The company makes fine porcelain and bone china tableware, including dinner plates, cups, and serving trays, plus small collectibles. A leading maker of ceramics in Italy, it offers new designs each year, but it also uses some that are more than 200 years old. Exports account for about a quarter of sales, but Richard-Ginori 1735 plans to grow by forming alliances with other European manufacturers of luxury goods. Formerly owned by tableware maker Pagnossin, the struggling company was bought and saved by the Italian investment company Starfin in 2007.

Coinstar, Inc. provides a range of solutions for retailers storefronts, including self-service coin counting, entertainment services, and e-payment services. It owns and operates self-service coin-counting machines; entertainment services machines, such as skill-crane machines, bulk vending machines, and kiddie rides; and e-payment-enabled coin-counting machines. The company offers e-payment services, including money transfer services, activating and reloading value on prepaid wireless accounts; selling stored value cards; loading and reloading prepaid debit cards and prepaid phone cards; prepaid phones; and providing payroll card services. It also offers self-service DVD kiosks that enable consumers to purchase or rent movies, as well as provides point-of-sale terminals, stand-alone e-payment kiosks, and e-payment enabled coin-counting machines in drugstores, universities, shopping malls, supermarkets, and convenience stores. As of December 31, 2008, Coinstar owned and operated approximately 18,400 coin-counting machines, approximately 145,000 entertainment services machines, 23,000 point-of-sale terminals, 400 stand-alone e-payment kiosks, and 11,000 e-payment-enabled coin-counting machines. It has operations in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, the United Kingdom, Mexico, and Ireland. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington.

W.C. Wood is a leading producer and marketer of consumer and commercial appliances, including freezers, refrigerators and dehumidifiers. During The first 75 years W.C have made over 10 million of these appliances.Headquartered in Guelph, Ontario, the company has three primary appliance production facilities in Guelph; Ottawa, Ohio; and Torreón, México. The company sells branded, private label and licensed product to major retail chains and independent dealers throughout the United States and Canada. In Canada, the company’s Wood's brand commands the leading share of the freezer market.

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.

As the Woodstock era stretched and opened its eyes, it gave birth to much more than just acid rock and tie dye. A new generation of entrepreneurial spirit was emerging, founded in the counter-culture, anti-establishment ethos of the day. These were companies whose start-up capital was measured not in dollars or stock options, but in innovation, ambition and a desire to mold their own destiny. The refusal to simply accept the status quo, to challenge convention, brought a fresh perspective to a generation that would forever change the rules of Business As Usual.Certainly, not every endeavor was a success. Many young entrepreneurs were quickly overwhelmed by the harsh realities of the marketplace, and the stark realization that the rules of economics bent only so far. Others became victims of their own success stories, too naïve or ignorant of the disciplines of management and organization to sustain their momentum. Only a few have managed to grow and prosper, and even fewer have maintained the essence of that independent, innovative spirit.

Visant Holding Corp are the leading marketing and publishing services enterprise servicing the school affinity, direct marketing, fragrance and cosmetics, and educational and trade market segments.Visant's corporate headquarters are located in Armonk, New York. The company is currently privately held by affiliates of DLJMBP and KKR, certain other co-investors and certain members of management. Visant Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Visant Holding Corp.

TENBA Quality Cases makes protective bags and cases for photographic, computer, and audio-visual equipment. The company also makes shipping cases, garment bags, and a harness that converts its computer briefcase into a backpack. Manufactured in both the US and in Ireland, Tenba's products are sold, primarily through photographic equipment retailers, in approximately 30 countries, including Hong Kong, Japan, and Switzerland. Tenba was founded in 1977.

The company is best known for its Seagull acoustic guitars and Godin electric guitars; other brands include Simon & Patrick, Norman, Art & Lutherie, and LaPatrie. Its products range from a basic acoustic to a tricked-out electric model. The company strives to keep its handcrafted guitars priced below most of the competition by advertising on a shoestring budget and selling directly to music stores.

Zodi first products heated water in only 20 minutes. They soon discovered 20 minutes was still too long. Shortly thereafter, the company released a system that provided hot water in just 10 minutes. As great as this was, it was still too long. Today, their products give you hot water anytime, anywhere in under 10 seconds! In addition to making the best portable on-demand water heaters and hot showers for the outdoor industry, Zodi is rated the #1 portable water heaters and hot showers for military and industrial needs. Just as they are making campers and hunters all over the world happy with a hot shower at the end of the day, they also provide life-saving hot decon showers used by soldiers, fire fighters and EMS teams world wide. Zodi makes your camping trip better but their products are also saving lives everyday. Zodi pioneered the instant portable hot shower. Today, Zodi is pleased to offer over 50 camping comfort products! The outdoor industry has recognized their high quality products with numerous awards including over forty "Editor's #1 Choice" along with the "Most Innovative New Product" and "Best of Show."

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