Niles is a company focused on providing high–quality products that integrate and distribute home entertainment for the residential and light commercial markets. Throughout its history, Niles has played a major role in transforming whole–house audio/video and home theater from a hobbyist pastime into a thriving, highly professional industry. Niles has grown by continuously refining its existing products, inventing new ones, and always delivering extraordinary value.Since 1978, Niles has been a solutions–based company. The company’s first product was a switching system designed to help audio retailers demonstrate speakers and amplifiers. These switchers were highly effective at simplifying the retail selling process. The salesperson no longer had to manually disconnect and reconnect wires every time a customer wanted to audition a different component.

The Homer Laughlin China Company Specializing in high-fired, lead- free glazes with an Alpha Alumina body, Homer Laughlin remains the largest domestic pottery employing over 1100 skilled workers in a 37 acre facility. As a leader in the china design and manufacturing market, Homer Laughlin has pursued the issues that matter most: lead-free dinnerware, durability, contemporary design and timely delivery.

In 1986 a small women’s specific golf clothing company was founded under the name of Sundaze. Operations were based in Denver, Colorado. Growth was consistent over the first few years and in 1992 the small women’s golf clothing company added a golf menswear line called Haley. At the same time the company’s corporate name was then changed to Sport Haley, Inc.Due to the exceptional growth of the golf market the company issued an IPO and went public in 1994 (Nasdaq: SPOR). Throughout the remainder of 1990’s the once tiny golf company experienced year after year of double-digit growth. Today Sport Haley fashion golf apparel and outerwear is marketed in the premium and mid-price golf markets through a network of independent sales representatives and distributors to golf professional shops at country clubs and resorts throughout the U.S. and internationally. The company also markets Sport Haley golf and fashion apparel to corporate, college, university and other markets. Ben Hogan apparel is marketed to elite golf professional shops, upscale resorts and exclusive department stores.

Boker USA distributes high-end hunting and sporting knives, as well as kitchen cutlery, sharpeners, and watches through US retail outlets and its own catalogs. Many of the products it sells are made by sister company Heinr. Boker Baumwerk in Germany. Other items include bags, self-defense videos, and flashlights. The company sells its products through independent dealers, catalogs, and its Web site. The earliest manifestation of the company began in Germany with Herman and Robert Boeker when they began making sabers in 1829. Boker USA was founded in Colorado in 1986.

The Step2 Company manufactures and markets a variety of plastic toys for children, as well as products for the home and garden. Its goods are sold through retailers such as Lowe's, Target, Toys R Us, and Wal-Mart in the US and Canada, as well as in more than 70 other countries. Step2 was established in 1991 by Thomas Murdough, founder and former Little Tikes president. The company is owned by New York-based private equity firm Liberty Partners. Step2 has expanded its offerings through acquisitions, snapping up educational toy maker Thinkativity in 2008 and baby products firm Infantino in 2007.

Stuart Spector Design makes electric basses. The company's basses range in price from about $600 to more than $5,000. The company also sells guitars and guitar accessories such as bags, cases, and strings. Products are sold at specialty guitar stores and national music retailers, including Brook Mays Music, Guitar Center, and Sam Ash. Founder Stuart "Thumbslinger" Spector has been designing and manufacturing Spector basses since 1976. In the 80s the company was acquired by Kramer.

Natural Golf Corporation, a golf instruction company, provides a system for playing golf in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. It engages in selling instructional products, including videotapes, digital versatile disks, books, practice devices, and accessories; conducting golf schools in the United States; and selling custom-fitted golf clubs specially designed for the Natural Golf swing. The company was founded in 1990 and is based in Mount Prospect, Illinois. On February 8, 2006 the voluntary petition of Natural Golf Corporation for reorganization under Chapter 11 was converted to Chapter 7. The Company had filed for Chapter 11 on May 10, 2005.

Whirley Industries is the company behind those collectible cups and mugs filling kitchen cabinets. The company designs and manufactures promotional drinkware for theme parks, sports venues, convenience stores, and other businesses. The company's Toppers line casts colorful animals and licensed characters atop the lids of plastic cups. In addition to its cups and straws, Whirley Industries creates specialty lunchboxes and popcorn buckets for children, and insulated coffee containers and barware for adults. The company also produces self-serve slush stands that can be installed at festivals, water parks, and zoos.

In 1886, Plymouth inventor Clarence Hamilton introduced a new idea to the windmill company. It was a combination of metal and wire, vaguely resembling a gun that could fire a lead ball using compressed air. Lewis Cass Hough, then president of the firm, gave it a try and, after his first shot, enthusiastically exclaimed, "Boy, that's a daisy!"The name stuck and the BB gun went into production as a premium item given to farmers when they purchased a windmill. The gun was such a huge success that Plymouth Iron Windmill soon began manufacturing the Daisy BB gun in place of windmills! On January 26, 1895 the company's board of directors officially voted to change the name to Daisy Manufacturing Company, Inc.In 1958, Daisy moved their corporate offices and manufacturing facilities from Plymouth to Rogers, Arkansas where the company has continued to prosper and grow. One gun, more than any other, played a major role in making Daisy the household name it is today. Introduced in 1939, the Daisy Red Ryder has sold over 9 million units, easily making it the most famous BB gun ever built! Today, Daisy has literally become a household word, selling guns in almost every country and on five continents.

Ebonite International makes bowling balls for professionals and style-conscious bowlers. Each type of ball comes in a variety of exotic swirls of color, from peacock to candy. Ebonite company also manufactures ball bags and other bowling accessories. It sells its products under the Ebonite, Hammer, and OPTYX brand names. Through its Vantage and VanTech subsidiaries, Ebonite manufactures equipment used in bowling alleys, such as pinspotters and ball returns.

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