International Directory Company Histories

Preface vii Notes on Contributors ix List of Abbreviations xi Alfesca hf 1(4) American & Efird, Inc. 5(5) American Media, Inc. 10(6) Asatsu-DK Inc. 16(5) ATA Holdings Corporation 21(5) The Babcock & Wilcox Company 26(5) Bacardi & Company Ltd. 31(6) Baptist Health Care Corporation 37(4) Best Kosher Foods Corporation 41(4) Blue Ridge Beverage Company Inc. 45(4) Bourbon Corporation 49(4) Bronner Display & Sign Advertising, Inc. 53(5) Carlisle Companies Inc. 58(5) Charles Vogele Holding AG 63(4) Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. 67(7) Controladora Mabe, S.A. de C.V. 74(4) Coppel, S.A. de C.V. 78(4) D.F. Stauffer Biscuit Company 82(4) DeVry Inc. 86(5) Distrigaz S.A. 91(4) Dobrogea Grup S.A. 95(4) Earle M. Jorgensen Company 99(4) Eastland Shoe Corporation 103(4) Edipresse S.A. 107(4) Fired Up, Inc. 111(4) Forbes Inc. 115(6) Frontier Natural Products Co-Op 121(4) The Garden Company Ltd. 125(4) The Gatorade Company 129(4) Genesis Microchip Inc. 133(5) GF Health Products, Inc. 138(4) Glazer's Wholesale Drug Company, Inc. 142(4) Gosling Brothers Ltd. 146(4) Gould Paper Corporation 150(4) Grupo Industrial Lala, S.A. de C.V. 154(4) Guinot Paris S.A. 158(4) H&R Block, Inc. 162(8) Hampshire Group Ltd. 170(4) The Holland Group, Inc. 174(4) Intres B.V. 178(4) John Dewar & Sons, Ltd. 182(5) Katokichi Company Ltd. 187(4) Kobrand Corporation 191(4) Lands' End, Inc. 195(6) Littleton Coin Company Inc. 201(4) Mandom Corporation 205(4) Marshfield Clinic Inc. 209(4) Martell and Company S.A. 213(4) The Maschhoffs, Inc. 217(4) Maytag Corporation 221(5) McBride plc 226(5) Meiji Dairies Corporation 231(4) Milliken & Co. 235(5) Montblanc International GmbH 240(5) The Morgan Crucible Company plc 245(6) Morinda Holdings, Inc. 251(4) Nevamar Company 255(4) Orkla ASA 259(6) Ormet Corporation 265(4) The PBSJ Corporation 269(5) Perini Corporation 274(6) Pick 'n Pay Stores Ltd. 280(4) Pilot Pen Corporation of America 284(4) Proeza S.A. de C.V. 288(4) Prudential Financial Inc. 292(7) Retail Ventures, Inc. 299(5) Russ Berrie and Company, Inc. 304(5) Russell Corporation 309(5) Safety-Kleen Systems Inc. 314(7) Sanborn Map Company Inc. 321(4) Sanford L.P. 325(5) Schlage Lock Company 330(5) Sephora Holdings S.A. 335(5) Sheaffer Pen Corporation 340(4) Spector Photo Group N.V. 344(4) Stage Stores, Inc. 348(5) Steamships Trading Company Ltd. 353(4) The Strober Organization, Inc. 357(4) Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. 361(6) Sun-Maid Growers of California 367(5) Symantec Corporation 372(6) Tamron Company Ltd. 378(4) Tchibo GmbH 382(4) Teekay Shipping Corporation 386(6) Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. 392(5) Transaction Systems Architects, Inc. 397(6) Victory Refrigeration, Inc. 403(4) Vivartia S.A. 407(4) Volga-Dnepr Group 411(4) Wah Chang 415(4) WAZ Media Group 419(6) Welcome Wagon International Inc. 425(4) Whitehall Jewellers, Inc. 429(6) Xilinx, Inc. 435(6) Index to Companies 441(188) Index to Industries 629(58) Geographic Index 687