Newell Rubbermaid Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, packaging, and distribution of consumer and commercial products. It operates in four segments: Cleaning, Organization & Decor; Office Products; Tools & Hardware; and Home & Family. The Cleaning, Organization & Decor segment offers semi-durable products primarily for use in the home and commercial settings. Its products include cleaning and refuse, indoor/outdoor organization, food storage, and home storage products; material handling solutions; drapery hardware and window treatments; and restroom hygiene systems. The Office Products segment offers writing instruments, including markers, highlighters, pens, pencils, and fine writing instruments; office technology solutions, such as label makers and printers, card-scanning solutions, and on-line postage; and art and office organization products. The Tools & Hardware segment offers hand tools, power tool accessories, industrial bandsaw blades, propane torches, manual paint applicators, and cabinet and window hardware. The Home & Family segment provides infant and juvenile products, such as car seats, strollers, highchairs, and playards; gourmet cookware, bakeware, and cutlery; and hair care accessories. The company markets its products under the Sharpie, Paper Mate, Dymo, Expo, Waterman, Parker, Rolodex, Irwin, Lenox, BernzOmatic, Rubbermaid, Levolor, Graco, Calphalon, and Goody brand names. It serves discount stores, home centers, warehouse clubs, office superstores, and commercial distributors. Newell Rubbermaid has operations primarily in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and Central and South America. The company was founded in 1903 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

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.

Irwin Toy successor iToys is spinning happily again. Once a publicly traded company, Irwin Toy filed for bankruptcy protection with the Canadian courts in 2002, 18 months after being sold to a Canadian investment firm in 2001. Banking on the Irwin Toy name's 75 years of brand recognition, brothers George and Peter Irwin, sons of the company's founder, re-purchased the rights to the Irwin Toy name in 2003. They have taken it back to basics as a newly formed, private company. iToys's best-known products include I-Top (an electronic-spinning top programmed with four games), Baby So Real, and Girl Zone. iToys launched a new toy line in 2009 named Biggest Loser.

Electrolux is a global leader in household appliances and appliances for professional use, selling more than 40 million products to customers in more than 150 markets every year. The company focuses on innovations that are thoughtfully designed, based on extensive consumer insight, to meet the real needs of consumers and professionals.Electrolux products include refrigerators, dishwashers, washing machines, vacuum cleaners and cookers sold under esteemed brands such as Electrolux, AEG-Electrolux, Eureka and Frigidaire. In 2008, Electrolux had sales of SEK 105 billion and 55,000 employees.

Amana Society Inc., operates the businesses of the Amana community of Iowa, which include The Amana Furniture & Clock Shop, Amana General Store, Amana Woolen Mill, Amana Meat Shop & Smokehouse, Little Amana General Store & Woolens, Amana Holiday Inn, Amana Colonies RV Park, and Amana Woolen Mill. The Amana Society's mission is to collect, preserve, and interpret the heritage of the Amana community. About 20% of the company's furniture is commissioned and designed specially to a customer's request.

In 1986 a small women’s specific golf clothing company was founded under the name of Sundaze. Operations were based in Denver, Colorado. Growth was consistent over the first few years and in 1992 the small women’s golf clothing company added a golf menswear line called Haley. At the same time the company’s corporate name was then changed to Sport Haley, Inc.Due to the exceptional growth of the golf market the company issued an IPO and went public in 1994 (Nasdaq: SPOR). Throughout the remainder of 1990’s the once tiny golf company experienced year after year of double-digit growth. Today Sport Haley fashion golf apparel and outerwear is marketed in the premium and mid-price golf markets through a network of independent sales representatives and distributors to golf professional shops at country clubs and resorts throughout the U.S. and internationally. The company also markets Sport Haley golf and fashion apparel to corporate, college, university and other markets. Ben Hogan apparel is marketed to elite golf professional shops, upscale resorts and exclusive department stores.

Founded in 1969, Absocold Corporation, Richmond, IN, began manufacturing Absocold-brand compact refrigeration products for the hospitality, government and university markets. Over the years our compact product offering has expanded to include the popular Cook ‘N Cool® microwave/refrigerator combination appliance and the Suite Fridge® refrigerators designed with new technology for the hospitality industry.In 2000, Absocold expanded its product offerings to include Whirlpool® major appliances targeted for the government, assisted-living, hospitality and university/collegiate markets. In subsequent years, GE® appliances were added to supplement the ever-growing government sales requirements. Most recently, Absocold have included Frigidaire® major appliances to further enhance our existing markets and to broaden our major appliance sales into all segments. The strength of our Absocold compact refrigeration product line combined with the leading US major appliance brands allows Absocold Corporation to absolutely be “The One-Stop Solution” for compact and major appliances.

Silentnight Group Limited is the UK's leading bed manufacturer. Home to some of the most prestigious brand names in the industry, including Sealy UK, Rest Assured and the UK consumer Superbrand, Silentnight Beds, the Group prides itself on innovation and has a vision of making its brands the most sought-after in the UK and Ireland. It is estimated that one in four beds sold in the UK is a Silentnight Group brand.

The company was the first American piano wire company and the first to patent the manufacturing process for piano wire. Over the years its Mapes Gold Standard has become "the" gold standard in piano strings. The company's piano wire continues to be used in Steinway pianos. Mapes' guitar string wire is sold to such companies as D'Addario, Fender, Peavey, and C. F. Martin & Co. for guitars, banjos, and mandolins. The company also makes specialty wires used for mechanical springs and for the automotive and defense industries.

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.

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