Standard Furniture Manufacturing company makes and markets furniture under the Standard Furniture and Frisco Manufacturing names. It produces a variety of pieces, including those for the bedroom, dining room, living room, and kitchen. Its Frisco Manufacturing specializes in making bedroom sets. Standard Furniture operates a pair of manufacturing facilities in Alabama and imports products from factories overseas, as well. Family-owned and -operated since 1946, the company distributes its product lines to more than 3,000 retailers nationwide. Standard Furniture and Kathy Ireland Worldwide ended their longtime licensing agreement in early 2009.

Founded in 1902 as Norwalk Furniture, the firm was resurrected in September 2008 and added Custom Order to its name when local investors provided needed funds to stay afloat. The company makes upholstered furniture under the Norwalk, J. Raymond, and Hickory Hill names and sells its wares through its own and other retail stores. Its retail unit, Norwalk-The Furniture Idea, spans some 45 states, as well as Canada. Its fleet of 65 tractors and 100 trailers helps Norwalk honor its 30-day delivery policy. It operates manufacturing plants in Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, and Tennessee.

Nikon's focus extends far wider than most consumers would believe. Though well-known for its cameras, lenses, and other consumer optical products, Nikon vies with national rival Canon and Netherlands-based ASML Holding to be the world's top producer of photolithography steppers, which is the crucial equipment used to etch circuitry onto semiconductor wafers and LCD panels. Nikon Corporation also makes a range of other products, including eyewear, surveying instruments, microscopes, industrial equipment, and electronic imaging equipment. Founded in 1917, Nikon is part of the huge Mitsubishi "keiretsu", a group of businesses linked by cross-ownership.

Ethan Allen Interiors Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, sourcing, sale, and distribution of various home furnishings and accessories, as well as related marketing and brand awareness efforts in the United States. The company also markets home furnishings and accessories to consumers through a network of company-owned design centers. Its products include beds, dressers, armoires, tables, chairs, buffets, entertainment units, home office furniture, and wood accents. The company also offers upholstery home furnishing items, such as sleepers, recliners, chairs, sofas, loveseats, cut fabrics, and leather, as well as home accessory and other items, including window treatments, wall decor, lighting, clocks, bedding and bedspreads, decorative accessories, area rugs, and home and garden furnishings. As of June 30, 2009, Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. operated through 293 retail design centers comprising 159 company-owned and operated centers, and 134 independently-owned and operated centers. The company was founded in 1932 and is headquartered in Danbury, Connecticut.

NIVS IntelliMedia Technology Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries engage in the design, manufacture, marketing, and sale of audio and video consumer products. Its products include audio and video equipment, such as home theater systems; tower, stand-alone, and on-wall speaker systems; powered subwoofers used for stereo and home theater applications; personal shelf-stereo systems; LCD televisions; DVD players, including portable DVD players, DVD recorders, and combination DVD/audio players; DVB set-top boxes and DVB satellite receivers; hi-fi multi-media speakers; portable digital players, which include MP3/MP4 players; and related peripheral and accessory electronic products comprising remote controls, headphone sets, and lighting solutions. The company also offers a line of intelligent audio and video products, which include various products with integrated speech-controlled interface technology, including speech-controlled home theater systems, televisions, DVD players, set-top boxes, and shelf stereo systems. In addition, it provides speech-controlled professional stage acoustics for use in gymnasiums, plazas, and performance venues. NIVS IntelliMedia Technology Group sells its products to wholesalers, distributors, and resellers of electronic products primarily in the People's Republic of China, Europe, southeast Asia, and North America. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in Huizhou City, the People's Republic of China.

For over 70 years, Wehrfritz GmbH has been a single-source supplier of furniture, playground equipment, toys, craft supplies, and more for kindergartens. Habermaass GmbH also cater to the littlest ones in childcare center and for the older children in elementary schools and participating in after-school care programs. With their furniture and therapy materials they also help with special needs and handicapped audience, as well as the elderly.

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.

For more than five decades, Croscill has turned trends into standards. Traditions into fresh ideas. Croscill has been redefining home fashions since they emerged as the most innovative and fresh-voiced design company in the industry.Croscill’s history with redefining tradition began in 1946, with the introduction of the “Croscilla” window treatment. The unique Croscilla valance appeared similar to the old Priscilla design, but stretched across the entire window and covered the window rod. This fuller, more luxurious form soon became a sought-after standard and the design industry clamored to learn if Croscill was a one-time deal, or if they would continue to turn customary designs into custom-made quality.Croscill did not disappoint designers or consumers. Over the next decades, the company continued to improve traditional window treatment designs. Croscill pioneered mix and match tier kitchen curtains, the Antique Satin drapery program, and the Blouson Valance. All became industry standards.

The institutional customer, among several others, saw the dawn of a new vendor with American Dawn. American Dawnm anufactures textile products (including industrial aprons and towels, bed linens, blankets, and surgical towels and patient gowns, as well as chef and butcher uniforms) that are distributed to wholesale, commercial, and retail markets. The company was founded as Overseas General Business in 1972 and caters to the health care, home fashion, laundry and institutional, and salon industries. American Dawn has expanded its operations through the years by acquiring Ambassador and KWB/Calco Manufacturing in 1989 and Tres Manufacturing in 1994.

Rane Corporation, founded and incorporated in 1981 in Washington State, is a privately held company. The owners all previously worked together in middle management positions at Phase Linear Corporation, a high-end consumer electronics company. With this background, they pooled over 40 years of combined audio experience to create Rane Corporation. Owners became separate department heads based upon their expertise. This organization created an unusually strong structure, since all department heads had a unique owner's perspective in making it succeed.The company name was selected from an anagram created from the common letters of the first and last names of the original founders. This particular anagram was selected because it was short, easy-to-say and remember, and they liked the double-entendre possibilities implying wet-links to the Northwest.

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