Sanrio Company, Ltd., primary business is making and marketing what the firm calls social communication gifts. The company also operates restaurants and two theme parks in Japan, produces movies, and publishes books and magazines -- all based on its multitude of cute characters. Sanrio licenses or sells thousands of items -- including Hello Kitty stationery, school and desk accessories, clothing, cosmetics, and room decor -- that turn up for sale around the world. Over 4,000 stores sell the products in the Americas alone, including some 200 Sanrio boutiques. CEO Shintaro Tsuji founded Sanrio in 1960.

Olympus Corporation gadgetry gods at Olympus Corporation of the Americas are counting on shoppers to stay crazy for digital cameras, binoculars, and other imaging products. The company also markets such items as audio recording equipment, specialty photo lenses, and other consumer electronic goods. Olympus Corporation of the America's Scientific Equipment Group sells professional products including microscopes, chemical diagnostic equipment, and medical imaging devices for the scientific and health care industries. Olympus Corporation of the Americas, established as Olympus America in 1977, is the sales subsidiary of Tokyo-based parent Olympus Corporation for the US, Canada, and Latin America.

Miracle Recreation Equipment Company are one of the oldest and largest manufacturers of recreation equipment in the United States. And their product selection has grown from a single merry-go-round to a broad range of park and playground equipment for people of all ages who like to have a little fun. From modular play systems to slides, swings, school sports equipment, outdoor fitness, park amenities, and even water and pool slides. Whether you're a park director, landscape architect, business owner, teacher, parent or church minister, their worldwide network of knowledgeable consultants will help make your recreation area a reality. They're committed to creative, innovative, unique designs with maximum attention to safety, quality, aesthetics, and play value. Your consultant can also assist you with your playground's safety surfacing and site furnishing needs, provide you fundraising ideas, and help you arrange complete, professional installation services to meet your needs and budget.

Wilton Enterprises, based in Woodridge, Illinois, and founded in 1929, is the leading food crafting company in the industry, with the number one position in cake decorating, bakeware and tea kettles. Today, Wilton Enterprises offers the industry´s most comprehensive and innovative selection of baking, cake decorating, candy making, cookie making, wedding, baby, party, seasonal, kitchen and hydration products. These products are designed to make it easy for anyone to enjoy the thrill of serving something special and utilizing unique style and design while doing it. Consumers trust Wilton brands such as Performance Pans™, Candy Melts® brand confectionery coating, Cupcakes ´N More® dessert stands and Copco® Housewares to help make celebrations more exciting. Along with great products, Wilton classes and publications have helped hundreds of thousands of people around the world create impressive party desserts, served with flair. Celebrating its 80th year, The Wilton School of Cake Decorating and Confectionery Art still educates 1,400 students a year who have come from 88 countries and all 50 states while Educational Marketing with its almost 4,000 teachers across the US taught 262,000 people the art of cake decorating in 2008. Wilton Enterprises is a major name in the specialty home products industry through Copco. Copco is the premier designer and marketer of tea kettles and quality kitchenware, including a line by Mario Batali The Italian Kitchen. With a history that spans almost 50 years, Copco has taken its experience and knowledge of creating functional yet stylish teakettles and has evolved into offering thermal mugs, hydration, kitchen storage and organization plus food preparation tools. Although ever-changing in product offerings, Copco remains constant in providing products that are trend-correct in color and style while incorporating the latest technologies to provide the highest quality products. With these fundamentals, the Copco brand represents the true meaning of style, design and function.

Dorel Juvenile Group has been dedicated to helping provide a safer world for children. Dorel Juvenile disciplined approach to product development is showcased by Dorel Juvenile diverse portfolio of powerful brands and innovative products. Each brand encompasses a vast breadth of products - from car seats to strollers, high chairs to play yards, monitors to childproofing products, and more - proving year after year why we're the leader in the juvenile industry.Dorel Juvenile Group, based in Foxboro, Massachusetts, initially entered the juvenile market in 1984. Fueled by the instant success of its internationally recognized "Baby on Board" sign, Safety 1st claimed a market niche in child safety and became the first to develop a comprehensive line of "childproofing" products. In 1988, building upon its strong child safety foundation, the company expanded its offering to cover other juvenile categories and quickly developed a reputation for unique, feature-rich, quality products at affordable prices.

Holly Hunt is an upscale design house that makes and markets home and office furnishings, lighting fixtures, rugs, and textiles. The company has showrooms in Chicago, Miami, Minneapolis, New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, DC. It also shows its products in other selected furniture stores. Founder Holly Hunt's introduction of French designer Christian Liaigre helped to secure the company's position in the furniture-with-flair niche. Other showcased furniture designers include Alison Berger, John Hutton, and Studio H. Texan Holly Hunt founded the design firm as a single store in 1984.

Formed in February 2003, ZVUE Corporation (NASDAQ: ZVUE) is a global digital-media-to-go company. Its network of Web sites (EBaumsWorld.com™, Putfile.com™, YourDailyMedia.com™, FunMansion.com™, Dorks.com™, UnOriginal.co.uk™, Holy Lemon™ and ZVUE.com) now house more than 850,000 user-generated and premium videos in total – videos available for purchase or free viewing. Its ZVUE personal media players are mass-market priced and available for purchase online and in Wal-Mart stores throughout the U.S.Located in downtown San Francisco, ZVUE has quickly become a leader in the affordable handheld digital entertainment market, being the first to put a mass-market-priced, portable media player into the hands of consumers. From great devices to great content, consumers can experience entertaining digital media on the go through the ZVUE line of digital media players.

The game maker's toy box is filled with pachislot and pachinko game machines, which account for the majority of Sammy's sales. The company also makes and markets arranged-ball and jankyu machines and their related equipment. Soon after a cancelled merger attempt with iconic SEGA in 2003, Sammy acquired about 20% of the video game developer from CSK, an IT services provider. Sammy announced renewed plans to merge with Sega in 2004 and the deal closed that fall, creating a new joint holding company of Sega Sammy Holdings. Sammy Corporation is a subsidiary of Sega Sammy.

Sakar International, Inc. is a 30-year old consumer electronics manufacturer. Sakar mission has always been to deliver great product at affordable prices. Over the years Sakar have grown from a small family business to a leader in technology trends, with showrooms and distribution worldwide. Sakar company has evolved alongside technology – from selling camera lenses for SLR cameras, to being the #1 supplier of digital cameras to the mass retail channel. Sakar is able to offer a lifestyle position and react quickly to the demands of changing technology and design. From kids and adult to sustainable products. Sakar are Total. Technology. Trends.

The keys to success for Baldwin alternate in color -- black and white. One of the top piano manufacturers in the US, Baldwin Piano is best known for making concert and upright pianos under the Baldwin, Howard, Hamilton, Chickering, and Wurlitzer names. The company also makes ConcertMaster computerized player pianos. Its custom models include the Goldtop (fashioned after the classic Les Paul guitar) and the Elvis Presley Signature vertical style. Gibson Guitar, which has been working to breathe new life into Baldwin, bought the ailing piano maker from GE Capital in 2001. Dwight Hamilton Baldwin established the company as Baldwin Piano & Organ in 1862.

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