Janitors with wood-handle mops and tin buckets dream about Minuteman International. Janitors makes commercial vacuums, floor and carpet care products, cleaning chemicals, and bio-hazard vacuums, as well as carpet sweepers, scrubbers, and accessories. Minuteman is made up of several segments: Minuteman, PowerBoss, and Multi-Clean. The company was founded in 1951 as American Cleaning Equipment Corporation. German cleaning equipment maker Hako-Werke International acquired Minuteman International in 2004 and took it private.

Alpine Electronics of America, Inc., is the industry-leading manufacturer of high performance mobile electronics, founded in 1978. Alpine is the only manufacturer specializing in mobile multimedia, an integrated system approach incorporating digital entertainment, security and navigation products for your mobile entertainment. As a consolidated subsidiary of Alps Electric Co., Ltd., one of the world's premier manufacturers of electronic components for computer, communications and car electronic equipment, Alpine is the specialized supplier of quality mobile electronics systems.

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.

Charisma Brands, LLC, is an Irvine, California-based creator, developer, and marketer of award-winning collectible, toy, gift, jewelry, and specialty products. A partial listing of the premier brands of Charisma include Marie Osmond, Kenneth Jay Lane-Jewelry’s Living Legend, Nolan Miller, Dennis Basso, Lunch At The Ritz 2 Go, Francesca Visconti, Bob Mackie, Kewpie, Penny Brite, Artista, and Charisma Brands exciting new addition, Paradise Galleries.The Company’s name, Charisma Brands, comes from its Rhode Island design and manufacturing center – known for over thirty years as Charisma Manufacturing Co. The Rhode Island center was formed by European artisans to create beautiful, high quality, handmade products, a tradition that continues to this day. Since the spirit of artistic design and skillful craftsmanship established in Rhode Island applies to all of the Company’s products, it was natural to adopt this name for the Company.

PAR Technology Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the supply of management technology solutions to businesses in the hospitality and specialty retail industries worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Hospitality and Government. The Hospitality segment provides restaurant management technology solutions that include fixed and wireless order-entry terminals, self-service kiosks, kitchen systems deployed on printers or video monitors, food safety monitoring tools, back office applications, and enterprise business intelligence software. It also offers hospitality management solutions for a range of hospitality enterprises, including small five star city-center hotel chains, destination spa and golf properties, timeshare properties, and five star resorts. The Government segment provides the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and other federal and state government organizations with a range of services, which consist of the design and integration of imagery intelligence systems for information archive, retrieval, and processing; advanced research and development for imaging sensors; engineering and support services for government information technology and communications facilities; and development and operations of logistics management systems. These services cover the development cycle for government systems, including requirements analysis, design specification, development, implementation, installation, and test and evaluation. PAR Technology Corporation was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in New Hartford, New York.

Great American Products was co-founded in 1972 by Roger Tuttle, the current President & CEO. Initially the company was a entrepreneurial mail order firm selling into to the motorcycle market, and then emerged as a manufacturer specializing in the production and sale of hand crafted pewter buckles, which were sold to specialty shops throughout the country.On February 1, 2002 GAP acquired Fort U.S.A., a fifty-seven year old souvenir company from Providence, Rhode Island. The synergistic acquisition of Fort U.S.A. for 1.25 million gives GAP a valued customer base and a sales representative force with cross selling opportunities of the GAP line of products.2007 marks the 35th Anniversary of Great American Products; the company has realized annual sales in excess of $17 million, and has emerged as a leader in the Licensed Sports industry. New products are constantly being developed and new channels of distribution are opening up to provide further growth.

Formed in February 2003, ZVUE Corporation (NASDAQ: ZVUE) is a global digital-media-to-go company. Its network of Web sites (EBaumsWorld.com™, Putfile.com™, YourDailyMedia.com™, FunMansion.com™, Dorks.com™, UnOriginal.co.uk™, Holy Lemon™ and ZVUE.com) now house more than 850,000 user-generated and premium videos in total – videos available for purchase or free viewing. Its ZVUE personal media players are mass-market priced and available for purchase online and in Wal-Mart stores throughout the U.S.Located in downtown San Francisco, ZVUE has quickly become a leader in the affordable handheld digital entertainment market, being the first to put a mass-market-priced, portable media player into the hands of consumers. From great devices to great content, consumers can experience entertaining digital media on the go through the ZVUE line of digital media players.

Umbra is the worldwide leader in original, casual, contemporary, affordable design for the home. The company's products are available at over 25,000 retailers in more than 75 countries. Umbra designs and manufactures products for every room, including picture frames, garbage cans, window treatments, kitchenware, tabletop accessories, bathroom accessories, decorative hardware and furniture. The U+ Studio Collection, which offers a range of sophisticated aesthetics from raw to sleek, can be found exclusively at contemporary design retail specialists.

Founded by the Khaledi family in 1977, the HK Group began as a foreign exchange and electronic sales operation based in Laredo, Texas. Today, H.K. Global Trading, Ltd is a successful limited partnership run by brothers Ross and Shahram Khaledi. Their business ventures along the U.S./Mexican border include: electronics manufacturing and distribution; duty-free stores and supplies; freight forwarding, in bond, transportation, foreign exchange stores, general construction and aviation support.In addition, after globally distributing major electronic brands such as JVC, Sharp, Panasonic, AIWA and Toshiba for many years, in 1999 the company developed their own brand called "Gotech". Already, Gotech has established itself as a highly reliable name in the consumer electronics industry.

Plano Molding keeps you organized with a place for everything and everything in its place. The company manufactures plastic products, including gun cases, field boxes, and related holders and bags, tackle box systems, toolboxes and organizers, craft storage, and shelving and cabinets. In early 2004 the company sold its Caboodles Cosmetics line to former company executive Charles Beech and private investment firm Pittco Capital Partners. Plano Molding still manufactures the Caboodles storage products. Plano Molding company covers the craft storage niche with its Creative Options line of organizers. Plano Molding was founded in 1932 and its first product was its Plano-branded fishing tackle boxes.

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