Pentland Group plc was founded in the early 1930s in Liverpool, England. It was then called the Liverpool Shoe Company because it dealt purely in shoes; first a wholesale shoe business, then expanding into a manufacturing business. Always displaying innovation and creativity, Pentland was one of the first companies to manufacture from Asia, forming a division in Hong Kong in the early 1960s. In 1981 Pentland purchased the majority share of a tiny US company called Reebok. After a 10-year period of growth, Reebok was sold. In the 1990s Pentland bought brands and now proudly has a portfolio of some of the greatest international sports, outdoor and fashion brands globally.

Graco Awards began over 25 years ago as a result of the State National Guard not having an adequate source for their medals and service ribbons. Meeting this apparent, but difficult to fill, need, Graco has grown its manufacturing capabilities to include working with almost every Government Agency. Some Graco medals are specific Agency secrets and will never be seen in public. There is a high degree of trust and responsibility placed on their staff and employees for these time-sensitive awards.

Keys Fitness Products company manufactures the treadmills, Keys Fitness Products also makes exercise bikes, ellipticals, steppers, home gyms, and other exercise equipment. The company sells its products through more than 3,000 retailers in the US, as well as stores in more than 30 other countries. Brand names include CardioMax, Power System HealthTrainer, Ironman, Keys, and Karen Voight. The company was founded in 1988 by CEO Tim Chen as an import business. In 2008 Keys Fitness filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Olhausen Billiards company makes about 30,000 pool tables each year and it makes a variety of billiards accessories. Olhausen's line of pool tables are available in wood, veneer, and laminate materials and cover a range of styles, from classic or more contemporary looks to Harley-Davidson, NASCAR, Budweiser, or Jack Daniels theme tables. It sells to distributors, recreational centers, and retailers nationwide. Still a family-owned company, Olhausen was founded in 1972 by brothers Butch and Donald Olhausen, who started out moving and recovering pool tables before they bought a small billiards table manufacturing outfit the next year.

World Kitchen, LLC and its affiliates manufacture and market bakeware, dinnerware, kitchen and household tools, rangetop cookware and cutlery products sold under well-known and trusted brands including CorningWare®, Pyrex®, Corelle®, Revere®, EKCO®, Baker’s Secret®, Magnalite®, Chicago Cutlery®, OLFA® and OLO®.World Kitchen employs approximately 2,800 people, and has major manufacturing and distribution operations in the United States, Canada, and Asia-Pacific regions. We sell products through multiple channels, including mass merchants, department stores, specialty retailers, retail food stores, and website catalog showrooms. An additional channel is our own CorningWare Corelle Revere Retail Stores located in outlet centers across North America and Canada.

Klaussner® Home Furnishings has grown to become one of the largest furniture companies in America. Klaussner was purchased by Hans Klaussner in 1979 and is still privately owned. With multiple U.S. manufacturing and distribution facilities and over 1,400 employees, the company is well known for its quality, value priced home furnishings, produced by highly skilled employees and distributed by furniture retailers throughout the world.Asheboro, NC is home for several of Klaussner’s manufacturing and distribution facilities as well as the company’s corporate headquarters and a 100,000 square foot showroom. Other manufacturing service centers are located in Milford, Iowa. Another affiliated company is Prestige Fabricators, Inc., a foam manufacturing company also located in Asheboro. The Klaussner affiliated group of companies has over 1,700 employees. Klaussner also has 4 licensed Klaussnerhome stores as well as over 150 Klaussner Home Furnishings Galleries located throughout the US.

The company, a leading manufacturer of geographic globes, produces more than 100 globe models for schools and institutions, as well as for individual homes. The globes are distributed through a variety of sales channels in the US internationally, and online. In the 1960s Replogle Globes co-founded Scanglobe, best known for producing illuminated globes. Replogle was founded in 1930 by Luther Replogle and was sold to its current owners, the William C. Nickels family, in 1973.

The UK-based company makes children's role-playing toys such as miniature household appliances, kitchen play sets, dolls' accessories, and cash registers, some of which carry licensed brand names such as Dyson or KFC. It also makes nursery furniture and toddler activity games. Products are distributed through the company's web site, toy companies, department stores, and general merchandise stores. Casdon was founded in 1946 by Tom Cassidy and is run today by his son, Paul.

Meyer affiliates have been designing, manufacturing and marketing cookware on a global scale since 1971. Combined, the affiliates sell over 100 cookware lines in more than 30 countries, and employ more than 5,000 people worldwide.Meyer cookware is manufactured by its own affiliates in factories located worldwide. In addition to manufacturing cookware, the companies also manufacture over 90 percent of the materials used to make the cookware including corrugated materials used for packaging, handles made of stainless steel and high heat-resistant phenolic, rivets and stainless steel lids. Combined, Meyer affiliate factories produce more than 30 million pans annually.

Danmar makes some of the most widely used drum parts and accessories in the world. All of company products, since day one, have been manufactured in house. Danmar Beaters and Kick Pads are legendary staples and the most popular and sought after on the market, used by top professionals everywhere. Pros and amateurs alike are benefiting from Frank's genius and ingenuity and you can too by asking for Danmar at your favorite drum shop.

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