Libbey has its roots in East Cambridge, Massachusetts, home of the New England Glass Company which was founded in 1818. William L. Libbey took over the company in 1878 and renamed it the New England Glass Works, Wm. L. Libbey & Sons Props. In 1888, facing growing competition, Edward Drummond Libbey moved the company to Toledo, Ohio. The Northwest Ohio area offered abundant natural gas resources and access to large deposits of high quality sand. Toledo also had a network of railroad and steamship lines, making it an ideal location for the company. In 1892, the name was changed to The Libbey Glass Company.Today, through new product development, technology, and acquisitions, Libbey is a leading provider of tableware products to the foodservice industry. It manufactures and distributes a broad range of glassware, dinnerware, flatware, and back-of-the-house products to restaurants, bars, hotels, nightclubs, healthcare, educational and penal institutions, caterers, airlines, cruise lines, and country clubs.

The company makes products for infants -- including safety guards for furniture edges, stoves, stairs, and fireplaces; diaper holders and other storage containers and organizers for baby products; and bottles and dishwasher baskets for infant feeding implements. Prince Lionheart's Original Slumber Bear, a revamp of a toy first marketed in the 70's, uses recorded womb sounds to lull babies to sleep. Its products are sold online through the company's Web site and at Toys R' Us and Babies R' Us stores. Thomas McConnell owns and runs the company, which he founded in 1973.

In 1917, Charles D. Burnes founded Burnes Home Accents. He had one simple goal - to create photo frames as special as the memories they hold. That same dedication and commitment to excellence has been the trademark of Burnes' products for more than 75 years. Through three generations of family management, the Burnes commitment to fine design and distinctive craftsmanship has enabled us to become the recognized leader in ready-made picture frames, albums and photo storage products.Burnes Home Accents collections feature a wide variety of designs and styles to complement every lifestyle. Whether for family, friends or yourself, Burnes offers just the right frame or album to enhance your photograph and accent your decor. Burnes Home Accents is proud to play a part in preserving your special memories, and Burnes Home Accents thank you for allowing them to carry on our tradition of providing you the finest selection of ready-made picture frames, albums and photo storage products.

"At no cost to you, I'd like to vacuum and shampoo your carpet." Representatives of The Kirby Company have been using that line since the first Kirby vacuum, the Model C, was manufactured in 1935. (Its predecessor, the non-electric Vacuette, was developed by Jim Kirby in 1914.) New Kirby machines have always been sold exclusively door-to-door; the upscale vacuums cost about $1,800 and come with a lifetime warranty. Kirby items are sold through independent dealers and distributors in the US and 70 other countries. The company, named for Jim Kirby, who designed his first vacuum cleaner in 1906, also sells a line of cleaning products. Kirby is part of Scott Fetzer Company, which operates more than 20 businesses.

Rosco, founded in 1910, is still best known for the products it originally manufactured: filters for entertainment lighting.The company now offers products in more than a dozen categories. These include gobos (or patterns), correction filters for film lighting, fog and haze machines, dance floors, scenic paint and backdrops for theatre and film/video.Rosco also has innovated a number of lighting equipment products, including rotators, projectors, intelligent mirrors and LitePad, a remarkable LED-based fixture.

La-Z-Boy Incorporated manufactures, markets, imports, distributes, and retails upholstery products and wood casegoods furniture products under the La-Z-Boy name in the United States and Canada. It operates in three segments: Upholstery Group, Casegoods Group, and Retail Group. The Upholstery Group segment manufactures and sells upholstered furniture to furniture retailers and proprietary stores. Its products include recliners and motion furniture, sofas, loveseats, chairs, ottomans, sleeper sofas, sectionals, and modulars. The Casegoods Group segment imports, markets, and distributes manufactured or imported wood casegoods furniture to furniture retailers. Its products include tables, chairs, entertainment centers, headboards, dressers, accent pieces, and various coordinated upholstered furniture. The Retail Group segment sells upholstered furniture to end consumers through the retail network. As of April 25, 2009, La-Z-Boy Incorporated had 68 company-owned La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries stores. The company was formerly known as Floral City Furniture and changed its name to La-Z-Boy Incorporated in 1996. La-Z-Boy Incorporated was founded in 1927 and is based in Monroe, Michigan.

Audio Visual Services Group, Inc., doing business as PSAV Presentation Services, operates as an enterprise-scale equipment rental and staging company in United States. It offers audiovisual equipment rental services. The company also provides staging services, conference support, and related technical support services. Its rental equipment include onsite lighting, sound, projection, video, recording, broadcast, computers, staging, and exhibit displays. In addition, the company provides advertising, promotional, and trade show, as well as presentation services, including in-house audiovisual services. It offers its services to hotels, event production companies, trade associations, convention.

Andis Company would love to get its hands on mulleted heads everywhere, as well as sheep, horses, dogs, and other animals. Andis Company makes clippers, trimmers, and several other grooming products and related items for the barber and beauty industries. It also serves consumers, hotels, and professionals and consumers who groom animals. Andis operates offices in Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, and the US. The firm's products are sold worldwide. Andis got its start in 1921 when Mathew Andis Sr. invented the company's first self-contained electric clipper.

The company makes board games, coloring books, activity kits, foam sports toys, playing cards, and puzzles under the Lauri, Patch, and Smethport brands. Its best-sellers include Buzzword, Swap!, Tall-Stacker, and Wooly Willy. Patch Products sells through big-box and specialty retailers nationwide as well as through its e-commerce site. Popular games for older kids and adults include What's Yours Like? and Jeff Foxworthy's You Might Be a Redneck If. Patch Products was founded in 1985 by Fran and Bryce Patch, with the PuzzlePatch line of educational puzzles for kids.

Clean drinking water is becoming a scarce commodity in many areas of the world. Natural disasters and man-made catastrophes have exposed more natural drinking water resources around the world to bacteriological and chemical contamination; thus water purification has emerged as the subject of intense scientific and commercial interest.PureSafe™ systems provide superior quality desalination and water purification alongside versatile water bottling competencies. The systems are installed in a lightweight trailer with uplifting capability by helicopter for instant deployment in any disaster zone in order to provide the affected population with purified bottled drinking water on site and for the duration of the identified need.

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