1115 West Fifth Avenue P.O. Box 600 Lancaster, Ohio 43130-0600 U.S.A. Anchor Hocking Glassware has been one of the world's leading producers and marketers of glass tableware and ovenware for most of its nine decades in business. Acquisitions and mergers expanded the company's interests into glass containers, plastics, and hardware, increasing annual sales to a peak of more than $900 million in th…
41 av du General de Gaulle Arques France Company Perspectives: World tableware leader Created in 1825 as a small, traditional glassmaking workshop in Arque s, France, the Arc International Group has, at the initiative of its leaders, risen to the new challenges of an international market. The official change in name and identity took place in 2000, reflecting t he group's new position as world le…
1-2, Marunouchi 2-chome Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100 Japan Asahi Glass Company is a leading producer of glass, chemicals, and electronics in Japan and the Far East. Its products touch almost every aspect of daily life. Even a partial product list includes mirrored skyscraper windows coated with a heat-reflective substance, super-durable paints, glass-reinforced concrete for building, 50% of the cathode-…
21-1, Yurakucho 1-chome Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8405 Japan Company Perspectives: "Look Beyond" is the slogan of the AGC Group, and it is the title of the AGC Group Vision as well. "Look Beyond" captures and expresses this vision. It inspires the Group's mission and shared values to which every member of the Group must subscribe. As a global materials and components supplier based on our core techno…
20 rue Cristalleries 54120 Baccarat France The name Baccarat has become nearly synonymous with luxury. For more than 200 years, this company has produced and distributed some of the world's finest luxury crystal. With a catalog spanning some 2,500 items, Baccarat produces full-lead crystal tableware, jewelry, lamps, vases, carafes, decorative pieces, and home fittings, sold through its own retail…
49 West Third Street Holland, Michigan 49423-2813 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: If you drive a car today, chances are it has one or more Donnelly products built into it. Donnelly is dedicated to serving customers around the globe with industry-leading components and systems in automotive mirrors, windows and door handles. Donnelly Corporation is a supplier of automotive components, ranking as the …
381 Fulwood Road Sheffield S10 3GB United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Dyson has material technology that has the potential to deliver substantial growth, supplying leading-edge, multinational programmes in the automotive, electronics and aerospace industries. Dyson Group PLC is engineering a transformation for the mid-2000s. The company has pinned its future growth on an extension from its trad…
Schachenstrasse 77 CH-8645 Jona Switzerland Company Perspectives: All we do has to ultimately be of value to our customers. After all, it is they who determine whether we are successful. Geberit AG is Europe's leading manufacturer of sanitary technology. The Jona, Switzerland-based company covers every aspect of sanitation systems and components, with products covering the entire range of buildin…
600 N. Centennial St. Zeeland, Michigan 49464 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Founded in 1974, Gentex Corporation develops, manufactures and markets proprietary electro-optical products. The Company is the recognized world leader in the manufacture of electrochromic, automatic-dimming mirrors for the auto industry, selling to nearly every automotive manufacturer worldwide. The Company also maintains…
6 Takeda Tobadono-cho Fushimi-ku Kyoto 612-8501 Japan Company Perspectives "To be a creative company that continues to grow"--that has been the Kyocera ("Kyocera" as a consolidated group) mission since Kyocera Corporation was founded in 1959, reflecting our unswerving commitment to shareholders. As we plan our future by "always seeking better ways," continuous growth will remain a top priority. B…
One Owens Corning Parkway Toledo, Ohio 43659 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Growth Agenda: In 1996, Owens Corning announced that it expected to meet its goal of $5 billion in annual sales by 1999, a full year ahead of schedule. The company continues to strengthen its industry leadership and expand core businesses, while accelerating growth through development of new products and applications, acqui…
Prescot Road St. Helens WA10 3TT United Kingdom Company Perspectives: We aim to be a dynamic, market driven, global provider of glass products, judged best in class by our customers, our people and our shareholders. Pilkington plc is one of the largest glassmakers in the world, specializing in the flat glass and safety glass sectors. With about 85 percent of its sales originating outside the Unit…
Suite 500 122 - 1st Avenue South Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada S7K 7G3 Company Perspectives: In a world eager for plant nutrients, Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. (PCS) offers double strength: by capacity, it is the world's largest potash company and third largest phosphate producer. Export-oriented, it is a global pace-setter. Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. is the world's large…
1920 West Main St. Red Wing, Minnesota 55066 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We are in business to provide pottery, dinnerware and gifts to our retail customers, and to provide one of the best visitor attractions in southeast Minnesota with our large retail salesroom and our pottery manufacturing operation. Red Wing Pottery Sales, Inc. is a retailer of dinnerware and art pottery located in a small M…
Minton House, London Road Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST4 7QD United Kingdom Company Perspectives: The Royal Doulton group owns an internationally recognised stable of brands, with a large number of outstanding products. It is continuing to build on the clear brand positioning that has already been established. Royal Doulton plc is one of the world's best-known fine china companies, designing a…
140 E. Market St. York, Pennsylvania 17401 U.S.A. Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff Company is a holding company whose major subsidiary is The Pfaltzgraff Co., an historic American manufacturer of high quality stoneware and bone china dinnerware that is a leader in its industry. Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff also includes Susquehanna Radio Corporation and Susquehanna Cable Company. The name Pfaltzgraff is famili…
U.S. Route 1 Franklin Center, Pennsylvania 19091 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Sharing your passion for collecting. The Franklin Mint is a subsidiary of Roll International Corporation, owned by Stewart and Lynda Resnick, and based in Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, a Philadelphia suburb. Although it portrays itself as a company devoted to producing quality one-of-a-kind art objects, to many The Fra…
Spode, Church Street Stoke-on-Trent ST4 1BX United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Spode's craftsmen have been designing and manufacturing some of the finest ceramics ever produced for over 200 years. The Porcelain and Fine China Companies Ltd. is better known for its world-famous china brands, Spode and Royal Worcester. Based at the Spode works in Stoke-on-Trent, where the company has been produci…
1-1, Nakashima 2-chome Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu Fukuoka 802 Japan Company Perspectives: TOTO LTD. was established in 1917 as a manufacturing and sales company for sanitary ware. The Company has grown steadily through the years by emphasizing its philosophy of customer satisfaction, or always putting the customer first. Today, TOTO offers product lines from bathroom and restroom fixtures and comp…
1-2 Upper Hatch Street Dublin 2 Ireland Company Perspectives: We live in exciting times. Waterford, Wedgwood and Rosenthal bring some of that excitement into our homes, together with the comfort and the continuity of great traditions. There are few great luxury goods enterprises in the world and we are proud to have our place among them. In our own sphere, however, our offering is clearly unmatch…
1101 Wheaton Avenue Millville, New Jersey 08332 U.S.A. With origins in glass production dating to 1888, Wheaton Industries is known as the largest family-owned producer of glassware in the world. From furnishing laboratory glassware, the company moved into design and production of general laboratory supplies and innovative research equipment ranging from centrifuges to micro-processor controlled …
1501 North Tenth Street Millville, New Jersey 08332 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Through continuous quality improvement, we are dedicated to being incredibly easy to do business with. In meeting the requirements of our customers, we will service them through accurate and timely deliveries as well as strong technical and after-sales support. Wheaton Science Products will pursue these commitments t…