Rollerblade® is credited with creating one of the fastest-growing sports in the world.The world leader in the in-line skate market, Rollerblade pioneered the in-line skating boom by changing the perception of in-line skates. Once seen as strictly an off-season training device for hockey players, in-line skates are now a widely accepted "lifestyle" product that can be used by just about anyone. Today professional athletes, fitness enthusiasts and fun seekers of all ages enjoy the sport of in-line skating.

The Davitt & Hanser Music Co. hopes to get its hold on musicians and music lovers worldwide. Doing business as Hanser Music Group, the company distributes a variety of guitars, musical instruments, and amplifiers, among other items. The company's portfolio of brand names includes B.C. Rich Guitars, Breatheaudio, Floyd Rose, Michael Kelly Guitars, Rockfield Pickups, Traben Bass Company, and Kustom Amplification. Hanser Music Group, established in 1924 as a family-operated music-distribution business, caters to more than 5,000 customers worldwide; it's still family-run today.

From humble beginnings as a small tool manufacturer in Porto Alegre, Brazil over 60 years ago, Forjas Taurus (translation: Taurus Forge) has become a diversified, international company and one of the largest small arms manufacturers in the world. The company produced its first revolver in 1941. The gun combined elements from several Manufacturers of that day, including Colt, Smith & Wesson and certain Spanish brands. This first revolver was designated the Model 38101SO. Taurus soon became a major factor in the South American market and experienced continuous growth. In 1989, the company celebrated its 50th Anniversary. The celebration was capped off at the January 1990 S.H.O.T. Show, with Taurus giving away a brand new 1990 Ford Taurus to a lucky Dealer from New Mexico.There was cause for celebration in 1994 when Forjas Taurus received the prestigious ISO 9001 designation from the International Organization for Standardization for superior manufacturing and marketing practices. Only one other firearms company in the world has obtained this designation. Currently, Taurus U.S.A. is at work to share this honor with the parent company.

Since company's inception in 1967, International Playthings, LLC has excelled in the delivery of innovative and entertaining products with integrity, superior play value and child developmental qualities to consumers. Over the course of its 40-year existence, IP LLC has grown to become one of the largest and most respected suppliers of quality products to the North American specialty industry.A subsidiary of Epoch Company Ltd. affiliate company, IP LLC offers a comprehensive range of proprietary and distributed brands comprising a wide variety of award winning play things including games, infant toys, preschool toys, dolls, educational toys and activity toys.

One of the world's leading piano and guitar makers, the company has expanded its realm (with origins in Korea) to include Japan, Europe, and the US. From traditional acoustic classics to a digital series, Samick offers a vast collection of pianos. Samick's brands include Wm. Knabe, Greg Bennett, Silvertone, Kohler & Campbell, Pramberger, Sohmer, and namesake Samick. It makes and sells acoustic and electric guitars, mixers, amplifiers, and equalizers and sells them through independent dealers. Established in 1958 as Samick Piano Co., the manufacturer diversified and was incorporated as Samick Musical Instrument in 1973.

The Acorn Media Group provides distinctive home video products and other merchandise to the North American, U.K., and Australian markets. We cater to consumers seeking products that fall outside the homogenous mainstream with a special focus on the best of British television and mind, body, spirit programming. Acorn has developed a reputation for high-quality DVD products and other merchandise creatively presented and backed by a person-to-person approach to customer service. In this age of faceless conglomerates, Acorn is a rarity: an independent, international company that has achieved success organically—one product, one customer at a time.

Leica Camera AG is an international company in the optical industry, with its headquarters based in Solms, Germany, and a second location in Portugal. All products from the three divisions - Photography, Hunting Lenses and Nature Watching - have a shared mission: to deliver better images. In financial 2007/2008 the Company's workforce of 991 people generated sales totaling 156.2 million Euro.

Bally Block, along with sister company Michigan Maple Block, manufactures solid wood tabletops and kitchenware. Products are made from a variety of woods, including black walnut, hard maple, lyptus, red oak, and white ash. The firm's cutting boards, countertops, dining tables, kitchen islands, and butcher blocks are sold through online kitchenware merchants and retailers nationwide. In addition to being handy around the kitchen, Bally Block's solid wood tops are used by schools, research facilities, and craftsmen's shops to make library work tables, lab tops, and industrial workbenches.

Meyer Sound has more than 200 employees at its Berkeley, Calif., headquarters and satellite offices, including one of the largest engineering staffs (in proportion to company size) in the audio industry. International sales and support are supplied by more than half a dozen offices around the globe. The company works closely with professionals in all areas of sound reinforcement, gathering information on customers’ needs and providing the tools, training, technical support and information to enable the best experience possible for sound system users and audiences alike. Meyer Sound products are manufactured entirely at its Berkeley factory, where high technology is combined with hand craftwork. By performing core processes in house, the company is able to exercise the control to insure its quality standards are met and that each unit is exactly the same as the last.John and Helen Meyer have been personally involved with the performing arts for years, which has given them a feeling for the role of technology in the arts. Meyer Sound is often involved directly with the performing arts at both corporate and individual levels, locally in Berkeley and worldwide. This is one more way that the company stays in touch with the real reason for its existence.

Thirty years ago, Amron International's founder, Norma Ockwig, saw an opportunity and began selling commercial diving and hyperbaric equipment to the international offshore oil industry. Thus, in 1978, Normco, a sole proprietorship was formed. In 1979, the company was incorporated and renamed Amron International Diving Supply Inc. Since its founding, Amron has been growing and nurturing an ever-expanding line of products serving its customer base, which includes virtually every industry, market and profession that is in or manufacturer and supplier of high quality diving, tactical, hyperbaric, and outdoor equipment.Now headquartered on the beautiful California coast in Vista, California, Amron continues to serve its wide-spectrum of customers including the armed forces, diving contractors, schools and universities, medical centers, as well as federal, state and local law enforcement agencies.

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