Playmates Toys is among the most well respected and innovative marketing and distribution companies in the global toy industry with a proven heritage in both the creation of original and imaginative products as well as the development and management of profitable, long-term brand franchises. The company's core licensed character and entertainment brands include Disney Fairies, Nickelodeon's "iCarly" and H2O, The Halcyon Company, Warner Bros' distributed "Terminator Salvation", CBS Consumer Products- Paramount Pictures' distributed "Star Trek", Giochi Preziosi's "Gormiti", 4Kids Entertainment/Mirage Licensing's "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" and 4Kids' Yu-Gi-Oh! and Dinosaur King. From its offices in Hong Kong, China, and the United States, Playmates Toys designs, develops and markets its products which are distributed in over 80 countries worldwide.

Sharper Image Corporation operates as a multi-channel specialty retailer in the United States. The company sells its products through the Sharper Image specialty stores, the Sharper Image catalog, and the Internet. It also engages in wholesale operations; licenses its brand name to third parties; and provides customer list-rental programs. As of January 31, 2007, it operated 187 Sharper Image stores in 38 states and the District of Columbia. Sharper Image was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Walnut Creek, California. On February 19, 2008, Sharper Image Corporation filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

SABIAN is all about designing and creating cymbals and sounds that are right for you.SABIAN was founded in late 1981, when one of the world's great names in cymbal making, Bob 'Sabian' decided drummers deserve better cymbals. Not happy with the quality, sound and relevance of cymbals made at that time, he launched SABIAN. Located in the small eastern Canadian village of Meductic, New Brunswick, SABIAN - most notably The Vault, where cymbals are designed - has since become the global center for cymbal and sound innovation. Sabian ongoing program of discovery and design means today's drummers and percussionist have a larger-than-ever selection of interesting and innovative cymbals to choose from, with models ranging from vintage to modern, from highly personalized to whatever you need.

Panasonic Corporation is one of the largest electronic product manufacturers in the world, comprised of over 540 companies. It manufactures and markets a wide range of products under the Panasonic brand to enhance and enrich lifestyles all around the globe.

With nearly 2,500 employees and 9 locations around the globe, ICON Health & Fitness, Inc. is the largest manufacturer and marketer of fitness equipment in the world.ICON owns some of the best-known brands in the fitness industry including NordicTrack, FreeMotion Fitness, ProForm, Weider, HealthRider, EPIC, Image, iFit and Weslo and licenses Reebok and Gold's Gym brands. These brand names are immediately recognizable to consumers and have a strong reputation for high performance around the globe.ICON is ISO 9001 certified, meeting the international standard of quality for manufacturers. In addition to manufacturing, ICON performs all marketing, research & development, industrial design and manufacturing for its products. As one of the first U.S. fitness companies to venture into the international arena, ICON has manufacturing and sales facilities located in China, Europe, Canada, and the United States.

From its origin as a manufacturer of tennis ball machines, Prince has proven itself to be an industry leader in the innovation and manufacturing of performance racquet sports products. Prince has continually revolutionized the game with introductions of racquet technologies such as "Oversize" and "Longbody" and most recently with O3 and Speedport. Prince is committed to continually delivering top-quality tennis products in all categories – outfitting players with the very best in footwear, apparel, strings, balls, accessories, and more. Prince has leveraged its international exposure by sponsoring some of the sport's most elite athletes, including Maria Sharapova, Nikolay Davydenko, Jennifer Capriati, Patrick Rafter, Jimmy Connors and Martina Navratilova. Their success at the highest level of competition has heightened consumer interest in the brand as well as the sport of tennis overall.

Churchill China plc is one of the worlds major manufacturers and distributors of high quality ceramic tableware and related products. Based in Stoke on Trent, England, Churchill can trace its development back to the establishment of one of its constituent companies, Sampson Bridgwood, in 1795 and has developed progressively, building a reputation as an innovative and reliable supplier of quality products. Churchill floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1994 and is now a substantial organisation.Churchill supplies a wide range of ceramic tableware and related products to customers in hospitality and home markets around the world through an extensive network of retailers, agents and distributors.The Company operates from two manufacturing units in Stoke on Trent which are supported by distribution centres and a sourcing operation which allows Churchill to offer a "one stop shop" to its customers.

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.

Browning Arms Company traces its roots to the late 19th Century, when John Moses Browning established his firearms factory in Utah. Mr. Browning, who earned many patents for his gunsmithing inventions, developed designs that were manufactured by Winchester, Colt, and Fabrique Nationale. The firm, which has also operated as the J. M. & M. S. Browning Company and as Browning Industries, now makes rifles, shotguns, pistols, and accessories, along with archery and fishing equipment, knives, flashlights, outdoor apparel, footwear, and security safes.

X-Rite, Incorporated, a technology company, develops color management systems and solutions worldwide. Its products include colorimeters, which measure light using red, green, and blue receptors, as well as measure printed colors on packages, labels, textiles, and other materials; spectrophotometers that are used in color formulation of materials, such as plastics, paints, inks, ceramics, and metals; densitometers, which measure optical or photographic density; spectrodensitometers that provide measurements for monitoring color reproduction used for controlling the color of printed inks in graphic arts applications; and sensitometers, which are used to expose various photographic films. The company also offers software packages that allow the users to collect and store color measurement data, compare data to databases, communicate color results, and formulate colors from a database. X-Rite also develops and markets products for the communication and reproduction of color. It serves the imaging and media, photography, digital imaging, paints, plastics, apparel, textiles, and automotive industries through sales personnel, independent sales representatives, and dealers. The company was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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