Fisher & Paykel Appliances Holdings specializes in cooking, cooling, washing, and drying. The holding company designs, manufactures, and markets a range of household appliances -- from ovens and refrigerators to dishwashers and laundry machines -- through subsidiary Fisher & Paykel Appliances Limited. It has manufacturing sites in New Zealand, Italy, Mexico, and Thailand. While appliances account for most of the company's revenue, its financial services business unit contributes as a provider of retail point-of-sale consumer finance cards, insurance services, and rental and leasing finance. The company was founded in 1934 as an importer of Crosley refrigerators and Maytag washing machines from the US.

Uncle Josh Bait Company makes a variety of pork rind fishing bait including pork frogs, strips, jigs, and spinner bait. It also sells preserved natural bait such as crawfish, crickets, maggots, and worms. The bait is sold in resealable bags or in pint jars of salt brine solution to help preserve the taste and texture, making it more attractive to fish. Uncle Josh's pork rind snacks (for humans) come in BBQ, Hot & Spicy, and Original flavors. Its products are sold online and in selected retailers. The company is owned by president Kurt Kellogg and investors Patrick McDevitt and Chris Miller, who purchased it from the founding Jones family in 2002.

Baden Sports, Inc., an independent, family-owned company, entered the athletic ball market in 1979 to address the need for higher quality products. Unique from its competitors for which athletic balls are only a secondary business, Baden focuses 100% of its attention on designing and producing the finest and broadest range of athletic balls in the industry. No other company comes close to matching Baden's product scope or ball production expertise.

Panasonic Corporation is one of the largest electronic product manufacturers in the world, comprised of over 540 companies. It manufactures and markets a wide range of products under the Panasonic brand to enhance and enrich lifestyles all around the globe.

A series of successive mergers and takeovers have resulted in the Tecnica Group being the world’s leading Group today in the sectors of ski boots (1.2 million pairs), “outdoor” footwear (2.1 million pairs), after-ski and winter footwear (320.000 pairs), in-line skates (1 million pairs) and ski (330.000 pairs). Tecnica is the parent company to which the following brands refer: Nordica (skis and ski-boots), Blizzard (skis), Dolomite (ski-boots, outdoor clothing and footwear), Lowa (outdoor footwear and ski-boots), Rollerblade (in-line skates), Think Pink (sportswear). The Group is currently present on all the main world markets, employs over 1560 persons and more than 10,000 sales outlets worldwide.

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.

Guitar building is an ongoing process of discovery. The company is devoted to the guitar's rich heritage while committed to new technologies that will enrich the products with uncompromised tone, playability and beauty.The company makes electric guitars and basses in more than 30 variations. PRS also sells guitar accessories such as pickups, strings, and straps. Founder and owner Paul Reed Smith began making guitars in the mid-1970s to earn extra credits from his college music professor. He then began hawking his wares backstage after area concerts. Finally, he took to the road visiting music dealers with two prototypes. By the time he returned, he had collected enough orders to make a go of the business. PRS guitars are made from woods such as maple, ash, mahogany, and rosewood and are bone-dried in custom kilns.

The company that now bears the name Avalon Guitars came into being in the 1980's. The company's reputation for producing the very highest quality acoustic guitars using traditional methods has remained unsurpassed.Avalon's excellence is firmly rooted in our highly skilled team of luthiers whose innovativeness, abilities and know-how is renowned.Avalon Guitars exists to make possible their contribution to the acoustic guitar world with their passion for acoustic guitar design, quality and above all, tone.

Sony Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development, design, manufacture, and sale of electronic equipment, instruments, and devices for consumer and industrial markets in Japan, the United States, Europe, and internationally. The company's products include audio and video equipment, liquid crystal display televisions, personal computers, monitors, semiconductors, components, mobile phones, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs. It develops, produces, markets, and distributes home-use game consoles and software, such as PlayStation2, PlayStation Portable, and PLAYSTATION 3 hardware and related software. Sony Corporation also engages in the development, production, manufacture, marketing, distribution, and broadcasting of image-based software, including film, video, and television products. In addition, the company involves in motion picture, television, and home entertainment production, acquisition, and distribution; digital content creation and distribution; channel investments; studio facilities operation; entertainment products, services, and technologies development; and filmed entertainment distribution. Further, it engages in various financial service operations, such as insurance, banking, and leasing and credit financing. Additionally, Sony Corporation operates a network service business, an animation production and marketing business, and an advertising agency business. The company also operates a domestic recorded music business that produces recorded music and music videos through contracts with various artists in various musical genres; music publishing business to own and acquire rights to musical compositions; and So-net, an Internet-related service business. The company was formerly known as Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha and changed its name to Sony Corporation in January 1958. Sony Corporation was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

The company is a wholesale distributor of piano and organ parts, hardware, tools, and accessories, including metronomes and composer busts. In addition to wholesaling other brands, Schaff Piano makes piano and organ covers, bench cushions, refinishing supplies, tuning tools, and moving equipment under the Schaff and Hale names. Its products are distributed to piano supply dealers and music stores. Schaff Piano Supply was founded in 1884.

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