2150 East Lake Cook Road Buffalo Grove, Illinois 60089 U.S.A. Zenith Data Systems, Inc. (ZDS), a wholly owned subsidiary of the French corporation Groupe Bull, is a global leader in the manufacture of microcomputers, specifically desktop and notebook computers, servers, and related peripherals. According to a company statement, "ZDS has one of the broadest product offerings in the industry." The …
631 S. Richland Avenue P.O. Box 1592-364M York, Pennsylvania 17405-1592 U.S.A. York International Corp. is a global manufacturer of heating, ventilating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration products. It manufactures heating, air-conditioning, and thermal-storage equipment for factories, stores, hospitals, universities, office buildings, shopping malls, airports, marine vessels, and residences. It…
333 Corporate Woods Parkway Vernon Hills, Illinois 60061-3109 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Over years of innovation, Zebra Technologies has achieved a clear view of the entire industrial supply chain and how it can add value at each link. At Zebra, we strive to enable our customers to achieve their business goals more quickly, more safely, more accurately, and more efficiently. The mysterious ser…
10000 Santa Monica Boulevard, 5th Floor Los Angeles, California 90067 U.S.A. Yucaipa Cos. is an investment firm specializing in leveraged buyouts of grocery stores and supermarkets. By the mid-1990s, it held controlling interest in three major regional supermarket chains operating more than 600 stores in 11 states. These chains--Ralphs Grocery Co., Dominick's Finer Foods, and Smith's Food & Drug …
33 Barbour Street Bradford, Pennsylvania 16701-1973 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Beginning with the first lighter in 1933, every Zippo lighter has been backed by our lifetime guarantee, "it works or we fix it free." Zippo lighters are uniquely positioned as valuable and timeless classics that should never be thrown away. Whether used in everyday life, taken on uncommon adventures as a reliable co…
207 South Street Boston, Massachusetts 02111 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Zoom's goal is to provide high value to its customers. This concept of value encompasses much more than just competitive prices. Whenever possible, Zoom designs its products with unique or enhanced features that add functionality and make the product more reliable or easier to use. The key to long term success is customer s…
2 Park Ct., #200 Owings Mills, Maryland 21117 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The national epidemic of juvenile lawlessness has a very high cost to businesses, communities and the lawful working public. Consequently, the market for services dedicated to troubled youth, both adjudicated and at-risk, is growing rapidly and we believe the market will continue to expand. The majority of non-government o…
1000 Milwaukee Avenue Glenview, Illinois 60025-2495 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Zenith Electronics Corporation has a proud heritage of leadership in home entertainment products. For more than eight decades, beginning with the advent of radio, the Zenith name has been synonymous with quality and innovation. A pioneer in electronics technology, Zenith has invented countless industry-leading develo…
280 Park Avenue Suite 2700W New York, New York 10017 U.S.A. York Research Corporation develops, constructs, owns, and operates electric power and thermal generation (cogeneration) facilities alone or in strategic partnerships. These facilities are fueled by natural gas, solar energy, or windpower. A subsidiary that was marketing electricity and accounting for almost all of York's annual revenue o…
285 Madison Ave New York, New York 10017 U.S.A. The fourth-largest advertising company in the world, Young & Rubicam Inc. specializes in advertising, public relations, direct marketing, corporate and product identity consulting, and health-care communications. Young & Rubicam operated more than 300 agency offices in 64 countries, and counted American Express, Colgate-Palmolive, Miller Brewing, th…
5300 Patterson Avenue, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan 49530 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: ZPH publishes general and academic books, with the intent to meet the spiritual needs of people at all ages and all intellectual and interest levels. ZPH seeks to express its commitment to God's truth with a philosophy of acquisitions, writing, editing, producing, marketing, and selling that is consistent with b…
1717 St. James Place Houston, Texas 77210 U.S.A. Slated to become one of the ten largest Internet companies in the world, Zapata Corporation is involved in Internet and electronic-commerce businesses, operating an Internet portal and two on-line magazines, Word and Charged. Formerly an international oil and gas conglomerate, Zapata suffered profound financial losses during the 1980s, which eventu…
28 East 28th Street New York, New York 10016-7930 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We distinguish ourselves as the premier technology authority at work, home and play through comprehensive labs-based evaluations, trusted buying advice, recognized industry experts, and thought-provoking news, reviews, opinions and insights. Reaching more than 22 million passionate readers and event attendees, Ziff Dav…
2 rue Maurice Mallet 92137 lssy-les-Moulineaux Cedex France Company Perspectives: At Zodiac, our goal is to provide safety and performance in the air and in water. To master these challenging elements, we have consistently focused our entire business on: a global growth strategy to broaden our offering and seek out new synergies; creativity and innovation to optimize products and deliver the best…
The Ram Brewery Wandsworth London SW18 4JD United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Young's is Britain's oldest brewery and one of the best known and best loved in the world. It produces a stunning variety of ales, stouts and lagers, which have won countless prizes, including three world championships. Small but feisty Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (better known as Young's) consists of the oldest con…
599 Lexington Avenue New York, New York 10022 U.S.A. Young Broadcasting Inc. owns and operates 13 television stations and a television advertising sales firm, Adam Young Inc. Young Broadcasting's station properties include six affiliates of American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. (ABC), four affiliates of CBS Inc., and two affiliates of the National Broadcasting Company, Inc. (NBC). One of the comp…
Mythenquai 2 8022 Zurich Switzerland Company Perspectives: Connecting here. To there. This is how we are striving to do business at Zurich. Connecting people to ideas and to solutions that best respond to their needs and aspirations. Connecting capital to promising investment opportunities. Connecting our worldwide resources—people, knowledge and technology—so we can continue to discover new …
Laurel Brook Rd. Middlefield, Connecticut 06455 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Zygo continues to develop new hardware and software to address specialized measurement problems and improve the capability of their instruments. In less than 20 years, the interferometer became a commodity item used in an increasing number of applications to measure and assure that precision parts are made and are perfor…
13705 Shoreline Court East Earth City, Missouri 63045 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Over the past 100 years, Young has become a true partner in preventive dentistry. For dentists and hygienists, the Young name is synonymous with quality, reliability, and innovation. Building on our strong foundation, Young Innovations has a three-pronged strategy for growth: to continuously improve our manufacturi…
Empire State Building 350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 301 New York, New York 10118 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our mission is to empower women and girls and to eliminate racism. The Young Women's Christian Association of the United States of America is a women's membership movement nourished by its roots in the Christian faith and sustained by the richness of many beliefs and values. Strengthened by div…
345 E. Main Street Warsaw, Indiana 46580 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our strategic objective is to become the leader in the design, development, manufacturing and marketing of orthopedic reconstructive implants and fracture management products. Our goals are to: increase market share in our product categories by offering innovative new products and striving to provide comprehensive solutions in …
Allmannsweilerstrasse 25 D-88038 Friedrichshafen Germany Company Perspectives: ZF is the world's largest independent specialist for transmission and chassis technology. ZF products contribute worldwide to mobility. ZF develops and produces transmissions, steering systems, and axles and chassis components, as well as complete systems for passenger cars, commercial vehicles, and off-road machinery.…
Zomba House 165-167 High Road London NW10 2SG United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Zomba is the largest independent music operation in the world. Jive Records is the flagship label of the Zomba Label Group, which also encompasses the record labels Jive Electro, Silvertone, Verity, Volcano and Reunion, among others. Zomba is home to some of the biggest contemporary pop, R&B, gospel, hip-hop and ro…
207 South Street Boston, Massachusetts 02111 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The age of broadband is upon us, and Zoom is ready. We are ready with a line of advanced cable and DSL modems, and with wireless and home phoneline networking products that make it easy for people to use and share their broadband line to the Internet. We are ready with a thorough commitment to high-volume Internet access pr…
Temple Fields Harlow Essex CM20 2BH United Kingdom Yule Catto & Company plc is one of Europe's leading specialty chemicals groups. Based in Harlow, Essex, England, Yule Catto operates in three primary areas: Polymer Chemicals, including water-based polymers, natural rubber latex, synthetic latex, resins, acetates, as well as products based on these raw materials, including medical gloves and late…
1441 Gardiner Lane Louisville, Kentucky 40213 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our passion, as a restaurant company, is to put a YUM on people's faces around the world, satisfying customers every time they eat our food and doing it better than any other restaurant company. A&W, KFC, Long John Silver's, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell offer customers food they crave, comeback value, and customer-focused team…
285 Madison Avenue New York, New York 10017 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We make connections between our client partners and their customers. We are client-focused, insightful, pragmatic. We believe in ideas. Ideas based on rigorous analytic processes and human insights. Ideas that act as catalysts for building businesses. Big ideas that travel across borders and disciplines. Ideas that create re…
5300 Patterson Avenue, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan 49530 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: To be the leading Christian communications company meeting the needs of people with resources that glorify Jesus Christ and promote biblical principles. Zondervan is a leading international Christian communications company, producing bestselling and awardwinning Bibles, books, children's products, software, audi…
5, rue Sébastien-Bottin 75328 Paris cedex 07 France Company Perspectives: Gallimard wishes to be worthy of the literary heritage and values which presided over its creation, while at the same time preserving its financial and commercial independence, and developing original market strategies. This policy has overseen the gradual reinforcement of the Gallimard Group, a diversified and balanced st…
331 West Wisconsin Avenue Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53203 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Through the years, Younkers has defined, and will continue to offer, the style and quality that customers have come to expect and enjoy. Younkers is a Midwestern department store chain with 47 stores scatte red throughout Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, South D akota, and Wisconsin. Younkers' stores a…