Container Marketing, Inc. manufactures and wholesales chairs, tables, bar stools, buffet tables, dining room tables, and curio cases for all areas of the home. Primarily, CMI uses metal, wood, fabric, and leather in its designs. It expanded its portfolio in recent years to include beds. Its various product lines are on display online and at its showroom in High Point, North Carolina, but are available throughout the US only through authorized dealers. CMI's division, Designer's Choice, specializes in manufacturing parson's chairs in the US.

Barjan is a business built on the quality of its people. They are what make Barjan an industry leader and put real value into our brand. Honesty, trustworthiness, loyalty: these aren’t just words, they are what we are, whether we’re answering a customer’s question or planning an event for our vendors. The resilience of our company is a facet of the flexibility to face problems head on and find solutions that work for our customers. Communicating with people from within as well as outside their company builds lasting relationships. The achievement of the excellence that the Barjan brand represents is accomplished as a team, one with the shared goal of earning the respect of those they serve.The company is a leading distributor of general merchandise (automotive accessories, chemicals and additives, consumer electronics, novelty products, books, videos, and music) to travel centers (truck stops, travel centers, convenience stores) and car washes throughout North America. It makes and supplies more than 8,000 items under brands such as Astatic (cables and microphones), Barjan (office supplies and traveler accessories), Diesel Electronics (mirror mounts and connectors), Tracker (cellular products), Trucker Tough (locks and tools), and Wilson Antenna. The company is owned by investment firm Monomoy Capital Partners.

Schurman Fine Papers, which operates American Greetings, Carlton Cards, and Papyrus retail stores, offers specialty gift products such as greeting cards, stationary, gift wrap, and other paper products. Its retail network consists of more than 500 stores located throughout the US and Canada. More than 170 of its stores operate under the Papyrus name, a brand on which the company was originally built (the brand was sold to American Greetings in 2009). Schurman Fine Papers was founded in 1950 by Marcel and Margrit Schurman; their daughter Dominique Schurman now heads the company.

Spanx, Inc. makes footless and footed hosiery, tights, and body shapers to give its customers a slim and smooth look with any style shoe. Spanx also sells bras (Bra-llelujah!), slips (Hide & Sleek), panties (Power Panties), and lined apparel (Bod-a-Bing!). The firm's products are sold at such retailers as Nordstrom, Saks Fifth Avenue, Lord & Taylor, and Bloomingdale's. Discounter Target developed ASSETS (bodyshaping hosiery) with Spanx in 2006; they're also sold at www.loveassets.com. Company founder Sara Blakely is credited with inventing footless pantyhose. In 1998, she founded Spanx with $5,000 of her own savings and patented her footless body-shaping pantyhose.

Textron Inc. is not only one of the world's best known multi-industry companies, it is a pioneer of the diversified business model. Founded in 1923, Textron Inc. have grown into a network of businesses with total revenues of $14.2 billion, and approximately 37,000 employees with facilities and presence in 29 countries, serving a diverse and global customer base. Headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.,Textron is ranked 173rd on the FORTUNE 500 list of largest U.S. companies. Organizationally, Textron consists of numerous subsidiaries and operating divisions, which are responsible for the day-to-day operation of their businesses.The company's golf carts enrich their golfing jaunts, its Cessna airplanes and Bell helicopters whisk them around, its auto parts keep their cars running, and its financial subsidiary provides loans. Cessna and Bell are bright spots in Textron's financial results. Cessna accounts for more than half of profits; Bell about 20%. While Textron enjoyed healthy sales growth and good profit margins for several years, changes in the Pentagon budget and the global recession may dampen business in several segments. The US government accounts for about one-quarter of Textron's sales; geographically, customers in the US represent nearly two-thirds of sales.

GenCorp is a major technology-based manufacturing company headquartered in Sacramento, California. GenCorp’s two businesses, Aerojet and Real Estate, concentrate on two principal market areas: aerospace and defense, and real estate.GenCorp has been in business for the better part of a century. Established in 1915, GenCorp was formerly the General Tire & Rubber Company. The name change was implemented in 1984 when GenCorp was formed as a parent holding company. In a subsequent restructuring, the company exited the tire business by divesting General Tire. In 1999, GenCorp spun off its Decorative & Building Products and Performance Chemicals businesses into a separate, publicly-traded company called OMNOVA Solutions, Inc.

GE has a strong set of global businesses in infrastructure, finance and media aligned to meet today’s needs, including the demand for global infrastructure; growing and changing demographics that need access to healthcare, finance, and information and entertainment; and environmental technologies.The company produces aircraft engines, locomotives and other transportation equipment, kitchen and laundry appliances, lighting, electric distribution and control equipment, generators and turbines, and medical imaging equipment. GE is also one of the preeminent financial services companies in the US. General Electric Capital, comprising commercial finance, consumer finance, aircraft leasing, real estate, and energy financial services, is its largest segment. Other operations include the NBC television network.

Founded in 1998, Pandigital recognized the need to bridge the gap between digital cameras and traditional photo frames, and today is the worldwide industry leader in the manufacturing of digital photo frames. Keeping in line with its values of elegance, simplicity, and functionality, Pandigital has sold over four million units which validates the work and effort put into designing and creating each Pandigital photo frame.Pandigital manufactures digital photo frames and sells them at major retailers across the US. Pandigital's frames range from a pocket-sized 1.8 inches to 15 inches, and some have touch-screen access, interchangeable metallic or wood frames, audio options, and can hold up to 4,000 images. Its products are designed in the US but the company contracts with Foxconn Electronics in Taiwan for manufacturing. Pandigital was founded in 1998 and released its first digital frames in 2006.

Danaher products span some of the most demanding applications in the world, creating new possibilities not only for those who use them, but for millions more who never give them a moment’s thought. In every case, they’re delivering benefits that matter to markets that are eager for innovation. And they are doing it through a customer-centric approach that unites their businesses and has made them global leaders.Danaher’s business activities encompass four reporting segments and are comprised of six strategic platforms: Medical Technologies, Professional Instrumentation (Environmental, Test & Measurement), Industrial Technologies (Motion, Product ID, Focused Niche Businesses) and Tools & Components (Mechanic’s Hand Tools).

Optovision sells lens coating equipment and provides outsourced lens coating services to the ophthalmic industry in the US and abroad. Its Optovac division sells self-contained vacuum coating labs while the Optomart unit provides on-site management of lens coating operations. The company also carries its own inventory of stock lenses and offers specialty services like anti-reflective and mirror coating. Customers include Benedict Optical and Wal-Mart. Founded in 1989, Optovision Technologies has offices in the US and Italy. It is owned by president Peter Zuccarelli and vice president Vince Mioli.

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