Polk Audio, Inc. was engaged in the engineering, manufacture, and marketing of loudspeaker systems intended for use in home audio and video entertainment systems, and in after-market automotive audio systems, as of December 31, 1998. As of September 22, 2006, Polk Audio, Inc. is a subsidiary of Directed Electronics, Inc.

The Little Tikes Company, founded in 1970, is a multi-national manufacturer and marketer of high-quality, innovative children's products. In November of 2006, Little Tikes became a part of MGA Entertainment. MGA Entertainment is a leader in the revolution of family entertainment.Little Tikes'® headquarters and largest manufacturing facility are located in Hudson, Ohio. The company also has a number of locations outside the United States, including several manufacturing and distribution centers in Europe and Asia.

The Brita Products Company, based in Oakland, California, is the leading maker of point-of-use water filtration products to improve the quality and taste of tap water.

After 30 years, Seymour Duncan company manufactures much more than electric guitar pickups. The finest in bass pickups under the brand name "Basslines" were next, then Seymour's authentic replications of pickups from the 50's and 60's, aptly named Antiquity and Antiquity II, respectively. Then Benedetto jazz guitar pickups and finally the union of Seymour Duncan and Rick Turner to form D-TAR, Duncan-Turner Acoustic Research.

Since 1944, Sherrill Furniture Company and its divisions have supplied custom home furnishings to Major Furniture Stores and Major Department Stores throughout the United States and Canada. All of the factories are located in the Hickory, North Carolina area.Sherrill Furniture Company are very fortunate to have a workforce of skilled technicians who combine time honored manufacturing techniques, and the highest quality materials, to hand build each piece of furniture for your home. Their dedication to their craft, combined with management dedication to maintaining the highest product quality standards, corporate efficiencies, and continuous improvement, make Sherrill Furniture Company the furniture industry leader in producing quality home furnishings.

Oreck Corporation began as a company manufacturing upright vacuum cleaners for the hotel industry in the U.S. The concept was to design a lightweight yet powerful and durable vacuum that hotel housekeepers would prefer to the very heavy models available to them. The idea proved so successful that now over 50,000 hotels throughout the world use Oreck vacuums. After a short time, hotel personnel asked to buy the machines for their own use, which gave the Oreck Corporation the idea to sell its unique products to the general public.Oreck now sells throughout North America and South America, as well as in Europe and Asia. It has the reputation of being the manufacturer of the very finest cleaning equipment available anywhere. It concentrates on lightweight cleaning machines of every style, each model having exceptional durability and ease of handling. An example of its success is that the only vacuum cleaners sold by the American Express Company are Orecks.

Candy spends all day -- every day -- cooking food, cleaning carpets, doing laundry, and washing the dishes without complaint. Candy makes and markets thousands of models of major appliances, including washing machines, washer dryers, dishwashers, refrigerators, freezers, ovens, and vacuums. Its brands include namesake Candy, Hoover, Rosiares, Iberna, Hoover Grepa, Jinling, Hoover Helkama, Vyatka, and Zerowatt. The firm has grown through acquisitions, including its purchase of Hoover European Appliance Group. More than half of its revenue comes from sales of washing and flooring appliances. The founding Fumagalli family still owns and runs the company, which made its first household appliance around 1945.

Meyer affiliates have been designing, manufacturing and marketing cookware on a global scale since 1971. Combined, the affiliates sell over 100 cookware lines in more than 30 countries, and employ more than 5,000 people worldwide.Meyer cookware is manufactured by its own affiliates in factories located worldwide. In addition to manufacturing cookware, the companies also manufacture over 90 percent of the materials used to make the cookware including corrugated materials used for packaging, handles made of stainless steel and high heat-resistant phenolic, rivets and stainless steel lids. Combined, Meyer affiliate factories produce more than 30 million pans annually.

K'NEX takes constructive building to an entirely new level with its color-coded building systems. Connectors, cranks, pulleys, wheels, and gear systems allow kids to create a variety of objects including roller coasters, lunar landers, race cars, Ferris wheels, and helicopters. Motorized kits and chrome parts and wheels help bring the creations to life. Products are sold through retailers and the company's online store, as well as being distributed internationally by TOMY. K'NEX is Hasbro's US licensee for the classic Lincoln Logs building set and also distributes BRIO toys and trains.

Hot introductions for the year include from Zizzle the master toy line for Disney's Pirates Of The Caribbean 2 - Dead Mans Curse. From Jakks Pacific come revolutionary new iPets combining the handheld virtual pets craze with Jakks Plug & Play technology. The MGA division is offering the strongest line of Bratz product ever. Vivid developed product includes Doodle Doug, MXD's, Fifi & The Flowertots and seven new Vivid Games. Reinforced by the new Crayola Division, Vivid Group gross sales targets for the year are US$248 million.Vivid turnover £123m and launched new preschool hit TV show from Chapman Entertainment ‘Roary the Racing Car’.Vivid acquire company in France launching Vivid Europe gaining the rights to sell Crayola across Europe, Middle East and Africa.

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