Amerigon Incorporated engages in the design, development, and marketing of electronic components and systems for sale to car and truck original equipment manufacturers in the United States and internationally. Its principal product includes Climate Control Seat, which provides comfort by providing heating and cooling to seat occupants. The company also develops thermoelectric devices (TED), which have the capability to produce hot and cold thermal condition, as well as focuses on the development, marketing, and distribution of products based on its TED technology.

Action Performance Companies Inc. is the leader in the design, marketing, promotion and distribution of licensed motorsports merchandise. Its products include a broad range of motorsports-related die-cast car replica collectibles, apparel, souvenirs and other memorabilia.The company markets and distributes products through a variety of channels, including trackside at racing events, a worldwide network of wholesale distributors and specialty dealers, QVC, the Racing Collectables Club of America (RCCA), and mass retail department stores and chains.

Printronix Inc. is a leading global provider of industrial and back-office enterprise printing solutions. Whether your supply chain applications require forms, smart labels, bar codes or advanced verification technologies, Printronix brings you printers that integrate seamlessly into networks and deliver unequaled control, unsurpassed diagnostic capabilities and marked cost efficiencies. Printronix provides market coverage across the globe, with a product breadth that meets a diverse set of customer requirements. It operates five manufacturing facilities and 17 sales and support locations that serve users in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific.

Titan Industries is India’s leading manufacturer of watches and jewellery and the world’s sixth largest manufacturer brand of watches. The company transformed the Indian watch market, offering quartz technology with international styling, manufactured at its state-of-the-art factory at Hosur, Tamil Nadu.

Raymond Textile is India’s leading producer of worsted suiting fabric with over 60% market share. With a capacity of 25 million meters of wool & wool-blended fabrics, Raymond Textiles is the world’s third largest integrated manufacturer. The company exports its suitings to more than 50 countries including USA, Canada, Europe, Japan and the Middle East.

United Beverages Group, based in Bangalore is the world’s 2nd largest brewer company and is the largest in India. The company runs its beverage market under Kingfisher brand and has also launched an airlines known as Kingfisher Airlines, a domestic airline service in India. United Beverages now has a monopoly over the Indian Brewer market.

Archies Limited is an Indian company into the business of manufacturing and selling greeting cards and other social expression products like gifts and posters. Archies has a market share of about 50% of India’s greeting cards market. Archies has about 2000 outlets and franchisees, called Archies Galleries, spread across 120 cities and 6 countries. It has tie-ups and licensing arrangements for popular merchandising characters like Dennis the Menace and Disney characters. It has got arrangements with Paramount Cards. Inc, Anne Geddes, and American Greetings, for greeting card design and name use.

Indesit Company is one of the top three household appliance manufacturers in Europe, producing and distributing more than 14 million units throughout worlwide every year. The main brands are:Ariston, Indesit, Hotpoint and Scholtès.

American Axle & Manufacturing (AAM) is a world leader with more than 80 years of experience in the design, engineering, validation and manufacture of driveline systems, chassis systems, and forged products for trucks, buses, sport utility vehicles, and passenger cars. AAM has nearly 12,000 associates and seven million square feet of manufacturing space in 17 manufacturing facilities located in the United States, Brazil, Mexico and the United Kingdom.

Nissan Diesel Motor manufacturers heavy-duty trucks and buses. The company also makes truck and bus components, including diesel and gasoline engines, transmissions, and brake systems. Nissan Motor Light Truck, a joint venture with Japan-based carmaker Nissan Motor, manufactures trucks with payloads of up to two tons. Nissan Diesel also provides air suspension and other components found on luxury buses.

Bosch is a leading global supplier of automotive and industrial technology and of consumer goods and building technology. It comprises some 270 subsidiary companies, of which more than 230 are located outside Germany. With subsidiaries and affiliated companies, Bosch is present in more than 50 countries. The company manufactures its products at roughly 260 locations worldwide, 200 of which are outside Germany.

Hasbro is a worldwide leader in children’s and family leisure time entertainment products and services, including the design, manufacture and marketing of games and toys ranging from traditional to high-tech.

Federal-Mogul is a global supplier offering the most comprehensive portfolio of quality products, trusted brands and creative solutions to the automotive and other industries.

Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. is in the design, marketing and distribution of premium lifestyle products. The company’s brand names, which include Polo, Polo by Ralph Lauren, Ralph Lauren Purple Label, Polo Sport, Ralph Lauren, RALPH, Lauren, Polo Jeans Co., RL, Chaps and Club Monaco, among others, constitute one of the world’s most widely recognized families of consumer brands.

Alberto-Culver Company develops, manufactures, distributes and markets branded consumer products. The Company operates two businesses: Global Consumer Products and Beauty Supply Distribution.

Energizer Holdings, Inc. is one of the world’s largest manufacturer of dry cell batteries and flashlights. In 2003 it acquired the worldwide Schick-Wilkinson Sword (SWS) company, adding world-class brands in the personal care category to the Energizer portfolio.

ArvinMeritor provides a wide range of high quality products and services to an evolutionary automotive industry. It leverages a world of resources and expertise to deliver technologically advanced systems, modules and components for light vehicle, commercial truck, trailer and specialty original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and related aftermarkets.

Funai Electric Co., Ltd. in Japan is engaged in the development, manufacture, marketing and distribution of information and communication equipment such as Internet Access Terminal, Computer peripherals, Audio-visual devices, Video, Television, TeleVideos, DVD Players, Home electrical appliances.

Dana designs and manufactures products for every major vehicle producer in the world. Dana is focused on being an essential partner to automotive, commercial, and off-highway vehicle customers, which collectively produces more than 60 million vehicles every year.

On October 1, 2004, Sega and Sammy established Sega Sammy Holdings, and made a new start as the Sega Sammy Group to further its leading position as a global total entertainment company, to merge corporate resources, and maximize its corporate value. It is the world’s No.1 total entertainment company for all ages.

Liz Claiborne Inc. was founded in 1976 by original partners Liz Claiborne, Art Ortenberg, Leonard Boxer and Jerome Chazen. Liz Claiborne Inc. designs and markets an extensive range of women’s and men’s fashion apparel and accessories appropriate to wearing occasions ranging from casual to dressy. The Company also markets fragrances for women and men. In addition, Liz Claiborne Inc. holds the exclusive, long-term license to produce and sell men’s and women’s collections of DKNY Jeans and DKNY Active, as well as CITY DKNY better women’s sportswear in the Western Hemisphere. The Company also has the exclusive license to produce women’s wear under the Kenneth Cole New York, Unlisted and Reaction Kenneth Cole brand names.

Jones Apparel Group, Inc., a Fortune 500 company, is a leading designer, marketer and wholesaler of branded apparel, footwear and accessories. It also markets directly to consumers through its chain of specialty retail and value-based stores, and operates the Barneys chain of luxury stores. Its nationally recognized brands include Jones New York, Evan- Picone, Norton McNaughton, Gloria Vanderbilt, Erika, l.e.i., Energie, Nine West, Easy Spirit, Enzo Angiolini, Bandolino, Joan & David, Mootsies Tootsies, Sam & Libby, Napier, Judith Jack, Kasper, Anne Klein, Albert Nipon, Le Suit and Barneys New York.

Newell Rubbermaid, Inc. engages in the manufacture and marketing of consumer products serving the needs of volume purchasers, including department/specialty stores and warehouse clubs, home centers and hardware stores, and office superstores and contract stationers. It operates in five segments: Cleaning and Organization (CO); Office Products (OP); Home Fashions (HF); Tools and Hardware (TH); and Other. The CO segment designs, manufactures, and distributes indoor and outdoor organization, home storage, food storage, and cleaning products. The OP segment primarily designs, sources, manufactures, packages, and distributes permanent/waterbase markers, dry erase markers, overhead projector pens, highlighters, wood-cased pencils, ballpoint pens and inks, and other art supplies.

Founded in 1938 in Tokyo, Pioneer Corporation employs more than 36,000 people in its worldwide consumer electronics business. Its shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange. As a leading proponent of next-generation audio/video recording and playback, Pioneer seeks to build upon a heritage as a digital optical disc pioneer to become a leading global enterprise in the DVD industry.

Pioneer is expanding its core business from manufacturing and marketing products of its own brand to supplying its key devices and key technologies to other companies, taking advantage of its leading development of DVD, plasma displays, OEL displays, speakers, and car stereo equipment.

Goodyear is the world’s largest tire company. Together with its U.S. and international subsidiaries and joint ventures, Goodyear manufactures and markets tires for most applications. It also manufactures and sells several lines of power transmission belts, hose and other rubber products for the transportation industry and various industrial and consumer markets, as well as rubber related chemicals for various applications. Goodyear is the world’s largest operator of commercial truck service and tire retreading centers. In addition, it operates more than 2,000 tire and auto service center outlets.

Leggett & Platt, Incorporated engages in the design and production of a range of engineered components and products for customers worldwide. It operates in five segments: Residential Furnishings, Commercial Fixturing and Components, Aluminum Products, Industrial Materials, and Specialized Products.

Ball Packaging Europe is one of the leading beverage can producers in Europe. A wholly-owned subsidiary of Ball Corporation which is the international number one in the beverage can market, Ball Packaging Europe reported turnover of EUR 892 million in 2004 with 2,400 employees. Eleven production plants situated in close proximity to clients in Germany, France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Poland ensure that the company has extensive presence both in the traditional core markets of western Europe and also in the significant growth regions of eastern and southern Europe.

The Swatch Group Ltd. in Biel (Switzerland) is today the largest manufacturer and distributor of finished watches in the world. In terms of sales (in Swiss francs) the Swatch Group represents some 25% of the watch production sales in the world. In 2001 the Group produced some 114 million watches, movements and stepping motors, with yearly sales of 4182 million Swiss francs. The Swatch Group has 160 production centers situated mainly in Switzerland, but also in France, Germany, Italy, USA, Virgin Islands, Thailand, Malaysia and China - over 440 reporting units.

The Swatch Group is synonym for emotional and luxury products of high quality. With its own worldwide network of distribution organizations, the Group is active in the manufacture of finished watches, movements and components (ETA, Nouvelle Lemania, Frédéric Piguet, etc.). It produces practically all the components necessary to its eighteen watch brand companies. The Swatch Group offers watches in all price and market categories.

Luxottica is the most famous brand of sunglasses in the world, forever trendy with its models such as the Cutters or Wayfarers, that never go out of fashion, and also Persol and Vogue - all of this is Luxottica.This Italian group, mainly positioned at the top end of the range, creates the designer lines of all these legendary sunglasses, and also manufactures and sells them.And it does not stop there. It is also responsible for the design of glasses, both sunwear and ophthalmic eyewear, for renowned luxury brands such as Emporio Armani, Giorgio Armani, Chanel, Sergio Tacchini, and Emanuel Ungaro, reflecting the unique style of each name;With its high international profile, Luxottica sells its glasses in 120 countries. It is especially well placed in North America with its network of stores Lens Crafters.

Cooper Lighting, a subsidiary of Cooper Industries Ltd., designs lighting and fixtures with commercial, residential, and utility applications. The company’s products are primarily used in commercial buildings, homes, landscapes, shopping centers, and high-security areas and industrial plants. Cooper Lighting’s brand names include AtLite, Fail-Safe, Halo, IRiS, Lumark, Streetworks, and Sure-Lites. The SOURCE, Cooper’s subsidiary, offers continuing education lighting classes from lighting fundamentals and lighting basics to landscape lighting for the lighting professional.

Shiseido Company, Limited is the leading cosmetics group in Japan, and a leading manufacturer worldwide. Shiseido produces makeup and skin care products for men and women. Other business produce toiletries, professional salon hair care products, pharmaceuticals, and fine chemicals. Upscale brands include Shiseido and Cl de Peau Beaut. It also makes Serum Noir, a hair restoration product. Other interests include the Ginza chain of fashion boutiques; specialty fragrance, hair, and skin care salons; and Shiseido Parlour restaurants and food shops. Shiseido sells its products in about 60 countries, and is increasing market share successfully in North America, South America and Asia.

Mohawk Industries is one of the world’s largest floor covering manufacturers and distributors and is a leading producer of yarn, ceramic tile, area rugs and bath mats. Headquartered in Calhoun, Georgia, Mohawk designs, manufactures and markets woven and tufted broadloom carpet, area and accent rugs and mats and a variety of hard surface flooring products. The Company provides goods for all significant market segments, distribution channels and price points. Included in Mohawk’s family of brands are some of the most popular and prestigious names in the industry: Aladdin, Alexander Smith, American Olean, American Rug Craftsmen, American Weavers, Bigelow, Dal-Tile, Galaxy, Harbinger, Helios, Horizon, Image, Karastan, Lees Carpet, World, WundaWeve, Custom Weave, and Mohawk and Mohawk Home.

Daikin Industries Ltd. has stepped in India with a joint venture between Daikin Industries Ltd. and Siddharth Shriram Group Company ‘SIEL’.The $4.5 billion Daikin Industries is a multi product company with the air-conditioning business comprising 74 per cent of its business. It has a 10 per cent share in the residential air-conditioning market and 36 per cent in the commercial air-conditioning in Japan. With a well-established presence in 8 major world markets, it is targeting to be a global leader in air-conditioning by 2005. Daikin is the only air-conditioning company worldwide which manufactures everything on its own from refrigerants till compressors.

Pirelli’s business is centered on the key markets of Tyres, Energy Cables and Systems, Telecom Cables and Systems and Real Estate, in which we are among the world leaders and innovators.For more than a century it has grown as a truly multinational corporation, deeply rooted in local markets throughout the world and building upon the core sectors.

The technological and research capacity in terms of professional skills and resources will continue to be a great source of Pirelli’s strength. A high priority is extended to continuous improvement in the environmental impact of all processes and products. Its management objective is the achievement of an effective balance between personal accountability and team work, central guidance and local operating responsibility.

THOMSON is a leading manufacturer of consumer electronics, including TVs, home theater systems, DVD players, digital audio and video products, home entertainment accessories, and telephones. THOMSON also offers post-production and sound services to film studios, CD and DVD replication to software and game developers, and professional sound and video equipment to television networks. THOMSON’s products are sold throughout the Americas, Asia, and Europe under the Grass Valley, RCA, Technicolor, and THOMSON brand names.

Valeo is one of Europe’s largest car parts suppliers, making components for most major car and truck manufacturers. The electronics and electrical systems unit makes wiper systems, motors and actuators, security systems, electrical components, electronics, and lighting products. The thermal systems unit offers climate-control and engine-cooling components. The transmissions segment makes clutch systems, torque converters, and friction products. Valeo’s distribution unit conducts aftermarket activities.

The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. is a manufacturer and marketer of skin care, make-up, fragrance and hair care products. The Company’s products are sold in over 130 countries and territories under brand names, such as Estee Lauder, Clinique, Aramis, Prescriptives, Origins, M.A.C, Bobbi Brown, La Mer, Aveda, Stila, Jo Malone, Bumble and bumble, Darphin, Rodan & Fields, American Beauty, Flirt! And good skin. The Company is also the global licensee for fragrances and cosmetics sold under the Tommy Hilfiger, Donna Karan, kate spade and Michael Kors brands, and it is also developing products to be sold under the Sean John label. The Company sells its products through limited distribution channels, encompassing over 20,000 points of sale, consisting primarily of upscale department stores, specialty retailers, upscale perfumeries and pharmacies. In February 2004, the Company sold the assets and operations of its reporting unit that sold Jane brand products.

Beiersdorf is one of the biggest cosmetic companies in the world.From a small pharmacy in Hamburg in 1882, the group has grown to become one of those companies that stays with us throughout our life, as part of that most important of daily routines, the time that we devote to ourselves.Its brand names speak volumes:Nivea, the mythical cream, La Prairie (luxury range of cosmetics), Juvena, Labello (for lips), 8×4 (deodorant), as well as products for kids’ (and grown-ups’) bumps and scrapes- Hansaplast, Elastoplast.Not to mention its adhesives arm with Tesa (tape) and its selection of products sold under that brand (adhesives of course, but also masking tape and packaging to name but two).Its products are marketed on all the continents, Beiersdorf helps the world to fell much better.

Although best known for bleach (leader worldwide), Clorox makes laundry and cleaning products (Formula 409, Pine-Sol, Tilex), cat litter (Fresh Step), car care products (Armor All, STP), the Brita water-filtration system (in North America), and charcoal briquettes (Kingsford). Its acquisition of First Brands gave Clorox its biggest name — Glad plastic wraps, storage bags, and containers. Chemical giant Henkel owned nearly 30% of Clorox, but Clorox bought it back in late 2004 through an asset swap at a value of $2.8 billion. Jerry Johnston was named chairman and CEO in January 2005.

VF Corporation is the world’s #1 jeans maker’s bevy of brands includes H.I.S., Lee, Riders, Rustler, and Wrangler jeans. Others include Bestform, Lily of France, Vanity Fair, and Vassarette (lingerie); JanSport (#1) and Eastpak (backpacks); Lee Sport (knitwear); The North Face (outdoor gear/apparel); Red Kap and Bulwark (industrial work clothes); Nautica and John Varvatos (acquired in 2003, men’s and women’s apparel); and Vans (hip footwear). Most of its sales come from jeans. VF makes NIKE, MLB, NFL, and NBA apparel under license.

Lexmark International is a leading maker of computer printers and related products. Its printer line includes laser printers (designed primarily for corporate networks and desktops) and ink jet printers (for home and business use). Unlike many of its competitors, Lexmark develops and manufactures its own devices, thereby speeding product cycles. The company sells its products in more than 150 countries through distributors including Ingram Micro and Tech Data, and through retailers in the US (CompUSA and Best Buy), France (Carrefour), and the UK (Dixons); it also supplies products to other equipment manufacturers.

Mattel, Inc. (Mattel) designs, manufactures and markets a variety of toy products worldwide, through sales to retailers and directly to consumers. Mattel’s portfolio of brands and products are grouped in various categories. Mattel Brands includes the Barbie, Other Girl Brands, Wheels and Entertainment brands. Fisher-Price Brands include Core Fisher-Price, Fisher-Price Friends and Power Wheels. American Girl Brands include American Girl Today, The American Girls Collection and Bitty Baby. American Girl Brands products are sold directly to consumers and its children’s publications are also sold to certain retailers. Mattel’s reportable segments are separately managed business units and are divided on a geographic basis between domestic and international. The Domestic segment is further divided into Mattel Brands US, Fisher-Price Brands US and American Girl Brands.

Based at Herzogenaurach in Germany, Adidas Salomon is second on the world sporting goods market. Because, in addition to those famous shoes with their three stripes, Adidas also offers a range of clothing and sports apparel marketed under different brand names.There is Salomon for skiing, snowboarding, ski boots, skateboards, in-line skates and hiking equipment.A range of golf accessories, clothing, clubs and balls is available from TaylorMade-Adidas Golf.Then there is Mavic for cycling, Bonfire for winter sports equipment. And we must not forget the leading brand, Adidas, for footwear of course, but also for all its sportswear, balls and bags.Adidas can pride itself on the global dimension and renown that its brand enjoys.

Toray Industries, through a string of about 200 subsidiaries and affiliates, has sewn together a diversified enterprise engaged in the worldwide production of synthetic fibers and textiles, films, resins, chemicals, plastics, and other products. Toray’s fibers and textiles segment makes such products as spun yarns, woven and knitted nylon fabrics, and polyester fabrics, mainly for the apparel industry. The company’s plastics and chemicals segment makes resins and specialty films. Other products range from artificial kidneys to contact lenses.

Whirlpool is the #1 US home appliance maker (#2 worldwide, after Sweden’s AB Electrolux). It makes washers, dryers, refrigerators, air conditioners, dishwashers, freezers, microwave ovens, ranges, trash compactors, air purifiers, and more. In addition to Whirlpool, the company sells its products under brand names including KitchenAid, Bauknecht, Roper, and Speed Queen. About 17% of Whirlpool’s sales come from making Kenmore and Sears appliances for Sears, which also stocks the Whirlpool and KitchenAid brands. Whirlpool manufactures products in 12 countries and sells them in more than 170 others.

Lear Corporation (Lear) is an automotive interior systems supplier. It has capabilities in all five principal segments of the automotive interior market: seat systems, flooring and acoustic systems, door panels, instrument panels and cockpit systems, and overhead systems. The Company conducts its business in three operating segments: seating, interior, and electronic and electrical. The seating segment includes seat systems and components. The interior segment includes flooring and acoustic systems, door panels, instrument panels and cockpit systems, overhead systems and other interior products. The electronic and electrical segment includes electronic and electrical distribution systems, primarily wire harnesses, wireless systems and interior control systems. Lear’s customers include automotive manufacturers, such as General Motors, Ford, DaimlerChrysler, BMW, Fiat, PSA, Volkswagen, Renault/Nissan, Toyota, Hyundai, Mazda and Subaru.

Inditex offers fashion at unbeatable prices to children and adults, from the most sophisticated style to sportswear. It has more than 600 stores in total, in some of the most popular locations - the Champs-Elys in Paris, 5th Avenue in New York, and Regents Street in London. This group operates on a worldwide scale and is involved in the design, manufacture and distribution of clothes and accessories (jewelry, bags, shoes).Other brands of the group which is present in 49 countries, include Pull & Bear, Massimo Dutti, Bershka, which also sells videos, CDs and magazines, Stradivarius, exclusively aimed at young women, Oysho, a lingerie and swimwear chain.

Compagnie Richemont sells the stuff of suave. Through luxury goods subsidiary Luxury Group, the company markets Cartier jewelry, Piaget and Baume & Mercier watches, Alfred Dunhill leather goods, and Montblanc pens. Richemont, the world’s second-largest luxury goods company also owns jeweler Van Cleef & Arpels. Richemont sold its Rothmans International unit (Rothmans, Dunhill, Peter Stuyvesant, and Winfield tobacco products) to British American Tobacco (BAT); in return it has a combined 28% stake with Remgro Group, formerly Rembrandt Group, in BAT. Richemont is controlled by the Rupert family, which also controls Remgro Group.

SANYO manufactures products both innovative and prosaic. Its companies make a variety of electrical devices and appliances, including industrial and commercial equipment (refrigerated supermarket cases), audio and video equipment (DVD players, TVs, digital cameras), semiconductors, communications equipment (cellular phones, computers), batteries, and home appliances (microwave ovens, air conditioners).

One of the Big Three video game console makers, Nintendo makes the GameCube console, which battles with Microsoft’s Xbox for second place in its industry (Sony’s PlayStation 2 is the world’s top game system). In the handheld console segment, however, Nintendo’s Game Boy system remains the leader. In 2004 the company introduced a two-screen, videogame player called Nintendo DS (Nintendo Double Screen) and the smallest, lighest offering so far, the Game Boy Micro (which is the size of a cell phone and is the same platform as the company’s Game Boy Advance SP) is slated for release in 2006.