Majestic Athletic story began in the 1950s, when Mary Capobianco endeavored to open her own sewing mill. After working in the booming garment industry of Bangor, Pennsylvania, she realized she could work just as hard for herself, and get much more in return. She started with women's clothing, mainly blouses. Maria Rose Fashions, as it was then known, served well-dressed women from coast to coast. It was a far cry from athletic apparel, but it demanded the same attention to detail. After learning the garment business first-hand, her son Faust Capobianco, III, followed in her footsteps. In 1976, he founded the Majestic Athletic you know today, almost. Additionally, Majestic Athletic has licensing agreements with such sporting entities as the National Basketball Association, the National Football League, and a number of colleges and universities. The company was acquired by VF Corporation in 2007 and is part of its VF Imagewear division.

Key City Furniture Company, Inc. was founded in 1927 by James E. Caudill and has remained in the same family since that time. The company was incorporated in 1946 and is currently run by the grandsons of the founder; F. D. Forester III, President and James Caudill Forester, Secretary-Treasurer.Today, the company has over 150 employees at its 2 facilities in Wilkesboro and North Wilkesboro, NC. The company specifically builds each piece of furniture to fill a specific order. It produces over 400 furniture products and offers over 1,200 fabrics from which to choose.

Kawai wants to show Steinway the highway. The world's #2 musical instrument maker (behind Yamaha), Kawai makes a limited number of Shigeru Kawai hand-built grand pianos each year. Each pricey piano features a soundboard aged five years (compared to the usual one year) and is crafted using 200-year-old Ezo spruce trees. Kawai also makes other grand, upright, and digital pianos. Musical instruments and related products account for most of the company's sales. In addition, Kawai operates music and gymnastics schools, makes metal products, and sells computers and peripherals. Kawai, founded in 1927 by the father of retired chairman Shigeru Kawai, sells its products worldwide.

Crosman was founded in 1923 in Rochester, New York, as Crosman Arms Company. Its credo then, as now, was quality and innovation. From its inception, Crosman's principal products have been products for the shooting sports, primarily airguns and airgun ammunition.During the 1950's, significant growth occurred, driven by national accounts such as Sears Roebuck & Co., Montgomery Ward, and Western Auto. All sold Crosman's products under their respective brand names. Then, in 1966, Crosman introduced its own Crosman branded airgun, the Pumpmaster 760, selling for $27.95. Today the ever-popular Crosman Pumpmaster Model 760 still sells in the same price range, with more than 13 million rifles sold.Today, Crosman Corporation is an international designer, manufacturer and marketer of Crosman pellet and BB rifles and pistols, Copperhead ammunition, high quality Benjamin pellet rifles and ammunition, airsoft rifles and pistols, crossbows and precision optics. The company employs more than 300 people domestically, markets its products around the world and is seen as a leader in the airgun industry.

The Wiffle Ball makes the classic plastic Wiffle ball and bat. Founded in the 1950s by David N. Mullany (who got the idea from watching his son and a friend play a game using a perforated plastic golf ball and a broomstick handle), the company is still run by grandsons David J. and Stephen A. Mullany. Other Wiffle Ball products include Wiffle softballs, golf balls, the Saucers and Scalers , and Wiffle "stuff". Items are sold through distributors nationwide.

Newell Rubbermaid Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, packaging, and distribution of consumer and commercial products. It operates in four segments: Cleaning, Organization & Decor; Office Products; Tools & Hardware; and Home & Family. The Cleaning, Organization & Decor segment offers semi-durable products primarily for use in the home and commercial settings. Its products include cleaning and refuse, indoor/outdoor organization, food storage, and home storage products; material handling solutions; drapery hardware and window treatments; and restroom hygiene systems. The Office Products segment offers writing instruments, including markers, highlighters, pens, pencils, and fine writing instruments; office technology solutions, such as label makers and printers, card-scanning solutions, and on-line postage; and art and office organization products. The Tools & Hardware segment offers hand tools, power tool accessories, industrial bandsaw blades, propane torches, manual paint applicators, and cabinet and window hardware. The Home & Family segment provides infant and juvenile products, such as car seats, strollers, highchairs, and playards; gourmet cookware, bakeware, and cutlery; and hair care accessories. The company markets its products under the Sharpie, Paper Mate, Dymo, Expo, Waterman, Parker, Rolodex, Irwin, Lenox, BernzOmatic, Rubbermaid, Levolor, Graco, Calphalon, and Goody brand names. It serves discount stores, home centers, warehouse clubs, office superstores, and commercial distributors. Newell Rubbermaid has operations primarily in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and Central and South America. The company was founded in 1903 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

In the forest of collectibles, The Boyds Collection bears are watching. It sells resin, porcelain, and plush renditions of bears and other animals, including its Bearstones figurines and its J.B. Bean & Associates line of fully-jointed bears and other animals. It also sells other collectibles and home decor items, such as stationery and picture frames. Boyds has boasted licensed products via deals with NASCAR and Coca-Cola. Products are designed to appeal to older women (although it has added items for men). The company products are sold primarily in US gift shops and department stores, as well as through catalogs and trade shows. In 2008 Boyds granted Enesco a license to design, make, and market some of its products.

Wilton Enterprises, based in Woodridge, Illinois, and founded in 1929, is the leading food crafting company in the industry, with the number one position in cake decorating, bakeware and tea kettles. Today, Wilton Enterprises offers the industry´s most comprehensive and innovative selection of baking, cake decorating, candy making, cookie making, wedding, baby, party, seasonal, kitchen and hydration products. These products are designed to make it easy for anyone to enjoy the thrill of serving something special and utilizing unique style and design while doing it. Consumers trust Wilton brands such as Performance Pans™, Candy Melts® brand confectionery coating, Cupcakes ´N More® dessert stands and Copco® Housewares to help make celebrations more exciting. Along with great products, Wilton classes and publications have helped hundreds of thousands of people around the world create impressive party desserts, served with flair. Celebrating its 80th year, The Wilton School of Cake Decorating and Confectionery Art still educates 1,400 students a year who have come from 88 countries and all 50 states while Educational Marketing with its almost 4,000 teachers across the US taught 262,000 people the art of cake decorating in 2008. Wilton Enterprises is a major name in the specialty home products industry through Copco. Copco is the premier designer and marketer of tea kettles and quality kitchenware, including a line by Mario Batali The Italian Kitchen. With a history that spans almost 50 years, Copco has taken its experience and knowledge of creating functional yet stylish teakettles and has evolved into offering thermal mugs, hydration, kitchen storage and organization plus food preparation tools. Although ever-changing in product offerings, Copco remains constant in providing products that are trend-correct in color and style while incorporating the latest technologies to provide the highest quality products. With these fundamentals, the Copco brand represents the true meaning of style, design and function.

Miraphone is known as a leader in the high end professional instrument market, carrying a reputation for high-quality craftsmanship and progressive innovation and will continue to uphold this level of tradition and dedication with new ideas, new products and improvements.

VIZIO’s revolutionizing how we watch, listen … and live! Based on the belief that everyone is entitled to the latest technology, VIZIO’s redefining high definition by finding a better way and making it for everyone, using greener methods! What started in 2002 as a small company consisting of three people has quickly grown into a company of more than 160 employees, two American based offices and earned the #1 position in LCD shipments in North America in Q1 and Q2 2009 and remains the #1 shipper of LCD HDTVs to the U.S. through the 3rd quarter of 2009 (cumulative Q1 – Q3, 2009) according to iSuppli’s Q3 2009 U.S. TV unit shipments.

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