Franklin Electronic Publishers, Incorporated, together with its subsidiaries, engage in the design, development, publishing, and distribution of electronic information on handheld devices and memory media cards, as well as through Internet downloads. It also involves in the design, development, and licensing of linguistic technology, such as spelling error detection software in 36 languages for use in application software, electronic products, and on the Internet to third parties. In addition, the company offers reference titles, including monolingual and bilingual dictionaries, such as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and the Holy Bible; translators and test preparation devices; electronic organizers; and entertainment-oriented publications and educational publications in electronic format. As of March 31, 2009, Franklin Electronic Publishers distributed its reference works and general literature through 49,000 retail outlets in approximately 50 countries, and through Internet and catalog mailings direct to customers. It also uses direct channels, including own sales and marketing force, independent sales representative organizations, and third party alliances to serve specialty markets, such as the professional, educational, and customized application markets. The company was founded in 1981 and is based in Burlington, New Jersey.

Blount International, Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of various outdoor products and gear-related products primarily in the United States, Canada, Brazil, and the People's Republic of China. The company offers chainsaw cutting chain, bars, sprockets, and accessories. Its product line includes various cutting chain, chainsaw guide bars, cutting chain drive sprockets, and maintenance tools used primarily on portable gasoline and electric chainsaws, and mechanical timber harvesting equipment. The company also provides various cutting attachments, spare parts, and accessories to service the lawn and garden industry. Its lawn and garden equipment parts comprise lawnmower blades to fit various machines and cutting conditions, as well as replacement parts for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).In addition, the company offers concrete-cutting equipment, such as diamond-segmented chain used on gasoline and hydraulic powered saws and equipment. Further, it manufactures various gear components consisting of rotation bearings, worm gear reducers, hydraulic pump drives, swing drives, and winches used by heavy equipment OEMs for the construction, utility, environmental, and forestry industries. The company offers its products primarily under the Oregon, Carlton, Windsor, ICS, and Tiger brand names. Blount International sells its products to professional loggers, construction workers, homeowners, equipment dealers and distributors, and original equipment manufacturers through distributors, dealers, and mass merchants. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon.

Head N.V. company manufactures and markets branded sports equipment -- including Penn-branded tennis balls and racquets -- in more than 85 countries. In a bid to boost its presence in a low-growth sector, the company has expanded by buying new brands and entering the snowboard market. The company has also expanded its brands through a variety of sportswear licensing agreements. Tennis great Andre Agassi uses Head racquets. Head was founded in 1950 by Howard Head, inventor of the first metal ski. The company is about 49% owned (and effectively controlled) by chairman and CEO Johan Eliasch and his family.

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.

Anchor Hocking is a leading marketer and manufacturer of a comprehensive line of glass products including beverageware, candle containers, servingware, ovenware, storageware, lighting components and other glass products sold under various brand names or as customized solutions for private label lines. Anchor Hocking is the second largest supplier of glassware in the United States. Its glassware products cross all price points through the retail, specialty (business-to-business), and hospitality channels.Anchor Hocking manufactures substantially all of its products at the company’s facilities in the United States and markets its products internationally.Anchor Hocking is a leading designer, marketer and manufacturer of quality consumer products that it sells to retail and hospitality customers and to original equipment manufacturers.

Musicorp is a leading wholesale distributor of musical instruments, accessories and lighting equipment owned by KMC. Musicorp partners with music retail customers to help them strategically grow their business, providing the industry’s widest product selection, broadest marketing reach and national distribution networkMusicorp is equipped to meet the needs of retailers, offering quality, cost-effective, self-manufactured brands such as Barcus-Berry, J.B. Player, J. Reynolds, Percussion Plus, Stageline, MBT Cases, Arbor Guitars, Amigo, Lauren and MBT Lighting & Sound. Musicorp also partners with international brands such as Yamaha portable keyboards and guitars, Dean Guitars, Remo Crown Percussion, Samson, Zoom, Hartke and Luna Guitars in exclusive distribution arrangements to better serve the industry.

Zhuhai Gree Group focuses on appliances, petrochemistry, and real estate. Zhuhai makes a variety of appliances such as air conditioners, electronic components, computer floppy disks, small home appliances, and printer cartridges. Zhuhai Gree Group also works in the fuel oil trade. The company is a leading fuel oil supplier in the Guangdong Province. In addition, Zhuhai Gree Group develops residential projects, as well as partners with China Sinochem to build wharfs and warehouses. Its Gree Mongkok Commercial Center includes shopping, food, and entertainment.

The North Face Apparel Corporation have helped explorers reach the most unfathomable heights of the Himalayas. But The North Face legend begins, ironically, on a beach. More precisely, San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood, at an altitude of only 150 feet above sea level. It was here in 1966 that two hiking enthusiasts resolved to follow their passions and founded a small mountaineering retail store. The North Face was taking exploration to the outer limits of the ski world, adding extreme skiwear to the product offering. These were the days of pastels, neons, hair dye, and mohawks; they laid the groundwork for today's free-spirited snowsports athletes. By the end of the decade, The North Face became the only supplier in the United States to offer a comprehensive collection of high-performance outerwear, skiwear, sleeping bags, packs and tents. Now, more than 40 years after its humble grand opening, The North Face delivers an extensive line of performance apparel, equipment, and footwear. North Face push the boundaries of innovation so that you can push the boundaries of exploration. North Face remain deeply proud to be the first choice of the world's most accomplished climbers, mountaineers, extreme skiers, snowboarders, endurance runners, and explorers.

Metrokane designs housewares products that are unique and proprietary with broad consumer appeal. Metrokane never offer so-called "commodity merchandise" -- products that are virtually interchangeable with those of other companies. Metrokane provide their retailer customers with high-visibility, promotional products that build traffic and generate "plus business." So in a nutshell, Metrokane purpose is to grow their business by growing the business of the retailers they sell to.

The Giant name is synonymous with technological innovation and the state-of-the-art throughout the global bicycle industry. It represents a dedication to proving the best quality and most innovative bicycles to its customers. Behind the Giant name is a unique Global Giant, Local Touch and Total Best Value approach in designing, manufacturing and selling bicycles, and a commitment to not only recreational and competitive cycling, but also the bicycle industry and the environment. Not Satisfied with being the world's most widely known bicycle brand, Giant is in constant pursuit of its vision of becoming 'The Best Bicycle Company in the World'.Across seven continents and fifty-odd countries, underneath thirty-two of the world's brightest professional cyclists, in over ten thousand retail outlets, and throughout the streets of the world's most populous nations, you'll find bicycles designed and built by Giant, 'The Global Bicycle Company'.

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