Viking is the brand best known for being the crowning touch to kitchens. Viking Range Corporation began by adapting commercial stoves for use in the home. Viking manufactures and markets upscale, professional-grade appliances, such as dishwashers, disposals, refrigerators, freezers, ovens, blenders, mixers, outdoor grills, cookware, cutlery -- and, of course, stoves. The company, which also makes and markets its owned branded cookware and cutlery, counts St. Charles Cabinetry as one of its divisions. Viking's products are manufactured in the US and are sold worldwide through a network of appliance distributors. Viking sold three of its US distributorships to specialty appliance distributor HADCO.

From humble beginnings to a modern phenomenon, top gear bag designer OGIO still thrives on the substance that spurred its existence…vision. Michael Pratt fostered the prodigy that is OGIO, and with intuition and a little financial reinforcement spawned the young company’s venture into gear bag design. With an innovative line of duffels and packs loaded with excess features, OGIO dished out the inner extreme everyone craved. With this driving appetite, OGIO reinvented golf with a fresh contemporary line and a pimped out “golf cart”, more widely known as the BRV (battle-ready vehicle). OGIO spurred new age golf, and recognized the vast potential of their entity. Sharing a synonymous intense direction with action sports, OGIO’s eminence emerged from the get-go with the production of the hit motocross film “Global Addiction”. With a die-hard crew and collective insight, OGIO gathered top athletes from across the nation from moto, BMX, skate, snow, and surf to produce Team OGIO. Together OGIO designers and athletes unite to create specific action sports packs. This cutting-edge company has single handedly revolutionized bag design and there is more where that came from.

LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. provides technology-based educational platforms worldwide. The company offers reading solutions, such as the LeapPad learning system that includes basic vocabulary and reading concepts to preschool and kindergarten children; and Tag learning system, a pen-based reading system that focuses on fundamental reading skills and offers a library of interactive books. It also provides educational gaming products primarily for children; The Leapster Educational Gaming system, Leapster or classic Leapster, a handheld device with a multi-directional control pad and a touch-screen enabled by a built-in stylus; Leapster2 platform, which connects to the LeapFrog Learning Path; Didj Custom Gaming System, a Web-connected handheld device that allows for customization of curriculum and game play; and Crammer Study and Sound System, a hybrid music player and study device. The company offers the Fridge Series, a line of magnetic toys designed for preschoolers and kindergarteners that teaches letter names, letter sounds, and learning songs: the Learn and Groove Series, which features bilingual musical learning toys: and Pre-school Games, a line of fast-paced handheld learning games; and Clickstart and My First Computer that introduces computer and preschool skills by turning any TV into a child's first computer. Further, LeapFrog Enterprises provides the LeapFrog Learning Path, an online tool that helps parents track what their children are learning with its Web-connected products, such as Tag, Leapster2, and Didj. It sells its products directly to national and regional mass-market and specialty retailers; and other retail stores and school-related distributors and resellers through a combination of sales representatives, as well as through online store and other Internet-based channels. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Emeryville, California.

Sony DADC Terre Haute opened in 1983. The $21 million facility began production with a capacity of 300,000 discs per month and a full time staff of 100 employees. After more than twenty years, Sony DADC's 678,000 square foot plant in Terre Haute remains at the cutting edge of technology as Sony DADC's Research & Development facility and the largest US disc production plant at over 60 million discs - now CD, DVD, Blu-ray Disc and UMD - a month. In addition to audio, recordable and multimedia formats, it also produces Super Audio CD. Our Quality management systems are ISO 14001 and ISO 9001 qualified.

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.

Sun Mountain Sports makes and markets golfing bags, rental cars, and push carts, along with an assortment of men's and women's golf outerwear and accessories. The company peddles the Eclipse brand of outerwear, as well as 15 other names. Through its embroidery division, the manufacturer offers items, such as golf clubs, company bags, and outerwear, that are embroidered with a particular logo. Sun Mountain Sports has partnered with about 600 college and high-school coaches to provide gear for teams. The firm's products are sold through sporting goods and specialty golf retailers nationwide.

Meyer Sound has more than 200 employees at its Berkeley, Calif., headquarters and satellite offices, including one of the largest engineering staffs (in proportion to company size) in the audio industry. International sales and support are supplied by more than half a dozen offices around the globe. The company works closely with professionals in all areas of sound reinforcement, gathering information on customers’ needs and providing the tools, training, technical support and information to enable the best experience possible for sound system users and audiences alike. Meyer Sound products are manufactured entirely at its Berkeley factory, where high technology is combined with hand craftwork. By performing core processes in house, the company is able to exercise the control to insure its quality standards are met and that each unit is exactly the same as the last.John and Helen Meyer have been personally involved with the performing arts for years, which has given them a feeling for the role of technology in the arts. Meyer Sound is often involved directly with the performing arts at both corporate and individual levels, locally in Berkeley and worldwide. This is one more way that the company stays in touch with the real reason for its existence.

For those who like to make a joyful noise, Rodgers Instruments manufactures, designs, and installs pipe and digital organs. The company, which primarily serves religious organizations and churches, also makes the speakers and amplification systems that accompany these electronic instruments. Other products include pipes and other organ accessories, such as adjustable benches, file players, and recorders. Rodgers Instruments is owned by the US subsidiary of Japan-based Roland.

Founded in 1969 as a small radio factory in China, Hisense has grown into a multibillion dollar global conglomerate with a workforce of over 60,000 worldwide. Hisense is recognized as a world leading provider of flat panel TVs, household appliances, and mobile communications and is recognized as a top 10 player by large business intelligence and industry research institutions. Its 22 subsidiaries are in the multimedia, household appliance, telecommunications, information technology, technology services, and real estate industries, while its products are sold in over 130 countries and regions throughout the world.At Hisense, the emphasis is placed on innovation and quality. The company has a global R&D network of over 2000 engineers and has a national-level R&D Center, a post-doctoral research workstation, and a state-of-the-art multimedia technology laboratory. It has been the recipient of several recognitions and awards in the name of innovation, technology, design, and quality management. In addition, Hisense has partnerships with IBM, Hitachi, Whirlpool, and AMD for the development and marketing of air-conditioners, refrigerators, and information technology.

Mizuno Corporation is Japan's largest sporting goods maker. Japanese baseball player Ichiro Suzuki uses gear made by Mizuno, and the company is hoping his success on the field will turn around years of declining sales. Mizuno also makes footwear, uniforms, and other gear for golf, tennis, skiing, soccer, and rugby, among other sports, through about a dozen subsidiaries in Asia, Europe, and North America. The bulk of Mizuno's sales occur in Japan. The company was founded in 1906

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