Indesit is in the house! Formerly Merloni Elettrodomestici, the company produces home appliances (refrigerators, washing machines, dishwashers, and ovens) at 17 manufacturing plants spanning Italy, Poland, Russia, the UK, Turkey, and China. Its products are made and sold under the Hotpoint-Ariston, Indesit, Scholts, and Stinol brands, with the first three being its most popular. Western Europe accounts for more than half of Indesit's sales. One of Indesit's innovations was its launch of a line of Hotpoint appliances designed for the blind, which features Braille controls and an audio instruction booklet. The 30-year-old company is controlled by the Merloni family.

Indesit Company is Europe’s second biggest producer of home appliances by market share. It leads the market in Italy, the UK, Russia, Portugal, Romania, Bulgaria and the Ukraine and is one of the leaders in France, Poland, Turkey, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Greece. Founded in 1975 by the current chairman Vittorio Merloni and listed on the Milan stock exchange since 1987, the Group posted sales of €3.2 billion in 2008, having turned out 15 million appliances (washing machines, dryers, washer-dryers, dishwashers, fridges, freezers, ovens and hobs). Indesit Company operates through 16 production facilities (Italy, Poland, the UK, Russia and Turkey) and 24 commercial branches worldwide and has 17,000 employees. The Group’s main brands are Indesit, Hotpoint-Ariston and Scholtès.

In 2008, Arçelik A.Ş. continued reinforcing its position in the Turkish market with over 4,500 authorised dealers and more than 600 authorised services, finishing out the year with consolidated revenues reaching 6.8 billion TL. Under tough market conditions in 2008, Arçelik A.Ş. sustained its top position in the domestic market with a 54% share, made even tighter by 3.5%.Despite constraints in the Turkish white goods industry, the company gained a business profit of 440 million TL in 2008, thanks to its making even greater improvements in its products and services.In 2008, Arçelik A.Ş. made 143 international applications, climbing 35 ranks higher and landing at 101st among the top 500 companies with the highest rate of applications around the globe to become the only Turkish company on the list of the top 500, as published by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). Thus, outpacing several important international companies, Arçelik carried its domestic achievements to the international arena as the only Turkish company taking a place beside the giants in the Patent Champions League, shoring up the success of Koç Holding, the only Turkish company among the top 1,000 allocating resources to R&D, according to a European Commission report.

Steinhoff International Holdings Ltd., Originally founded in 1964 as a distributor of furniture between Eastern and Western Europe, in 1989 the group converted to production and since then has been manufacturing and distributing, with fabrication facilities in more than ten countries. In 1998 the group officially became Steinhoff International Holdings and went public on the Johannesburg stock exchange. The Steinhoff family still retains controlling ownership of the company.

iRobot Corporation designs, develops, and markets robots to consumer, government, and industrial markets in the United States and internationally. The company offers consumer products, such as floor vacuuming robots, floor washing robots, gutter cleaning robots, pool cleaning robots, and programmable robots. Its government and industrial products include PackBot and PackBot 510 line of small and unmanned ground robots; iRobot PackBot 510 with EOD kit that adapts to various improvised explosive devices, conventional ordnance, and SWAT missions; and iRobot PackBot 510 with FasTac kit to investigate suspicious objects, as well as to identify roadside bombs and IEDs. The company also provides its PackBot products in various configurations, including iRobot PackBot EOD to conduct explosive ordnance disposal, hazardous materials, search-and-surveillance, and law enforcement tasks; and iRobot PackBot with ICx fido explosives detection kit to screen packages and dangerous items. iRobot Corporation sells its products through chain stores and national retailers, as well as through the Internet to consumers, the U.S. military, and other government agencies. It has strategic alliances with The Boeing Company; Advanced Scientific Concepts, Inc.; and TASER International, Inc. The company was formerly known as IS Robotics Corporation and changed its name to iRobot Corporation in December 2000. iRobot Corporation was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts with additional offices in Durham, North Carolina; and San Luis Obispo, California.

No need to sing the blues when you sing into Blue Microphones, unless of course you're a blues musician. The company designs, makes, and sells microphones for high-end studio applications as well as for the budget-minded garage band amateur. With manufacturing operations in Latvia, and distribution deals with Telex Communications, (makers of Electro-Voice) the company sells its products to those seeking a vintage sound and esthetic without the headache of vintage technology. The company also markets a tube microphone and instrument preamplifier and sells accessories for storage and use of classic mics. Instead of model numbers the products have colorful names and designs such as Cactus, Kiwi, and Baby Bottle.

Arcelik A.S. is a Turkey-based household appliances manufacturer. Arcelik is engaged in the production and marketing of durable goods, allied components and consumer electronics, as well as in the provision of after-sale services. Its products include white goods, electronic products, small home appliances and kitchen accessories, including refrigerators, freezers, washing machines, dishwashers, vacuum cleaners, television and music sets, coffee makers and blenders. Arcelik A.S. serves in more than 100 countries, including China and the United States, through its international subsidiaries and over 4,500 branches in Turkey. The Company operates 11 production plants in Turkey, Romania, Russia and China, including refrigerator, washing machine, dishwasher, cooking appliances and components plants. It offers products under its 10 brands, including Arcelik, Beko, Altus, Blomberg, Arctic, Leisure, Arstil, Grundig, Elektra Bregenz and Flavel. Arcelik A.S. is a subsidiary of Koc Holding.

Europe's largest bedding manufacturer, Hilding Anders' 30 subsidiaries make an array of mattresses. From squishy foam core to automated anti-snore mattresses, its products are sold throughout Asia and Europe by bedding and furniture retailers, under its own brands as well as private labels (a division is dedicated to the fabrication of mattresses specifically for IKEA). Other products include bedframes, pillows, nightstands, and headboards. Hilding Anders was founded in 1939 by Hilding Andersson and is owned by the British investment firm Candover. It has grown steadily through acquisitions, including most recently Italy's Bedding Srl.

In 1950, an enterprising young Swedish farmer named Karl-Erik Andersson set out to build his mother a different kind of washer. A unique, energy- and water-efficient machine that would reflect a farmer's love and respect for nature. One with superior cleaning power and reliability that could heat water, spin, and even boast durable, state-of-the-art, stainless steel drums. A washing machine like no other. So the young farmer built his amazing washer, surpassing even his meticulous mother's high standards. Indeed, the results ASKO are so extraordinary, he was convinced to share his creation with others. So he built a world-class engineering and manufacturing facility right on the family farm — where it stands to this day — and a new company was born. The company is now call ASKO.Today, ASKO is an international corporation with a full line of high-performance washers, dryers and dishwashers. ASKO appliances still do a better job of cleaning with a fraction of the water, electricity and detergent of ordinary machines. Every component is constructed of steel rather than plastic wherever possible. And every ASKO product is still built with Scandinavian quality and environmental sensitivity — just as Karl-Erik Andersson intended. In short, ASKO appliances are some of the best-performing, most ecology-friendly, and longest lasting on earth. Made especially for those — like a certain Swedish mother — who appreciate the difference.

Premier Percussion is one company making it possible for people to march to any number of different drummers. Premier Percussion makes drums, drum sets, and accessories under the Premier and Cabria names; products are distributed through musical instrument and other specialty retail outlets on all seven continents. The company cut its teeth on the growing demand for drum kits brought on by the birth of cool in the 1920s. Albert Della Porta founded Premier Percussion in 1922 as Premier Drums (its name was changed in 1984); today it remains owned and operated by the descendants of Della Porta.

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