27 Doshomachi 2-Chome Higashiku Osaka 541 Japan Takeda Chemical Industries is Japan's largest pharmaceutical company and one of the largest 20 drug firms worldwide. Until recently Takeda's name was virtually unrecognized outside the borders of its own nation. However, with the increasing presence of Japanese companies on the U.S. market, Takeda's reputation has gained wider recognition. Takeda's …
Bombay House 24 Homi Mody Street Bombay 400 001 India Tata Iron and Steel Company Ltd. (TISCO) is the iron and steel production company associated with the Tata group of some 30 different industrial and other business enterprises in India, founded by members of the Tata family. TISCO also exports ferromanganese, chrome ore, steel tubes, strips, wires, rounds, and agricultural implements to the Un…
6-7, 1-chome, Minami Honmachi Chuo-ku, Osaka Japan Teijin Limited is one of the leading Japanese synthetic fiber companies, ranking second to Toray Industries, Inc. in the textile fiber industry. Textiles accounted for 64.5% of Teijin's total sales in 1990, the remainder coming from chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and other products. Rayon yarn was produced commercially in Japan for the first time by…
199 William Street Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Australia The Australian and Overseas Telecommunications Corporation (Telecom Australia) is a government-owned, regulated, public utility that provides 95 percent of Australian households with telephone service. It is the telecommunications leader in the Asia/Pacific region, as well Australia's second largest employer. In no other country in the world h…
P.O. Box 111 Tampa, Florida 33601 U.S.A. TECO Energy, Inc., is a holding company whose main operating subsidiary, Tampa Electric Company, is an electric utility serving Florida's central west coast. Tampa Electric serves about 1 million people and more than 467,000 residential, industrial, and commercial customers in an area of approximately 2,000 square miles, the principal cities being Tampa, P…
100 East Patterson Street Tecumseh, Michigan 49286 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Look around throughout any American home and you are certain to find one of our products. With over 70 years of manufacturing the components that make household appliances and equipment work we are embedded in consumer and commercial products throughout the world. Yet, despite this prominence, many consumers may never…
Suite 2400 855 2nd Street S.W. Calgary, Alberta Canada T2P 4J9 Talisman Energy is a natural resource company engaged in exploration and drilling for crude oil, natural gas, and sulfur in western Canada. It also has oil and gas exploration and marketing interests in the country's eastern half. The company in 1992 took over the operations of the former BP Canada operation after its parent, the Brit…
5350 Tech Data Drive Clearwater, Florida 34620 U.S.A. Tech Data Corporation is one of the largest distributors of personal computer products in the United States. With an 11 percent market share, Tech Data is third largest among the nation's microcomputer wholesalers, behind Ingram Micro and Merisel. The company's customer base consists of over 50,000 value-added resellers and retail dealers loca…
1100 TCBY Tower 425 West Capitol Avenue Little Rock, Arkansas 72201-3439 U.S.A. TCBY Enterprises Inc. is the first national frozen yogurt store chain. Borrowing a formula from the fast food industry, it has used franchising as a tool for explosive growth. Although some observers felt frozen yogurt to be merely a health food fad, TCBY's endurance, the proliferation of imitators, and the appearance…
1-13-1, Nihonbashi Chuo-ku Tokyo 103-8272 Japan Company Perspectives: TDK was established in 1935 as the world's first company to commercialize a magnetic material called ferrite. In the ensuing years, TDK has conducted research and development programs in ferrite and a variety of other electronic materials and components. This drive was based on the company's founding spirit of "contribute to cu…
1080 Lousons Road Union, New Jersey 07083 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: TearDrop Golf will be recognized by our customer and the consumer as the leading provider of high quality golf equipment and accessories. We will strengthen our leadership position in high quality golf products through an increased commitment to innovation by providing all golfers with high performing products and providing ou…
2801 Hunting Park Avenue Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19129 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Quality preparation: the key ingredient in Tasty's growth. Based in Philadelphia, Tasty Baking Company is one of the country's oldest and largest independent baking companies. A baker of individual snack cakes since 1914, the company manufactures and sells approximately 100 varieties of food products, including…
P.O. Box 1000 4436 Lebec Road Lebec, California 93243 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Tejon Ranch Company is a diversified, growth-oriented real estate development and agribusiness company committed to increasing shareholder value through creative development of its land holdings and maximizing its earnings. The Tejon Ranch Company, at the southern end of California's Central Valley, is the largest …
2271 Cosmos Court Carlsbad, California 92009 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We love to make golf clubs. This is a Taylor Made belief shared by all our employees. The reason we love to make golf clubs is that our values revolve around innovation, caring and being balanced. We love product innovation and the search for building better drivers, fairway woods, irons and putters. Innovation is respected…
Nachtweiderweg 1-7 D-67227 Frankenthal Germany The October 1997 merger of Tarkett AG with the flooring division of France's Sommer Allibert SA has created the world's leading manufacturer and distributor of hard surface flooring products. Tarkett Sommer AG operates 28 manufacturing facilities in 13 countries with an annual production capacity of more than 350 million square meters of flooring, wa…
33 S. Sixth Street P.O. Box 1392 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55440-1392 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Ever since we opened our first store back in 1962, it's been our goal to offer more fun, more style, and more value than anyone else. At Target, we really want you to "Expect More and Pay Less." But there's more to our success than low prices. We're successful because great people work here. And becaus…
200 Burrard Street Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3L9 Canada Company Perspectives: Teck's mission is to be the leader in new mine development and operations, by providing the best in engineering talent and systems, having a strong financing capacity and by dealing with our partners on a fair and open basis. Teck projects come in on time and on budget. We welcome new opportunities for successful …
Hilton Hall Essington Wolverhampton, West Midlands WVII 2BQ United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Tarmac is the UK's leading heavy building materials and construction services group, and is committed to increasing shareholder value through the provision of best in class products and services. Tarmac's businesses cover every aspect of the built environment from the supply of construction materials,…
1725 Roe Crest Drive North Mankato, Minnesota 56003 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our core purpose is to provide opportunity and security for employees. As part of our core values, we respect the potential and significance of every individual by having high expectations of each other. Taylor Corporation, a leading North American commercial printer, claims to hold 90 percent of the formal wedding i…
1550 W. Mockingbird Lane Dallas, Texas 75235 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Taylor Publishing, a 60-year-old company, has strong brand recognition and loyalty and a solid reputation for high-quality products. The company is generally regarded as the technological leader in the industry. In addition, Taylor believes that significant growth can be obtained in the markets it now serves and new, untapp…
1628 Sixteenth Street Denver, Colorado 80202 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Books are more than a product—the ideas they contain are the past, present, and future of our society. The business of books is more than just a business. Our commitment, as always, is to bring you the best selection and service we possibly can. Among book lovers everywhere and within the book industry, the Tattered Cover…
Via Flaminia 189 I-00196 Rome Italy Company Perspectives: With its new, dynamic culture, Telecom Italia is poised to compete with top telecommunications companies in Italy and worldwide. Telecom Italia is a group on the move—innovative and ready to embrace globalization, technological advance, and all the challenges of the New Economy, dynamic and ready to meet the demands of an ever-changing m…
Bombay House, 24 Homi Mody Street Fort, Mumbai 400 001 India Company Perspectives: Consistent with the vision and values of founder Jamsetji Tata, Tata Steel strives to strengthen India's industrial base through the effective utilization of staff and materials. The means envisaged to achieve this are high technology and productivity, consistent with modern management practices. Tata Steel recogni…
11 New Fetter Lane London EC4P 4EE United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Taylor & Francis has always been fully committed to the publication of scholarly material of the highest quality, and today this continues through the provision of authoritative information in whatever format or medium is required by its customers. The Taylor & Francis Group plc is a fast-growing and leading publisher of scho…
1775 Broadway, 23rd Floor New York, New York 10019 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Tarragon Realty Investors, Inc. is a growth-oriented, fully integrated public real estate development, acquisition, and management company. Tarragon controls approximately 20,000 apartment units and almost 2.5 million square feet of commercial space located throughout the continental United States, with concentrations…
575 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, New York 10012 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is a leading worldwide publisher, developer and distributor of interactive software games. Take-Two's product offerings include titles for the leading hardware platforms, such as PlayStation, PlayStation2, Xbox, Game Boy Advance as well as for PCs. Games are published under the Take-T…
1-1 Doshomachi 4-Chome Chuo-ku, Osaka 540-8645 Japan Company Perspectives: Takeda's corporate philosophy is to contribute to better health and quality of life for people throughout the world. This philosophy forms the basis of Takeda's identity, and it has not varied with the passage of time or changes in the business environment. All our activities must satisfy this criterion. Takeda Chemical In…
121 Park Avenue III Science-Based Industrial Park Hsinchu 300 Taiwan Company Perspectives: TSMC created the semiconductor dedicated foundry industry when it was founded in 1987. It continues as the market leader by steadily increasing its capital spending and by outperforming all other market competitors. When Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (TSMC) was founded in 1987, it was a no…
1-5 Namba, 5-chome Chuo-ku Osaka 542-8510 Japan Company Perspectives: Over the years, the company has consistently adhered to a corporate philosophy of putting people first. In line with this philosophy, the company has made diligent efforts to offer consumers the means for a high-quality lifestyle through its products and services, as well as to respect its employees and practice corporate openn…
Suite 3400 855 3rd Street S.W. Calgary, Alberta T2P 5C5 Canada Company Perspectives: Talisman's continuing growth worldwide is supported by our large Canadian operations base. Growth in Canada will come from natural gas exploration and development, with increasing emphasis on larger, deeper prospects. Talisman's strategy is to develop core areas near infrastructure, while maintaining a high level…
200 Lake Street East Wayzata, Minnesota 55391-1693 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: TCF became a public company in 1986 and since that time we have had a simple and consistent philosophy of banking. Our strong conviction that our customers come first is the driving force that has made TCF one of the best performing banks in the country. We listen to our customers and we have provided the products and…
Werdstrasse 21 8021 Zurich Switzerland Company Perspectives: Guiding Principles of Our Company: 1. The Tamedia Group wants to assume a leading position as an independent Swiss media company and contribute to independent formation of opinions. 2. The focal point of our operations is in the publishing sector. We consider the quality of products and services and the economic vigor of our company to …
Telecom Networks House 68-86 Jervois Quay Wellington New Zealand Company Perspectives: Telecom's goal is to be the best performing, customer-focused online and communications company in Australasia. Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Limited is that country's dominant telecommunications company, providing fixed line and mobile telephony, Internet, data network, and wireless network services. The …
23 E. 4th St., 3rd Floor New York, New York 10003 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: In its sixteen-year history TVT has been on the industry's cutting edge introducing to the world such impact artists as Nine Inch Nails, Underworld and Ja Rule. The label currently maintains an ever-growing staff of 100 people around the country, with field offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Boston and Tor…
1000 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403-2467 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Target Corporation is a growth company focused exclusively on general merchandise retailing. Our principal operating strategy is to provide exceptional value to American consumers through multiple retail formats ranging from upscale discount and moderate-priced to full-service department stores. Target Corporation i…
1-6-7 Minami Honmachi Chuo-ku Osaka 541-8587 Japan Company Perspectives: Corporate Philosophy. Enhancing the quality of life through a deep insight into human nature and needs, together with the application of our creative abilities. IN HARMONY WITH SOCIETY. Our aim is to grow and evolve in harmony with the progress of society, thus justifying the trust of our shareholders, customers and the publ…
Karasuma-Higashiiru Shijodori, Shimogyo-ku Kyoto, 600-8688 Japan Company Perspectives: The Takara Group is committed to contributing to healthy, fulfilling living by seeking out new possibilities in culinary culture, cultural life, and the life sciences and by continuing to create new value. This commitment is underpinned by our fermentation technologies for traditional Japanese sake brewing and …
3151 East Washington Boulevard Los Angeles, California 90023 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Tarrant is a value-added supplier. We have an in-depth understanding of the fashion and pricing strategies of our customers, which we support with our own teams of expert designers, our sample-making capability, and our ability to assist customers in market-testing designs with quick-turnaround production of…
7860 East McClain Drive, Suite 2 Scottsdale, Arizona 85260 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Corporate Mission: To raise mankind above violent behavior by developing products which enable people to protect themselves without causing injury or death to another human being. To do all that is possible to ensure society, as well as our customers, can benefit from our products. To uphold the highest level …
Norrgade 21 Copenhagen C DK-0900 Denmark Company Perspectives: It is TDC's vision to be the best provider of communications solutions in Europe. TDC will strive to be a company that always provides excellent service, always offers new innovative and interesting services--and a company that always takes good care of its customers and offers outstanding customer care. TDC is for people who want com…
Via Luigi Rizzo 22 Roma I-00136 Italy Telecom Italia Mobile S.p.A., or TIM, is not only Italy's leading mobile communications company--with more than 26 million lines in Italy alone, it is also the largest mobile telecommunications group in Europe. In Italy, the company remains the dominant mobile player, in a market that, with more than 97 percent penetration, has achieved one of the world's hig…
Otopeni Airport, Soseaua Bucuresti Ploiesti Km 16.5 Ploiesti Romania Company Perspectives: Passenger satisfaction and comfort is the ultimate goal of any air carrier. At TAROM, special attention was paid to the quality of services and products. Punctuality and reliability are being enhanced in order to satisfy the passengers' expectations and requirements. Thus, complex measures were set in place…
14 Hakitor Street Haifa Bay 26110 Israel Company Perspectives: Taro is a multinational, science-based pharmaceutical company dedicated to meeting the needs of its customers through the discovery, development, manufacturing and marketing of the highest quality healthcare products. Taro Pharmaceutical Industrials Ltd. is one of Israel's leading pharmaceutical companies. The company's major focus ha…
Hangar BRC - S/No. - Cabeceira da Pista - 35 R Congonhas CEP 04357-080 Sao Paulo Brazil TAM Linhas Aéreas S.A. is Brazil's leading domestic airline. TAM operates a fleet of about 50 Airbus jets and 40 Fokker 100 turboprops, which form a vital commercial air link in a country that takes four hours to cross by plane. The company's TAM Mercosur unit flies to neighboring countries. The family of the…
12020 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 250 Reston, Virginia 20191 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Talk America is a leading integrated communications service provider with programs designed to benefit the residential and small business markets. Talk America has a state-of-the-art telecommunications network, and real-time online billing platform and provides savings to its customer base. Talk America Hold…
No. 4, Nanchang Road, Section 1 Taipei Taiwan Company Perspectives: Business Mission: To create a dignified working environment for emplo yees; To protect the health of the consumption of tobacco and liquor; To insist on innovation, assertiveness, responsibility, honesty and faith. Taiwan Tobacco & Liquor Corporation (TTL) is Taiwan's leading man ufacturer and distributor of beer, wine, and tobac…
1 Bishop Lefroy Road Kolkata 700 020 West Bengal India Company Perspectives: We believe that our customers and consumers define the success of our organisation and that they should be top-of-mind in everything that we do. We believe that our people are at the heart of our organisatio n; and that we should give them the freedom to achieve, through clari ty of direction and the creation of an infor…
14a Avenue des Champs-Montants Marin-Epagnier Switzerland Company Perspectives Tracing its roots to a workshop founded in 1860 by Edouard Heuer, TAG Heuer has a long tradition of technological innovation in precision timepieces, including stopwatches and water-resistant watches. Reflecting this heritage, the TAG Heuer brand has long been closely associated with the world of competitive sports, pr…
3-7-3 Naka-cho Musashino-shi Tokyo 180-8550 Japan Company Perspectives Since its inception in 1953, the guiding principle of TEAC Corporation has been to enrich our society through our innovative audio products and increase the productivity of our customers through our computer peripheral products by producing filling the demand for high quality recording products. Over the past fifty years, TEAC…
1385 Hasunuma, Minuma-ku Saitama Japan Company Perspectives Corporate Philosophy: With its firm commitment to developing high-quality, innovative and technologically advanced products that satisfy customer needs, Tamron is securing a leading position in the worldwide optical industry. Our primary objective is to sustain strong corporate growth based on a high level of customer satisfaction achiev…