Hayco's origins date back over four generations to when William Hay established the SA Brush Company in South Australia in 1893. Later under the management of son, F. Dean Hay the company evolved into SABCO, and firmly established itself as a household name in cleaning products in Australia, United Kingdom, Europe, Japan, South Africa and USA.Today, Hayco has 7,000 employees and occupies four factory sites in Shenzen with a total floor area of 1.5 million sq.ft (140,000m2). The company manufactures more than 400 products per month, 120 million units per year and ships over 6,000 TEU containers to more than 30 countries annually.

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.

Fox Head, Inc. is headquartered in Morgan Hill, CA, with additional offices in Newport Beach, CA and Newcastle, UK. The Fox brand is the most recognized and best selling brand of motocross apparel in the world today. Fox built its business by developing clothing for high intensity, physically demanding motorsport of motocross. Through sponsoring and working closely with the best riders in the history of the sport - riders such as Ricky Carmichael, James Stewart, Damon Bradshaw, Rick Johnson, Mark Barnett, Doug Henry, and Jeremy McGrath and Steve Lamson - FoxRacing company has researched and developed race clothing that provides riders with maximum protection and performance and freedom of movement. For more than three decades Fox has created the best motocross riding apparel in the world, which is able to withstand the elements and the torturous racing conditions that are a major part of motocross.Today, Fox remains a family owned and operated business, with the second generation working full-time at the company. During the last three decades, Fox Racing has become an international leader in the youth lifestyle clothing market with its famous Fox Head logo seen worldwide. In doing so, the family has held steadfast to Geoff Fox's original goal of making the best motocross products money can buy. Constant research, development, and fine-tuning goes into Fox race apparel and performance gear. Through the guidance and feedback of Fox's championship-winning athletes, the company continues to lead the charge by utilizing the best technology and design talent available to enhance and optimize the quality, comfort and performance of all of its products. It is through lessons learned through relationships with the best athletes in the world that Fox will continue to create and offer the finest lines of apparel and clothing available today.

Founded by chairman Brian Roper in 1979, Bath-based Roper Rhodes offers some 1,500 bathroom fittings and furniture items, ranging from traditional to contemporary and including vanities, cabinets, faucets, mirrors, and toilet seats. Customers include more than 2,000 do-it-yourself stores, major builders, plumbing merchants, department stores, and independent retailers in the UK and Republic of Ireland. The company's products are designed in-house and manufactured in China, Spain, and Taiwan.

In July 2007 Garrity Industries was honored to win the year's Silver SPARC award. Over 20 major Fortune 500 companies were on the ballot presented by the Retailing Today editors in the Hardware/DIY retail category . The honor was based on votes by 500 buyers, merchandise managers, and vice presidents in the retail industry. Garrity are very proud of this achievement. It is one of the many that Garrity has been awarded in its forty year history as a leading supplier of portable lighting products.In April 2006, Garrity Industries was acquired by Duracell. This combination -- the power of the Trusted Everywhere battery and Garrity's products -- will continue to make Garrity an undisputed industry leader.

Flexsteel Industries, Inc. engages in the manufacture, import, and marketing of residential, recreational vehicle, and commercial upholstered and wooden furniture products in the United States. The company's products include sofas, loveseats, chairs, reclining and rocker-reclining chairs, swivel rockers, sofa beds, convertible bedding units, occasional tables, desks, dining tables and chairs, and bedroom furniture. Its products are used in home, office, motor home, travel trailer, yacht, pontoon, health care, and hotel applications. The company distributes its products through its sales force and independent representatives to furniture dealers, department stores, recreational vehicle manufacturers, catalogs, hospitality and healthcare facilities, and national and regional chains. Flexsteel Industries was founded in 1929 and is based in Dubuque, Iowa.

HNI Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets a range of office furniture and hearth products primarily in the United States. The company's office furniture products include storage products, such as vertical files, lateral files, and pedestals; seating products, such as task chairs, executive desk chairs, conference/training chairs, and side chairs; office systems, such as modular and moveable workspaces with integrated work surfaces, space dividers, and lighting; and desks and related products, including tables, bookcases, and credenzas. It sells its office furniture products under various brand names, including HON, Allsteel, Maxon, Gunlocke, Paoli, Whitehall, HBF, basyx, and Lamex, as well as under private labels. The company's hearth products comprise a range of gas, electric, and wood and biomass burning fireplaces, inserts stoves, facings, and accessories. HNI Corporation sells its hearth products under the Heatilator, Heat & Glo, Quadra-Fire, and Harman Stove brand names. It sells its office furniture products through dealers, wholesalers, retail superstores, and end-user customers, as well as federal, state, and local governments; and hearth products through a national system of dealers and distributors, as well as corporation-owned distribution and retail outlets. The company was founded in 1944 and is headquartered in Muscatine, Iowa.

Sharper Image Corporation operates as a multi-channel specialty retailer in the United States. The company sells its products through the Sharper Image specialty stores, the Sharper Image catalog, and the Internet. It also engages in wholesale operations; licenses its brand name to third parties; and provides customer list-rental programs. As of January 31, 2007, it operated 187 Sharper Image stores in 38 states and the District of Columbia. Sharper Image was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Walnut Creek, California. On February 19, 2008, Sharper Image Corporation filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Springfield Armory, firm makes pistols and rifles (including the 1911 and XD brands) for personal, military, law enforcement, and competitive use. It sells logoed apparel and sporting accessories, such as scopes and cases, on its Web site. Products are primarily sold through US retailers and internationally. Customers can customize their guns with upgrades and modifications through the company's Springfield Custom unit. The original Springfield Armory was designated as the country's first arsenal by George Washington in 1794.

Bridgestone Spalding Co., Ltd., is established as a sporting goods sales company.Bridgestone Sports makes golf, tennis and badminton balls and rackets. Since launching its Altus brand of solid golf balls in 1982, the firm has produced more than 100 million dozen balls. Years 1997 and 1998 brought product launches for Access and Tour Stage golf clubs, respectively. Its US subsidiary, Bridgestone Sports (USA), produces the Precept brand of golfing gear. Bridgestone Sports has plants in China, Malaysia, and the US.

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