Gibson electric guitars represent the history as well as the future of the electric guitar. The models whose designs have become classics-the ES-175, ES-335, Flying V, Explorer, Firebird, SGs and Les Pauls-are a testament to Gibson's wide appeal, spanning more than four decades of music styles. Gibson's close relationship with musicians is manifest in endorsement models from King, Atkins and jazz greats Howard Roberts and Herb Ellis, plus new Les Pauls made to the personal specifications of rock stars Jimmy Page and Joe Perry. In 1994, Gibson's Centennial year, the new Nighthawk model won an industry award for design, setting the stage for a second hundred years of Gibson quality and innovation.

Optimal Group Inc., through its interest in WowWee Group Companies, engages in the design, development, marketing, and distribution of technology-based, consumer robotic, toy, and entertainment products. Its product line includes WowWee Robotics, a line of consumer robotic products; WowWee FlyTech, a line of flyer products; WowWee Alive, which are Alive Cubs life-like plush animals that come alive when nurtured; Think Wow Toys, including plush, pillows, novelty food, action figures, dolls, and fashion accessories; and WowWee Technologies comprising Rovio, a wi-fi enabled mobile Web cam, and Cinemin suite of portable multimedia pico projectors. The company sells its products through grocery stores, pharmacies, toy stores, department stores, and high-end consumer technologies stores. Optimal Group, through its subsidiary, Optimal Payments Corp., processes credit card payments for retail point-of-sale merchants. It operates primarily in the United States, Europe, Central America, Canada, and Hong Kong. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Rosco, founded in 1910, is still best known for the products it originally manufactured: filters for entertainment lighting.The company now offers products in more than a dozen categories. These include gobos (or patterns), correction filters for film lighting, fog and haze machines, dance floors, scenic paint and backdrops for theatre and film/video.Rosco also has innovated a number of lighting equipment products, including rotators, projectors, intelligent mirrors and LitePad, a remarkable LED-based fixture.

Spa Settings LLC company makes redwood hot tub gazebos with four basic models -- the Mini Oasis, Mirage, Sedona Octagon, and Skylighter. It also makes accessories such as canopies, privacy screens, steps, and towel trees. Many of the gazebo models come with optional bar kits, including stools and wine racks. Spa Settings' manufacturing facilities are located in Mexico. The company was founded in 1989.

SANYO is on the go. SANYO North America, a subsidiary of Japanese electronics giant SANYO Electric, oversees more than 20 companies that make and sell a variety of consumer products including electronics (TVs, VCRs, DVD players, audio systems, MP3 players, wireless phones, and digital cameras) and home appliances (microwave ovens, vacuums, refrigerators, and freezers). It also makes products for industrial use, such as semiconductors and electronic components. Its Environmental Solutions unit advises companies and facilities on sustainability and energy efficiency. SANYO North America operates service companies that offer everything from service for SANYO products to logistics and customs brokerage services.

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.

VIZIO’s revolutionizing how we watch, listen … and live! Based on the belief that everyone is entitled to the latest technology, VIZIO’s redefining high definition by finding a better way and making it for everyone, using greener methods! What started in 2002 as a small company consisting of three people has quickly grown into a company of more than 160 employees, two American based offices and earned the #1 position in LCD shipments in North America in Q1 and Q2 2009 and remains the #1 shipper of LCD HDTVs to the U.S. through the 3rd quarter of 2009 (cumulative Q1 – Q3, 2009) according to iSuppli’s Q3 2009 U.S. TV unit shipments.

Franco Manufacturing is a family owned business, founded in 1952 by David E. Franco and his three sons. Now in its third generation, the five sons of Louis, Morris, and Jack carry on the tradition established by David E. Franco into the future. In every year since the founding of the company Franco has consistently reinvested in the future of the organization, strategically adding infrastructure to keep pace with the competitive requirements of the marketplace. Beginning with a single product, Franco today is an organization that is a key resource for the home textile market with distribution that reaches 90% of consumers in the United States. Franco is currently one of the top ten USA based home textile companies. Franco are a global company with locations and offices around the world.

Glen Dimplex Story unique is the sheer scale of the Group's growth, over a relatively short time frame, to take its place as the world leader in the manufacture and distribution of electric heating appliances.The time line links (to the left) charts the growth of the Group from small beginnings in 1973, to the 21st Century where it continues to grow and expand its operations throughout the world.

Umbro, Ltd., a subsidiary of NIKE, Inc., is the original Manchester based football brand that invented sportswear and sports tailoring. Umbro’s first major football kit was made for Manchester City in 1934, a kit they won the FA Cup in. Today, the company combines its heritage in sports tailoring with modern football culture to create groundbreaking and iconic football apparel, footwear and equipment that blend performance and style.

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