D&M Holdings manages a portfolio of companies that manufacture high-end audio, video, and home theater equipment. Its subsidiaries include Denon Electronics, Marantz Japan, and McIntosh Laboratory. Digital Networks North America (DNNA), also a subsidiary of D&M, manages digital home electronics divisions, including Rio (MP3 players) and Escient (digital convergence products). Other brands owned by the company include Boston Acoustics (loudspeakers), Snell Acoustics (speakers), and Denon DJ (MP3 players). Founded in 2002, D&M Holdings was acquired by the US investment firm Bain Capital Partners for about $460 million in 2008.

The ol' model 39 sure gets people all fired up. Marlin Firearms makes rifles , which are sold by gun dealers, sporting goods retailers, and mass merchandisers throughout the US. It also makes the LC Smith series of shotguns. The firm's original model 1897 is considered "the Cadillac of the .22s." John Marlin founded Marlin Firearms in 1870 as a maker of pistols, revolvers, and derringers, and built it into one of the largest US manufacturers of .22 caliber rifles. Famous markswoman Annie Oakely used a Marlin and had one model designed especially for her. Today Marlin is a subsidiary of Remington Arms, which acquired the company in 2008.

Johnson Outdoors, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of outdoor recreation products worldwide. Its Marine Electronics segment provides battery-powered fishing motors for trolling or primary propulsion; sonar and GPS equipment for fishfinding and navigation; downriggers for controlled-depth fishing; chartplotters for navigation; and marine autopilot systems for large boats. It offers its products through outdoor specialty retailers, retail store chains, marine distributors, international distributors, and original equipment manufacturers. The company’s Outdoor Equipment segment provides tents, sleeping bags, and other recreational camping products; field compasses and digital instruments; and performance measurement instruments. It offers its products through independent sales representatives, primarily to sporting goods stores, catalog and mail order houses, and camping and backpacking specialty stores, as well as through Internet retailers and general rental stores. Johnson Outdoors Watercraft segment sells canoes and kayaks, paddles, and personal flotation devices through specialty stores, marine dealers, sporting goods stores, and catalog and mail order houses. The company's Diving segment manufactures and markets a line of underwater diving and snorkeling equipment, including regulators, buoyancy compensators, dive computers and gauges, wetsuits, masks, fins, snorkels, and accessories for technical and recreational divers. It markets its equipment in diving magazines, via Web sites, and through dive specialty stores. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Racine, Wisconsin.

Young Chang's pianos -- styles from full-concert grand pianos to Kurzweil-brand player-pianos for barstool Beethovens -- are sold in more than 45 countries. The company's products portfolio boasts several brand names, including Bergmann, Young Chang, and the Pramberger Signature Series. In 2990, Young Chang acquired Kurzweil Music Systems, a manufacturer of synthesizers, player pianos, and digital pianos. Still family-owned and -operated, Young Chang was founded in 1956 by three brothers: Jae-Kim, Jae-Young, and Jae-Sup Kim.

AXL (pronounced A.X.L.), is a musical instrument company specializing in entry- to intermediate-level, value-priced instruments.Manufacturing is centered in China with its warehouse facilities conveniently located in Shanghai, China’s largest seaport. Sales, marketing, and administration offices are located in Hayward, CA.AXL is the single source for musical instruments. Instead of doing business with many companies around the world, AXL makes it easy to do business with just one.With a network of 18 factories, AXL offers thousands of items spread over a wide spectrum of musical product categories. Customers can choose any product and any quantity for shipment without quantity price differentiation. The order is placed with one account representative and there is only one set of paperwork and one payment arrangement.

Orange 21 Inc. engages in the design, development, manufacture, and marketing of eyewear products, apparel, and accessories for the action sports, motorsports, snowsports, and youth lifestyle markets. It offers various product categories, including fashion sunglasses, women-specific sunglasses, performance sport sunglasses, snowsport goggles, and motocross goggles; accessories, such as a range of motocross accessories, as well as sport sunglass and snowsport goggle lens replacement kits; and prescription glasses, which include unisex prescription eyewear frames. The company offers its sunglasses and goggles under Spy and SpyOptic brands for the action sport and power sports markets, including surfing, skateboarding, snowboarding, ski, motocross, and the youth lifestyle market within fashion, music, and entertainment. It sells its products in approximately 3,000 retail locations primarily in the United States and Canada through approximately 3,000 retail locations serviced by the company and its international distributors. The company was formerly known as Spy Optic, Inc. and changed its name to Orange 21 Inc. in 2004. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, California.

Kaz is a state of the art, dynamically-managed, global leader in healthcare devices and home comfort products that operates in over 65 countries on six continents with a brand portfolio that includes Vicks, Honeywell, Braun, and more. Kaz was founded on innovation by Max Katzman in 1926. Katzman was a man of vision who saw a better way. In the hundreds of products that have followed since its first electric vaporizer, Kaz has continued in its innovative tradition with the goal of improving people's lives with new insights on everyday products. Providing quality products that delight you and enhance your world are the focus at each phase of development, from in-house consumer research to operational excellence and superior consumer care.

Wild Planet Toys company develops and manufactures toys, including its best known Spy Gear line and popular Spy Video ATV. Other products include pirate toys , pool toys , creature construction kits , and flashlights that transform into toys . Its toys are distributed in more than 50 countries at mass-market retail stores. The company was founded in 1993 by CEO Danny Grossman. Wild Planet is working to expand its toy collection through licensing agreements.

Founded in 1902 as Norwalk Furniture, the firm was resurrected in September 2008 and added Custom Order to its name when local investors provided needed funds to stay afloat. The company makes upholstered furniture under the Norwalk, J. Raymond, and Hickory Hill names and sells its wares through its own and other retail stores. Its retail unit, Norwalk-The Furniture Idea, spans some 45 states, as well as Canada. Its fleet of 65 tractors and 100 trailers helps Norwalk honor its 30-day delivery policy. It operates manufacturing plants in Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, and Tennessee.

The Fairchild Corporation engages in the design and sale of protective clothing, helmets, and technical accessories for motorcyclists in Europe and the United States, as well as in aerospace distribution business. As of September 30, 2007, the company operated 91 retail shops in Germany and 4 shops in Switzerland, as well as 145 retail shops in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. It also designs and contracts with manufacturers for the production of apparel under private labels for third parties. In addition, The Fairchild Corporation distributes various aircraft parts to commercial airlines and air cargo carriers, fixed-base operators, corporate aircraft operators, and other aerospace companies. Its aircraft products include rotable parts, such as landing gear, radar and navigation systems, instruments, hydraulic and electrical components, space components, and certain defense related items. Further, the company offers component repair and overhaul services. The Fairchild Corporation was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia. On March 18, 2009, Fairchild Corp., along with its affiliates, filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. The plan was later approved as Chapter 11 liquidation on December 17, 2009.

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