Argyll House 6 Millington Road Hayes, Middlesex UB3 4AY Considering its current annual sales of £3.7 billion, the Argyll Group's history is remarkably short. In 1987, just short of celebrating its tenth birthday, Argyll became the fourth-largest grocer in Britain when it purchased the 133 U.K. Safeway stores from their American parent, Safeway Stores Inc. The Safeway purchase gave Argyll a place…
123 North Wacker Drive Chicago Illinois 60606 United States Aon is a Gaelic word meaning "unity." When the former Combined International Corporation adopted Aon as its name, in 1987, the word was chosen to represent one of the most diversified groups of insurance companies in the United States. Through its subsidiaries the Aon Corporation underwrites a broad line of accident and health insurance,…
3801 West Chester Pike Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073-2387 U.S.A. The ARCO Chemical Company manufactures intermediate chemicals used in a broad range of consumer and industrial products. Major chemicals include propylene oxide, used in a variety of plastics, foams, and paints; tertiary butyl alcohol, used in the production of oxygenated fuels that are blended with gasoline to reduce emissions…
3331 W. Big Beaver Road Troy, Michigan 48084 U.S.A. With 160 stores across Michigan, Arbor Drugs is the second largest drugstore chain in Michigan and the fifteenth largest in the United States. The company has posted an impressive record of growth since its president, Eugene Applebaum, opened his first drugstore in Detroit in 1963. This performance has garnered the company a place among the Forb…
Aramark Tower 1101 Market Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107 U.S.A. Aramark Corporation is a diversified service company with five major lines of business: food service, health care, child care, uniform services, and periodicals distribution. Its food service operations serve such diverse customers as Fortune 500 executives, prison inmates, college students, Olympic athletes, and tourists. I…
6917 Collins Avenue Miami Beach, Florida 33141 U.S.A. A subsidiary of Triarc Companies, Inc., Arby's Inc. is a leading global fast-food restaurant chain with more than 2,800 restaurants worldwide. Arby's is distinguished within the industry by its menu, which features roast beef sandwiches. The chain expanded rapidly during the 1970s and 1980s by franchising. In 1995 the Arby's chain included abo…
3801 Old Greenwood Road Fort Smith, Arkansas 72903 U.S.A. Parent company of one of the leading truckers in the United States, Arkansas Best Corporation (ABC) ships general commodities both nationally and internationally through its motor carrier subsidiaries. During the mid-1990s, ABC operated as a less-than-truckload and truckload carrier, deriving nearly 70 percent of its annual revenues from i…
Via G. Galilei 1 30033 Noale (Ve) Italy With revenues quadrupling from 1992 to 1995, Italy's Aprilia SpA is Europe's fastest growing motorcycle maker. In 1995, the company boasted 24 percent of the Italian scooter and moped market, and 34.7 percent of the country's motorcycle business. After establishing European operations in 1993, the firm built up a 16.7 percent share of the continent's scoote…
85 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10003-3019 U.S.A. Ark Restaurants Corp. is a holding company that, through subsidiaries, was operating 26 restaurants, 2 bakeries, and 2 corporate dining facilities in 1996. The bakeries and 20 of the restaurants were owned by the company. Although Ark's restaurants had no single format, most were in New York City and offered a wide range of moderately priced fo…
219 Piasa Street Alton, Illinois 62002 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Argosy is strengthening its presence in the U.S. gaming industry as the only gaming company licensed in all cruising states--a diversification strategy aimed at reducing exposure to risk and mitigating the impact of external forces within a given market. A market leader in a fast-growing industry, Argosy Gaming Company operates f…
313 West Liberty Street Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We will be a fast and flexible learning organization committed to ever-improving the value of Armstrong for our employees, customers, and shareholders. We will be a world leader in all our businesses by excelling in customer satisfaction, innovation, marketing, and manufacturing. These capabilities, our people, and…
One Post Oak Central 2000 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 100 Houston, Texas 77056-4400 U.S.A. Apache Corporation is one of the leading independent crude oil and natural gas producers in the United States. The company, which has proven reserves of 613 million barrels of oil equivalent, maintains exploration and production efforts in the United States, Canada, Egypt, Australia, Poland, the People's Repu…
30 Harvard Mill Square Wakefield, Massachusetts 01880 U.S.A. Formerly known as Air & Water Technologies Corporation, Aqua Alliance Inc. (AAI) is a leading provider of water, wastewater, and hazardous waste services. Among other activities, the company operates, maintains, and manages water and wastewater treatment facilities; designs and constructs water and wastewater facilities; and provides fo…
4551 West 107th Street, Suite 100 Overland Park, Kansas 66207 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Whether it's for lunch, dinner, after work or late at night, we've got the neighborhood favorites you've grown to love. Applebee's International, Inc. is the leader in the casual dining segment of the United States restaurant marketplace. The company franchises and operates more than 1,100 restaurants under…
Thurman Arnold Building 555 12th Street N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004-1202 U.S.A. Arnold & Porter is one of the largest law firms in the United States and in the world. It has a long history of representing corporations in all aspects of modern business law, from taxation and financing to antitrust and mergers and acquisitions. Since the 1950s it has represented Philip Morris Inc. The firm in the p…
4615 E. Elwood Street Phoenix, Arizona 85040 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Apollo Group is uniquely positioned to meet the significant market opportunity created as more occupations become education-intensive, and as members of the workforce capitalize on the income premium available to them with higher levels of education. Augmenting its current offerings with future strategic growth into larger …
6101 Variel Avenue P.O. Box 4183 Woodland Hills, California 91365-4183 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Applause Inc. specializes in the design, manufacturing, and distribution of high-quality, innovative plush, collectibles, and novelty gift items for children of all ages, featuring America's favorite licensed and non-licensed brands. Applause Inc. is a leader in design innovation, marketing year-ro…
Colegrave House 70 Berners Street London W1P 3AE United Kingdom Arcadia Group plc, previously known as Burton Group plc, is the second largest clothing retailer in the United Kingdom, with more than 2,000 outlets in downtowns and shopping centers throughout the country. With two exceptions, the group's store formats primarily sell private-label apparel. These formats are Evans, Principles for Wom…
5451 W. Dickman Road Battle Creek, Michigan 49015 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Commitment to traditional quality and guaranteed freshness is the foundation of Archway cookies and its more than 60 Home Style, Gourmet, Fat Free, Sugar Free, Bag, and Holiday cookie varieties. It has also led the Company to become the nation's leading producer of oatmeal-based cookie varieties. Archway Cookies, Inc. …
2020 South Central Avenue Compton, California 90220 U.S.A. The Arden Group, Inc. is a holding company whose main subsidiary, Arden-Mayfair, Inc., operates 13 supermarkets in and around Los Angeles, California. Ten markets operate under the name Gelson's and three under the name Mayfair. The stores serve the upper end of the consumer spectrum. In addition to traditional groceries, they stock a wid…
1 Infinite Loop Cupertino California 95014 U.S.A. Company Perspectives The company is committed to bringing the best personal computing and music experience to students, educators, creative professionals, businesses, government agencies, and consumers through its innovative hardware, software, peripherals, services, and Internet offerings. The company's business strategy leverages its unique abil…
6290 Sequence Drive San Diego, California 92121 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: In the face of unprecedented demand, capacity expansion and industry activity, AMCC has continued to deliver on time, on target and on budget. In fact, our lead times have improved over the past several years. This ability to deliver on our promises has earned us the highest level of credibility&mdash well as several awa…
1230 Agvik Street Barrow, Alaska 99723 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Inupiat values have enabled our ancestors to survive successfully in the harsh Arctic environment for many centuries. ASRC embraces both Inupiat and Western cultural values to compete successfully in tomorrow's global business environment. The Corporation, our subsidiaries, all our employees, and shareholders are part of the Inup…
1800 West Park Drive, Suite 250 Westborough, Massachusetts 01581 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Arch Wireless provides two-way messaging and universal access to your preferred information sources, giving you the ability to communicate with everyone, anywhere, anytime and in every direction. Arch Wireless keeps you connected to the wireless web, so you can receive continuous, automatic updates--from…
3911 South Walton Walker Boulevard Dallas, Texas 75236-1598 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The Customer is the Business, and the Business is the Customer. This motto describes the way we feel about those we serve--including active duty, retirees, reserve forces, and their families. Around AAFES it is repeated often because we know that the customer is the most important person in the operation of o…
ARAMARK Tower 1101 Market Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Because we value relationships, we treat customers as long-term partners, and each other with candor and respect. Because we succeed through performance, we encourage the entrepreneur in each of us, and work always to improve our service. Because we thrive on growth, we seek new markets and new opportun…
Bertramstrasse 8 D-60320 Frankfurt am Main Germany Company Perspectives: As institutions under public law, ARD's state-owned broadcasting stations are independent of government control; their sole obligation is to serve the public. Within the dual broadcasting system (nonprofit public and commercial private broadcasting), their task is providing the German public with information, education and e…
City Place 1 St. Louis, Missouri 63141 United States Arch Mineral Corporation is a private coal company owned in equal parts by Ashland Oil Company and the Hunt family. From its headquarters in the St. Louis, Missouri, suburb of Creve Coeur, it oversees a nearly completely decentralized system of mines in Wyoming, Illinois, Alabama, Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky. Arch was founded in 1969 …
7400 Excelsior Blvd. St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55426 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: As the leader of the appliance recycling industry, ARCA pioneered the development of environmentally-sound appliance recycling systems. Today, ARCA provides a complete range of large-scale collection, processing and recycling services that will help you comply with federal, state and local appliance disposal regulat…
123 North Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: In Gaelic, our name connotes "oneness." To our clients, that means bringing together innovative professionals from around the globe into a single, unified organization created to provide unsurpassed service and groundbreaking business solutions. Chicago-based Aon Corporation is one of the largest insurance brokerage and c…
655 West Ryan Street P.O. Box 157 Brillion, Wisconsin 54110 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Ariens' Vision Statement is "Passionate People! Astounded Customers!" That vision, in conjunction with the company's Core Values, encapsulates the way Ariens does business. Core Values: Be honest. Be fair. Keep commitments. Respect the individual. Encourage intellectual curiosity. Ariens Company is a leading …
Skanderborgvej 277 DK-8260 Viby J. Denmark Company Perspectives: Arla Foods' objective is to be the consumers' and customers' preferred dairy. In Northern Europe--with a wide range of dairy products. In Southern Europe--with selected ranges of cheese and butter. Outside Europe--with a product range adapted to the individual markets. Moreover, Arla Foods intends to maintain and develop its positio…
2000 S. Colorado Boulevard, Suite 2-1000 Denver, Colorado 80222-7900 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: AIMCO succeeds by providing quality services to residents and third-party management clients, good jobs to employees, and attractive returns to shareholders. Apartment Investment and Management Company (AIMCO) is the largest U.S. real estate investment trust (REIT) in terms of apartment units--owning…
71 Longueville Road Lane Cove New South Wales 2088 Australia Company Perspectives: Mission: Aristocrat will build sustainable value for all stakeholders by providing innovative and entertaining gaming solutions to customers on a world-wide basis. Aristocrat Leisure Limited, based in Australia, is the world's second largest manufacturer of casino gaming systems, behind the United States' Internati…
75 Rockefeller Plaza New York, New York 10019 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our Mission is to become the world's most respected and valued company by connecting, informing and entertaining people everywhere in innovative ways that will enrich their lives. Global media powerhouse AOL Time Warner Inc. represents one of the most ambitious corporate mergers in U.S. history, combining the vast entertai…
Rua Lauro Müller, 116, 40° andar 22299-900 Rio de Janeiro Brazil Company Perspectives: Growth Strategy: Establish a stronger presence in the world's pulp market, through acquisition of existing pulp operations and/or capacity expansion, both at the right time and cost. Brazil-based Aracruz Celulose S.A. is the world's leading producer of bleached eucalyptus pulp for the paper industry and one o…
122 East 42nd Street New York, New York 10017 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Apple continues its commitment to serving the people and businesses in our local communities. Apple Bank for Savings is a state-chartered savings bank that is the fifth largest of its kind in the state of New York. It offers the usual retail products and services to its customers in the metropolitan New York City area and …
134 Nithsdale Drive Pollokshaws Glasgow Lanarkshire G41 2PP Scotland Company Perspectives: We at Arnold Clark are a committed team of caring professionals. The simple philosophy on which the company was founded in the 1950s remains the aim of the company today--to offer unrivalled value for money and create the highest possible levels of customer satisfaction. Arnold Clark Automobiles Ltd. is the…
1111 Broadway Oakland, California 94607 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: People are the engine at APL, one of the largest logistics and container transportation companies in the world--a company at the heart of international trade. APL's roots are in one of the most venerable economic activities transcending national and geographic borders: trading with those at a distance via commerce on the sea--li…
Wittener Strasse 45 D-44789 Bochum Germany Company Perspectives: The value of the Aral brand name, its very high brand recognition of over 90%, and its excellent market position were decisive in the choice of Aral as the future brand name of the German service station business. Aral AG, under the parentage of Deutsche BP AG, is Germany's largest operator of gas stations. With a network of roughly…
2919 East Philadelphia Street Ontario, California 91761 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Apex Digital, Inc. is the leading provider of DVD players in North America and the fastest growing company in consumer electronics history. The privately held company's 2002 revenue approached $1 billion and is expected in 2003 as well. Fueling this aggressive growth is the pioneering leadership of Apex Digital i…
325 Fayette Avenue Mamaroneck, New York 10543-2306 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Archie Comics is the only family-owned and independent publisher in the industry. Goldwater's and Silberkleit's fathers formed the comic book publishing company, MLJ Magazines, in November 1939. MLJ Magazines was named after its three founders, Maurice Coyne, Louis Silberkleit and John Goldwater. Archie was first intr…
Avenida Fulvio Salvador Pagani 487 Arroyito, Cordoba Argentina Company Perspectives: We want to become, in the next few years, the number one candy and chocolate company in Latin America. Life is sweet for Arcor S.A.I.C., the privately held firm that has grown to become one of Argentina's two biggest food companies, manufacturing more than 1,500 products. Although Argentina's fertile pampas are n…
Admiral Way, Doxford Internation Sunderland SR3 3XP United Kingdom Company Perspectives: With activities in eight different European countries, our vision is to be recognised as the leading transport services organisation in Europe. We are working to achieve our vision by growing the business through organic growth, acquisition, better service delivery, innovation and marketing. Arriva PLC is one…
4666 East Faries Parkway P.O. Box 1470 Decatur, Illinois 62525 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Because everything ADM does begins with agriculture, our partnership with the farming community is vital. Farmers are essential to the ove rall economy, and that's why we work to be essential to them--creatin g thousands of products from their crops, hundreds of markets for the ir crops. Archer Daniels Mid…
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…
501 Merritt 7 Norwalk Connecticut 06851 U.S.A. Company Perspectives From good chemistry comes good innovations. Arch Chemicals, Inc., is a global specialty chemical company based in Norwalk, Connecticut, involved in two main business segments: treatment products and performance products. Treatment products include chemicals to sanitize drinking water and swimming pools; industrial biocides, used …
John Kennedylaan 51 Gent Belgium Company Perspectives Arcelor Gent is striving for leadership in the production of high quality flat steel products in a sustainable entrepreneurial way. Sidmar is fully aware that this leads to great responsibility towards its shareholders, customers, employees, local surroundings and the environment. Sidmar is fully responsible for making the best use of all its …
12701 Fair Lakes Circle, Suite 800 Fairfax Virginia 22033 U.S.A. Company Perspectives Our most important goal is to have our systems demonstrate excellence in field operation. Excellence includes more than technical performance, as it is equally important that they be stable, reliable, and operable. Argon ST has made a commitment to establish, document, implement and maintain a quality management…
2500 Columbia Avenue Lancaster Pennsylvania 17603-4117 U.S.A. Company Perspectives Our business strategy focuses on product innovation, product quality and customer service. In our businesses, these factors are the primary determinants of market share gain or loss. Our objective is to ensure that anyone buying a floor or ceiling can find an Armstrong product that meets his or her needs. Our cabin…