Oneida Ltd. is one of the world’s largest marketers of stainless steel silverware / flatware, and offers a complete range of tabletop products. Its operations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom and Australia market stainless, silverplated, and sterling silverware / flatware products, china dinnerware, and crystal and glassware items. Oneida is the #1 Brand in silverware / flatware with the top 5 designs in the entire industry.The company originated in a utopian community established in the mid-nineteenth century, and has had a strong reputation for quality since that time.

Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of firearms in the United States. The company offers its products under Ruger name in four product categories, including single-shot, autoloading, bolt-action, and lever action rifles; over and under shotguns; rimfire autoloading and centerfire autoloading pistols; and single action and double action revolvers. It also manufactures and sells accessories and replacement parts for its firearms. In addition, the company manufactures and sells investment castings made from steel alloys. It sells its firearms through a network of selected licensed independent wholesale distributors, as well as markets investment castings through manufacturers representatives to commercial, sporting goods, and military sectors. The company was founded in 1948 and is based in Southport, Connecticut.

Kid Brands, Inc. designs, imports, markets, and distributes infant and juvenile consumer products. It offers infant bedding and related nursery accessories and decor, such as blankets, rugs, mobiles, nightlights, hampers, lamps, and wall art under the CoCaLo Baby, CoCaLo Couture, CoCaLo Naturals, and Baby Martex brands; cribs, mattresses, and other nursery furniture under the Babi Italia, Europa Baby, Bonavita, Graco, and Serta brands; and developmental toys, as well as feeding, bath, and baby care items under the Sassy brand. The company offers its products to retailers, including national retail accounts, and independent retailers comprising toy, specialty, food, drug, apparel, and other retailers, as well as to military post exchanges. It sells its products through its direct sales force and distribution network in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, as well as through independent manufacturers representatives and distributors internationally. The company was formerly known as Russ Berrie and Company, Inc. and changed its name to Kid Brands, Inc. on September 22, 2009. Kid Brands, Inc. was founded in 1963 and is based in Wayne, New Jersey.

Ultimate Support Systems makes tripods for lighting and speakers, guitar, keyboard, microphone, and studio monitor stands. The company also designs and manufactures bags and cases for guitars, keyboards, and drums. Ultimate Support Systems outsources the majority of its manufacturing and assembly functions and sells through its catalog in the US and internationally. Founded in 1977 by Darrell Schoenig (a Christian musician and hang glider), who applied the technology of lightweight hang-glider tubing to music stands, the company is owned by Mike Belitz, who purchased it in 2007.

North American Bear Company began as a creative business enterprise of a new mother, Barbara Isenberg, starting a family in New York City in the mid-1970’s. Her desire to find a teddy bear with the nostalgic charm of an antique toy and a contemporary sense of whimsy for her own small son prompted the start of a toy company creating unique, high quality plush bears that would appeal to both children and adults alike. In 1978, after perfecting a variety of sample bears, assembling a sales force and locating a small NY factory to produce bears, Barbara teamed up with her brother, Paul Levy, a Chicago-based lawyer and real estate developer, to form North American Bear Company, Inc. Barbara continues as the company’s Creative Director, running the New York Studio in the heart of Manhattan’s toy district where she and the closely-knit design and production team develop each season’s rich and varied collections. Paul Levy serves as CEO in the company’s corporate headquarters in Chicago, managing the administrative, financial and warehousing aspects of the business.

Varioptic is the world leader in liquid lens solutions. The company has pioneered the development of Electrowetting Technology to create variable focus lenses with no moving parts. Liquid lenses are used in a wide range of imaging applications from industrial vision to camera phones. They feature a number of advantages over traditional focusing technologies in terms of robustness, power consumption, size, cost and speed.

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.

The concept behind Tamrac’s camera carrying systems was conceived in 1977. Tamrac’s founders were outdoor enthusiasts who loved nature photography. They, like many amateur and professional photographers, had a strong need for camera bags that were tough enough to offer excellent protection, yet were easy to carry and allowed fast access to camera equipment to capture spontaneous wildlife pictures.Tamrac is committed to design innovations. Several of Tamrac’s inventions are patented within the United States. Among Tamrac’s innovations are the following: Total Coverage Tops, Pop-Off™ Film Pockets, ZipDrop™ Pockets, the Lens-Bridge® support system, the LensGate® Divider System, Tuck-A-Way™ Hip Belt, Rolling Systems, QuickClip™ Tripod Attachment System, Strobe Hatch™/Lens Hatch™, M.A.S.™ Modular Accessory System, Slide Pockets™, Giant Rain Flaps, Piggy-Back Pocket™ and Tamrac’s latest innovation -- the TurboTop™ (patent pending). Information about these and other ‘Great Innovations from Tamrac’ can be found under 'The Tamrac Difference’ menu button.Tamrac is recognized throughout the world as the leading "Name Brand" manufacturer of camera cases with distribution throughout the USA, Canada, Europe & Japan. Our headquarters and primary manufacturing facilities are located in Chatsworth, California.

Dive N' Surf outfits its patrons to catch the waves. The company is specializing in diving equipment and training, as well as surfing gear and apparel, the company sells products through its own retail store in Redondo Beach, California, and its Web site. Brands include Billabong, Lost, UGG, and Volcom, among others. In addition to these, Dive N' Surf markets its Body Glove brand of high-tech surf gear. The family of the founding twin brothers Bob and Bill Meistrell own Dive N' Surf, which opened for business in 1953.

Founded by president and CEO Larry Villella and SVP Brian Hutchison, ADK (known as ADK Microphones) makes condenser microphones for live sound, studio recording, and broadcast use. The company's Audiofile Series consists of about a dozen affordably-priced microphone models, each offering different characteristics for different applications and instruments. Its Custom Shoppe Europe division offers customers the opportunity to turn stock microphones into custom-modified units to get the sound and tone-color needed. ADK microphones are used by such big names as Patti Page, the Oregon Philharmonic, the Tonight Show band, and Sir Elton John.

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