2-5, Marunouchi Takamatsu 760-91 Shikoku Japan Shikoku Electric Power Company, Inc. (Shikoku Electric) is one of the nine major regional power companies that generate, transmit, and distribute electricity throughout Japan. The company supplies electricity to all four of Shikoku's prefectures: Tokushima, Kochi, Ehime, and Kagawa. Shikoku, with an area of 19,000 square kilometers and 4.25 million p…
1929 Allen Parkway P.O. Box 130548 Houston, Texas 77019 U.S.A. Service Corporation International (SCI) is the largest owner and operator of funeral homes and cemeteries in North America, possessing 655 funeral homes and 163 cemeteries in 37 states, the District of Columbia, and four Canadian provinces at the end of 1991. The company was founded in 1962, when Robert Waltrip was inspired by McDonal…
P.O. Box 10203 Stamford, Connecticut 06904 88 Gatehouse Road Stamford, Connecticut 06902 U.S.A. Service America Corp. is a leader in the highly competitive contract food service segment of the retail food industry. Service America has operations in 44 states and the District of Columbia and is ranked among the United States' top 20 retail food companies in annual sales. The company is the princip…
P.O. Drawer 2128 Dalton, Georgia 30722 U.S.A. Since 1987, Shaw Industries--based in Dalton, Georgia, which is also known as "The Carpet Capital of the World"--has been the world's largest carpet manufacturer. The company designs and manufactures about 800 styles of tufted carpet for residential and commercial use. Among the name brands produced by Shaw Industries are Philadelphia, Cabin Crafts, S…
22-22 Nagaike-cho Abeno-ku Osaka 545-8522 Japan Company Perspectives: We do not seek merely to expand our business volume. Rather, we are dedicated to the use of our unique, innovative technology to contribute to the culture, benefits, and welfare of people throughout the world. It is the intention of our corporation to grow hand-in-hand with our employees, encouraging and aiding them to reach th…
1348 Merchandise Mart Chicago, Illinois 60654 U.S.A. Shelby Williams Industries, Inc., is a leading supplier of furnishings for the contract furniture market. Shelby Williams and its subsidiaries design, manufacture, and distribute furniture, wall coverings and other textiles, and flooring and floor coverings to hotels and restaurants, casinos, country clubs, nursing homes, office buildings, coll…
One Shell Plaza Houston, Texas 77002 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Shell Oil follows the Royal Dutch/Shell Group's 'Blueprint for Success' and strives to be passionate in taking care of customers; to become the model of diversity for corporate America; to be an organization where people can achieve their full potential; to achieve the leading-edge in financial performance, health, safety, and envi…
8233 Baumgart Road Evansville, Indiana 47725 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: It is our mission to create a shopping experience like no other by offering you a huge selection of quality name brand shoes, the best values, and a fun, entertaining store environment. We want Shoe Carnival to be your number one choice for family footwear. Shoe Carnival Inc. is one of the leading retailers of family footwe…
Wittelsbacherplatz 2 D 80333 Munich Germany Siemens A.G. is Europe's largest electrical and electronics company, producing over 50,000 products manufactured at 400 sites in 40 countries. Referring to the company's history of achieving success through well engineered refinements of other people's inventions, one Fortune analyst noted that "second is best" might well serve as Siemens' motto. But op…
2724 North Tenaya Way Las Vegas, Nevada 89128 U.S.A. Overseeing the largest and oldest health maintenance organization (HMO) in Nevada, Sierra Health Services, Inc. is the parent company for a collection of subsidiaries that provide comprehensive managed health care and administrative services. Sierra Health's subsidiaries during the mid-1990s included: Health Plan of Nevada, Inc., an HMO based i…
3380 146th Place SE, Suite 300 Bellevue, Washington 98007 U.S.A. Sierra On-Line Inc. thrills computer users with interactive educational software and games such as Phantasmagoria, one of the best-selling CD-ROM games of the 1990s. Sierra has been acknowledged as one of the most creative companies in a progressive industry, retaining market leadership in personal computer (PC) entertainment softwa…
Jinshanwei Shanghai 200540 China With more than 55 plants, Shanghai Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (SPC) is China's largest and most diverse petrochemical enterprise, ranking among the country's biggest corporations. By the early 1990s, the firm was China's only petrochemical entity to combine petroleum, chemicals, chemical fibers, and plastics operations at one site. Its complex included: one ethylene …
7100 Service Merchandise Drive Brentwood, Tennessee 37027 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: "We are refocusing with the goal of strengthening our appeal to customers and adding shareholder value. Simply put, our goal is to renew Service Merchandise as a vital force in the retail industry." Service Merchandise Company, Inc. is one of the largest general merchandise chains in the United States. It opera…
700 Pilgrim Way P.O. Box 19060 Green Bay, Wisconsin 54307-9060 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: To us at ShopKo 'Neat Stuff. Neat Store' is more than a catchy saying. At ShopKo, it's how we do business. Since we opened our first store, we've been dedicated to providing customers with the merchandise, service and brands of casual apparel, home, family and health care products that deliver quality and …
7-5-5, Ginza Chuo-ku Tokyo 104-0061 Japan Company Perspectives Shiseido commenced operations as Japan's first Western-style pharmacy in Tokyo's Ginza district in 1872. The name Shiseido derives from a Chinese expression meaning "praise the virtues of the great Earth, which nurtures new life and brings forth new values." In line with this expression, our founding spirit of "serving our customers a…
P.O. Box 496028 Redding, California 96049 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Sierra Pacific's confidence in the future is solidly rooted in some of the finest timberland in the world. Stretching from near the Oregon border on the Pacific Coast to the Lake Tahoe area of central California, Sierra Pacific lands grow Ponderosa Pine, Sugar Pine, White Fir, Douglas Fir and Cedar. The land includes one of th…
One ServiceMaster Way Downers Grove, Illinois 60515 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Company Objectives: To honor God in all we do; To help people develop; To pursue excellence; and To grow profitably. With more than 6.5 million customers in 30 countries around the world, ServiceMaster Inc. is a multifaceted company that provides a broad range of services to residential, commercial, and industrial cl…
Faversham Brewery 17 Court Street Faversham, Kent ME13 7AX United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Shepherd Neame has survived through three centuries of huge social change, financial ups and downs and various wars. It is now one of the oldest breweries in the country and is set fair to survive whatever is in store in the twenty-first century. Shepherd Neame Limited has the distinction of being amon…
650 Madison Avenue, 16th Floor New York, New York 10022 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: SFX has established a new model for live entertainment, one built on providing an unparalleled standard of global service and creativity in the industry. SFX's whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Never before has the live entertainment industry been packaged in a manner that makes it so accessible to fans…
Shannon Airport County Clare Ireland Company Perspectives: Shannon Aerospace specialises in performing heavy maintenance checks on Boeing 737, 757, 767, McDonnell Douglas MD-80 and Airbus A320 family aircraft, as well as offering a comprehensive range of specialist services. Its FAA and JAA Approved Shannon-based facility includes five maintenance lines, two painting bays and workshops. It also i…
3050 Spruce Street St. Louis, Missouri 63103 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Sigma-Aldrich is a financially sound company with unequaled broad scientific knowledge. Our customers are in Life Science and High Technology areas that will make enormous progress toward benefiting mankind in the new millennium. We intend to play our part. Sigma-Aldrich Corporation is a developer, manufacturer, and distrib…
2297 Coventry Road Birmingham, West Midlands B26 3PU United Kingdom Company Perspectives: The principle of environmental leadership lies at the heart of our business strategy. It is not just a matter of demonstrating high environmental standards in the operations that we carry out; environmental leadership enables us to provide customers with practical and innovative services that address the env…
4747 Willow Road Pleasanton, California 94588 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: `Follow the laws of Nature and you'll never go wrong. ...' It was a favorite saying of our founder, Forrest C. Shaklee. His philosophy of `Living in Harmony with Nature' was ahead of its time when he conceived it, and, since Shaklee Corporation was founded in 1956, his extraordinary foresight has been proven again and agai…
616 East Walnut Drive Dalton, Georgia 30722 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Shaw Industries is noted in the carpet industry for innovation, leadership, product performance, quality, service, and value. In order to maintain its leadership position in the industry, Shaw has invested 10 times the industry average in capital dollars for yarn processing, dye techniques, and advanced manufacturing equipme…
Bank One Plaza, 10 South Dearborn Chicago, Illinois 60603 U.S.A. One of the world's largest law firms, Chicago-based Sidley Austin Brown & Wood is a legal powerhouse with several branch offices in the United States, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. The firm has a long history in traditional industries such as electrical utilities, communications, and railroads. After World War II, it began serv…
3060 139th Avenue Southeast Suite 500 Bellevue, Washington 98005-4097 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Sierra On-Line Inc.'s goal is to develop and bring to market the most creative and technologically advanced products available. Sierra strives to deliver high-quality interactive products that are fun, exciting and innovative in design to appeal to a wide variety of consumers. Sierra On-Line, Inc., …
111 Locke Dr. Marlborough, Massachusetts U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Sepracor Inc. is a research-based pharmaceutical company dedicated to treating and preventing human disease through the discovery, development, and commercialization of innovative pharmaceutical products that are directed toward serving unmet medical needs. Sepracor Inc. is a Marlborough, Massachusetts, pharmaceutical company. …
Astor House Station Road Bourne End, Buckinghamshire SL8 5YP United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Waste from laboratories or heavy manufacturing. From factories to homes. Stable or volatile. In binbags, skips, drums, by the lorry load or in any other form that you can imagine. And many more that you can't. Shanks' containers and waste collection vehicles are an everyday part of countless local co…
Chemin des Mines 15bis P.O. Box 54 1211 Geneva 20 Switzerland Company Perspectives: Vision: We develop innovative products to fight debilitating diseases and improve the lives of our patients. We aspire to create an environment that enables our people to excel and innovate and to contribute to the advancement of Serono as the leading company in the field of biotechnology. We are devoted to the im…
1929 Allen Parkway P.O. Box 130548 Houston, Texas 77019 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: In a business that addresses one of life's inevitable occurrences, SCI is committed to service, compassion, and respect. Every day, the Company and its employees around the world work to maintain their position of leadership by creating positive memories of final tribute for families and those they love. Service …
SFI House 165 Church Street East Woking Surrey GU21 1HJ United Kingdom Company Perspectives: We strive to maintain an ongoing commitment to: Excellence in customer care, value, and product choice; Highest housekeeping standards; Quality entertainment appropriate to out-of-home leisure; Success in every aspect of our business. Woking-based SFI Group plc is one of the United Kingdom's fastest-growi…
1106 Palms Airport Drive Las Vegas, Nevada 89119-3730 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Shuffle Master specializes in providing innovative, high-quality products and services to the casino industry. These include card shufflers, table games and table gaming equipment, slot games and operating system software for slot machines. The Company's service, sales, and marketing efforts extend to most of the r…
1803 Research Boulevard, Suite 201 Rockville, Maryland 20850 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We make premium candy affordable. Sherwood Brands' products--be it confectionery, baked goods or Easter baskets--all meet the highest standard in quality, taste, design and packaging available at a valued consumer price. Sherwood Brands, Inc. is a growing manufacturer of niche market candy and confections, a…
Wittelsbacherplatz 2 D 80333 Munich Germany Company Perspectives: For 155 years, the Siemens name has been synonymous with cutting-edge technologies and continuous growth in profitability. With our wide array of products, systems and services, we are world leaders in information and communications, automation and control, power, medical solutions, transportation and lighting. Sustainable success …
2-5, Marunouchi Takamatsu 760-8573 Kagawa Japan Company Perspectives: Making effective use of its human, technological, and other corporate resources, Shikoku Electric Power, as a leading enterprise in the locality, carries on positive business operations in various sectors in cooperation with Shikoku Electric Group companies under its three-point basic corporate philosophy: "Living together with…
5800 West Touhy Avenue Niles, Illinois 60714 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We believe in working hard and doing things right. We don't believe in short cuts. Our associates are trained in and truly practice Total Quality. Our aim is to have the best products in our markets, and we strive to provide the very best service worldwide. These principles, conservative by some people's standards, are prec…
3-77 Oimatsu-cho Sakai, Osaka 590-8577 Japan Company Perspectives: At Shimano, we're in the business of producing bicycle components and sport fishing equipment, recreational tools whose value is determined by how well they perform in the hands of the people who use them. Our business philosophy is based on developing products that help people to interact with nature through the outdoor activitie…
437 Madison Avenue New York, New York 10022 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We create simple, relevant, compelling branding programs to drive business success. New York City-based Siegel & Gale is a subsidiary of Omnicom Group Inc., the world's largest advertising conglomerate. As part of Omnicom's Diversified Agency Services Group, Siegel provides a wide range of brand marketing services, such as s…
Mira Street 30 Cherepovets Vologda 162600 Russia Company Perspectives: Severstal aims at being a world steelmaking leader and an attractive place of work. The Company's Mission: To be the best partner for all interested parties; to create competitive advantages for its customers; to generate growing and sustainable demand for suppliers; to guarantee an attractive income to shareholders and a dece…
1900 Rocky Point Drive Tampa, Florida 33607-1460 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: It is the mission of Shriners Hospitals for Children to: Provide the highest quality care to children with neuromusculoskeletal conditions, burn injuries and certain other special health care needs within a compassionate, family centered and collaborative care environment; Provide for the education of physicians and oth…
20 Cedar Street New Rochelle, New York 10801-5247 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Sidney Frank Importing Co., Inc. was founded in 1972 with the ambition to turn import specialty liquor items into national brands. Sidney Frank Importing Co., Inc. is a New Rochelle, New York-based distributor of specialty liquors. The company is best known for growing the sales of Jagermeister, an herbal liqueur, and …
1075 East 20th Street Chico, California 95928 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: "Back in 1980, I founded the Sierra Nevada Brewing Company with one simple goal in mind--to produce the finest ales and lagers possible. To achieve this goal we have always used the highest quality and most natural brewing ingredients while utilizing the very best brewing practices. This allows us to create ales and lagers…
Fujin Lu-Baoshan District, Guoyuan, Changqian Zhonglu Shanghai 201900 China Company Perspectives: Baosteel follows its "premium products" strategy and aims to become the prime research and development base for new processes, new technologies and new materials in China's iron and steel industry. Shanghai Baosteel Group Corporation is the Chinese government-owned holding company for a group of stee…
21/F CITIC Tower 1 Tim Mei Avenue Central Hong Kong Company Perspectives: The name Shangri-La was inspired by James Hilton's legendary novel Lost Horizon. A tranquil haven in the mountains of Tibet, Shangri-La casts a spell on all who resided there. Today, Shangri-La stands as a synonym for paradise. And even though mythical in origin, the name perfectly encapsulates the genuine serenity and serv…
Hillsborough Works, Langsett Road Sheffield S6 2LW United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Company Strategy SIG is a supplier of specialist materials to the building and construction industry and focuses its activities into three main business areas of Insulation, Commercial Interiors and Roofing. These business areas have individual growth drivers and each requires specialist infrastructure, skills…
212 Battery Street, Suite A Burlington, Vermont 05401-5281 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We are committed to becoming the world's most trusted brand of authentic, safe, and environmentally responsible products for a healthy home. Seventh Generation, Inc. is a leading wholesaler of environmentally conscious household products. Originally a catalog marketer, the company shifted to a focus on wholesa…
1200 South Lake Shore Drive Chicago, Illinois 60605 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Vision for the Future: As "The World's Aquarium" continues to build its position of leadership, we will set an example through innovative approaches to animal care, exhibits, programs, education and management. Motivated by a tradition of excellence, global thinking and the responsibility for the care of one of Chica…
25, Avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt 75008 Paris France Company Perspectives Although it has changed its name, the company still has the same mission: to create value for its shareholders through pro-active management of its investment portfolio and to seek out new growth opportunities. Sequana Capital intends to maintain a constant dialogue with the management teams of its investee companies in orde…
1633 Broadway New York New York 10019 U.S.A. Showtime Networks, Inc. owns and operates subscription-based cable television networks Showtime, The Movie Channel, and FLIX, along with related multiplexed digital networks like Showtime Extreme, Showtime Women, and Showtime HD. The company also offers pay-per-view sports events and concerts; operates and co-owns the Sundance Channel; and has a joint …
301 Avenue H Fort Madison Iowa 52627 U.S.A. Company Perspectives The Sheaffer brand today reflects who you are--it's your signature, a reflection of your personality, ambitions and image. Our fine writing instruments provide a welcome "escape" from the hectic pace of modern times, and our exciting range of fresh luxury finishes complements any attire or mood. Most importantly, we do all the of th…