2-1 Marunouchi 2-chome Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku Tokyo Japan Toray Industries, Inc.'s main fields of operations are general materials, consisting of textiles and compound materials; advanced end products, consisting of pharmaceuticals, medical equipment and electronics; and services relating to fashion and information. The company is focusing on pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, and electronics as bu…
1-5-20 Kaigan Minato-ku Tokyo 105 Japan Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (Tokyo Gas) is Japan's largest city gas supplier, distributing gas to the Kanto region, encompassing the cities of Tokyo, Yokohama, and Kawasaki, as well as to eight other prefectures. With around 7.5 million customers and a vast, highly developed supply infrastructure, Tokyo Gas is one of Japan's leading energy companies. Encouraged by …
1-1-2, Oshiage, Sumida-ku Tokyo 131 Japan Tobu Railway Co Ltd is one of Japan's leading private railway companies. Among the private railway companies in the metropolitan Tokyo area it has the largest railway network, covering a total distance of 464.1 kilometers. In addition, Tobu Railway operates a bus network that covers much of the Tokyo area and stretches into seven prefectures, or districts…
75 Rockefeller Plaza New York, New York 10019 U.S.A. From its inception as the thinly capitalized passion of two young men in 1923 through its 1990 merger with Warner Communications Inc., Time Inc. has been a steady, guiding force in U.S. media. As the world's largest media concern, Time Warner's mandate is to expand its global reach and transfer more of its communications arts from print to elec…
1100 Olive Way Suite 1100 Seattle, Washington 98124 U.S.A. Totem Resources Corporation is the holding company of Totem Ocean Trailer Express, Inc. (TOTE), Foss Maritime Co., and Interocean Management Corp. Operating with almost no infrastructure, Totem Resources was formed in 1982 to enable the purchase of TOTE, a steamship company operating oceangoing containerships between Washington and Alaska…
7401 S. Cicero Ave. Chicago, Illinois 60629 U.S.A. Tootsie Roll Industries Inc. is one of the largest candy companies in the United States, with headquarters in Chicago and operations in Massachusetts, New York, Tennessee, Mexico, and Canada, as well as licenses in countries such as Colombia and the Philippines. The company is, of course, best known for producing the candies that bear the company…
1-1, Shibaura 1-chome Minato-ku Tokyo 105-8001 Japan Company Perspectives: Basic Commitment of the Toshiba Group: We, the Toshiba Group companies, based on our total commitment to people and to the future, are determined to help create a higher quality of life for all people, and to do our part to help ensure that progress continues within the world community. Commitment to People: We endeavor to…
9700 Higgins Road Rosemont, Illinois 60018 U.S.A. TNT Freightways Corporation is one of the most successful trucking firms in North America, crisscrossing the country with over 40,000 shipments each day by six regional carriers. Specializing in less-than-truckload (shipments under 10,000 lbs.) overnight and second-day delivery, TNT's subsidiaries have divided the United States into six overlappin…
1801 16th Avenue Southwest Seattle, Washington 98134 U.S.A. Once the largest independent ship building company in the United States, Todd Shipyards Corporation operates one shipyard in Seattle, Washington, through its subsidiary, Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation, which repairs, overhauls, converts, and constructs commercial and military vessels. During the early 1980s, Todd Shipyards, then base…
250 Gibraltar Road Horsham, Pennsylvania 19044 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: As the nation's leading luxury home building company, we take pride in creating homes that are as beautiful to look at as they are comfortable to live in. Each Toll Brothers home offers a combination of quality materials and superior design, where every detail is meticulously crafted and every enhancement you select is se…
45 Brunswick Avenue Edison, New Jersey 08818 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Tops' business strategy is to be the dominant retailer of home appliances and consumer electronics in each of its markets by developing customer loyalty through a marketing program that emphasizes price, service, and selection. Starting with a tiny store in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Leslie S. Turchin developed Tops Applian…
6500 Tracor Lane Austin, Texas 78725 U.S.A. Tracor Inc. is ranked among the top 15 defense electronics companies in the United States. The company sells its products, systems, and services primarily to the U.S. Department of Defense, although management has recently initiated a strategy to enter commercial markets in the fields of civil aviation, information systems, and commercial imagery system…
1200 Sixth Avenue P.O. Box 1755 Columbus, Georgia 31902-1755 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: TSYS Vision: We set the standard in global transaction processing services. Total System Services, Inc. (TSYS) is the second-largest credit card processor in the world, trailing only American Express's First Data Corp. subsidiary. Under the service mark, THE TOTAL SYSTEM, and the company's TS2 computer-based…
333 E. 38th St. New York, New York 10016 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The company is a toy entertainment company that designs, markets and distributes a diverse product line comprised of boys', girls', infant/pre-school and activity toys in the United States and internationally, based on popular entertainment properties, consumer brand names and proprietary designs. The company's products are dis…
25 Union Street Chelsea, Massachusetts U.S.A. Company Perspectives: "The linchpin connecting everything we do is a welldesigned, exciting array of fine jewelry to differentiate us from our competition and deliver a reasonable return to the Company. Our mission is to become the industry resource of choice for the product categories we manufacture, offering fine jewelry with broad consumer appeal..…
11/F, Novel Industrial Building 850-870 Lai Chi Kok Road Cheung Sha Wan Kowloon Hong Kong Company Perspectives: The Tommy Hilfiger Corporation is dedicated to living the spirit of the American dream. We believe: the spirit of youth is our greatest inspiration; resourcefulness is the key to value and excellence; in making quality a priority in our lives and products; by respecting one another we c…
1999 Broadway, Suite 4300 Denver, Colorado 80202 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Titanium Metals Corporation (TIMET) is initiating a significant change in the way it does business with its aerospace customers. These companies need more certainty when pricing their jet airframes and engines today for deliveries extending years later. TIMET plans to get much closer to a true partnering arrangement wit…
2301 S.E. Tone's Drive Ankeny, Iowa 50021-8888 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The industrial/food service market is the fastest growing segment of the world food industry and provides us with opportunities for solid growth. Our research and development efforts, marketing and customer service initiatives are being directed toward achieving this. Tone Brothers, Inc. is the country's oldest spice comp…
9 West 57th Street, Suite 3910 New York, New York 10019 U.S.A. TLC Beatrice International Holdings, Inc. is invariably linked with its late African American founder, Reginald F. Lewis, a Harvard-educated lawyer turned entrepreneur. Known as a hard-nosed dealmaker, Lewis successfully played the 1980s leveraged buyout game; TLC (which stands for "The Lewis Company") is the resulting legacy of Lewis…
24, cours Michelet 92800 Puteaux France TOTAL S.A. is one of the largest oil, natural gas, and specialty chemicals companies in the world. Its activities are organized into three main areas: upstream, downstream, and chemicals. TOTAL's upstream sector consists of the exploration for and production of crude oil and natural gas, along with development activities in gas and electricity and operation…
4508 IDS Center Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: So what do we belong to at Tower Automotive? The answer is something beyond the bounds of a traditional company, something much less tangible and far more appealing. We are nurturing an organization much akin to a community that is created by common place or piece of property. No one owns a community and, as such, a differe…
P.O. Box 310 Middlebury, Connecticut 06762 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Timex is a direct descendant of several important nineteenth-century American clock and watch manufacturers. Like our company today, they all specialized in durable yet affordable timepieces.... Timex has maintained market superiority since that time by introducing innovative designs and technology. Timex Corporation has manu…
175 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10010 U.S.A. Tom Doherty Associates Inc. (TDA), better known by its imprint of Tor Books, is one of the leading publishers of science fiction (SF), fantasy, and horror. Tor Books has won virtually every major award in the SF and fantasy fields and its parent has been the winner of the Locus award for best publisher for the past 11 consecutive years. Tom Doherty…
1027 Newport Avenue Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02862 U.S.A. Tonka Corporation has a long history as America's premier manufacturer of toy trucks. Since 1991 the company has operated as a division of Hasbro, Inc., the largest toy company in the United States. Though its famed trucks are still its best known product, Tonka also produces dolls and soft toys for girls, as well as various games, toy guns…
1-2-1, Yuraku-cho Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8415 Japan Toho Co., Ltd. is one of the top Japanese filmmakers and one of the oldest in that country. Known worldwide for unleashing Godzilla in 1954, Toho has grown steadily to become a nearly US$1 billion international entertainment company. Founding, 1932 Toho was founded in 1932. From the start, it faced serious competition in the entertainment industry…
1-1, Nakashima 2-chome Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu Fukuoka 802 Japan Company Perspectives: TOTO LTD. was established in 1917 as a manufacturing and sales company for sanitary ware. The Company has grown steadily through the years by emphasizing its philosophy of customer satisfaction, or always putting the customer first. Today, TOTO offers product lines from bathroom and restroom fixtures and comp…
JFK International Airport Jamaica, New York 11430 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: At Tower, we've been growing carefully. Maintaining the fleet are 500 ground support personnel, perhaps our only excess (although we're sure you won't see it that way). We have our own terminal at JFK, for a level of service and comfort unmatched with shared gates. And our CEO is at the airport every day; in fact, he h…
One Yonge Street Toronto, Ontario M5E 1P9 Canada The Torstar Corporation is a diversified publisher based in Toronto, with three major business segments: newspapers, book publishing, and children's supplementary educational publishing. Its newspaper operations include publication of the Toronto Star, which has the largest circulation of any daily newspaper in Canada. It also publishes four daily …
1633 Broadway New York, New York 10019 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The company's philosophy of front-line employee empowerment continues to be instrumental in the success of TMPW's client-agency relations. This philosophy has also helped TMP Worldwide become the world's largest recruitment advertising agency, a top 10 Web publisher, and the world's 14th largest advertising agency overall. TMP Wo…
PO Box 13000 1100 KG Amsterdam The Netherlands Company Perspectives: Mission: TPG's mission is to achieve a recognized world leadership position through excellent service to customers in its three business areas--Mail, Express and Logistics--based on a strong market position in Europe. The Netherlands' TNT Post Group N.V. (TPG) is helping to redefine postal services. The first publicly traded pos…
555 17th Street, Suite 1850 Denver, Colorado 80202-3981 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Tom Brown, Inc., is an independent energy company engaged in the domestic exploration for, and the acquisition, development, production, and marketing of, natural gas, crude oil, and natural gas liquids with core areas of activity in the Rocky Mountains and Texas. Tom Brown focuses it operations in areas where it…
1, Toyota-cho Toyota City, Aichi 471-8571 Japan Company Perspectives: We believe the potential for growth in our industry is extremely promising. Today, only about one-third of the world's population enjoys the benefits of motor transport, while the remaining two-thirds do not have access to the convenience of automotive transport. Huge growth is in store for our industry in the emerging economie…
9300 East Central Suite 100 Wichita, Kansas 67206 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The company is committed to providing a superior experience that includes high quality menu items, a wide variety of domestic, imported, and premium beers, state-of-the-art audio and video systems and tournament-quality pocket billiard tables. These features, combined with the Company's focus on high level of customer …
888 Seventh Avenue New York, New York 10106 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The company's successful growth over the years has been a result of many things, including its innovative fitness programs, well-trained staff, dedication to quality and service, and continual facility improvement. But foremost, TSI's success has been earned by placing member satisfaction above all else. Members at TSI clubs…
Viale Trento 39 Cagliari I-09123 Italy Company Perspectives: Having consolidated its position in Italy, Tiscali continues to develop its business on a pan-European scale. Its goal is to establish itself as the leading ISP and portal in Europe, and to achieve "critical mass" it has a target of being one of top three ISPs in each major European country. Tiscali's strategy involves utilizing Interne…
2, Place de la Coupole La Défense 6 92078 Paris La Défense Cedex France Company Perspectives: As a global energy group of European origin, our ambition is to meet society's energy needs by offering an ever broader range of products and services. We carry out that mission with commitment, professionalism, service and loyalty--all values to which we are deeply attached. Finding, manufacturing and…
2-1, Nihonbashi-Marunouchi 2-chome Chuo-ku Tokyo 103-8666 Japan Company Perspectives: Toray strives to contribute to society through the creation of new value by innovative ideas, technologies, and products. Our mission is to provide new value to our customers through high-quality products and superior services, to provide our employees with opportunities for self-development in a challenging env…
5-20 Kaigan, 1-chrome Minato-ku Tokyo 105-8527 Japan Company Perspectives: The Tokyo Gas Group must aspire to be a company that contributes to socioeconomic advancement, pleasant living, and the mitigation of global environmental problems through its supply of environment-friendly natural gas and other energy, as well as related energy-value added services. Tokyo Gas will thereby continue to move…
320 Plus Park Boulevard Nashville, Tennessee 37217 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Whether you're caring for a backyard, or a "back 40," we have the products and services to help you get the job done. Both homeowners and farmers can find what they need at Tractor Supply Company. All types of feed, fencing, mowers, tools, work clothing and much, much more, are included in our product offering. Based …
Parnassustoren Locatellikade 1 1076 AZ Amsterdam The Netherlands Company Perspectives: Our strategy is to achieve leadership in our chosen markets. The company's strong organic growth is driven by effective business management, the introduction of new products and services and active brand promotion. Overall growth is also driven by selective acquisitions. The company has a robust and sustainable…
6363 Main Street Williamsville, New York 14221-5855 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: What started as a small association of franchised stores grew into a regional leader and would eventually become part of one of the world's leading retailers, while remaining an integral part of the fabric of the community in which it all began. Tops Markets LLC is a subsidiary of the U.S. operations of Dutch superma…
Tongyang Security Building, 23-8 Ye Seoul South Korea Tong Yang Cement Corporation is one of South Korea's two leading cement producers and is among the world's largest specialized cement manufacturers, with a total production capacity of close to 14 million tons per year. The company's primary production facility is in Samchok, which churns out more than ten million tons of cement per year. With…
22A Halkidos and Doxara Str Athens GR-111 43 Greece Company Perspectives: GOVERNING OBJECTIVE We aim to be an independent multinational vertically integrated cement producer, combining entrepreneurial spirit and operating excellence with respect for people, society and the environment. Titan Cement Company S.A. is Greece's leading cement producer--the 100-year-old company is also that country's o…
7-9-10 Tateishi 7-chome, Katsush Tokyo 124-8511 Japan Company Perspectives: With a renewed belief in our own potential, we of the TOMY Group are resolutely venturing into new business domains in line with the trends of the times. We now start a new chapter in our history. Under this new corporate identity, with a new attitude, great ambition and strengthened resolve, we are steadily drawing close…
2160 Gold Street Alviso, California 95002 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Founded in 1997, TiVo, a pioneer in home entertainment, created a bra nd new category of products with the development of the first digital video recorder (DVR). Today, the company continues to revolutionize the way consumers watch and access home entertainment by making TiVo the focal point of the digital living room, a cente…
5900 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 2000 Los Angeles California 90036-5020 U.S.A. Company Perspectives TOKYOPOP is hailed as a leading youth-oriented entertainment brand and an innovator of manga creation, with a revolutionary artistic vision that transcends countless platforms. From the introduction of the first-ever extensive manga publishing program in North America, to the development of its manga…
Rembrandtplein 35 Amsterdam 1017 CT Netherlands Company Perspectives Company Perspectives: TomTom helps people find their way. We use the very latest technology to do this, building it into all-in-one navigation solutions, handheld computers and Smartphones. The company was founded in 1991 in Amsterdam, and has grown to supply a market that spreads across the whole of Europe and North and Central…
Bill Nicholson Way 748 High Road Tottenham London United Kingdom Company Perspectives What is the Company's strategy for growth? To continue to strive for success in domestic and European football. Development of the Company's Principal Fixed Assets, being the Academy and the Stadium. Continue to build the Tottenham Hotspur brand both domestically and internationally. Tottenham Hotspur PLC is the…
7401 South Cicero Avenue Chicago Illinois 60629 U.S.A. Company Perspectives We believe that the differences among companies are attributable to the caliber of their people, and therefore we strive to attract and retain superior people for each job. We believe that an open family atmosphere at work combined with professional management fosters cooperation and enables each individual to maximize hi…