The company manufactures drumsticks and mallets, as well as bags, headphones, and other accessories for drums and keyboard instruments. It sells its products in music shops through dealers and offers point-of-purchase displays, sell sheets, and specialty items such as name-brand lanyards. Vic Firth has made a name for itself as a sponsor of seminars and clinics for aspiring drummers in the US and internationally. Timpanist and founder Vic Firth still serves as CEO of the Massachusetts-based operation, which has been in business for more than 40 years.

Not to be confused with the popular guitars under a similar name, this Gibson concentrates on place sets rather than music sets. Established in 1979, Gibson Overseas manufactures dinnerware, flatware, and glassware. Gibson Overseas makes and markets its products under the Cuisine Select, Gibson Everyday, Gibson Elite brand names, as well as under licenses Sunbeam and Oster. Gibson Overseas sells its wares (including combination sets, which put dinnerware, flatware, and glassware all in one box) to large retailers the likes of Pier 1 Imports and Crate & Barrel. Gibson Overseas, Inc. is owned by the Gabbay family and today is run by founder Nejat Gabbay's three sons.

Cynthia Rowley Collection has grown beyond women’s wear to include accessories, beauty, baby, bicycles, active-wear, home sewing patterns and tools. The Collection is sold in better department, specialty and online stores such as Bergdorf Goodman, Saks, Scoop and ShopBop.com, as well as in approximately 60 Cynthia Rowley shops around the world.

American Furniture company makes low-cost upholstered home furnishings, including sofas, chairs, and recliners, as well as accent tables. Its products are distributed to independent furniture stores in the US. AFM can ship most furniture within 48 hours, and delivery is handled by its American Furniture Trucking division, which maintains a fleet of trucks. The furniture maker sources wood and fabrics from the Asia/Pacific region, which has also helped to keep costs down. AFM is owned by investment firm Compass Diversified Holdings.

The ol' model 39 sure gets people all fired up. Marlin Firearms makes rifles , which are sold by gun dealers, sporting goods retailers, and mass merchandisers throughout the US. It also makes the LC Smith series of shotguns. The firm's original model 1897 is considered "the Cadillac of the .22s." John Marlin founded Marlin Firearms in 1870 as a maker of pistols, revolvers, and derringers, and built it into one of the largest US manufacturers of .22 caliber rifles. Famous markswoman Annie Oakely used a Marlin and had one model designed especially for her. Today Marlin is a subsidiary of Remington Arms, which acquired the company in 2008.

Headquartered in Upper Saddle River, NJ, Hunter Douglas is the leading manufacturer of custom-made window fashions in North America. For more than 60 years, HunterDouglas have been making a big difference at the window and in homes across America. In 1985, Hunter Douglas invented energy-efficient Duette® honeycomb shades—the first product of its kind—in response to the energy crisis of the late 1970s. More recently, Hunter have introduced the latest generation of honeycomb shades—the Duette® Architella® Collection—which offer superior energy efficiency thanks to their patented honeycomb-within-a-honeycomb construction.

Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, marketing, and distribution of musical instruments. It operates in two segments, Pianos, and Band & Orchestral Instruments. The Piano segment offers grand pianos and upright pianos under Steinway & Sons, Boston, and Essex brand names. It offers baby grand pianos, concert grand pianos, ebony pianos, pianos with special veneers, and art case pianos. This segment also provides repair, replacement part sales, tuning and regulation of pianos, and restoration services. In addition, it operates as an online retailer of classical music recordings. It sells its products to professional artists and amateur pianists, as well as institutions, such as concert halls, universities, music schools, houses of worship, hotels, and retirement homes in the United States, Europe, Japan, China, and other Asian countries. The Band & Orchestral Instruments segment produces a line of brass, woodwind, percussion, and string instruments. It offers piccolos, flutes, clarinets, oboes, bassoons, trumpets, French horns, tubas, and trombones; acoustical and tuned percussion instruments, including outfit drums, marching drums, concert drums, marimbas, xylophones, vibraphones, orchestra bells, and chimes; violins, violas, cellos, and basses; and mouthpieces and accessories, such as music stands, batons, mallets, straps, mutes, reeds, pads, chin rests, strings, bows, cases, and instrument care products. It sells its products to students, amateur and professional musicians, and institutions in the United States, Europe, Japan, and Canada. It sells its products through independent dealers, distributors, retail showrooms, district sales managers, and telemarketing representatives. The company, formerly known as Selmer Industries, Inc., was founded in 1993 and is based in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Olympus Corporation and its subsidiaries engage in the manufacture and sale of precision machineries and instruments worldwide. Olympus operates in five segments: Imaging Systems Business, Medical Systems Business, Life Science Business, Information and Communication Business, and Others. The Imaging Systems Business segment offers film cameras, digital cameras, and voice recorders. The Medical Systems Business segment provides medical endoscopes, surgical endoscopes, endo-therapy devices, and ultrasound endoscopes. The Life Science Business segment offers diagnostic systems, biological microscopes, analytical services of genomic information, and industrial microscopes. The Information and Communication Business segment provides mobile terminals, mobile solutions, mobile content services, network infrastructure systems, system development, semiconductor devices, and electric equipment. The Others segment offers industrial endoscopes, nondestructive testing equipment, printers, bar code data processing equipment, and software development. Olympus was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Small World Kids, Inc., company makes toys and educational items for kids ranging in age from newborn to age 10. Its brands include IQ Baby, Gertie Ball, Neurosmith, and Ryan's Room. Products are sold in retail, educational, and specialty toy stores including Whole Foods, Learning Express, and Target. Small World stuffed animals, games, and puzzles are also found at children's museums, gift shops, and zoos. The company grants its retailers credits that can be used for coop advertising on its merchandise.

Pure Digital Technologies is the maker of the revolutionary Flip Video family of camcorders. Flip Video is a new category of video cameras that puts the power to shoot and share video into the pockets of everyday consumers. Flip Video camcorders are the world's first with on-board software to enable editing, organizing, and seamless video uploading to YouTube, MySpace, AOL Video and other video sharing sites. As part of its Flip Video Spotlight Program, the company pledged to deliver 1 million camcorders to help non-profits use the power of video to change the world. Flip Video is available in over 10,000 retail locations including Amazon, Best Buy, Circuit City, Wal-Mart, Sam's Club, Sears, Kmart, and TheFlip.com. Flip Video products are also available in Canada and the United Kingdom.

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