CCMs) for cellular phone manufacturers. The Others segment provides Intellicorder, a home security device, utilizing its CCM technology. The company distributes its products through mass merchandisers, specialty retailers, warehouse clubs, drug store chains, direct marketing organizations, and department stores. It was formerly known as Global-Tech Appliances Inc. and changed its name to Global-Tech Advanced Innovations Inc. in December 2008. The company was founded in 1963 and is based in Aberdeen, Hong Kong. Global-Tech Advanced Innovations Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Wing Shing Holdings Company Limited.

The company, established in 1934, operates an accordion repair shop. It also sells accessories and spare parts, as well as repaired and refurbished used accordions. Affiliated companies Titano Accordion and Pancordion manufacture new accordions, and Ernest Deffner Publications distributes more than 6,000 titles of accordion sheet music.

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.

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.

The company makes board games, coloring books, activity kits, foam sports toys, playing cards, and puzzles under the Lauri, Patch, and Smethport brands. Its best-sellers include Buzzword, Swap!, Tall-Stacker, and Wooly Willy. Patch Products sells through big-box and specialty retailers nationwide as well as through its e-commerce site. Popular games for older kids and adults include What's Yours Like? and Jeff Foxworthy's You Might Be a Redneck If. Patch Products was founded in 1985 by Fran and Bryce Patch, with the PuzzlePatch line of educational puzzles for kids.

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