4-1-2 Hiranomachi Chuo-ku Osaka 541 Japan Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (Osaka Gas) is Japan's second largest supplier of city gas, after Tokyo Gas. It supplies gas to over 15 million people in the Kansai area's major cities of Osaka, Kobe, and Kyoto, and surrounding suburban areas. Traditionally the company was involved only in the distribution of gas for lighting, heating, and power, but it has diversifi…
1325 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10019 U.S.A. Orion Pictures Corporation is a small motion picture producer with a large reputation. Founded by five men who were well known in the world of filmmaking, Orion gained fame for its alliances with such artists as Woody Allen and for its high quality films. Although the company scored a number of Oscar-winning pictures, it ultimately relea…
P.O. Box 2880 Dallas, Texas 75221-2880 U.S.A. Oryx Energy Company, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is one of the world's largest independent oil and natural gas companies. The company's main activities include finding, acquiring, developing, and producing oil and gas throughout the world, chiefly in the Gulf of Mexico, the North Sea, Indonesia, and Ecuador. A relatively young company, Oryx emerge…
P.O. Box 2566 Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54903 U.S.A. Oshkosh Truck Corporation is a major manufacturer of specialized truck and transport equipment. Based in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the company produces a broad range of products designed to meet the needs of specific market niches. The three major markets to which Oshkosh sells its products, both domestically and internationally, are defense, municipal, and…
222 Piedmont Avenue Atlanta, Georgia 30308 U.S.A. Oxford Industries, Inc., one of America's leading apparel manufacturers, has spent most of its history plotting a course for steady growth by providing affordably priced sportswear to retail chains; it later sought to dramatically increase profits by aggressively acquiring higher-end labels and turning out upscale merchandise. Oxford Industries st…
112 Otter Avenue Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54901 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: At OshKosh B'Gosh, we have a clear vision. We've created a global, leading brand of products for children ages newborn to 10. In our constantly changing competitive environment, we continue to develop and strengthen our retail partnerships, leverage our existing brand franchise, and create fashionable, contemporary, high quali…
4965 Preston Park Blvd. Plano, Texas 75093 U.S.A. Paging Network Inc., known as PageNet, is the largest provider of wireless digital messaging services in the United States with more than 4.1 million pagers in service. According to PageNet's 1993 annual report, the company has a subscriber base three times as large as that of its nearest competitor. PageNet operates in all 50 states and the Distr…
910 Mayer Avenue Madison, Wisconsin 53704-4256 U.S.A. Oscar Mayer Foods Corp. is the maker of one of the most venerable and successful food brands currently available on supermarket shelves. The company's sliced meats and other products are sold across North America and in parts of South America and Asia. Oscar Mayer's product line includes a wide range of popular meats, including hot dogs, bacon…
P.O. Box 10 Boise, Idaho 83707 U.S.A. Best known for its Tater Tots, Ore-Ida Foods Incorporated is the leading retail brand of frozen potato products in the United States and the world's largest processor of diversified frozen foods. The company was founded in the early 1920s by F. Nephi and Golden T. Grigg, brothers in a small town in eastern Oregon who were peddling fresh sweet corn in their ea…
102 Canoga Ave. Chatsworth, California 91311 U.S.A. Packard Bell Electronics, Inc. was the largest vendor of personal computers (PCs) in the United States in 1995, and the leading seller of PCs through retail establishments. The company has grown explosively since its inception in 1986 through aggressive and innovative marketing strategies. By the mid-1990s, Packard Bell was also in the process o…
1000 Broadway Building Suite 2200 1000 S.W. Broadway Portland, Oregon 97205 U.S.A. Oregon Steel Mills, Inc., produces a wide range of specialty and commodity steel products. Among minimill companies in the United States, Oregon Steel Mills (OSM) ranks second in sales, trailing only industry leader Nucor Corporation. OSM is organized into two divisions, Oregon Steel Division and CF&I Steel Divisio…
800 Connecticut Avenue Norwalk, Connecticut 06854 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Overall member satisfaction with our health plans is a key factor driving our growth. We attribute this largely to the high-quality, personal care and service our members feel they receive from Oxford. Operating in five northeastern states, Oxford Health Plans, Inc. is a leading provider of health benefit plans. The co…
6450 Via Del Oro San Jose, California 95119 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Since 1931, Orchard Supply Hardware has maintained its strategy of providing a broad merchandise selection, outstanding service, convenient, well organized stores and fair everyday pricing, encouraging its customers to perceive Orchard as the primary destination for their "fix-it" needs. Orchard strives to offer the same qua…
215 South Cascade Street P.O. Box 496 Fergus Falls, Minnesota 56538-0496 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our vision is one of: being the energy supplier of choice by providing quality service with low, stable rates; improving sales, earnings and performance annually, to the balanced benefit of customers, shareholders and employees; being instrumental in creating jobs and improving the economy and qu…
530 34th Ave. SW Albany, Oregon 97321 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Oregon Metallurgical Corporation is a leader in developing manufacturing technology and processes for the production of titanium, and is active in promoting the use of titanium in increasingly diverse aerospace, industrial, medical and consumer applications. Oregon Metallurgical Company, known as Oremet, is one of only two compani…
100 Sea-Horse Drive Waukegan, Illinois 60085 U.S.A. Outboard Marine Corporation is the world's largest manufacturer and supplier of outboard motors and second largest producer of powerboats. Based in Waukegan, Illinois the company has become famous for its brand-name Johnson and Evinrude outboard motors, as well as its Chris-Craft and Grumman powerboats. Other products under the brand names of Fo…
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…
21700 Atlantic Boulevard Dulles, Virginia 20166 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Orbital Sciences Corporation's fundamental goal is to make space more accessible and useful through highly affordable small space systems that incorporate innovative designs and advanced technologies to reduce the cost of using space. Orbital Sciences Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, is an unrivaled, leading-…
10350 Bren Road W. Minnetonka, Minnesota 55343 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The Opus Group is a full-service real estate developer, offering the disciplines of architecture, engineering, development, construction, property management, leasing and finance under one roof. Opus' design-build approach offers imaginative design, development expertise, emphasis on quality, commitment to on-time and on-…
Wandsbeker Strasse, 3-7 22179 Hamburg Germany While Otto Versand (GmbH & Co.) is the world's largest mail-order company with subsidiaries and affiliates in Europe, Asia, South America, and the United States, it remains very much a family concern, being majority-owned and operated by the Otto family. Based in Hamburg, Otto Versand's numerous catalog businesses in 20 countries include Grattan and F…
500 Oracle Parkway Redwood Shores, California 94065 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: For nearly 30 years, Oracle has been building and refining a technology platform that delivers the highest-quality information while reducing your cost of doing business. Because if your information systems can create and manage high-quality data, your employees can improve their efficiency, make better decisions, an…
804 North Meadowbrook Drive P.O. Box 2819 Olathe, Kansas 66063-0819 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our company excels in the areas of technology and customer service. We have the ability and intent to take advantage of our strengths in both of these areas. OTR has always been a cost-conscious company, maintaining a low cost per mile due to our experienced fleet of drivers, dedicated staff and high …
PACCAR Building 777 106th Avenue NE Bellevue, Washington 98004 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: PACCAR maintains exceptionally high standards of quality for all its products: they are well-engineered, are highly customized for specific applications and sell in the premium segment of their markets, where they have a reputation for superior performance and pride of ownership. As the second largest medi…
700 Northeast Multnomah Portland, Oregon 97232-4116 U.S.A. Owner of Pacific Power & Light, Utah Power & Light, and the Australian utility Powercor, PacifiCorp is one of the largest electric utility holding companies in the United States. In the late 1990s, PacifiCorp provided electric power to 1.3 million customers in parts of Washington, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming, California, Montana, and Idaho, and…
14490 Catalina Street San Leandro, California 94577 U.S.A Company Perspectives: Otis Spunkmeyer is never in a holding pattern. The research and development team is always creating and testing new flavors, recipes and ingredients, always looking to enhance Otis Spunkmeyer products. We are dedicated to providing our customers with delicious baked goods. A rising contender in the foodservice industr…
5200 East La Palma Avenue Anaheim, California 92807 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Of course we started as a surf shop. Now we're surf, skate, snow and street. We're summer and winter. Guys and girls. We're beach and mountains, country and city. We're water, sand, dirt and concrete. We're clothes, shoes and all the rest. We're Pacific Sunwear. A fast-growing specialty retailer, Pacific Sunwear of C…
1180 American Drive Neenah, Wisconsin 54956 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our mission is to be 'the best' by exceeding all others in performance through profitably satisfying the needs of our clients for the goods and services that are derived from core competencies in printing, packaging, and mailing in a safe and quality working environment. Outlook Group Corporation is a leading printing and pa…
Riihitontuntie 7B Espoo FIN-02201 Finland Company Perspectives: Outokumpu is a versatile metals group operating worldwide. In its business, Outokumpu focuses on base metals production, stainless steel, copper products and technology. In its traditional areas of core competence, Outokumpu is recognized as one of the industry leaders. This position is also the one from which the Group derives its m…
One Farm Springs Road Farmington, Connecticut 06032 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Over 22,000 Otis mechanics maintain one million elevators, escalators and moving walks worldwide. They are supported by a comprehensive range of maintenance, communications and service dispatching networks which remain unmatched in the industry. Indeed, Otis remains very much a global company. Its products are offere…
15303 Dallas Parkway, Suite 800 Addison, Texas 75001 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Under the direction of Lee Posey, who has been in the industry since 1956, management's thrust has been dedicated to assuring that the customer is satisfied with a quality product and that the associates at Palm Harbor Homes feel this is the best job they have ever had. This commitment has worked&mdash the demand fo…
9420 Santa Anita Ave. Rancho Cucamonga, California 91730 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Pacer is a world-class manufacturer and distributor of items we all know, use, and see in stores throughout 70 countries in the world. The quality of our products' packaging and deployment have achieved a world-class caliber reputation with our customer base. Branded products include Super Glue, Zap hobby produc…
P.O. Box 183 Princeton, New Jersey 08542 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Opinion Research Corporation is focused on delivering superior marketing, research, management consulting, and technology services to private- and public-sector organizations on a global basis. We are committed to excellence in all that we do, to ethical business practices, and to intellectual leadership in our fields of endeav…
PIA Head Office Quaid-E-Azam International Airport Karachi 75200 Pakistan Company Perspectives: Pakistan International Airlines, as a symbol of national pride, should be a choice airline operating profitably on modern commercial concepts, capable of competing with the best in its entire international and domestic markets, consistently exceeding customer expectations. It should be a choice employe…
100 Corporate North, Suite 212 Bannockburn, Illinois 60015 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our clinically-focused trained staff works with the patient, the patient's physician, and the national, regional, or local managed care organization to provide a simple, single solution for patient care. Bannockburn, Illinois-based Option Care Inc. provides specialty pharmacy services and infusion (IV) therapy…
599 N. Mathilda Avenue Sunnyvale, California 94085 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Opsware, Inc., formerly Loudcloud, is the leading provider of IT Automation Software, offering a complete solution for enterprises, government agencies and service providers looking to reduce costs and increase IT efficiencies. For approximately two and one-half years, from early 2000 through mid-2002, Opsware Inc., f…
1745 NW Marshall Street Portland, Oregon 97209 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: To become the premium brand of natural Tea Lattes that satisfy the daily lifestyle needs of active, professional people--conveniently packed, easily prepared, and crafted with quality, all natural ingredients, for consumption at home, at work or on the go, by a company that is environmentally and socially conscious. Orego…
601 Southwest Second Avenue Portland, Oregon 97204 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: ODS Health Plans will be the premier carrier in the fields of dental and medical health insurance by focusing on its customers, the brokers who facilitate our ability to win business, the employers who buy our products, the insureds who use our products and services, and the health care professionals who provide these…
8765 East Orchard Road #703 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: At Orange Glo International, our mission is to delight people with magnificent new ways to clean that are innovative and healthy. Orange Glo International manufactures and markets a variety of household cleaning products designed with natural, environmentally safe ingredients. Family owned and operated, the…
507 West Main Street La Farge, Wisconsin 54639 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We, the family farmers of Organic Valley are committed to: cooperatively market the finest in certified organic products produced exclusively by our family of farmers; market nutritious, wholesome food as directly as possible to the consumer; establish farmer-determined prices which provide the farmer with enough profit t…
155 East Algonquin Road Arlington Heights, Illinois 60005 United States Company Perspectives: Our Aim: To fear God, tell the truth, and make money. Based in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights, Paddock Publications, Inc. is a family-owned newspaper publisher. Its flagship publication, The Daily Herald, is the third largest newspaper in Illinois, with a circulation of nearly 150,000. Eschewing…
2300 Clayton Road, Suite 1200 Concord, California 94520 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We formed our company with the same clear purpose that motivates us today: To provide transportation and logistics solutions with a focus on customer profits and customer service. Pacer International continues to grow fast--and strategically--strengthened by services that support our full-service capabilities. Pa…
4-1-2 Hiranomachi Chuo-ku Osaka 541-0046 Japan Company Perspectives: Aiming to become a one-stop energy solution provider, Osaka Gas strives to achieve superior competitiveness in all facets of its business, from cost and efficiency to environmental preservation and customer services. In all of our activities we aim to become the corporate group that is the preferred choice of our customers. Osak…
St. John's House, 72 St. John's London SW11 1PT United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Ottakar's today is a paradox. On the one hand it is a national book chain striving to offer uniform excellence in range and service across over 120 branches. On the other hand it is a collection of intensely individual bookshops, run with great autonomy by staff whose commitment to books is matched only by their …
2375 Kuhio Avenue Honolulu, Hawaii 96815 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our hospitality and leisure market expertise in island destinations has been built over 50 years of successfully operating a business in some of the most alluring locations in the Pacific. Today, our business has grown tremendously and now spans the Pacific, from Hawaii to Fiji to Australia. As we look to the future, we continu…
1964 4th Avenue South Seattle, Washington 98134 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: At Pacific Coast we've learned that satisfying our customers comes only from hard work, good service and providing the highest quality products available. Privately owned, Seattle-based Pacific Coast Feather Company (PCF) is the market leader in the pillow and down comforter industry, selling products under its own name …
1900 Crown Drive Farmers Branch, Texas 75234-6028 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Overhead Door Corporation and the Sanwa Group are committed to offering products and services that provide safety, security and convenience to further contribute to the prosperity of society. A subsidiary of Japanese-owned Sanwa USA Inc., Overhead Door Corporation is primarily involved in the garage door business. The …
Plaza VII, Suite 3300 45 S. 7th Street Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our Values: All across our firm, Oppenheimer attorneys and staff subscribe to the same set of core values: Relationship-based Client Service; Talent-based Quality; Innovation; Respect: Entrepreneurial Spirit; Team Mindset; Diversity. Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP offers its legal expertise to busin…
Espoo FIN-02101 Finland Company Perspectives: Values: mutual trust and respect customer focus, innovation, achievement, and quality, reliability and safety. Our values express how we can and want to commit ourselves to the things we do. With these values we have jointly defined what we desire from Orion as a working community. They are also very personal in respect of our individual relation to w…
357 6th Avenue Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15222 U.S.A. Company Perspectives The Ore-Ida Brand is always developing new and innovative products to make mealtime more convenient, enjoyable and tasty! Best known for its Tater Tots, Ore-Ida Foods Inc. is the leading retail brand of frozen potato products in the United States. There are many varieties of Ore-Ida products found in grocery stores across th…
P.O. Box 3983 PSO House Khayaban-e-Iqbal, Clifton Karachi Pakistan Company Perspectives We are committed to leadership in the energy market through competitive advantage in providing the highest quality petroleum products and services to our customers. The Pakistani government's move toward a nationalized oil sector began in 1974, with the passage of Petroleum Products (Federal Control) Act. Unde…