Pym's Lane Crewe Cheshire CW1 3PL England The Rolls-Royce name is not as old as that of Panhard, Daimler, or Napier, all three of whom established automotive companies in the 19th century, but as C.S. Rolls & Company advertised in November of 1905, "No greater mistake can be made than to suppose that the older the manufactury the better the car." Certainly, the Rolls-Royce name implies not only t…
Kruppstrasse 5 Essen 4300 Federal Republic of Germany RWE AG is the dominant electricity producer in Germany, supplying 34% of the country's electricity in 1990 via a distribution and transmission network that extends over 139,000 kilometers--that is, a distance over three times around the world. The company was founded at the end of the 19th century to supply electricity to the city of Essen. Or…
Postfach 194 CH-3280 Murten Switzerland As the manufacturer of Zwieback and brand name pains croustillants, Roland Murten is a household name throughout Switzerland and parts of Germany. Specializing in bread products with a long shelf life, Roland Murten has built a solid industry with a few popular staple products. Two thirds of Roland's employees are production workers based in factories in Mo…
3001 Miller Road P.O. Box 1699 Dearborn, Michigan 48121-1699 U.S.A. The Rouge Steel Company began as an integral part of Henry Ford's sprawling River Rouge automobile plant, built during the 1920s. The steelmaker remained a lucrative division of Ford until the early 1980s, when it lost profitability due to economic recession and a troubled U.S. auto market. In 1982 Ford Motor Company converted it…
100 Corporate Parkway Birmingham, Alabama 35242-2928 U.S.A. With operations in North and South America, Europe, and the Pacific Rim, Rust International Inc. is the world's leading environmental restoration firm and America's largest provider of scaffolding and maintenance. The company helps other firms and governmental agencies become more efficient, conform to environmental standards, build new …
111 Bauer Drive Oakland New Jersey 07436 U.S.A. Company Perspectives Russ Berrie and Company, Inc., creates smiles all over the world. A leader in the gift and juvenile products industry, we design, develop, and distribute innovative products that help people celebrate and commemorate milestones in their lives. From pre-natal to post-grad, infant to senior, the RUSS brand touches people, igniting…
1000 Walnut Street Kansas City, Missouri 64106 U.S.A. Russell Stover Candies Inc. is considered one of the largest manufacturers of boxed chocolates in the United States. It sold its candies primarily through about 40,000 accounts (drug stores, card and gift shops, and mass merchandisers) in the mid-1990s, but also through 50 Russell Stover Candies retail shops and various department stores. Russ…
P.O. Drawer 947 Henderson, North Carolina 27536 U.S.A. Rose's Stores, Inc., operates a chain of more than a hundred discount stores in a region extending from Delaware to Georgia and westward to the Mississippi Valley. The 24,000- to 76,000-square-foot stores, which primarily serve populations of less than 50,000 people, carry a wide variety of general merchandise items, including clothing, shoes…
23000 Roundy Drive Pewaukee, Wisconsin 53072 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Roundy's strives to become the premier retail support company throughout our region by providing value driven goods and services and maintaining the ultimate in customer satisfaction. We are committed to: communicating openly and honestly with our customers, our associates and our vendors; the on-going success and growth of…
255 East 5th Street Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 U.S.A. With 17 percent of the market for drain and sewer cleaning service, Roto-Rooter Corp. is this industry's indisputable leader. Richard Phalon of Forbes magazine called the business "one of the U.S.'s most successful small companies" in 1989, and his assessment continued to ring true through 1994, when Roto-Rooter chalked up its tenth successive yea…
8333 Central Avenue Newark, California 94560-3433 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The Ross formula for growth? Great brands ... great prices ... Everyday! Over the next several years, we will continue to focus on and implement that basic strategy. We believe that our strict adherence to this fundamental tenet of the off-price business will be the key factor in our ability to successfully enter new m…
150 West Church Avenue Maryville, Tennessee 37801-4936 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The foundation of our company is built around our mission: To Be The Best Where It Counts. Ruby Tuesday has proven its broad appeal, with a customer base that is a cross-section of the American people and with successful sites that range from the smallest towns to major metropolitan areas. Ruby Tuesday, Inc. is a …
Ivy Cottage Canley Road Coventry CV5 6QX England The Rover Group Ltd. is Britain's leading car maker and exporter, producing more than 500,000 models annually, over half of them for sale overseas. The company grew to become the United Kingdom's largest automaker via a flurry of mergers in the 1960s, but a number of problems landed it in bankruptcy by the late 1970s. Under government ownership beg…
One Rotary Center 1560 Sherman Avenue Evanston, Illinois 60201 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster: 1. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service; 2. High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all…
SE-461 80 Trollhätten Sweden Company Perspectives: Saab Automobile is an international automobile company with its traditions firmly established in Sweden. Our background as an aircraft manufacturer has given us the broad-based foundation of technical expertise and innovative concepts which characterise the company just as much now as they did when it was originally established more than 50 year…
1 Weston Way West Chester, Pennsylvania 19380 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The mission of Roy F. Weston, Inc. is to assist clients and customers in defining, anticipating, and avoiding or solving health and safety, environmental quality, and resource sustainability problems and achieving greater economic efficiency through application of the principles of natural economics and sustainable develop…
530 Seventh Avenue New York, New York 10018 U.S.A. Rush Communications is the most successful African American-owned media company in the United States, operating divisions in far-ranging segments of the entertainment industry, from advertising (Rush Media) to film (Def Pictures) and television (Russell Simmons Television). Rush was founded by Russell Simmons, a native of Queens, New York, and ha…
Avenue Mounierlaan, 2 1200 Brussels Belgium Company Perspectives: Our mission is to serve airline customers safely, punctually and profitably from the heart of Europe. Our vision is to grow worldwide as a sustained profitable airline Group by exceeding cost effectively the needs of our customers, leveraging our partnerships and developing our people. Sabena S.A./N.V. has become Europe's fastest g…
Corballis Park Dublin Airport Co. Dublin Ireland Company Perspectives: Ryanair is Europe's Leading Low Fares Airline: This year we expect to carry over 6 million passengers across 34 routes. We have recently added 7 new European routes to our ever expanding network. We operate a low fares, no frills policy, and have the lowest fares on all of the routes we fly whether from Ireland, UK or continen…
111 West 5th Avenue Suite 1000 Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103-4235 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The mission of Manhattan is to provide quality construction services that exceed our clients' expectations and to be the contractor of choice in our markets. A privately held company, Rooney Brothers Co. was founded in 1984 in order to acquire and operate the Manhattan Construction Company, a nearly 100-year-ol…
4255 Amon Carter Boulevard Fort Worth, Texas 76155 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: There are no straight lines in nature. We live in a world of curves. A world of revenue curves, profit curves, growth curves, learning curves, expense curves and yield curves. One can follow a curve or get ahead of it, and in rare instances, one can actually shape the curve of things to come. The SABRE Group is changi…
3321 Hessmer Avenue Metairie, Louisiana 70002 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The mission of Ruth's Chris Steak House is to build a growing, profitable restaurant business in which the highest standards of quality, value and hospitality are expressed. Ruth's Chris Steak House is an international chain of upscale restaurants. Various listings have placed Ruth's Chris among the best restaurants in the…
Airways Park Johannesburg International Airport Jones Road 1627 South Africa Company Perspectives: We will fly the spirit of our nation to the world and be a role model to our people. We embody the magic of free South Africa to host a safe, warm African experience. SAA (Pty) Ltd., better known as South African Airways, is the largest domestic carrier in South Africa, operating 575 domestic flight…
3330 Cumberland Boulevard Suite 800 Atlanta Georgia 30339 U.S.A. Company Perspectives From its beginnings in 1902, Russell Corporation has prided itself on the quality and value of its products--and on its commitment to its employees and the communities where it operates. Russell has long been a company that is able to take advantage of changes in the marketplace, changes in technology and change…
11444 West Olympic Boulevard, Tenth Floor Los Angeles, California 90064-1060 U.S.A. Roll International Corporation, a private company, is made up of a collection of companies owned by husband-and-wife team Stewart and Lynda Resnick. The biggest and best known of the operations are the Franklin Mint, the world's largest collectibles company, and Teleflora LLC, the world's largest florist network. …
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…
200 Park Avenue New York, New York 10166-0002 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: At Russell Reynolds Associates, our commitment to assisting our clients in building their human capital base is reflected in our single, seamless global approach, one in which industry expertise is central to exceeding client expectations. More than 40 specialized industry and functional practice groups provide our clients…
RN 113 - BP 4 30470 Aimargues France Company Perspectives: Royal Canin's mission: The true nutritional requirements of dogs and cats, while respecting their specific characteristics and their animality, by refusing any anthropomorphism, so as to offer them good health and ensure them a maximum lifespan. The owners' expectations in terms of quality, dietary safety and services. To carry out its mi…
1162 Caledonia Road Toronto, Ontario M6A 2W5 Canada Company Perspectives: Co-Founders Michael Budman and Don Green have led the extraordinary growth of Roots. Inspired by their families, the natural beauty of Canada, their passion for great style and their love of sports, Don and Michael have created a company that reflects their lifestyle and values. Clothing retailer Roots Canada Ltd.—known u…
2800 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 5450 Houston, Texas 77056-6196 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The careful management of three assets—manpower, machines and money—to create stockholder value. Manpower: we believe that Rowan's personnel policies are the number one factor that sets us apart from our competition. We hire at entry level, train and promote from within, reward competence and loyalty and pr…
3905 Dakota Street Alexandria, Minnesota 56308 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: RCC serves rural areas where tourism, agriculture, and small businesses are prevalent. These areas are adjacent to metropolitan areas or include significant highway corridors. We have acquired companies with histories of strong operating results, superior network infrastructures, similar corporate cultures, and commitment…
R.C. Luxembourg B 10.B07 45 boulevard Pierre Frieden L-1543 Kirchberg Luxembourg Company Perspectives: The combination of CLT-UFA and Pearson Television created an integrated pan-European company with successful business operations spanning television and radio broadcasting, content and online activities. The directors believe that a shared position at two key points on the value chain, distribut…
36 Crosby Drive Bedford, Massachusetts 01730 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: RSA Security, the most trusted name in e-security, helps organizations build secure, trusted foundations for e-business through its RSA SecurID two-factor authentication, RSA BSAFE encryption, and RSA Keon digital certificate management systems. With approximately one billion RSA BSAFE-enabled applications in use worldwide,…
160 Ben Burton Road Bogart, Georgia 30622 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our goal is to increase Roper's value to its shareholders by achieving consistent and sustainable growth in earnings per share. We do this by maximizing cash flow, and by using the cash effectively to fund acquisitions and internal growth. Strong operating margins and sound working capital management are the source of our stro…
Opernplatz 1 45128 Essen Germany Company Perspectives: Liberalisation, internationalization, and new technologies are the central challenges for RWE. The company thinks and acts with customers in mind, reliably and with the one eye on the future. Speed, efficiency and a strong commitment to competition make the group a leading international multi-utility company. RWE AG is the holding company for…
501 South Alta Avenue Dinuba, California 93618 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We are committed to delivering quality products and outstanding customer service. Our mission is to be the best frozen Mexican food company in North America. Privately owned, Ruiz Food Products, Inc. is the market leader in the frozen Mexican food category. Located south of Fresno, California, in the small town of Dinuba,…
122 North East 122nd Avenue Portland, Oregon 97230-2103 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Ron Tonkin Dealerships is in the automobile industry to satisfy the transportation needs of our customers better than anyone else and to be successful and profitable in everything that we do. We have operated in the Portland metropolitan area because we believe in our community and have been in business for 42 ye…
6 Regent Street Livingston, New Jersey 07039 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Rose Art Industries offers over 1,500 products, which include crayons, markers, paints, molding compounds, cosmetics, activity kits, and licensed products--an extremely broad and diverse offering. With over 75 years of experience, Rose Art strives to create new and exciting toys and art supplies for children. Considered the…
5995 Barfield Road Atlanta, Georgia 30328 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our Vision. ... To be the premier quick service food company in the world. Our Mission. ... Quality Food, Fast and Friendly. Our Purpose. ... To make money, have fun and make a difference in people's lives. Atlanta, Georgia-based RTM Restaurant Group is the largest operator of Arby's restaurants, with more than 780 franchised …
Rua Fortunato Ferraz, 659 Vila Anastácio 05093-901 Sao Paulo Brazil Company Perspectives: Mission: Sadia's mission is to satisfy the food requirements of human beings through tasty and healthy products, creating value for shareholders and for consumers and contributing to the growth and happiness of people. Vision: Sadia will distinguish itself through its brand image, through the excellence of …
Rural Route 5 Seymour, Indiana 47274 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Country Fresh Eggs, by Cage-Free Hens.So fresh to you, the hens don't miss them! These eggs are unique also in that the feed is completely all-natural, with no added hormones, animal fats or animal by-products. The chickens are free to run loose around the hen house. Rose Acre Farms, Inc. is the second largest egg producer in the U…
555 IH 35 South New Braunfels, Texas 78130 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Rush Enterprises operates the largest network of Peterbilt heavy truck dealerships in North America with locations in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, Alabama and Florida. Based in New Braunfels, Texas, Rush Enterprises, Inc., is a full-service retailer of heavy and medium-duty trucks and construction equipme…
220 South Orange Avenue Livingston, New Jersey 07039 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our focus is clear--whether we create strategic alliances, build proprietary products or commit to new technology, our goal is to provide our clients with outstanding opportunities. Helping our clients invest for their long-term goals is the premise upon which Ryan Beck & Co. was founded, and this premise will conti…
20 New King Street White Plains, New York 10604-1206 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Over the past five and a half decades, Safe Flight Instrument Corporation has invented some of the most significant safety and performance innovations in aviation. With equipment on two-thirds of the world's aircraft, the company designs, develops and produces a variety of products to enhance performance and safety.…
1 Royal Gate Boulevard Woodbridge, Ontario L4L 8Z7 Canada Company Perspectives: Our mission is to provide the best products available to renovate, improve or construct a building, while striving to enhance the environment through recycling and maximizing returns for shareholders. Royal Group Technologies Limited is a Canadian manufacturer of polymer-based products primarily used in the home build…
11400 Reichold Road Gulfport, Mississippi 39503 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Since 1955, performance has been the guiding principle at Roy Anderso n Corp. We know it means more than making deadlines. It means dedicat ion. It means professionalism. It means leaving the job site on the l ast day knowing that the finished project tells all the world the kin d of work you do. At Roy Anderson, we're p…
1 Camp Street Cambridge Massachusetts 02140 U.S.A. Company Perspectives Despite the massive growth that Rounder has achieved, the three original founders still maintain an active role in Rounder's operations. Whether going over figures in the office; mastering, mixing, or producing albums; or taking to the road to seek out new talent, Ken Irwin, Marian Leighton-Levy, and Bill Nowlin remain at the…
21344 Superior Street Chatsworth California 91311 U.S.A. Company Perspectives Other people in our business take the spaghetti approach. They throw a lot of stuff against the wall and hope something sticks. The failure rate is dependent solely on what you're throwing up against the wall. I don't operate that way. If I believe in a product idea, I'll put my time, money, and marketing skills behind …
200 Bay Street Toronto Ontario M5J 2J5 Canada Company Perspectives In the face of dramatic changes and challenges, Royal Bank has maintained the entrepreneurial spirit of its Halifax founders, with dedicated people working together to create client and shareholder value. In the social arena, employees continue to participate in their communities and speak responsibly on issues that impact North A…
Lakeside House Higham Ferrers United Kingdom Company Perspectives RPC Group is Europe's leading manufacturer of rigid plastic packaging and is unique in that it is able to offer products made by all three conversion processes, blow moulding, injection moulding and thermoforming. It has 47 operations in 12 different countries and employs over 6,500 people. RPC services a comprehensive range of cus…