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.

Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) is the world’s leading guitar manufacturer, and its name has become synonymous with all things rock ‘n’ roll. Iconic Fender® instruments such as the Telecaster®, Stratocaster®, Precision Bass® and Jazz Bass® guitars are known worldwide as the instruments that started the rock revolution, and they continue to be highly prized by today’s musicians and collectors.

Mizuno USA, Inc.'s roots stem from its parent company Mizuno Corporation. Mizuno Corporation was established in Osaka, Japan in 1906 by Rihachi Mizuno. Today, Mizuno USA is located in Norcross, GA and continues to manufacture and distribute golf, baseball, softball, running, track & field and volleyball equipment, apparel, and footwear for international markets. The company regularly sponsors several professional athletes, while also maintaining its flagship support of Japan native Ichiro Suzuki, who now plays for the Seattle Mariners. The company was formed in 1988. Mizuno Corporation was founded in 1906 to sell Western goods in Osaka.

Headquartered in New Delhi, Samsung India has widespread network of sales offices all over the country . The Samsung manufacturing complex housing manufacturing facilities for Colour Televisions, Mobile phones, Refrigerators and Washing Machines is located at Noida, near Delhi. Samsung 'Made in India' products like Colour Televisions, Mobile phones and Refrigerators are being exported to Middle East, CIS and SAARC countries from its Noida manufacturing complex. In November 2007, Samsung commenced the manufacture of Colour televisions and LCD televisions at its state–of-the-art manufacturing facility at Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu. The Company is also manufacturing fully automatic front loading washing machines at its Sriperumbudur facility.

Skee-Ball makes midway-skill, sports, and coin-operated games and attractions, including skee-ball, ring toss, the crane, basketball shooting, and football toss, among others. The company's newer game extensions include Strike It Rich and Buzz Off! Its products are found in carnivals, amusement parks, and arcades. Skee-Ball's games have become a mainstay at themed restaurants the likes of Chuck E. Cheese and Dave & Busters. As part of its operations, the company also offers arcade management services, such as game area design, financial projections, and onsite management.

The company makes fine porcelain and bone china tableware, including dinner plates, cups, and serving trays, plus small collectibles. A leading maker of ceramics in Italy, it offers new designs each year, but it also uses some that are more than 200 years old. Exports account for about a quarter of sales, but Richard-Ginori 1735 plans to grow by forming alliances with other European manufacturers of luxury goods. Formerly owned by tableware maker Pagnossin, the struggling company was bought and saved by the Italian investment company Starfin in 2007.

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.

Pool Corporation operates as a wholesale distributor of swimming pool supplies, equipment, and related leisure products. It offers approximately 100,000 national brand and private label products, including maintenance products. The company sells maintenance products, such as chemicals, supplies, and pool accessories; repair and replacement parts for cleaners, filters, heaters, pumps, and lights; packaged pool kits, including walls, liners, braces, and coping for in-ground and above-ground pools; pool equipment and components for new pool construction and the remodeling of existing pools; and irrigation and landscape products, such as professional lawn care equipment. It also offers complementary products, including building materials used for pool installations and remodeling, such as concrete, plumbing and electrical components and pool surface and decking materials; and other discretionary recreational and related outdoor lifestyle products. Pool Corporation serves swimming pool remodelers and builders, retail swimming pool stores, swimming pool repair and service businesses, landscape construction and maintenance contractors, and golf courses. Pool Corporation operates 288 sales centers in North America and Europe. The company was formerly known as SCP Pool Corporation and changed its name to Pool Corporation in 2006. Pool Corporation was founded in 1993 and is based in Covington, Louisiana.

Celestron, is a leading designer, manufacturer and importer of high-quality optical products including computerized and non-computerized telescopes and related accessories, binoculars, spotting scopes and microscopes. Since manufacturing its first telescope in 1960, Celestron has grown to become one of the world’s leading telescope makers, and enjoys brand-name recognition among serious amateur astronomers for superior optics, outstanding design, and innovative technology. Celestron’s innovative products continue to receive numerous industry and consumer media accolades, adding to an already impressive list that includes awards for product innovation from Reader’s Digest, Popular Science, PC Magazine, Popular Mechanics, the Consumer Electronics Association and more. Celestron sells and markets its products worldwide through a variety of specialty retail outlets and international distributors. Celestron is a privately held company with corporate offices and manufacturing facilities, in Torrance, CA.

Libbey has its roots in East Cambridge, Massachusetts, home of the New England Glass Company which was founded in 1818. William L. Libbey took over the company in 1878 and renamed it the New England Glass Works, Wm. L. Libbey & Sons Props. In 1888, facing growing competition, Edward Drummond Libbey moved the company to Toledo, Ohio. The Northwest Ohio area offered abundant natural gas resources and access to large deposits of high quality sand. Toledo also had a network of railroad and steamship lines, making it an ideal location for the company. In 1892, the name was changed to The Libbey Glass Company.Today, through new product development, technology, and acquisitions, Libbey is a leading provider of tableware products to the foodservice industry. It manufactures and distributes a broad range of glassware, dinnerware, flatware, and back-of-the-house products to restaurants, bars, hotels, nightclubs, healthcare, educational and penal institutions, caterers, airlines, cruise lines, and country clubs.

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