American Achievement Corporation (AAC) is the leading provider of products that forever mark the special moments of people’s lives. As the parent company of well-known brands such as ArtCarved®. Balfour®, Keepsake®, and Taylor Publishing, AAC legacy is based upon the delivery of exceptional, innovative products, including class rings, yearbooks, graduation products, achievement publications and affinity jewelry through in-school and retail distribution.In business for more than 90 years and employing more than 2,500 people in more than eight facilities, AAC is recognized as one of the nation’s oldest and largest distributors of commemorative jewelry and recognition products. AAC’s products are available through a variety of distribution methods, including direct sales to students in high schools and college bookstores, national jewelry retailers, independent jewelry stores and mass merchandisers.

Celestron, is a leading designer, manufacturer and importer of high-quality optical products including computerized and non-computerized telescopes and related accessories, binoculars, spotting scopes and microscopes. Since manufacturing its first telescope in 1960, Celestron has grown to become one of the world’s leading telescope makers, and enjoys brand-name recognition among serious amateur astronomers for superior optics, outstanding design, and innovative technology. Celestron’s innovative products continue to receive numerous industry and consumer media accolades, adding to an already impressive list that includes awards for product innovation from Reader’s Digest, Popular Science, PC Magazine, Popular Mechanics, the Consumer Electronics Association and more. Celestron sells and markets its products worldwide through a variety of specialty retail outlets and international distributors. Celestron is a privately held company with corporate offices and manufacturing facilities, in Torrance, CA.

Bravo Sports, headquartered in Santa Fe Springs, California, is a global leader in the recreational and sporting goods markets. With offices, factories and warehouses in the United States, Italy, Thailand and China, the Company’s operations truly span the globe. Since 1965, Bravo has provided the highest quality and most innovative products to enthusiasts worldwide. With a stable of market-leading brands including Quik Shade™, Quik Chair™, Moto Shade™, Airzone™, World Industries™, Kryptonics™, Hyper™ and Variflex™ to go along with industry leading licenses with outstanding partners like Nickelodeon, Mattel and Cartoon Network, Bravo consistently seeks to exceed the expectations of its consumers and customers alike.

In the 1990s, Allied Digital Technologies and Vaughn Communications were the two leading suppliers of visual media to the corporate, special interest, and educational markets. In 2000 the two companies merged and Allied Vaughn became Allied Vaughn, offering a broader array of services to the customers. These included pioneering work in the expanding digital world with video encoding, authoring, and extensive DVD/CD replication and duplication capabilities. Today, Allied Vaughn is the only company offering you unbiased media consultation - because Allied Vaughn is the only company that provides every current solution for delivering your message or content. Allied Vaughn continue to be a trusted partner for DVD/CD copies and fulfillment. Now Allied Vaughn clients rely on us for a variety of electronic content and delivery options as well, including streaming and webcasts. Allied Vaughn also offer proprietary Media-On-Demand online solution, and a growing number of Fortune 500 clients are using their Library Management Services to manage their rich media libraries.

D&M Holdings manages a portfolio of companies that manufacture high-end audio, video, and home theater equipment. Its subsidiaries include Denon Electronics, Marantz Japan, and McIntosh Laboratory. Digital Networks North America (DNNA), also a subsidiary of D&M, manages digital home electronics divisions, including Rio (MP3 players) and Escient (digital convergence products). Other brands owned by the company include Boston Acoustics (loudspeakers), Snell Acoustics (speakers), and Denon DJ (MP3 players). Founded in 2002, D&M Holdings was acquired by the US investment firm Bain Capital Partners for about $460 million in 2008.

Great Lakes Media Technology duplicates and brands DVDs, CDs, CD-ROMs, and VHS tapes for corporate, marketing, educational, and entertainment media clients. Great Lakes Media Technology offers custom packaging, warehousing, and fulfillment services, including kit assembly, distribution, graphic design, and Web site development. The firm produces its DVDs, CDs, and other products from a facility in Mequon, Wisconsin, the only operations of its kind in the state.

Playworld Systems creates innovative commercial playground equipment that brings the joy of play to people of every age.Play maintains health and fitness. It enhances learning and creativity. Play connects generations and builds communities. For all these reasons and more, Playworld push themselves to provide the very best commercial recreation and playground equipment—and the very best custom playspace building experience—day in and day out.

Access to Money, Inc., a convenience services company, provides and operates non-bank ATMs in the United States. The company offers a suite of ATM-related services that include ATM sales, leasing, placement rentals, machine repairs, parts and supplies, and custom branding and graphics to retailers and financial institutions. Its customers include national specialty stores, retailers, credit unions, and individual convenience stores. The company also provides transaction processing services, and student loan outsourcing services to university credit unions. As of November 12, 2009, it operated approximately 12,000 terminals under contract. The company was formerly known as TRM Corporation and changed its name to Access to Money, Inc. in June 2009. The company was founded in 1981 and is based in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.

Long before Deepak Chopra and Tony Robbins showed us how to improve our lives, Nightingale-Conant pioneered the publishing of self-development audiotapes. Its Psychology of Winning, produced in 1978, is one of the best selling audio self-improvement programs in history. Nightingale-Conant markets its motivational tapes by mail order, at business seminars, and through resellers. Its recordings offer advice from business authors, inspirational speakers, and personal skill trainers and are grouped under categories such as personal development, business strategy, wealth building, mind and body, spiritual growth, and sales training. Nightingale-Conant distributes the work of authors including Dale Carnegie and Zig Ziglar.

Located in Easley, S.C., Confluence Watersports is the result of blending the unique watersports brands: Wilderness Systems®, Perception®, Dagger®, and Wave Sport® kayaks, Mad River Canoe®, Adventure Technology® paddles, and Harmony® accessories. With a full representation of canoes, and kayaks ranging from touring and recreational to high-performance whitewater boats, the Confluence brands are well suited to outfit all paddling enthusiasts. People passionate about the outdoors run the company today: advocates who are dedicated to bringing more people to the water.

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