Appeal for Support!

Project Whitewater Russia/USA is still in need of sponsors for the current and future years expeditions to Rivers of an Unknown Land. We hope that companies, and other commercial concerns with interests in marketing to both the USA and the former Soviet Republics at an international level, will support a noble, non-profit, and historic effort such as this. Please CONTACT US immediately, we are able to provide whatever material and information may be necessary and we thank you in advance for your kind consideration! Sponsor Request Letter

We're Proud to Have the Support of these Fine

RAFTWEB SPONSORS

Thanks for Your Support!

Without the support of sponsors, this expedition series would not be possible. Each participant must also contribute time off from work, their personal gear, and their "blood and sweat" to also make this possible. Doing such expeditions to unknown lands is a major financial undertaking and a severe financial hardship for participants. Funds are needed now...

Project Whitewater Russia/USA Team Sponsors

Platinum Sponsors

A US$25,000 or more cash or equivalent product value contribution. Spasibo do vechi (Thank you very much)!

Gold Sponsors

A US$10,000 or more cash or equivalent product value contribution.

Dr. David E. Simon and Cici Simon Memorial
Outdoors Unlimited by participation
Environmental Travelling Companions by participation
Pacific Rim Adventure Expeditions, Inc. with outfitter gear
Club Asean of California by participation
Project RAFT (Russians and Americans For Teamwork!) in perpetuity

Silver Sponsors

A US$5,000 or more cash or equivalent product value sponsorship.

Bronze Sponsors

Any cash or product contribution. Spasiba (Thanks).

Probables

Possibles

Sun Microsystems, Inc., 901 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303 (650)960-1300
http://www.sotar.com/ Sotar 1-800-GO-SOTAR. or email: sotar@sotar.com
http://www.gorefabrics.com/ W. L. Gore and Associates, Inc., P.O. Box 729, Elkton, MD 21922.
Patagonia Lost Arrow Corporation 8550 White Fir St. P.O. Box 32050 Reno, NV 89533-2050 www.patagonia.com 800.638.6464 Lost Arrow is the parent of Patagonia, which sells high-quality sports clothes to hard-core outdoors people and the fashion-conscious through catalogs and 25 company-owned retail stores in the Americas, Australia, Europe, and Japan. Lost Arrow offers generous family benefits to employees, aims to reduce waste and excess packaging, experiments with tree-free papers for tags and newsletters, and donates 1% of sales to environmental causes. The company uses only organically grown cotton for its cotton clothes, and its Synchilla pile is made from recycled plastic soda bottles. Climbing and surfing enthusiast Yvon Chouinard founded and owns the company with his wife, Malinda. Dave Olsen Patagonia Lost Arrow Corporation 259 W. Santa Clara St. Ventura, CA 93001 Web Site: http://www.patagonia.com Phone: 805-643-8616 Fax: 805-653-6355
Tommy Hilfiger Corporation Silas K. F. Chou, Co-Chairman Joel J. Horowitz, CEO Tommy Hilfiger Corporation 6/F, Precious Industrial Centre, 18 Cheung Yue St., Cheung Sha Wan Kowloon, Hong Kong
American Express Company Chairman and CEO; Chairman, American Express Travel Related Services: Harvey Golub World Financial Center 200 Vesey St. New York, NY 10285 Phone: 212-640-2000 Fax: 212-619-9802 VC and CFO: Richard K. Goeltz VC: Jonathan S. Linen President and COO; President and CEO, American Express Travel Related Services: Kenneth I. Chenault http://www.americanexpress.com
The Quaker Oats Company Chairman, President, and CEO: Robert S. Morrison EVP Worldwide Beverages: James F. Doyle Quaker Tower, 321 N. Clark t. Chicago, IL 60610-4714 Phone: 312-222-7111 Fax: 312-222-8323 http://www.quakeroats.com
Exxon Corporation Chairman, President, and CEO: Lee R. Raymond 5959 Las Colinas Blvd. Irving, TX 75039-2298 Phone: 972-444-1000 Fax: 972-444-1882 SVP: Robert E. Wilhelm SVP: Rene Dahan SVP: Harry J. Longwell President, Exxon Ventures (CIS) Inc.: K. T. Koonce http://www.exxon.com
The British Petroleum Company p.l.c. Chairman: Peter D. Sutherland Britannic House, One Finsbury Circus London EC2M 7BA, UK Phone: +44-171-496-4000 Fax: +44-171-496-4630 http://www.bp.com Group Chief Executive and Managing Director: E. John P. Browne Deputy Group CEO and Managing Director; CEO, Refining and Marketing: Rodney F. Chase Group CFO and Managing Director: John G. S. Buchanan Managing Director and CEO, BP Chemical: Bryan K. Sanderson
EVP Technology, New Enterprises, and Imaging Products Business: Tadao Tsuruta Nikon Corporation Fuji Bldg., 2-3 Marunouchi 3-chome, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8331, Japan Phone: +81-3-3214-5311 Fax: +81-3-3201-5856 http://www.nikon.com Chairman: Shigeo Ono President: Shoichiro Yoshida EVP Technology, New Enterprises, and Imaging Products Business: Tadao Tsuruta Senior Managing Director Finance and Accounting, International Business, and Ophthalmic Products Business: Kenji Enya
CNA Financial Corporation Chairman: Edward J. Noha CNA Plaza Chicago, IL 60685 Phone: 312-822-5000 Fax: 312-822-6419 http://www.cna.com CEO: Laurence A. Tisch SVP and CFO: W. James MacGinnitie
Leo J. Hindery Jr. TCI Group 5619 DTC Pkwy. Englewood, CO 80111 Phone: 303-267-5500 Fax: 303-488-3206 Web Site: http://www.tci.com/tci.com/tci.communications/commmain.html TCI Group will soon be found near the top of the alphabet, courtesy of AT&T. TCI Group, one of three publicly traded units of Tele-Communications, Inc. (TCI), consists primarily of TCI's US cable operations. Its siblings are Liberty Media and TCI Ventures. The company serves about 10.5 million customers, making it the #2 US cable operator (behind Time Warner). TCI Group, which is focusing on digital technology to expand its cable channel offerings, is pursuing sales and systems partnerships with other cable operators. In addition, the company manages TCI's efforts to provide telephone and Internet services (At Home) over its cable systems. Telecommunications powerhouse AT&T is purchasing TCI.
CMGI, Inc. David S. Wetherell 100 Brickstone Sq. Andover, MA 01810 It may not be a household name, but CMGI (formerly CMG Information Services) is becoming one of the foremost architects of the Internet. What began as a direct marketing company has evolved into a prolific investor in the future of the Internet; its portfolio is bursting with investments in more than 30 Internet companies including Lycos, GeoCities, Planet Direct, Navisite, Critical Path, and Silknet. Its venture capital arm, @Ventures, is a savvy trend-spotter. While continuing to plug into the Internet, CMGI generates about 80% of its revenue through traditional fulfillment and mailing list subsidiaries (Cisco Systems accounts for more than half of that). CEO David Wetherell owns approximately 20% of the company. Phone: 978-684-3600 Fax: 978-684-3814 Web Site: http://www.cmgi.com
America Online, Inc. Stephen M. Case 22000 AOL Way Dulles, VA 20166-9323 Phone: 703-448-8700 Fax: 703-918-1400 Web Site: http://www.aol.com Its 16 million subscribers make America Online (AOL) the world's #1 provider of online services. AOL's 1998 acquisition of CompuServe (now subsidiary CompuServe Interactive Services), which has two million subscribers, boosted the combined services' market share to 60%. AOL appeals to those seeking entertainment, but CompuServe is geared toward professionals and small-business owners. Flat-rate pricing and growing competition in providing Internet access have led AOL to look beyond subscriber fees for revenues. It is working to sell advertising on its Web site and is forging marketing agreements with other companies, collecting fees on sales to AOL subscribers. AOL is also buying rival Netscape.
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. August A. Busch III One Busch Place St. Louis, MO 63118 Phone: 314-577-2000 Fax: 314-577-2900 Web Site: http://www.anheuser-busch.com If you like beer and amusement parks, Anheuser-Busch Companies loves you, man. The largest beer maker in the US, with about 45% of the market, Anheuser-Busch is also the world's largest brewer. The company makes leading brands Budweiser, Bud Light, Michelob, and Busch, as well as specialty beers including ZiegenBock Amber, Red Wolf Lager, and O'Doul's (nonalcoholic). The company has joint ventures in China, Japan, Mexico, several South American countries, and throughout Europe. It also operates theme parks (Busch Gardens, Sea World) and water parks (Water Country U.S.A., Adventure Island). The King of Beers has exited the snack-food and baking businesses and has sold the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team.
Navistar International Corporation John R. Horne 455 N. Cityfront Plaza Dr. Chicago, IL 60611 Phone: 312-836-2000 Fax: 312-836-3982 Web Site: http://www.navistar.com/ In a convoy of the US's top heavy-duty truck makers, Navistar International is running third (behind DaimlerChrysler's Freightliner and PACCAR). Along with its International brand heavy-duty trucks, Navistar also manufactures medium-sized trucks, school buses, diesel engines, and replacement parts. It also provides financing and insurance for its dealers and customers and sells its diesel engines to other truck makers, primarily Ford. Navistar operates production plants in Brazil, Canada, Mexico, and the US. The company exports its products to more than 70 countries.
Rite Aid Corporation Martin L. Grass 30 Hunter Ln. Camp Hill, PA 17011-2404 Phone: 717-761-2633 Fax: 717-975-5871 Web Site: http://www.riteaid.com Rite Aid is bulking up, and drugs are partly to blame. The company is the nation's third-largest drugstore chain (behind #1 Walgreen and #2 CVS, based on sales), with about 3,900 drugstores in 32 states. In addition to filling prescriptions, its stores sell cards, film, vitamins, and other general merchandise. Rite Aid is remodeling many of the stores it has recently acquired (including Thrifty PayLess and New Orleans' favorite K&B) and will open General Nutrition Companies (GNC) stores within 1,500 Rite Aid locations. It is also expanding the size of its older stores in the East and adding new stores. Rite Aid's wholly owned Eagle Managed Care sells prescription benefit programs.
COMSAT Corporation Betty C. Alewine 6560 Rock Spring Dr. Bethesda, MD 20817 Far-out firm COMSAT provides satellite capacity into and out of the US for AT&T, MCI WorldCom, and Sprint; broadcasters; multinational corporations; news organizations; and the US government. COMSAT, which is being bought by Lockheed Martin, is the US's government-sanctioned link to the Inmarsat and INTELSAT global satellite networks. Its other operations develop advanced communications technologies (COMSAT Laboratories) and telecommunications services in emerging overseas markets (COMSAT World Systems). COMSAT has operations in Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the US. Federal legislation in the US is moving to privatize INTELSAT and Inmarsat, ending COMSAT's status as the sole gateway to the two networks. Phone: 301-214-3000 Fax: 301-214-7100 Web Site: http://www.comsat.com
CNET, Inc. Halsey M. Minor 150 Chestnut St. San Francisco, CA 94111 Phone: 415-395-7800 Fax: 415-395-9205 Web Site: http://www.cnet.com CNET feeds the public's appetite for high-tech, providing programming and information relating to computers, the Internet, and digital technologies via the World Wide Web and television. CNET operates a range of Web sites including cnet.com (its central site), shareware.com, search.com, snap.com (in which television network NBC owns a 60% interest) and news.com. It produces TV.COM, the first nationally syndicated TV series about the Internet, as well as CNET Central, The Web, and The New Edge, which are carried on the USA Network and the Sci-Fi Channel. CNET receives over three-fourths of its sales from its Internet operations (primarily advertisements).
Samuel Ginn AirTouch Communications, Inc. One California St. San Francisco, CA 94111 Phone: 415-658-2000 Fax: 415-658-2034 Web Site: http://www.airtouch.com AirTouch Communications provides wireless communications to nearly 16 million customers in the US and in 12 other countries. Its operations include cellular telephone service (#2 in the US, after AT&T), paging, and personal communications service through PrimeCo, its joint venture with Bell Atlantic. AirTouch has joint ventures in Europe and Asia, including Portugal (Telecel) and Sweden (Europolitan), where the cellular market is growing rapidly. It holds a minority stake in the Globalstar satellite network, which is scheduled to begin providing worldwide digital phone communications in 1999. The company has agreed to be bought by UK-based Vodafone. CFO: Mohan S. Gyani
Nautica Apparel and Nautica International: David Chu Nautica Enterprises, Inc. 40 W. 57th St. New York, NY 10019 Phone: 212-541-5757 Fax: 212-841-7228 http://www.nautica.com Chairman, President, and CEO: Harvey Sanders EVP; SVP Special Projects: John Varvatos
President and COO: Thomas E. Clarke NIKE, Inc. One Bowerman Dr. Beaverton, OR 97005-6453 Phone: 503-671-6453 Fax: 503-671-6300 http://info.nike.com KEY NUMBERS NYSE: NKE (full quote) Chairman and CEO: Philip H. Knight Deputy Chairman: William J. Bowerman VC: Richard K. Donahue Interim CFO: Robert Harold
Robert S. Morrison The Quaker Oats Company Quaker Tower, 321 N. Clark St. Chicago, IL 60610-4714 Phone: 312-222-7111 Fax: 312-222-8323 http://www.quakeroats.com EVP Worldwide Beverages: James F. Doyle EVP US and Canadian Quaker Food Products: Douglas W. Mills SVP and CFO: Terence D. Martin SVP: Luther C. McKinney
Harvey Golub American Express Company World Financial Center, 200 Vesey St. New York, NY 10285 Phone: 212-640-2000 Fax: 212-619-9802 http://www.americanexpress.com VC and CFO: Richard K. Goeltz VC: Jonathan S. Linen President and COO; President and CEO, American Express Travel Related Services: Kenneth I. Chenault EVP Human Resources and Quality: Ursula F. Fairbairn
Leonard Riggio Barnes & Noble, Inc. 122 Fifth Ave. New York, NY 10011 Phone: 212-633-3300 Fax: 212-675-0413 http://www.BarnesandNoble.com barnesandnoble.com: VC: Stephen Riggio COO: J. Alan Kahn EVP; President, Barnes & Noble Development: Mitchell S. Klipper EVP Finance: Marie J. Toulantis
Jeffrey P. Bezos Amazon.com, Inc. 1516 Second Ave. Seattle, WA 98101 Phone: 206-622-2335 Fax: 206-622-2405 http://www.amazon.com SVP Product Development: John D. Risher VP Finance and Administration, CFO, and Secretary: Joy D. Covey VP and Chief Information Officer: Richard Dalzell VP and Chief Technology Officer: Sheldon J. Kaphan
Bruce L. Claflin 3Com Corporation 5400 Bayfront Plaza Santa Clara, CA 95052-8145 Phone: 408-326-5000 Fax: 408-326-5001 http://www.3com.com Chairman and CEO: Eric A. Benhamou (biography) VC: Casey Cowell President and COO: SVP Finance and CFO: Christopher B. Paisley SVP New Business Initiatives: Richard L. Edson
Margaret C. Whitman eBay Inc. 2005 Hamilton Ave., Ste. 350 San Jose, CA 95125 Phone: 408-369-4830 Fax: 408-369-4855 http://www.ebay.com Chairman: Pierre M. Omidyar President and CEO: CFO and VP Operations: Gary F. Bengier VP Strategic Planning and Analysis: Jeffrey S. Skoll
Timothy Koogle Yahoo! Inc. 3420 Central Expwy. Santa Clara, CA 95051 Phone: 408-731-3300 Fax: 408-731-3301 http://www.yahoo.com Chief Yahoo: David Filo Chief Yahoo: Jerry Yang COO: Jeff Mallett SVP Finance and Administration and CFO: Gary Valenzuela
Eddie Bauer, Spiegel is one of the largest specialty retailers in the US. Largely known for its flagship catalog, which offers women's apparel, accessories, home furnishings, and other merchandise, the company also sells clothes through its "Newport News" catalog (moderately priced women's apparel), outlet stores, and its Eddie Bauer outdoorswear subsidiary, which operates more than 400 stores in the US, Canada, and Japan and also has its own catalogs. Overall, the company gets about 3/4 of its revenues from apparel sales. Spiegel is controlled by Germany's Otto family. John W. Irvin Eddie Bauer Division Spiegel, Inc. 3500 Lacey Rd. Downers Grove, IL 60515-5432 Web Site: http://www.spiegel.com Phone: 630-986-8800 Fax: 630-769-2012
Budweiser, Anheuser-Busch Brewery, 3101 Busch Drive, PO Box AB, Fairfield, CA 94533-0666 (707)429-7595, Sales/Marketing Regional Office, 2829 Townsgate Road, Suite 350, Westlake Village, CA 91362 (800)410-2283
Pacific River Supply, Pinole, CA USA
Coca Cola, PO Drawer 1734, Atlanta, GA 30301
The Coca-Cola Company, One Coca-Cola Plaza, Atlanta, Georgia 30313
McDonalds, 1 McDonalds Plaza, Oakbrook, IL 60521 Michael R. Quinlan McDonald's Corporation McDonald's Plaza Oak Brook, IL 60521 Web Site: http://www.mcdonalds.com Phone: 630-623-3000 Fax: 630-623-5004
Northwest River Supply
http://www.avonmarine.com/ Avon Marine Avon Marine 4740 - 126th Avenue North Clearwater, FL 34622 Tel: (813) 571-3616 Fax: (813) 571-3515 E-Mail: avonmarine@mail.liberty.com Operations Manager: Larry Curtis Marketing: Lesley Ann Hamilton Controller: Bob Waas Avon Marine 11215 Young River Avenue Fountain Valley, CA 92708 Tel: (714) 444-9244 Fax: (714) 444-9269
(510)559-6700 HTTP://WWW.mountainhardwear.com Paige Springer Mountain Hardwear Box 775772 Steamboat Springs, CO 80477 tom.t@mtnhdw.com (Tom T) Dave Lane & Associates P.O. Box 3515 Olympic Valley, CA 96146
David D. Glass Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 702 SW 8th St. Bentonville, AR 72716-8611 Web Site: http://www.wal-mart.com Phone: 501-273-4000 Fax: 501-273-1917
Philip Morris, Philip Morris Companies Inc., 120 Park Ave., New York, NY 10017 212-880-5000
Mercedes-Benz of North America, Inc., P.O. Box 140587, Austin, TX 78714-0587; P.O. Box 350, One Mercedes Drive, Montvale, NJ 07645
http://www.nbn.com/~rivereqp/ Clavey Equipment rivereqp@nbn.com Order Toll Free (800) 832-4226Post Office Box 180 607 Second Street Petaluma, Ca 94953-0180
Raft Photo N.A.
Santa-Fe Netway, 4119 Cheyenne Circle, Santa Fe, NM 87505
The Boat People
Gorbachev Foundation, The Presidio, PO Box 29434, San Francisco, CA 94129
Expeditions web site
http://www.manofrubber.com/carlisle.htm,CarlisleMAN OF RUBBER, INC. 1-800-437-9224
Hyside
W.L.Gore Corp.
TBWA Chiat/Day, 55 Unions Street, San Francisco, CA 9411 (415)984-6300
TBWA Chiat/Day, 340 Main St., Venice, CA 90291 (310)314-5000, 180 Maiden Lane, New York, NY 10038
Wing Inflatables, Bill Wing, Jessica Abendroth, P O Box 279, Arcata, CA 95518 (707)826-2887
http://www.maravia.com/ Maravia 1-800-TOP-RAFT Box 404, Boise, ID 83701 Showroom/Factory: 602 E. 45th, Boise, ID 83714
Cisco Systems, Inc., San Jose World Headquarters, 170 West Tasman Dr., San Jose, CA 95134, USA (408)526-4000 or (800) 553-NETS
Aire, P.O. Box 3412, Boise, ID 83703, Phone: 208-344-7506, Fax: 800-701-AIRE, E-Mail: info@aire.com
Jack's Plastic Welding, Inc., Jack Kloepfer, President, jacks@frontier.net, 115 South Main, Aztec, NM 87410, Ph # 505 334 8748, Fax 505 334 1901
StohlquistStohlquist Water Ware, P.O. Box 3059, Buena Vista, CO 81211, Voice toll free: 1-800-535-3565, e-mail: stohlquist@amigo.net
Intel Corp., 2200 Mission College Blvd., Santa Clara, California 95052-8119 USA Tel: 408-765-8080
http://www.humboldt1.com/~calnorth/recreation/kokotat/kokodlrs.htm Kokotat
Seagrams, Ltd., The House of Seagram, 375 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10152 (212)572-7900;The Seagram Company, Ltd. 1430 Peel Street. Montreal, Quebec H3A 1S9
ExtraSport
BMW Henrich Heitmann BMW of North America, Inc. 300 Chestnut Ridge Rd. Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07675-1227 Web Site: http://www.bmwusa.com Phone: 201-307-4000 Fax: 201-307-4095
US State Dept.
Russian Diplomatic Office
Pro-Tec
Motorola, Inc., 1303 E. Algonquin Rd., Schaumburg, IL 60196, 847-576-5000
Cascade
Stolichnaya
Absolut Vodka
Quaker Oats The Quaker Oats Company Quaker Tower, 321 N. Clark St. Chicago, IL 60610-4714 Web Site: http://www.quakeroats.com Phone: 312-222-7111 Fax: 312-222-8532 CEO: Robert S. Morrison
WaveLength
http://www3.nis.za/surfshop/bsuits.htm BodyGlove
Levi Strauss & Co., Levi's Plaza, P O Box 7215, San Francisco, CA 94120 (415)501-6000
www.marmot.com Marmot
REI (Recreational Equipment, Inc.), 1700 45th Street East, Sumner, WA 98390
Chevron Corporation, 575 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94105, 415-894-7700
Honda American Honda Motor Company Inc. 1919 Torrance Blvd. Torrance, CA 90501 Web Site: http://www.honda.com Phone: 310-783-2000 Fax: 310-783-3900 CEO: Koichi Amemiya CFO: Hiroo Sekita
, Nissan, Nissan North America, Inc. 990 W. 190th St. Torrance, CA 90502 Web Site: http://www.nissan-na.com Phone: 310-768-3700 Fax: 310-516-7967 CEO: Minoru Nakamura
Toyota Yoshio Ishizaka Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. 19001 S. Western Ave. Torrance, CA 90509 Web Site: http://www.toyota.com Phone: 310-618-4000 Fax: 310-618-7800
General Motors, GM World HQ, 100 Renaissance Centre, Detroit, MI 48243-7301; General Motors Central Office, 3044 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan 48202, Phone: (313) 556-5000
Ford Motor Company, The American Road, P. O. Box 1899, Dearborn, Michigan 48121-1899
Nikon USA, Nikon Inc. Instrument Group, 1300 Walt Whitman Road, Melville, NY 11747-3064, 516-547-8500
HiTec
Visa International, 3155 Clearview Way, San Mateo, CA 94402-3798, 650-432-3200
American Express Company, World Financial Center, 200 Vesey St., New York, NY 10285, 212-640-2000
Canon USA, Canon U.S.A., Inc., One Canon Plaza, Lake Success, NY 11042-1198, 516-328-4669
Vimpel Communications, 10-12 Ulitsa, Moscow 8-Marta, Russia Phone: 095-974-5888
AT&T Corp., 32 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10013-2412, 212-387-5400
GTE Corporation, One Stamford Forum, Stamford, CT 06904, 203-965-2000
http://www.mitsubishi.com/Mitsubishi Electric America, Inc. 5665 Plaza Drive, P.O. Box 6007, Cypress, California 90630-0007, U.S.A. Phone: (714) 220-2500 Fax: (714) 220-4662 Website: http://www.mitsubishielectric.com/mea Washington, D.C. Office 1150 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 1010 Washington, D.C. 20036, U.S.A. Phone: (202) 223-3424 Fax: (202) 775-0116 Chicago EDM Office c/o Mitsubishi International Corp. 1500 Michael Drive, Suite C Wood Dale, Illinois 60191, U.S.A. Phone: (708) 860-4210 Fax: (708) 860-1995 Philadelphia Office c/o Mitsubishi International Corp. Two Tower Bridge, 1 Fayette Street, Suite 100 Conshohocken, Pennsylvania 19428, U.S.A. Phone: (610) 941-9000 Fax: (610) 941-1065 Mitsubishi Electronics America, Inc. Imaging Products Division 5665 Plaza Drive, P.O. Box 6007 Cypress, California 90630, U.S.A. Phone: (714) 220-2500 Fax: (714) 236-6339 Website: http://www.mitsubishi-display.com Mitsubishi Electronics America, Inc. Telecommunications and Network Systems Division 12007 Sunrise Valley Drive Reston, VA 20191, U.S.A. Phone: (703) 758-7811 Fax: (703) 758-7137 Website: http://www.melamsat.com/melamsat/index.htm Mitsubishi Electric America, Inc. Digital Broadcasting Business America 571 Central Avenue Suite 115 New Providence, N.J. 07974 Phone: (908) 665-1200 Fax: (908) 665-2410 Website: http://www.mitsubishi-dbba.com Elevator Division 6360 Gateway Drive Cypress, California 90630, U.S.A. Phone: (714) 220-4794 Fax: (714) 220-6837 Electronic Device Group 1050 East Arques Avenue Sunnyvale, California 94086, U.S.A. Phone: (408) 730-5900 Fax: (408) 732-9382 Website: http://www.mitsubishichips.com Personal Mobile Communications Division Mitsubishi Wireless Communications, Inc. 1050 East Arques Avenue Sunnyvale, California 94086-4601 U.S.A. Phone: (408) 730-5900 Fax: (408) 736-5912 Website: http://www.mobileaccessphone.com Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America, Inc. Plymouth Office (Detroit) 46501 Commerce Center Drive Plymouth, Michigan 48170, U.S.A. Phone: (313) 453-6200 Fax: (313) 453-6211 Somerset Office (New Jersey) 800 Cottontail Lane Somerset, New Jersey 08873, U.S.A. Phone: (908) 563-9889 Fax: (908) 563-9196 Irving Office (Dallas) 9000 Royal Lane Irving, Texas 75063, U.S.A. Phone: (214) 929-0046 Fax: (214) 929-5396 Mitsubishi Electronics America, Inc. HVAC Division 3100 Avalon Ridge Place Suite 200, Norcross, Georgia 30071, U.S.A. Tel: 770-613-5840 Fax: 770-263-8538 E-mail: hvac@msm.mea.com Website: http://www.mitsubishi.com/hvac Mitsubishi Electric Finance America, Inc. 5665 Plaza Drive, P.O. Box 6007 Cypress, California 90630-0007, U.S.A. Phone: (714) 220-2500 Fax: (714) 229-6543 Mitsubishi Consumer Electronics America, Inc. Headquarter Office 6100 Atlantic Boulevard Norcross, Georgia 30071-1305, U.S.A. Phone: (770) 448-1263 Fax: (770) 448-8136 Website: http://www.mitsubishi-tv.com Georgia Factory 1001 Cherry Drive Braselton, Georgia 30517, U.S.A. Phone: (706) 654-3011 Fax: (706) 654-3940 Santa Ana Facility 2001 E. Carnegie Avenue Santa Ana, California 92705, U.S.A. Phone: (714) 261-3200 Fax: (714) 250-3923 Consumer Electronics Engineering Center 345 Clinton Street Costa Mesa, CA 92626 Phone: (714) 445-3000 Fax: (714) 445-3001 Mitsubishi Semiconductor America, Inc. Three Diamond Lane Durham, North Carolina 27704, U.S.A. Phone: (919) 479-3333 Fax: (919) 479-1082 Website: http://www.msai.com/ Mitsubishi Electric Power Products Inc. Thorn Hill Industrial Park, 512 Keystone Drive Warrendale, Pennsylvania 15086, U.S.A. Phone: (412) 772-2555 Fax: (412) 772-2146 E-mail: mking@msm.mea.com Website: http://www.meppi.com Los Angeles Office 11100 Valley Boulevard, Suite 340-22 El Monte, California 91731, U.S.A. Phone: (818) 442-2340 Fax: (818) 442-2561 Charlotte Office 4600 Park Road, Suite 300 Charlotte, North Carolina 28209, U.S.A. Phone: (704) 525-1888 Fax: (704) 527-4888 Orlando Office The Koger Center 3452 Lake Lynda Drive, Suite 110 Orlando, Florida 32817, U.S.A. Phone: (407) 381-2269 Fax: (407) 381-2345 Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America, Inc. 4773 Bethany Road Mason, Ohio 45040, U.S.A. Phone: (513) 398-2220 Fax: (513) 398-1121 Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America, Inc. Maysville Plant 1705 Downing Drive Maysville, Kentucky 41056, U.S.A. Phone: (606) 759-5760 Fax: (606) 759-5865 Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America, Inc. 5665 Plaza Drive Cypress, California 90630, U.S.A. Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. 500 Corporate Woods Parkway Vernon Hills, Illinois 60061, U.S.A. Phone: (847) 478-2100 Fax: (847) 478-2367 Mitsubishi Electric Information Technology Center America, Inc. 201 Broadway, Cambridge Massachusetts 02139, U.S.A. Phone: (617) 621-7500 Fax: (617) 621-7550 Website: http://www.meitca.com Horizon Systems Lab. 1432 Main Street, Waltham, Massachusetts 02154, U.S.A. Phone: (617) 466-8300 Fax: (617) 466-8323 Website: http://www.meitca.com/HSL Advanced Television Lab. 571 Central Avenue Suite 115 New Providence, NJ 07974, U.S.A. Phone: (908) 665-1200 Fax: (908) 665-2414 Website: http://www.meitca.com/ATL/Welcome1.html Astronet Corporation 3805 Crestwood Parkway, Suite 400 Duluth, Georgia 30096, U.S.A. Phone: (770) 638-2000 Fax: (770) 921-9753 Website: http://www.astronetcorp.com Powerex, Inc. Hillis Street Youngwood, Pennsylvania 15697, U.S.A. Phone: (412) 925-7272 Fax: (412) 925-4393 Mitsubishi Wireless Communications, Inc. 2001 Cherry Drive, Braselton Georgia 30517, U.S.A. Phone: (706) 654-3011 Fax: (706) 654-4483 Website: http://www.mitsubishiwireless.com Vsis Inc. 1050 East Arques Avenue, Sunnyvale, California 94086, U.S.A. Phone: (408) 730-5900 Fax: (408) 749-4972 Website: http://www.vsisinc.com Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation 1150 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 1020 Washington, D.C. 20036, U.S.A. Phone: (202) 857-0031 Fax: (202) 857-0036 Website: http://www.meaf.org Zuno Ltd. 300 Third Avenue Waltham, Massachusetts 02154 Phone: (617) 466-8300) Website: http://www.zuno.com
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MCIorporation MCI, which has agreed to be bought by long-distance maverick WorldCom, is the US's #2 long-distance provider (after AT&T). Besides long distance, MCI provides cellular phone service, local phone services, international telecommunications services, paging, and Internet access. MCI has made a $1.35 billion investment in News Corp. to provide video entertainment via direct broadcast satellite (it is a member of PrimeStar, a satellite TV provider owned by several major cable companies). MCI's deal with WorldCom -- accepted over competing offers from British Telecommunications and GTE -- will create MCI WorldCom, a long-distance, local-service, and Internet-access powerhouse with revenues topping $30 billion. Address: MCI Communications Corporation 1801 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20006 Web Site: http://www.mci.com Phone: 202-872-1600 Fax: 202-887-3140 CEO: Gerald H. Taylor
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WorldCom -- now the fourth-largest long-distance carrier in the US -- is poised to hop ahead two places by acquiring #2 MCI. (AT&T is #1 and Sprint is #3.) WorldCom also offers local phone service, Internet access, and international communications services, using its own fiber-optic network (rather than leasing capacity from others). The company has grown through mergers and acquisitions of such companies as MFS Communications (owner of UUNET) and the network units of America Online and CompuServe. It is the first company to offer local and long-distance services over its own network since the breakup of AT&T. Most of WorldCom's revenues come from business customers. Address: WorldCom, Inc. 515 E. Amite St. Jackson, MS 39201-2702 Web Site: http://www.wcom.com Phone: 601-360-8600 Fax: 601-974-8350 CEO: Bernard J. Ebbers
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Fujitsu Fujitsu America, Inc. 3055 Orchard Dr. San Jose, CA 95134-2022 Web Site: http://www.fujitsu.com/FAI Phone: 408-432-1300 Fax: 408-432-1318 CEO: Yoshio Honda
Toshiba Toshiba America, Inc. 1251 Avenue of the Americas, Ste. 4100 New York, NY 10020 Web Site: http://www.toshiba.com Phone: 212-596-0600 Fax: 212-593-3875 CEO: Shunichi Yamashita
Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065
IBM Corporation, IBM North America, 1133 Westchester Avenue, White Plains NY 10604, United States 1 800 IBM 4YOU, 770-863-3030
Apple, Cupertino, CA Steven P. Jobs Apple Computer, Inc. One Infinite Loop Cupertino, CA 95014 Web Site: http://www.apple.com Phone: 831-996-1010 Fax: 831-974-2113
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Nokia Mobile Phones Inc., 2210 Tall Pines Dr., Ste. 200, Largo, FL 33771, 813-288-3800; Nokia Corporation, Keilalahdentie 4, PL 226, Espoo FIN-00045, Finland, +358-9-18-071
Ericsson Inc., 100 Park Ave., 27th Fl., New York, NY 10017, 212-685-4030
Pacific Telesis Group,Pacific Telesis Group, 130 Kearny Street, San Francisco, CA 94108
Motorola Christopher B. Galvin, Motorola, Inc. 1303 East Algonquin Rd. Schaumburg, IL 60196 Tel (847) 576-5000 Web http://www.mot.com
Eastman Kodak Co., 343 State Street, Rochester, NY 14650-0517
Dell, Dell Computer Corporation, One Dell Way, Round Rock, TX 78682-2244, 512-338-4400 Michael S. Dell Dell Computer Corporation One Dell Way Round Rock, TX 78682-2244 Web Site: http://www.dell.com Phone: 512-338-4400 Fax: 512-728-3653
Compaq, Compaq Computer Corporation, 20555 State Hwy. 249, Houston, TX 77070 281-370-0670
Royal Dutch/Shell Group, 30 Carel van Bylandtlaan, 2596 HR The Hague, The Netherlands, +31-70-377-3395
Exxon Corporation 5959 Las Colinas Blvd. Irving, TX 75039-2298 Web Site: http://www.exxon.com Phone: 972-444-1000
NEC NEC America, Inc. 8 Corporate Center Dr. Melville, NY 11747-3112 Web Site: http://www.nec.com Phone: 516-753-7000 Fax: 516-753-7041 CEO: Mineo Sugiyama
MicroSoft, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399
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Alaska Airlines, Dave Gilmer Alaska Air Group is a holding company for Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air. With 78 jets, Alaska Airlines serves 35 cities in six states (primarily Alaska and the West Coast), Mexico, Canada, and Russia. Alaska Airlines' highest passenger traffic comes from airports in Portland, Oregon; Anchorage, Alaska; and Los Angeles. West Coast flights account for more than 65% of its passenger revenues. A regional airline, Horizon Air flies to 33 cities in five states and Canada. Its primary airports are Seattle and Spokane, Washington; Portland, Oregon; and Boise, Idaho. Horizon's fleet consists of 15 jet and 47 turboprop aircraft, and its average passenger trip is about 240 miles. John F. Kelly Alaska Air Group, Inc. 19300 Pacific Hwy. South Seattle, WA 98188 Web Site: http://www.alaska-air.com Phone: 206-431-7040 Fax: 206-433-3379
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Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. World Financial Ctr., North Tower, 250 Vesey St. New York, NY 10281-1332 Web Site: http://www.ml.com Phone: 212-449-1000
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Bank of America, BankAmerica Corporation, Bank of America Ctr., 555 California St., San Francisco, CA 94104, 415-622-3530
Citicorp, 399 Park Ave., New York, NY 10043, 301-714-5326
United Airlines Gerald Greenwald UAL Corporation 1200 E. Algonquin Rd. Elk Grove Township, IL 60007 Web Site: http://www.ual.com Phone: 847-700-4000
George Lucas Industrial Light & Magic 5858 Lucas Valley Road San Rafael, CA 94903
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Warner-Lambert Company 201 Tabor Rd. Morris Plains, NJ 07950-2693 Web Site: http://www.warner-lambert.com Phone: 973-540-200
Leo F. Mullin Delta Air Lines, Inc. Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, 1030 Delta Blvd. Atlanta, GA 30320-6001 Web Site: http://www.delta-air.com Phone: 404-715-2600
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company 1007 Market St. Wilmington, DE 19898 Web Site: http://www.dupont.com Phone: 302-774-1000 Fax: 302-774-7321 CEO: John A. Krol
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Lufthansa, Address: Deutsche Lufthansa AG Von-Gablenz-Strasse 2-6 D-50679 Cologne 21, Germany Web Site: http://www.lufthansa.de Phone: +49-221-8260 Lufthansa German Airlines Karl-Friedrich Rausch 1640 Hempstead Tpke. East Meadow, NY 11554 Phone: 516-296-9200 Fax: 516-296-9336 http://www.lufthansa-usa.com EVP Sales: Stefan Pichler VP Controlling and Administration: Ralf Teckentrup Director Operations: Carl Sigel
CEO: Samir F. Gibara THe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company 1144 E. Market St. Akron, OH 44316-0001 Web Site: http://www.goodyear.com Phone: 330-796-2121 Fax: 330-796-2222 CEO: Samir F. Gibara
GE John F. Welch Jr. General Electric Company 3135 Easton Tpke. Fairfield, CT 06431 Web Site: http://www.ge.com Phone: 203-373-2211 Fax: 203-373-3497
John E. Pepper The Procter & Gamble Company One Procter & Gamble Plaza Cincinnati, OH 45202 Web Site: http://www.pg.com Phone: 513-983-1100 Fax: 513-983-9369
BP America Inc. Address: BP America Inc. 200 Public Sq. Cleveland, OH 44114-2375 Phone: 216-586-4141
Airborne Freight Corporation Airborne Freight is an international airfreight carrier, handling shipments of all sizes throughout the US and more than 200 other countries. Commonly known as Airborne Express, Airborne Freight offers overnight express delivery (which accounts for about 2/3 of its domestic shipments) and other shipping services (including ocean shipping for customers seeking a less expensive method of international transportation). The company owns its own airport (a former military facility in Wilmington, Ohio) and its own airline (ABX Air). It operates more than 100 of its own cargo planes and also buys cargo space from other airlines. Robert S. Cline Airborne Freight Corporation 3101 Western Ave. Seattle, WA 98111-9811 Web Site: http://www.airborne-express.com Phone: 206-285-4600 Fax: 206-281-3890
Sony Corporation of America Howard Stringer Sony Corporation of America 550 Madison Ave. New York, NY 10022 Web Site: http://www.sony.com/online.html Phone: 212-833-6849 Fax: 212-833-6956
Whitman Corporation Whitman Corporation, through its Pepsi-Cola General Bottlers subsidiary, is the largest independent Pepsi distributor in the world. In addition to Pepsi brands, the company distributes such noncola beverages as Mug Root Beer, All Sport isotonic drinks, and Ocean Spray fruit drinks. The distributor's core territory is in 12 midwestern states, although it has operations in Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland. A unit of Pepsico owns 20% of Pepsi General. Whitman spun off two other subsidiaries, automotive service provider Midas International and refrigeration system maker Hussmann Corp., in 1998. Bruce S. Chelberg Pepsi Europe Whitman Corporation 3501 Algonquin Rd. Rolling Meadows, IL 60008 Web Site: http://www.whitmancorp.com Phone: 847-818-5000 Fax: 847-818-5046
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Frederick W. Smith FDX Corporation 2005 Corporate Ave. Memphis, TN 38132 Web Site: http://www.fdxcorp.com Phone: 901-369-3600 Fax: 901-395-2000
British Air British Airways Plc Speedbird House, Heathrow Airport Hounslow, Middlesex TW6 2JA, UK Web Site: http://www.british-airways.com Phone: +44-181-759-5511 British Airways (US) Dale Moss 75-20 Astoria Blvd. Jackson Heights, NY 11370 Phone: 718-397-4000 Fax: 718-397-4364 http://www.us.british-airways.com/regional/usa/usa.shtml SVP Finance: Barbara Cohen SVP Alliance and Business Support: Tiffany Hall SVP Human Resources: Irv Rudowitz VP Marketing: David Charlton
http://www.powerbar.com/ PowerBar, Powerfood, Inc., 2448 Sixth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710, (800)444-5154
Hilton Hotels Corporation 9336 Civic Center Dr. Beverly Hills, CA 90210 Web Site: http://www.hilton.com Phone: 310-278-4321 Fax: 310-205-4599 CEO: Stephen F. Bollenbach
Merck & Co., Inc. One Merck Dr. Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889-0100 Web Site: http://www.merck.com Phone: 908-423-1000
CEO: Jim Micali Michelin North America, Inc. One Parkway South Greenville, SC 29615 Web Site: http://www.michelin.com http://www.bfgoodrichtires.com/ Phone: 864-458-5000 Fax: 864-458-5430
Francois Michelin Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin 12, cours Sablon Clermont-Ferrand, France Web Site: http://www.michelin.com Phone: +33-4-73-98-59-00 Fax: +33-4-73-98-59-04
Amway Corporation 7575 Fulton St. East Ada, MI 49355-0001 Web Site: http://www.amway.com Phone: 616-787-6000 Fax: 616-787-6177 CEO: Dick M. DeVos Jr.
BASF AG is among the world's largest chemical companies, alongside Hoechst, DuPont, and Bayer. The organization is the publicly traded entity of the BASF Group, which comprises BASF AG and its 97 subsidiaries and ten 50%-owned affiliates. The chemical conglomerate has five main operating units: Plastics and Fibers; Colorants and Finishing Products; Health and Nutrition; Chemicals; and Oil and Gas. BASF has manufacturing facilities in 39 countries and sells its products in 170 countries. The company's products include pharmaceuticals, dyestuffs, industrial chemicals, polystyrene, and crude oil. Jurgen Strube BASF Aktiengesellschaft Carl-Bosch St., 38 67056 Ludwigshafen, Germany Web Site: http://www.basf.de Phone: +49-621-600 Fax: +49-621-604-2525
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The Boeing Company 7755 E. Marginal Way South Seattle, WA 98108 Web Site: http://www.boeing.com Phone: 206-655-2121 Fax: 206-655-7004 CEO: Philip M. Condit
One of the largest insurance companies in the world, American International Group (AIG) boasts a well-diversified product line. Well known in the US for insuring businesses and creating new types of specialty insurance, AIG also has strong life insurance operations overseas. The company has branched into other insurance lines, including personal auto and workers' compensation, in part through opportunistic investments in ailing US companies. AIG's financial services division engages in financial trading, currency hedging, and aircraft leasing. Over half of its revenues are from foreign operations; it does business in about 130 countries.
CEO: Maurice R. "Hank" Greenberg American International Group, Inc. 70 Pine St. New York, NY 10270 Web Site: http://www.aig.com Phone: 212-770-7000 Fax: 212-509-9705
Ramani Ayer The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. Hartford Plaza, 690 Asylum Ave. Hartford, CT 06115 Web Site: http://www.thehartford.com Phone: 860-547-5000 Fax: 860-547-2680
CEO: Richard Jay Kogan Schering-Plough Corporation One Giralda Farms Madison, NJ 07940-1000 Web Site: http://www.sch-plough.com Phone: 973-822-7000 Fax: 973-822-7048
NOVA Corporation provides transaction services, related software products, and other services primarily to small- to medium-sized merchants. The company is also one of the nation's largest bank card processors. NOVA offers transaction processing support for all major credit cards and charge cards, including Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, and Diner's Club. It also provides access to debit card processing and check verification services. Merchants can also obtain a wide range of transaction processing services, including point-of-sale card transaction authorization, the capturing and transmission of transaction data, and customer bill dispute resolution.
CEO: Edward Grzedzinski NOVA Corporation 5 Concourse Pkwy., Ste. 300 Atlanta, GA 30328 Web Site: http://www.novainfo.com Phone: 770-396-1456 Fax: 770-396-2117
CEO: Charles B. Wang Computer Associates International, Inc. One Computer Associates Plaza Islandia, NY 11788-7000 Web Site: http://www.cai.com Phone: 516-342-5224 Fax: 516-342-5329
John H. Dasburg Northwest Airlines Corporation 2700 Lone Oak Pkwy. Eagan, MN 55121-3034 Phone: 612-726-2111 Fax: 612-727-7617 http://www.nwa.com Chairman: Gary L. Wilson EVP and COO: Richard H. Anderson EVP Marketing and International: Michael E. Levine
Volvo Northamerica Corporation CEO: Albert R. Dowden Volvo North America Corporation 535 Madison Ave., 25th Fl. New York, NY 10022 Web Site: http://www.volvocars.com Phone: 212-754-3300 Fax: 212-418-7435
Donald J. Carty AMR Corporation 4333 Amon Carter Blvd. Fort Worth, TX 76155 Web Site: http://www.amrcorp.com Phone: 817-963-1234 Fax: 817-967-9641
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CEO: Arthur F. Ryan The Prudential Insurance Company of America 751 Broad St. Newark, NJ 07102-3777 Web Site: http://www.prudential.com Phone: 973-802-6000 Fax: 973-802-2812
CEO: Vance D. Coffman Lockheed Martin Corporation 6801 Rockledge Dr. Bethesda, MD 20817 Web Site: http://www.lmco.com Phone: 301-897-6000 Fax: 301-897-6704
CEO: Ron Evans Best Western International, Inc. 6201 N. 24th Pkwy Phoenix, AZ 85016 Web Site: http://www.bestwestern.com Phone: 602-957-4200 Fax: 602-957-5505
CEO: Thomas J. Engibous Texas Instruments Incorporated 13500 N. Central Expwy. Dallas, TX 75265 Web Site: http://www.ti.com Phone: 972-995-2011 Fax: 972-995-4360
Borg-Warner Security is the most comprehensive security firm in the nation (major competitors include Pinkerton's, ADT, and Brinks). Under such well-known brand names as Wells Fargo, Burns, and Globe, the company provides guard, alarm, and armored transportation services from about 280 offices in Canada, Colombia, the UK, and the US. Guard services provide almost 3/4 of the company's revenues. Its primary markets are commercial, industrial, financial, and governmental customers to whom it can offer nationwide vertically integrated services. CEO: J. Joe Adorjan Borg-Warner Security Corporation 200 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60604 Web Site: http://www.bwsc.com Phone: 312-322-8500 Fax: 312-322-8398
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CEO: William C. Steere Jr. Pfizer Inc 235 E. 42nd St. New York, NY 10017-5755 Web Site: http://www.pfizer.com Phone: 212-573-2323 Fax: 212-573-7851
McKesson is the largest wholesale drug distributor in the US and Canada, providing pharmaceuticals, health and beauty products, and home care products to 18,000 pharmacies and distributing pharmaceuticals and other health care products to hospitals, clinics, physicians' offices, and alternative care sites. Its McKesson Water Products is the US's second-largest bottled water company (behind Nestle's Perrier), with brands such as Crystal, Alhambra, and Sparkletts. Subsidiary McKesson Pharmacy Systems provides business management systems to pharmacies. McKesson owns about one-fourth of Nadro S.A. de C.V., Mexico's leading drug distributor. CEO: Mark A. Pulido McKesson Corporation McKesson Plaza, One Post St. San Francisco, CA 94104 Web Site: http://www.mckesson.com Phone: 415-983-8300 Fax: 415-983-7160
York is the 3rd largest US manufacturer of heating, ventilating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration equipment after United Technologies' Carrier and American Standard's Trane. It makes air-cooled chillers, central air-handling units, control devices, variable air-volume units, water-cooled chillers, packaged refrigeration systems, and screw compressors. The firm's brand names include Bristol, Fraser-Johnston, Frick, Homeair, Moncrief, Rite Coil, Seveso, and York. The company's primary markets are in the US, Europe, the Far East, Middle East, Latin America, and Australia, and it continues to work toward boosting its overseas operations through an aggressive acquisition strategy. CEO: Robert N. Pokelwaldt York International Corporation 631 S. Richland Ave. York, PA 17403 Web Site: http://www.york.com Phone: 717-771-7890 Fax: 717-771-7440
Bausch & Lomb is a leading maker of contact lenses, lens-care solutions (ReNu and Sensitive Eyes brands), and eyedrops. It also makes sunglasses, including Ray-Ban (#1 worldwide), Killer Loop, Liz Claiborne, and Porsche Design brands; Curel and Soft Sense skin-care products; and Miracle-Ear hearing aids. The company's pharmaceuticals unit makes ophthalmic products and other prescription and over-the-counter medications, including Minoxidil hair-regrowth solutions. The Charles River Laboratories unit breeds genetically unique strains of animals used in drug research and provides biomedical products and services. Bausch & Lomb sells its products in about 100 countries. About half its sales are outside the US. CEO: William M. Carpenter Bausch & Lomb Incorporated One Bausch & Lomb Place Rochester, NY 14604-2701 Web Site: http://www.bausch.com Phone: 716-338-8444 Fax: 716-338-6007
http://www.moosehead.ca/ To locate a crisp, refreshing Moosehead Beer near you, please use the drop-down menu above. Moosehead is distributed in the United States by The Gambrinus Company. Moosehead Marketing, International The Gambrinus Company 14800 San Pedro San Antonio, TX 78232 210-490-9128 To contact the Gambrinus electronically, please email marketing@moosehead.ca
WPP Group is the world's #3 advertising group (trailing Interpublic Group and Omnicom) with the J. Walter Thompson Company and Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide brands. Major services include media advertising, market research, and public relations. Advertising services include planning, production, and placement of advertisements, including radio and television commercials, posters, and newspaper advertisements. Market research services include consumer, media, corporate communication, and policy research. Public relations services include consumer affairs, management counseling, crisis management, and media relations. About 41% of its sales are generated in North America, 40% in Europe. Address: WPP Group plc 27 Farm St. London W1X 6RD, UK Web Site: http://www.wpp.com Phone: +44-171-408-2204 Fax: +44-171-493-6819 CEO: Martin S. Sorrell
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Sprint is the #3 long-distance provider in the US (after AT&T and MCI) and the second-largest non-Baby Bell local-service telephone company (after GTE). Sprint PCS (a.k.a Sprint Spectrum, the firm's joint venture with cable giants Comcast, Cox Communications, and TCI) is building a nationwide personal communications service. Global One, Sprint's joint venture with Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom (each of which owns 10% of Sprint), serves multinational corporations and travelers. Sprint also provides Internet access through Sprint Internet Passport (combining with EarthLink Network), distributes telecommunications equipment and security and alarm systems, and publishes phone directories. William T. Esrey Sprint Corporation 2330 Shawnee Mission Pkwy. Westwood, KS 66205 Web Site: http://www.sprint.com Phone: 913-624-3000 Fax: 913-624-3281
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ALCOA CEO:Paul H. O'Neill Aluminum Company of America Alcoa Bldg., 425 Sixth Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15219 412-553-4545 412-553-4498
Hoechst is one of the world's largest chemical and pharmaceutical producers. It acts as a holding company for businesses in life sciences and veterinary medicine. Drug giant Hoechst Marion Roussel makes Cardizem, an angina pectoris and hypertension treatment; Trental, for vascular disorders; and Allegra, for allergies. Hoechst's industrial businesses include Celanese (basic chemicals), Herberts (paint systems), Trevira (polyester products), Ticona (technical polymers), and Messer (industrial gases). The company is restructuring to shift its focus from chemicals to life sciences products (pharmaceuticals and agrichemicals). It has operations in more than 120 countries. Address: Hoechst AG Brueningstrasse 50 D-65926 Frankfurt, Germany Web Site: http://www.hoechst.com Phone: +49-69-3050 Fax: +49-69-303-665 CEO: Jurgen Dormann Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc. PO Box 9627 Kansas City, MO 64134 Web Site: http://www.hmr.de Phone: 816-966-4000 Fax: 816-966-3803 CEO: Peter Ladell
http://www.leica-camera.com/ Roger W. Horn, President Leica Camera Inc. 156 Ludlow Avenue Northvale, NJ 07647 Phone: (800) 222-0118 (201) 767-7500 Fax: (201)767-8666 E-mail FAQ bbleicausa@aol.com E-mail President mlzeller@aol.com E-mail Operations RTLEICAUSA@aol.com Technical Service Department Phone: (201) 767-8303 Fax: (201) 767-3438 Parts Department Phone: (201) 767-5728 Fax: (201) 767-3438 E-mail: olesin@aol.com
Irving Goldstein International Telecommunications Satellite Organization 3400 International Dr. NW Washington, DC 20008-3098 Web Site: http://www.intelsat.int Phone: 202-944-6800 Fax: 202-944-7898
CEO: Betty C. Alewine COMSAT Corporation 6560 Rock Spring Dr. Bethesda, MD 20817 Web Site: http://www.comsat.com Phone: 301-214-3000 Fax: 301-214-7100
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Bayer AG Best known for its aspirin, Bayer AG is one of the world's biggest chemical makers (comparable in size to DuPont, BASF, and Hoechst). Bayer's operations include health care, agricultural products, polymers (including plastics, rubber, and spandex), chemicals, and photographic and electronic prepress products. The company primarily serves the health care, agricultural, automotive, electrical, construction, and chemical industries. Bayer is made up of over 350 companies in 150 countries located on every continent. The majority of its sales come from Europe, but positive trends in Asia and the Americas are boosting revenues. Bayer spends about 7.5% of sales on R&D, among the highest in the health care industry. Address: Bayer AG Werk Leverkusen 51368 Leverkusen, Germany Web Site: http://www.bayer-ag.de/bayer/index_e.htm Phone: +49-214-308-992 Fax: +49-214-307-1985 CEO: Manfred Schneider
http://www.nike.com/ http://nikebiz.com/ WORLD Headquarters Philip H. Knight NIKE, Inc. One Bowerman Dr. Beaverton, OR 97005-6453 Web Site: http://info.nike.com Phone: 503-671-6453 Fax: 503-671-6300
Bass is the UK's #2 brewer behind Scottish & Newcastle. It also has major holdings in the hospitality, food and soft drink, and leisure markets. The company brews and distributes brands such as Bass Ale, Caffrey's Irish Ale, Carling Black Label, and Worthington Best Bitter and owns or operates more than 4,100 pubs and restaurants. Its more than 2,200 Holiday Inns and Crowne Plaza hotels make Bass the world's #1 hotel operator. The company also is a major soft-drink maker under the Britvic label. Although the company is seeking to diversify geographically, more than 80% of its revenues are generated in the UK. Bass is selling its Coral betting shops (nearly 900) to rival Ladbroke. Ian Prosser Bass plc 20 N. Audley St. London W1Y 1WE, United Kingdom Web Site: http://www.bass.com Phone: +44-171-409-1919 Fax: +44-171-409-8503
C. Michael Jacobi Timex Corporation Park Rd. Extension Middlebury, CT 06762 Web Site: http://www.timex.com Phone: 203-573-5000 Fax: 203-573-6901
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LaRoche Industries Inc. 1100 Johnson Ferry Rd. NE Atlanta, GA 30342 Web Site: http://www.larocheind.com Phone: 404-851-0300 Fax: 404-851-0421 CEO: Grant O. Reed
http://www.reebok.com/ headquartered in Stoughton, Mass. CEO: Paul B. Fireman Reebok International Ltd. 100 Technology Center Dr. Stoughton, MA 02072 Web Site: http://www.reebok.com Phone: 781-341-5000 Fax: 781-341-7402
Eli Lilly, a major US drug company, makes Prozac, the world's best-selling antidepressant (with a 20% market share). It also makes Gemzar (treatment for pancreatic cancer and associated pain), Humalog (injectible insulin), ReoPro (blood-clot inhibitor widely used in angioplasties), and Zyprexa (a schizophrenia treatment being tested for use in bipolar disorders). Other products include antibiotics, growth hormones, antiulcer agents, cardiovascular therapy medications, sedatives, and vitamins, as well as antibiotics, feed additives, and other products for livestock and poultry. Subsidiaries PCS Health Systems and Integrated Medical Systems provide health care management services. Address: Randall L. Tobias Eli Lilly and Company Lilly Corporate Center Indianapolis, IN 46285 Web Site: http://www.lilly.com Phone: 317-276-2000 Fax: 317-276-2095
MIZUNO 5125 Peachtree Industrial Blvd., Norcross, GA 30092, 800/333-7888 http://www.mizunousa.com www.mizunogolf.com http://www.ecis.com/~aei/mizuno.html
Lucio A. Noto Mobil Corporation 3225 Gallows Rd. Fairfax, VA 22037-0001 Web Site: http://www.mobil.com Phone: 703-846-3000 Fax: 703-846-4669
John T. Dillon International Paper Company Two Manhattanville Rd. Purchase, NY 10577 Web Site: http://www.ipaper.com Phone: 914-397-1500 Fax: 914-397-1928
Donald V. Fites Caterpillar Inc. 100 NE Adams St. Peoria, IL 61629 Web Site: http://www.caterpillar.com Phone: 309-675-1000 Fax: 309-675-1182
Hans W. Becherer Deere & Company One John Deere Place Moline, IL 61265-8098 Web Site: http://www.deere.com Phone: 309-765-8000 Fax: 309-765-5772
Lucent Technologies is the leading US maker of telecommunications equipment and software, from telephones to business communications systems, switching and transmission equipment, and wireless networks. Globally, Lucent is a top maker of digital signal processors and telecommunications power systems and is a major supplier to the personal communication services market. Philips Consumer Communications, Lucent's joint venture with Philips Electronics, is a leading maker of phones and answering machines. Technology developed by Bell Labs provides the basis for Lucent's products. Most of Lucent's customers are telecommunications network operators. AT&T accounts for about 14% of Lucent's sales. Richard A. McGinn Lucent Technologies Inc. 600 Mountain Ave. Murray Hill, NJ 07974 Web Site: http://www.lucent.com Phone: 908-582-8500 Fax: 908-508-2576
Cor Boonstra Philips Electronics N.V. Groenewoudseweg 1 5621 BA Eindhoven, The Netherlands Web Site: http://www.philips.com Phone: +31-40-273-2305 Fax: +31-40-278-5823
CEO: Hiroshi Fujii Minolta Corporation (U.S.A.) 101 Williams Dr. Ramsey, NJ 07446-1293 Phone: 201-825-4000 Fax: 201-934-4631
CEO: Minoru Ohnishi Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. 26-30, Nishiazabu 2-chome, Minato-ku Tokyo 106, Japan Web Site: http://www.fujifilm.co.jp Phone: +81-3-3406-2111 Fax: +81-3-3406-2173
John Roth Northern Telecom Limited 8200 Dixie Rd., Ste. 100 Brampton, Ontario L6T 5P6, Canada Web Site: http://www.nortel.com Phone: 905-863-0000 Fax: 905-863-8408
CEO: D. Euan Baird Schlumberger Limited 277 Park Ave. New York, NY 10172-0266 Web Site: http://www.slb.com Phone: 212-350-9400 Fax: 212-350-9440
http://www.bananarep.com/bananarep/html/contact.HTM Banana Republic Banana Republic means classic style that is current and self assured, but never trendy. Acquired in 1983 by The GAP, Inc., Banana Republic has grown from a two store chain to 207 stores in the United States Contact Us Address 10 Ali Ibn Radwan St., Ard El Golf Heliopolis, Cairo Egypt Telephone (202) 2915811 (202) 2677563 E-mail reserve@bananarep.com
The Gap, that ubiquitous clothing retailer, operates more than 2,100 casual clothing stores in Canada, France, Germany, Japan, the UK, and the US. The Gap flagship stores offer a wide variety of casual clothing for both men and women. The company's other chains include GapKids (which offers the babyGap line of infant and toddler apparel), Banana Republic, and Old Navy Clothing. Facing a more competitive market, the Gap is working to broaden its merchandise offerings to appeal to a wider market. All clothing sold by the Gap is private-label merchandise made specifically for the company. Millard S. "Mickey" Drexler The Gap, Inc. One Harrison St. San Francisco, CA 94105 Web Site: http://www.gap.com Phone: 650-952-4400 Fax: 650-427-2795
UST is a holding company with four wholly owned subsidiaries. Its primary business is United States Tobacco, the world's leading producer of snuff and chewing tobacco, with its best-selling Copenhagen and Skoal brands of snuff and other smokeless tobacco products. International Wine & Spirits produces two Napa Valley wines as well as premium and sparkling wines from Washington's Columbia Valley. UST Enterprises distributes videos such as "Larry McMurtry's Streets of Laredo" through Cabin Fever Entertainment and sells premium cigars (Don Tomas, Astral) and smoking accessories. Subsidiary UST International sells the company's products outside the US, primarily in Canada. Vincent A. Gierer Jr. UST Inc. 100 W. Putnam Ave. Greenwich, CT 06830 Web Site: http://www.shareholder.com/ust Phone: 203-661-1100 Fax: 203-622-3626
RJR Nabisco Holdings is the parent of R.J. Reynolds, the #2 cigarette maker (after Philip Morris) in the US, and separately traded subsidiary Nabisco Holdings, a leading US food company. Product lines include cigarettes (Camel, Winston, Salem); candy, gum, and nuts (Breath Savers, Care*Free, Planters); cookies, crackers, and cereals (Nilla Wafers, Cheese Nips, Cream of Wheat); and other food products (A.1. steak sauce, Parkay margarine, and Milk-Bone pet snacks). Nabisco is also one of the largest multinational packaged food businesses in Latin America. Sales are split almost evenly between food and tobacco products, though most of the company's profits come from tobacco. Steven F. Goldstone RJR Nabisco Holdings Corp. 1301 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019 Web Site: http://www.rjrnabisco.com Phone: 212-258-5600 Fax: 212-969-9173
Hospitality Worldwide Services, Inc. A leading independent provider of hotel renovation and supply services, Hospitality Worldwide Services (formerly Light Savers U.S.A.) helps hotels change their beds -- not to mention their carpeting, fixtures, and equipment. Subsidiaries Hospitality Restoration and Builders and Leonard Parker Company provide services, ranging from selecting new chairs and purchasing hotel supplies to complete interior and exterior makeovers, for customers including hotel firms and real estate investment trusts. Hospitality Worldwide also offers transportation, installation, and engineering consulting services. Other operations include Parker First (online purchasing) and a joint venture to buy, renovate, and sell hotels. Robert A. Berman Hospitality Worldwide Services, Inc. 450 Park Ave., Ste. 2603 New York, NY 10022 Phone: 212-223-0699 Fax: 212-223-0865
M.D.C. Holdings, Inc. M.D.C. Holdings is the largest home builder in Colorado. The company designs, builds, and sells single-family houses under the name Richmond American Homes. It acquires finished lots and land that the company develops for its home-building activities. The base prices for houses sold by the company range from $75,000 to $500,000. M.D.C. Holdings originates mortgage loans and services them through its HomeAmerican subsidiary. It offers home buyers conventional mortgage loans, along with those from the Federal Housing Administration, Veterans Administration, and Freddie Mac. The company builds homes in Arizona, California, Colorado, Maryland, Nevada, and Virginia. Address: M.D.C. Holdings, Inc. 3600 S. Yosemite St., Ste. 900 Denver, CO 80237 Web Site: http://www.richmondamerican.com Phone: 303-773-1100 Fax: 303-773-1190 CEO: Larry A. Mizel
Nabisco Holdings is a leading international food manufacturer, with over 200 brands sold in 85 countries. The Nabisco Biscuit subsidiary is the largest cookie and cracker maker in the US, with brands like Oreo, Chips Ahoy!, Newtons, SnackWell's, and Ritz. Its other subsidiaries make A.1. steak sauces, Grey Poupon mustards, Milk-Bone pet snacks, Planters nuts, LifeSavers candies, and several brands of margarine. By acquiring local brands and exporting its biggest brands, the company is expanding international sales. In the US the company has reined in new product development and is focusing on promoting its core brands. Food and tobacco giant RJR Nabisco holds 80.5% of Nabisco Holdings. Steven F. Goldstone Nabisco Holdings Corp. 7 Campus Dr. Parsippany, NJ 07054 Web Site: http://www.nabisco.com Phone: 973-682-5000 Fax: 973-503-2153
http://www.olympus.com/ http://www.olympusamerica.com/camera/camera.html OLYMPUS America Inc. Two Corporate Center Drive Melville, NY 11747-3157 U.S.A. Tel: (516) 844-5000 Fax: (516) 844-5930 hq in Tokyo, Japan
http://www.tevasandals.com/ Deckers Outdoor designs and manufactures technically advanced footwear, most notably the Teva sports sandal. The company's other product lines include Simple (casual and athletic footwear), Trukke (winter sports boots), Ugg (sheepskin boots), and Picante (imported, handwoven cotton clothing and handwoven footwear). Deckers's strategic distribution in high-end outlets creates a superior brand image for Teva. While imitation Tevas flood the market, Deckers is banking on customer loyalty to the "authentic" brand and new product lines. The company's products are made primarily in Asia. It has operations in California and sells its products in the US, Canada, and Europe. Founder and CEO Douglas Otto owns about 45% of the company. CEO: Douglas B. Otto Deckers Outdoor Corporation 495A S. Fairview Goleta, CA 93117 Web Site: http://www.teva.com Phone: 805-967-7611 Fax: 805-967-9722 CEO: Douglas B. Otto
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CEO: Noriyuki Egawa Yamaha Corporation of America 6600 Orangethorpe Ave. Buena Park, CA 90620-1396 Web Site: http://www.yamaha.com Phone: 714-522-9011 Fax: 714-522-9961
Sharp Electronics Corporation Sharp Electronics Corp. (SEC) is the US sales and marketing arm of Japanese appliance and electronics components maker Sharp Corp. Since SEC began its efforts in the mid-1980s, Sharp's fax machines and microwaves have held top US market shares. The subsidiary also markets Sharp's TVs, VCRs, stereos, computers, refrigerators, washing machines, and electronic components (liquid crystal displays and integrated circuits). SEC is working to strengthen its distribution system through expansion to handle an increase in US consumer electronics and electronic business machine sales. Toshiaka Urushisako Sharp Electronics Corporation Sharp Plaza Mahwah, NJ 07430-2135 Web Site: http://www.sharp-usa.com Phone: 201-529-8200 Fax: 201-529-8413 Sharp Corporation 22-22 Nagaike-cho, Abeno-ku Osaka 545, Japan Web Site: http://www.sharp.co.jp Phone: +81-6-621-1221 Fax: +81-6-628-1653 CFO: Hiroshi Inoue
http://www.jvc.com/ JVC Company of America - a Division of U.S. JVC Corp. 41 Slater Drive Elmwood Park, NJ 07407 sales@jvcinfo.com
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) is an investment firm that assembles multibillion-dollar investment funds from institutional investors (such as state and corporate pension funds) for direct investment in individual companies. The firm, which acts as fund manager, also takes an active role in increasing the value of the companies to realize the gain on an eventual sale. KKR also receives substantial management fees for its efforts. Some of its holdings include major stakes in publishing company PRIMEDIA; grocery chains Bruno's, Randalls, and Safeway; day-care provider KinderCare; and diversified manufacturer Borden. The firm's senior partners are cousins Henry Kravis (New York) and George Roberts (California). Henry R. Kravis Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. Nine W. 57th St., Ste. 4200 New York, NY 10019 Phone: 212-750-8300 Fax: 212-750-0003
www.guinness.ie The Guinness Brewery www.guiness.com Diageo, created by the merger of Grand Metropolitan and Guinness, is the world's largest drinks group. It offers three of the five best-selling Scotch brands in the US (J&B, Johnnie Walker, and Scoresby). Other varieties include Guinness beer, Smirnoff vodka (#1 worldwide), Gordon's gin (#1 worldwide), and Tanqueray gin. Diageo also owns leading food brands like Pillsbury, Haagen-Dazs ice cream, and Green Giant; the 8,700-restaurant Burger King chain; and Guinness Publishing, producer of the "Guinness Book of Records." The company owns 34% of Moet Hennessy, the wine and spirits unit of French luxury goods maker LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton. John McGrath Diageo plc 8 Henrietta Place London W1M 9AG, United Kingdom Web Site: http://www.diageo.com Phone: +44-171-927-5200 Fax: +44-171-927-4600
Yoshinori Kobe Matsushita Electric Corporation of America One Panasonic Way Secaucus, NJ 07094-2917 Web Site: http://www.panasonic.com/host/company/profile/index.html Phone: 201-348-7000 Fax: 201-348-8378
Stanley Works is a leading maker of tools and hardware for home improvement and industrial customers. Its major product lines include consumer tools (carpentry tools, toolboxes, masonry tools), industrial tools (hand tools, electronic diagnostic tools, cabinets), engineered tools (pneumatic nailers, staplers, office products), hardware (hinges, brackets, bolts), and specialty hardware (residential entry doors, power-operated doors and sensors). Brand names include Bostitch, Jensen, Mac Tools, Monarch, Powerlock, Stanley, and Vidmar. The company operates manufacturing and distribution facilities in the US and more than two dozen other countries. John M. Trani The Stanley Works 1000 Stanley Dr. New Britain, CT 06053 Web Site: http://www.stanleyworks.com Phone: 860-225-5111 Fax: 860-827-3987
CEO: Mike R. Bowlin Atlantic Richfield Company 515 S. Flower St. Los Angeles, CA 90071-2256 Web Site: http://www.arco.com Phone: 213-486-3511 Fax: 213-486-2063
Morgan Stanley, Dean Witter, Discover & Co. is the result of the 1997 merger between investment bank Morgan Stanley and retail brokerage and consumer financial service firm Dean Witter, Discover. Dean Witter's retail brokerage operation is the third-largest in the US, with more than 370 offices nationwide. Its Discover unit has been one of the top three credit card issuers, and its InterCapital unit is a major asset manager. Morgan Stanley's investment banking services include securities underwriting, corporate finance, asset management, merchant banking, and research and advisory services, which it has provided through five US offices and 28 foreign offices in 19 countries. Combined sales top $27 billion. Phillip J. Purcell Morgan Stanley, Dean Witter, Discover & Co. 1585 Broadway New York, NY 10036 Web Site: http://www.deanwitterdiscover.com Phone: 212-761-4000 Fax: 212-761-0086
J.P. Morgan, one of the US's premier international banking companies, is organized along 5 broad business lines, comprising Finance and Advisory (investment banking), Market Making (brokerage services dealing in securities, currencies, commodities, and derivatives), Asset Management and Servicing (services to institutions, corporations, and high-net-worth individuals), Proprietary Investing and Trading (trading for J.P. Morgan's own account), and the Equity Investment group, a relatively small segment that has been growing rapidly since it received regulatory approval to make its own direct equity investments in companies. Douglas A. "Sandy" Warner III J.P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated 60 Wall St. New York, NY 10260-0060 Web Site: http://www.jpmorgan.com Phone: 212-483-2323 Fax: 212-648-5213
CEO: Nicolas G. Hayek Societe Suisse de Microelectronique & d'Horlogerie SA Seevorstadt 6 CH-2502 Bienne, Switzerland Web Site: http://www.swatch.com Phone: +41-32-28-68-11 Fax: +41-32-28-69-11
Johnson & Johnson is the world's largest and most diversified health care product maker, producing items ranging from a leading pain reliever (Tylenol) to the world's #1 contact lens brand (Acuvue). The company operates in three sectors: consumer products (with brands like Reach toothbrushes and Band-Aid bandages), professional products (ranging from surgical instruments to joint replacements), and pharmaceuticals (including Ergamisol cancer treatment, Hismanal antihistamine, and Ortho-Novum oral contraceptives). It continues to expand its product line through an aggressive R&D program and through acquisitions (it has made more than 30 this decade). Ralph S. Larsen Johnson & Johnson One Johnson & Johnson Plaza New Brunswick, NJ 08933 Web Site: http://www.jnj.com Phone: 732-524-0400 Fax: 732-524-3300
Although best known for its razors and blades (Sensor,Trac II), consumer products manufacturer Gillette is also a leader in batteries (Duracell), dental care (Oral-B), toiletries (Right Guard, White Rain), writing products (Parker Pen, Liquid Paper), and small appliances (Braun). A global power, Gillette derives more than 60% of its revenues from outside the US and manufactures its products in nearly 30 countries. It also invests heavily in R&D to bring a steady stream of new products to market, and as a result the company is world leader in over a dozen product catagories. Alfred M. Zeien The Gillette Company Prudential Tower Bldg. Boston, MA 02199 Phone: 617-421-7000 Fax: 617-421-7123
Ed Degrande Duracell International Inc. 8 Research Dr., Berkshire Corporate Park Bethel, CT 06801 Web Site: http://www.duracell.com Phone: 203-796-4000 Fax: 203-207-7342
http://www.mmm.com/ 3M Center L. D. DeSimone Corporate Headquarters/3M Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co. Maplewood, Minnesota 3M Center St. Paul, MN 55144-1000 telephone (612) 733-1110
Ralston Purina Company Checkerboard Sq. St. Louis, MO 63164-0001 Phone: 314-982-1000 Fax: 314-982-2134 http://www.ralston.com Chairman: William P. Stiritz Co-President and Co-CEO; President and CEO, Pet Products Group: W. Patrick McGinnis Co-President and Co-CEO; President and CEO, Eveready Battery: J. Patrick Mulcahy
www.energizer.com Eveready Battery Co.
CITGO Petroleum Corporation One Warren Place, 6100 S. Yale Ave. Tulsa, OK 74136 Web Site: http://www.citgo.com Phone: 918-495-4000 Fax: 918-495-4511 CEO: David J. Tippeconnic
CEO: Lee Kun-Hee Samsung Group 250-2 ga, Taepyung-ro, Chung-gu Seoul, Korea ROK Web Site: http://www.samsung.com Phone: +82-2-727-7114 Fax: +82-2-727-7985
CEO: Masatoshi Ono Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. 50 Century Blvd. Nashville, TN 37214 Web Site: http://www.bridgestone-firestone.com Phone: 615-872-5000 Fax: 615-872-1599
Bridgestone is the world's #2 tire maker (after Michelin), supplying such automakers as Ford and GM. In the US market the company's Bridgestone/Firestone subsidiary ranks #2 behind Goodyear. Bridgestone is a leading tire maker for large trucks, heavy equipment, and aircraft. A quarter of its sales come from nontire products, including building materials such as rubber bearings used to earthquake-proof multistory buildings, sporting goods (tennis and golf gear and bicycles), industrial rubber products (conveyor belts and rubber tractor crawlers), and marine components (breakwater barriers and floating docks). Yoichiro Kaizaki Bridgestone Corporation 10-1, Kyobashi 1-chome, Chuo-ku Tokyo 104, Japan Web Site: http://www.bridgestone.co.jp Phone: +81-3-3567-0111 Fax: +81-3-3535-2553
Takashi Wakuyama Seiko Corporation of America 1111 MacArthur Blvd. Mahwah, NJ 07430 Phone: 201-529-5730 Fax: 201-529-0132
Hyundai Group 140-2, Kye-dong, Chongro-ku, K.P.O. Box 672 Seoul, Korea Web Site: http://www.hyundai.net Phone: +82-2-746-1114 Fax: +82-2-741-2341 CEO: Park Se-yong
Juhn Myung-Huhn Hyundai Motor America 10550 Talbert Ave. Fountain Valley, CA 92728-0850 Web Site: http://www.hmaservice.com Phone: 714-965-3000 Fax: 714-965-3816
CEO: Robert J. Eaton Chrysler Corporation 1000 Chrysler Dr. Auburn Hills, MI 48326-2766 Web Site: http://www.chryslercorp.com Phone: 248-576-5741
http://www.beacon-oil.com/ Beacon Oil Company Beacon Oil Company, Inc. 746 Avenue E, Bayonne, NJ 07002 (201) 437-0500
L L. Bean www.llbean.com , US Route 1, Main Street, Freeport, Maine 04033 1-800 832 1889
www.mastercard.com MasterCard International 2000 Purchase St. Purchase, NY 10577 Robert W. Selander MasterCard International Incorporated 2000 Purchase St. Purchase, NY 10577 Web Site: http://www.mastercard.com Phone: 914-249-2000 Fax: 914-249-5475
Eric Molson Molson Companies Scotia Plaza, 40 King St. West, Ste. 3600 Toronto, Ontario M5H 3Z5, Canada Phone: 416-360-1786 Fax: 416-360-4345 http://www.molson.com A fierce -- if sudsy -- rivalry brews in Canada between The Molson Companies and Interbrew's Labatt unit, as both vie to be the nation's #1 beermaker. Thanks to brands such as Molson Canadian and Molson Special Dry, Molson Breweries sells about 45% of all beer bought in Canada (Labatt's market share is about the same). About 15% of the company's Canada beer sales come from brewing beers for Miller, Foster's, and other companies. Molson's mix also includes the most successful team in the history of the National Hockey League -- the Montreal Canadiens -- and Montreal's Molson Centre arena. In addition, Molson operates 145 Beaver Lumber outlets. Chairman Eric Molson owns about 29% of the company's voting stock.
Pelican Products, Inc., 23215 Early Avenue, Torrance, CA 90505 (310)326-4700 F(310)325-3311 (800)473-5422
Bayer Web site:http://www.bayer.com/ Corona Web site:http://www.corona.com/
Hershey Web:http://www.hersheys.com/ ITT Technical Institute Web site:http://www.itt-tech.edu/
Nestle Web site:http://www.nestle.com/ Pfizer Web site:http://www.pfizer.com/
Unilever Web site:http://www.unilever.com/ Ross Labs Smith Kline Web site:http://www.sb.com/
Boise Cascade Office Products Corporation Boise Cascade Office Products sells office and computer supplies, furniture, paper, and promotional items directly to business customers. It operates largely as a contract stationer to large and small business accounts, selling via catalogs and direct sales supported by 47 US distribution centers. The company also markets directly to smaller business and home offices. Expanding through acquisitions and joint ventures, the company also distributes in Australia, Germany, and the UK and has distribution and retail locations in Canada. It has controlling interest in Boise Marketing Services, a promotional products business. Paper producer Boise Cascade has majority interest in Boise Cascade Office Products. Address: Boise Cascade Office Products Corporation 800 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. Itasca, IL 60143 Web Site: http://www.bcop.com Phone: 630-773-5000 Fax: 630-773-7107 CEO: Peter G. Danis Jr.
Carlson is a big operator in three related businesses: travel, hospitality, and marketing. Most of its sales come from the Travel Group, which is the #2 travel-services provider, after American Express. Its Carlson Wagonlit Travel joint venture with France's Accor hotel and hospitality company operates in more than 4,000 locations in over 120 countries. Carlson Hospitality Worldwide operates and franchises more than 400 Radisson Hotels and Country Inns. It also franchises over 250 Country Kitchens and 400 T.G.I. Friday's restaurants. Carlson Marketing Group provides marketing consulting, database, and motivational training services. Founder Curtis Carlson still runs the company. Curtis L. Carlson Carlson Companies, Inc. 12755 State Hwy. 55, Carlson Pkwy. Minneapolis, MN 55441 Web Site: http://www.carlson.com Phone: 612-540-5000 Fax: 612-449-2219
Xerox Paul A. Allaire Xerox Corporation 800 Long Ridge Rd. Stamford, CT 06904 Web Site: http://www.xerox.com Phone: 203-968-3000 Fax: 203-968-4559
Pharmacia & Upjohn, Inc. Pharmacia & Upjohn, one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies, makes prescription drugs, over-the-counter (OTC) health products, diagnostics and biotechnology equipment, and animal health products. Among its top-selling drugs are Genotropin, a growth hormone and its #1 product; Xanax, the #1 treatment for anxiety and panic attacks; Healon ophthalmic surgery gel; Farmorubicin and Adriamycin anticancer agents; and Depo-Provera contraceptive. The company also makes the top hair-growth product Rogaine and top smoking-cessation products Nicorette and Nicotrol. OTC products include Kaopectate antidiarrheals, Unicap vitamins, and Dramamine antimotion sickness medications. Fred Hassan Pharmacia & Upjohn, Inc. 67 Alma Rd. Windsor, Berkshire SL4 3HD, United Kingdom Web Site: http://www.pharmacia.se Phone: +44-1-75-375-7575 Fax: +44-1-75-374-4011
Rhone-Poulenc S.A. Rhone-Poulenc, a leading chemical and drug company, has three core businesses: life sciences, specialty chemicals, and fibers and polymers. The life sciences segment includes human, animal, and plant health concerns and encompasses pharmaceuticals, human and animal vaccines, and herbicides and insecticides. Specialty chemicals include those used in detergents, food, and paper production. The fibers and polymers segment includes products used in textiles, clothing, and engineering plastics. Rhone-Poulenc's US subsidiary, Rhone-Poulenc Rorer, is the producer of top-selling antacid Maalox. The company has spun off its chemical, fiber, and polymer operations as Rhodia, of which it owns 60%. Address: Rhone-Poulenc S.A. 25, quai Paul-Doumer F 92408 Courbevoie Cedex, France Web Site: http://www.rhone-poulenc.com Phone: +33-1-47-68-12-34 Fax: +33-1-47-68-19-11 CEO: Jean-Rene Fourtou Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Inc. 500 Arcola Rd. Collegeville, PA 19426 Web Site: http://www.rpr.rpna.com Phone: 610-454-8000 Fax: 610-454-3573 CEO: Michel de Rosen
Glaxo Wellcome, one of the world's top two makers of prescription drugs (it's neck-and-neck with Merck), has brought welcome relief to sufferers of gastric distress and viral infections. Its Zantac has been the leading ulcer drug and its Zovirax is an important treatment for herpes infections. Both of these drugs are off patent, however, and face lower priced competition. To compensate for sales declines on these two drugs, the company is looking for its next heavy hitter by spending lavishly on research and development (R&D). But it is defraying some of its R&D expenses through collaborative research agreements. North America accounts for more than 40% of sales. Address: Glaxo Wellcome plc Lansdowne House, Berkeley Sq. London W1X 6BQ, UK Web Site: http://www.glaxowellcome.co.uk Phone: +44-171-493-4060 Fax: +44-171-408-0228 CFO: John D. Coombe Glaxo Wellcome Inc. President and CEO: Robert A. Ingram 5 Moore Dr. Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 Phone: 919-483-2100 Fax: 919-483-0084 http://www.glaxowellcome.com SVP and CFO: Douglas Hurt
Bristol-Myers Squibb is perhaps best known to the public as a stalwart of personal-care industry. Among its market-leading products are Clairol (the US's #1 hair-color brand), Excedrin, and Ban (which it is selling). But it is also a major power in the pharmaceuticals industry. The company focuses its efforts relatively narrowly, on three main areas: cardiovascular treatments (and related products like cholesterol-reduction drugs) and anticancer (Taxol) and anti-infective drugs. Its efforts in this field are increasingly based on genetic technologies developed through cooperative-research agreements. The company also makes wound-treatment and orthopedic products. Address: Charles A. Heimbold Jr. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 345 Park Ave. New York, NY 10154-0037 Web Site: http://www.bms.com Phone: 212-546-4000 Fax: 212-546-4020 CEO:
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CEO Gordon Radley CFO Micheline Chau Lucasfilm Ltd. 5858 Lucas Valley Rd. Nicasio, CA 94946 Phone: 415-662-1800 Fax: 415-662-2437 Web Site: http://www.lucasfilm.com Director George Lucas' Lucasfilm created the blockbuster Star Wars film trilogy and the Indiana Jones adventure series. By the end of 1996 (and before the films' 20th anniversary rerelease), Star Wars films and merchandising had generated more than $4 billion. Lucasfilm, one of five companies owned by Lucas, includes the THX Group, which sets standards for film and home theater sound systems and acoustics. Lucasfilm also handles the business affiars (finance, marketing, human resources) of all the various Lucas enterprises. Lucas has announced a prequel to the Star Wars trilogy, with the first installment planned for 1999.
Geoffrey B. Bloom Wolverine World Wide, Inc. 9341 Courtland Dr. Rockford, MI 49351 Phone: 616-866-5500 Fax: 616-866-0257 Web Site: http://www.wolverineworldwide.com Wolverine World Wide manufactures and markets shoes and related apparel. The company's products include casual shoes, slippers, and a variety of boots. It makes moderately priced footwear under the Hush Puppies brand and work and sports boots under the Wolverine brand. Other brands of footwear include Caterpillar, Bates, Merrell, and Coleman. In addition, Wolverine World Wide has a license to make boots bearing the Harley-Davidson brand. The company is also one of the largest US tanners of pigskin, which it uses for its own products (Wolverine World Wide makes about one-third of its own footwear) or sells to third parties.
S. Hubert Humphrey Jr. The WMA Corporation 11315 Johns Creek Pkwy. Duluth, GA 30097 Phone: 770-248-3311 Fax: 770-248-3470 The WMA Corporation, through its WMA Life Insurance subsidiary, provides reinsurance for life insurance companies on variable universal life and variable annuity products. All of WMA's business is generated by WMA Agency, which sells life insurance, annuities, and other financial services through a network of independent insurance agents. WMA has reinsurance agreements with three life insurance companies: Western Reserve Life Assurance, Kemper Investors Life Insurance, and American Skandia Life Assurance. The company is expanding current coverages beyond mortality risks.
Michael D. Eisner The Walt Disney Company 500 S. Buena Vista St. Burbank, CA 91521 Phone: 818-560-1000 Fax: 818-560-1930 Web Site: http://www.disney.com Disney's Magical Media Kingdom is the world's second-largest media company (behind Time Warner). The Mouse has interests in TV and movie production (including Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group, Buena Vista Television, and Miramax Films), theme parks (including Animal Kingdom, Disneyland, Disneyland Paris, Epcot Center, and North America's most-visited theme park, the Magic Kingdom), publishing companies, a cruise line, Internet companies (Infoseek), and professional sports franchises (Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL team). Division ABC, Inc., includes the ABC TV network, nearly a dozen TV stations, and shares in nine cable channels, including sportcaster ESPN.
Mel Karmazin CBS Corporation 51 W. 52nd St. New York, NY 10019 Phone: 212-975-4321 Fax: 212-975-4516 Web Site: http://www.cbs.com CBS (formerly Westinghouse Electric) is finally solely focused on TV and radio after selling off all of its industrial operations. Its CBS Television Network has climbed to #1 in ratings, ahead of NBC, ABC, and Fox. CBS owns 83% of Infinity Broadcasting, which consists of about 160 AM and FM stations (it is the second-largest radio group in the US by sales). The company's cable holdings include The Nashville Network and Country Music Television. CBS has been trying to expand beyond its traditional network television programming business. As part of that strategy the company has agreed to buy syndicator King World Productions, the force behind such popular shows as The Oprah Winfrey Show, and Jeopardy!.
Jack Alexander WorldTravel Partners 1055 Lenox Blvd., Ste. 420 Atlanta, GA 30319 Phone: 404-841-6600 Fax: 404-814-2983 Web Site: http://www.worldtravel.com WorldTravel Partners merged with BTI Americas in 1998 to create the third-largest travel agency in the US (behind American Express and Carlson Wagonlit). The new company, which kept the WorldTravel Partners name, has more than 1,700 locations across the US. It generates about 80% of sales from providing corporate travel services to regional, national, and international companies such as Arthur Andersen, BellSouth, and Turner Broadcasting System. WorldTravel Partners also develops travel software and provides Internet booking services through affiliated companies. Chairman John Fentener van Vlissingen holds a majority stake in the company; management controls the rest.
Jon Madonna Carlson Wagonlit Travel 701 Carlson Pkwy. Minnetonka, MN 55459 Phone: 612-449-1000 Fax: 612-449-1288 Web Site: http://www.carlsonwagonlit.com Carlson Wagonlit Travel, descended from the oldest US travel agency chain and the creator of the Orient Express, manages business travel from about 3,000 travel offices worldwide. Carlson Wagonlit, the second-largest travel company in the world (behind tied leaders American Express and Japan Travel Bureau) is co-owned by the US firm Carlson Companies (whose US leisure and franchise operations also fall under the Carlson Wagonlit brand) and France's Accor Group. It has locations in more than 140 countries. The company has regional offices in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Minneapolis, as well as in London and Paris. It is focusing on growth through acquisitions in Asia, Australia, and South America.
Gloria Bohan Omega World Travel, Inc. 3102 Omega Office Park Fairfax, VA 22031 Phone: 703-359-0200 Fax: 703-359-8880 Web Site: http://www.omegaworld.com Omega is the last word in travel. Omega World Travel is one of the US's largest travel agencies and has 200 offices worldwide. Corporate and government contracts make up most of its business. As more airline travel services are offered on the Internet, the company is focusing on cruises, travel packages, and other profitable ventures. Omega World Travel runs one reservation center at South Carolina's Leath Correctional Facility, where 13 female prisoners take calls and then transfer clients to a supervisor for credit card transactions. The company also owns MegaWorld Travel School. Founder, president, and CEO Gloria Bohan owns about 55% of Omega World Travel.
John Fitzgerald Access Worldwide Communications, Inc. 2200 Clarendon Blvd., 11th Fl. Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: 703-841-0800 Fax: 703-812-9561 Web Site: http://www.culturalaccess.com When FORTUNE 500 companies need help reaching specific ethnic, generational, and professional segments of the population, they turn to Access Worldwide Communications (formerly CulturalAccessWorldwide). The company offers a variety of marketing services, including telesales and direct mail, geared toward the African-American, Asian, and Hispanic markets, as well as services targeting specific age groups (people over 50, college students). Access Worldwide's clients have included Sprint (which accounts for more than 50% of the company's revenue) and Johnson & Johnson. Through Abbingdon Venture Partners, chairman Stephen Nagy and director John Foster control nearly 40% of the company.
Richard W. Edelman Edelman Public Relations Worldwide 200 E. Randolph Dr., 63rd Fl. Chicago, IL 60601R Phone: 312-240-3000 Fax: 312-240-2900 Web Site: http://www.edelman.com Edelman Public Relations Worldwide is the largest privately held independent public relations firm in the world, with 36 offices and 60 affiliates in 16 countries. Agency campaigns range from crisis management and consumer interest to events and public affairs. It has drafted messages for medical firms (Eli Lilly), tourism outlets, corporations (Coca-Cola, Ernst & Young, Visa), and technology companies. Its interactive unit has crafted a name for itself as a creator of corporate Web sites. Founder and chairman Daniel Edelman started the firm in the early 1950s, and son Richard serves as president and CEO.
Laurence Moskowitz Medialink Worldwide Incorporated 708 Third Ave. New York, NY 10017 Phone: 212-682-8300 Fax: 212-682-2370 Web Site: http://www.medialink.com Medialink Worldwide creates and distributes video and audio news releases for about 1,500 businesses and organizations. The company distributes news releases by satellite and monitors their broadcast on TV. Medialink's clients have included General Motors, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Sony, AARP, and both sides in the United Parcel Service strike by the Teamsters Union. The company's materials have aired on the three major networks and their affiliates as well as CNN, CNBC, and regional cable networks. It has 18 international affiliates in Europe, Latin America, South Africa, Asia, and the Pacific Rim. Medialink is expanding into public relations research services through acquisitions.
Erik Rudolph Worldwide Entertainment & Sports Corp. 29 Northfield Ave. West Orange, NJ 07052 Phone: 973-325-3244 Fax: 973-325-2215 As a sports management agency, Worldwide Entertainment & Sports relies on the athletes it represents to generate revenue. Although it mostly handles boxers, the company also represents basketball and football players through its Worldwide Basketball and Football divisions. For a percentage, the company manages career development, negotiates salary contracts, and generates commercial endorsement and marketing opportunities through its marketing division. Clients include NFL wide receivers Antonio Freeman and O. J. McDuffie, and several champion boxers, including Shannon Briggs, Charles "The Natural" Murray, Ray "Merciless" Mercer, and Tracy Patterson. Founder Marc Roberts owns about 25% of the company.
Helen P. Johnson-Leipold Johnson Worldwide Associates, Inc. 1326 Willow Rd. Sturtevant, WI 53177 Phone: 414-884-1500 Fax: 414-884-1600 Web Site: http://www.jwa.com Johnson Worldwide Associates (JWA) hopes to wax the competition. JWA makes and sells sporting goods in five categories: outdoor equipment (Eureka! tents and backpacks, Jack Wolfskin clothing), diving (Scubapro and SnorkelPro), fishing (Johnson rods, reels, and lures), motors (Minn Kota), and watercraft (Old Town canoes, Dimension kayaks). It makes about half of the products it sells. Outdoor and diving equipment each account for about a quarter of total sales. JWA has production and marketing operations in Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America. S.C. Johnson & Son chairman Samuel Johnson and his family -- including JWA chairman and CEO Helen Johnson-Leipold, his daughter -- own about 53% of the company.
Rob Kuijpers DHL Worldwide Express 333 Twin Dolphin Dr. Redwood City, CA 94065 Phone: 650-593-7474 Fax: 650-593-1689 Web Site: http://www.dhl.com Shipshape international shipper DHL Worldwide Express operates as two separate companies based in the US and Brussels. DHL Airways serves the US but lags behind giants FedEx and UPS. Outside the US, the tables are turned. DHL International's dominant market share (about 41%) is larger than those of FDX and UPS put together. DHL's network links over 635,000 cities in more than 225 countries. Japan Airlines and Lufthansa (Germany) each own 25% of DHL International. The estate of deceased DHL co-founder Larry Lee Hillblom owns 60% of DHL Airways and 23% of DHL International. Most of Hillblom's DHL International stake will be bought by Germany's Deutsche Post.
Solomon Dutka Audits & Surveys Worldwide, Inc. 650 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10011 Phone: 212-627-9700 Fax: 212-627-2034 Web Site: http://www.surveys.com When companies like AT&T, Coca-Cola, and Xerox need to know where they stand, they call on Audits & Surveys Worldwide (ASW), a marketing research firm serving a wide range of clients in more than 80 countries. The company's offerings include sales tracking services, market share data, advertising evaluation, new products testing, media audience estimation, customer satisfaction measurement, and public affairs services. ASW's largest client, Coca-Cola Company, accounts for a third of its sales. The company is expanding its reach, along geographic and business lines, through joint ventures with other marketing firms. ASW is a subsidiary of UK-based media company United News & Media.
Juergen Bartels Westin Hotels & Resorts Worldwide 2001 Sixth Ave. Seattle, WA 98121 Phone: 206-443-5000 Fax: 206-443-5096 Web Site: http://www.westin.com Welcome to the lap of luxury. Westin Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, bought in 1998 by real estate investment trust Starwood Hotels & Resorts, operates a chain of more than 110 luxury hotels and resorts in 23 countries. Targeting the upscale travel market (including business travelers), Westin offers a number of programs to attract and retain customers. They include a frequent guest program, an office option that stations guests in luxury rooms equipped with communications links and other amenities; and a kids club designed to entertain the 12-and-under crowd. Westin's historic hotels and resorts are located in Asia, the Carribean, Europe, and North America.
John J. Kilcullen IDG Books Worldwide, Inc. 919 E. Hillsdale Blvd., Ste. 400 Foster City, CA 94404 Phone: 650-655-3000 Fax: 650-655-3299 Web Site: http://www.idgbooks.com When it comes to publishing, IDG Books Worldwide (IDGB) is no dummy. The company, a spinoff of #1 computer magazine publisher International Data Group (which still owns about 78% of IDGB), produces the popular . . . for Dummies series of books (which accounts for more than 60% of IDGB's sales). Originally computer how-to books (DOS for Dummies), the series has expanded to include such titles as Golf for Dummies and Sex for Dummies. IDGB's other series include . . . Secrets and official Novell training and user guides. In all, IDGB publishes 18 book series comprising more than 780 titles in 37 languages. IDGB also owns the lazy student's best friend, Cliffs Notes.
D. R. Verdoorn C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. 8100 Mitchell Rd. Eden Prairie, MN 55344-2248 Phone: 612-937-8500 Fax: 800-927-8225 Web Site: http://www.chrobinson.com C.H. Robinson Worldwide provides international logistics and multimodal transportation (by truck, train, sea, and air) services by contracting a network of about 170 offices in Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, Mexico, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, the UK, and the US. It provides its transportation services (about 75% of sales) through a network of more than 14,000 independent transportation companies, mainly motor carriers. C.H. Robinson also sources fresh produce, which it markets under the name The Fresh 1, for grocery retailers and food service distributors. The company also offers carriers Internet-based information services and electronic fund transfers. CHR's employees own about 75% of the company.
W. Robert Grafton Andersen Worldwide 33 W. Monroe St. Chicago, IL 60603-5385 Phone: 312-580-0033 Fax: 312-507-6748 Web Site: http://www.arthurandersen.com Andersen Worldwide is the second-largest (behind PricewaterhouseCoopers) of the Big Five accounting firms. Arthur Andersen provides traditional outside audit services for corporations and institutions; its other accounting services include outsourced internal audit and accounting functions. The other side of the firm's operations is Andersen Consulting (which accounts for more than half of sales), whose offerings include business consulting and reengineering, customer service system design, Internet sales systems research and design, and securities trading system design. The firm has offices in 78 countries and has correspondent relationships with other firms in 46 others.
Ronald M. Greenstone Greenstone Roberts Advertising, Inc. 401 Broadhollow Rd. Melville, NY 11747 Phone: 516-249-2121 Fax: 516-249-6877 Greenstone Roberts Advertising may not be a Madison Avenue player, but it's still the toast of the town. The award-winning firm is one of the largest on Long Island and is among the top 50 agencies in the northeast. Greenstone Roberts is a full-service agency that helps clients plan and create ads for television, radio, print, and outdoor displays. It also has expertise in areas such as direct mail campaigns, market and product research, and public relations. The company relies on a core group of 20 clients for most of its business; in 1998 the firm lost Bic Corporation, one of its biggest. Chairman and CEO Ronald Greenstone owns 38% of Greenstone Roberts.
Edward H. Meyer Grey Advertising Inc. 777 Third Ave. New York, NY 10017 Phone: 212-546-2000 Fax: 212-546-1495 Web Site: http://www.giworldwide.com Grey Advertising and its subsidiaries plan, create, and place advertising. The company also offers a range of specialized services including marketing consultation, direct marketing, media buying, research, product publicity, public relations, and sales promotion. With offices in more than 70 countries, the company's clients include Boeing, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Microsoft, Sara Lee, and Volvo. Procter & Gamble accounts for more than 10% of revenue. More than half of sales come from outside the US. Chairman and CEO Edward Meyer owns about 27% of the company.
Alain de Pouzilhac Havas Advertising 84, rue de Villiers F 92683 Levallois-Perret Cedex, France Phone: +33-1-41-34-30-00 Fax: +33-1-41-34-12-48 Web Site: http://www.havas-advertising.com Havas Advertising is one of the largest advertising agencies in Europe. Through its Euro RSCG and other networks, the company operates more than 200 agencies in about 65 countries. Clients include Kraft Foods, L'Oreal, Microsoft, Miramax Films, MCI WorldCom, Procter & Gamble, and Volvo. In addition, the company provides services in public and press relations, publishing, strategic planning, broadcast buying and interactive communications. Havas SA owns 30% of Havas Advertising; French utility Vivendi, new parent of Havas SA, owns 31%. The company is looking for a possible merger or acquisition in hopes of becoming one of the world's top five advertising agencies.
Marc A. Wyse Wyse Advertising Inc. 24 Public Sq., # 1140 Cleveland, OH 44113 Phone: 216-696-2424 Fax: 216-736-4425 It took a wise advertising company to make cartoon character Dilbert the celebrity spokesperson for Office Depot. The "big box" office supply company is not the only national client of full-service Wyse Advertising; it has also managed advertising for American Greetings, Hyatt Hotels, The Stroh Companies, BF Goodrich, and Applebee's International (which grew from 125 restaurants to almost a thousand in its first six years with Wyse Advertising). Although the agency's best-known accounts are for retail products and services, it also handles business-to-business accounts (Kelly Services) and direct-mail campaigns. The firm was founded in the early 1950s by Marc Wyse, who is still its owner, chairman, and CEO.
William H. Joyce Union Carbide Corporation 39 Old Ridgebury Rd. Danbury, CT 06817-0001 Phone: 203-794-2000 Fax: 203-794-6269 Web Site: http://www.unioncarbide.com Chemical giant Union Carbide leads the world in producing ethylene oxide and ethylene glycol (used to make antifreeze and polyester fibers) through its basic chemicals and polymers segment. Its specialty and intermediary chemicals segment is one of the largest manufacturers of polyethylene (the most widely used plastic in the world); it also makes solvents, coatings, latex, resins, emulsions, and plasticizers. Despite Asian economic woes, Union Carbide is going ahead with a joint venture with Malaysia's state-owned oil and gas company, Petronas, to build a $2 billion petrochemical complex in that country. The plant will produce ethylene oxide and propylene derivatives.
G. Craig Sullivan The Clorox Company 1221 Broadway Oakland, CA 94612-1888 Phone: 510-271-7000 Fax: 510-832-1463 Web Site: http://www.clorox.com Brands cannot live by bleach alone. Best known for its namesake bleach (#1 in the world), The Clorox Company makes a host of laundry and cleaning products (Pine-Sol, Soft Scrub), insecticides (Combat), cat litter (Fresh Step), car-care products (Armor All), and charcoal briquettes (Kingsford). Many of the company's brands lead their markets. Its 1999 acquisition of First Brands strengthened Clorox in such areas as cat litter and car care and helped the company diversify into plastic wraps with market leader Glad. Clorox sells its products in more than 80 countries; growing international sales account for about 20% of its total. Chemical giant Henkel owns 30% of the company.
Guenter Rohrmann Air Express International Corporation 120 Tokeneke Rd. Darien, CT 06820 Phone: 203-655-7900 Fax: 203-655-5779 Web Site: http://www.aeilogistics.com Air Express International is a leading US-based international airfreight forwarder. It also provides international ocean freight forwarding (both as an indirect ocean carrier and as an authorized agent for shippers and importers), customs brokerage services, and global logistics services (warehousing, distribution, and freight tracking and tracing). With a worldwide network of facilities and agents, the company consolidates, documents, and arranges for transportation of its cargo shipments. It handles more than two million individual airfreight shipments annually to about 3,000 cities in more than 200 countries. About 60% of Air Express International's revenues are from foreign operations.
Valery M. Okulov Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines Leningradsky Prospect 37, Korpus 9 Moscow, Russia Phone: +7-095-155-6648 Fax: +7-095-155-6647 Web Site: http://www.aeroflot.org Like Russia itself, Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines is trying to shake off its Soviet past. It is buying more Western-made aircraft after a string of crashes involving aging Soviet-built planes. Aeroflot operates two Boeing 767s and eight Airbus A-310s and it plans to add 10 Boeing 737s to its fleet of more than 100 planes. Aeroflot flies to about 150 destinations in some 90 countries; it accounts for 70% of all international air travel conducted by Russian airlines. The airline was reorganized in 1992 when the Russian Federation changed its name from Aeroflot - Soviet Airlines to Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines. The Russian government owns 51% of Aeroflot; employees own 49%.
Reuben Mark Colgate-Palmolive Company 300 Park Ave. New York, NY 10022 Phone: 212-310-2000 Fax: 212-310-3405 Web Site: http://www.colgate.com Colgate-Palmolive is the #1 seller of toothpaste (ahead of Procter & Gamble) and a world leader in oral care products (mouthwashes, toothpaste, and toothbrushes). Colgate is also a major supplier of personal care products (baby care, deodorants, shampoos, and soaps); its Palmolive is a leading dishwashing soap brand worldwide. In household cleaning products (bleaches, laundry products, and soaps), Colgate is a top producer of bleach and liquid surface cleaners (Ajax) outside the US. The company's Hill's Science Diet brand is a leading premium pet food worldwide. Foreign sales account for about 70% of Colgate's total revenues.
Donald E. Roland Treasure Chest Advertising Company, Inc. 250 W. Pratt, 18th Fl. Baltimore, MD 21201 Phone: 410-528-9800 Fax: 410-528-9288 Web Site: http://www.tcadvertising.com Treasure Chest Advertising, a subsidiary of Big Flower Holdings, is the nation's largest printer of advertising circulars, TV listings, and Sunday comics in newspapers. The company, which operates from 20 facilities across the US, also prints newspaper magazines, special supplements, and other publications. Its customers include some 700 national and regional retailers (Circuit City, J. C. Penny, Wal-Mart) and more than 300 newspapers (The Boston Globe, The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle). Treasure Chest also offers a database information system that allows advertisers to target specific consumers. Address: 250 W. Pratt, 18th Fl. Baltimore, MD 21201 Phone: 410-528-9800 Fax: 410-528-9288 Web Site: http://www.tcadvertising.com CEO: Donald E. Roland
Kevin P. Reilly Jr. Lamar Advertising Company 5551 Corporate Blvd. Baton Rouge, LA 70808 Phone: 225-926-1000 Fax: 225-923-0658 Web Site: http://www.lamar.com Lamar Advertising provides outdoor advertising services through billboards and bus shelters, benches, and bus-mounted displays. The company has about 47,000 billboards in 26 states. It also operates the largest logo sign business in the US with more than 22,000 logo advertising displays (signs posted near highway exits that indicate the availability of gas, food, and lodging) in 18 of the 22 states that have privatized logo programs, and in Ontario, Canada. Lamar provides design and production services to its clients. It is exploring ways to bring billboards into the electronic age by outfitting them with wireless transmission devices. CEO Kevin Reilly owns about 40% of the company.
Barry S. Sternlicht Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. 777 Westchester Ave. White Plains, NY 10604 Phone: 914-640-8100 Fax: 914-696-1138 Web Site: http://www.starwoodlodging.com Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide is the world's largest lodging company, with more than 680 properties in some 70 countries. The company operates, manages, and owns hotels, casinos, and resorts. The 1998 purchases of the Westin hotel chain and ITT, parent of Sheraton hotels and owner of the Caesar's Palace gaming locations, catapulted the company to its position. Starwood, which also owns Hilton, Marriott, and other properties, has unveiled its trendy new W Hotels brand, aimed at younger professionals. Starwood was a paired-share real estate investment trust (REIT), but in 1999 converted to an integrated corporate structure (with a property-owning REIT subsidiary), in part because of changing tax laws.
Joseph Cayre GoodTimes Entertainment Worldwide 16 E. 40th St. New York, NY 10016 Phone: 212-951-3000 Fax: 212-213-9319 Web Site: http://www.goodtimes.com GoodTimes Entertainment Worldwide strives to keep folks good and entertained with books, music, and more than 5,000 video titles. For those who prefer working out, the production and distribution company offers fitness tapes by Cindy Crawford, Richard Simmons, and Fabio. Children's animated classic videos (Thumbelina, Aladdin) are a company staple. Other offerings include the Berenstain Bears and other children's books, weight-loss products, and a Bible series featuring Charlton Heston. Its SalSoul Records markets music with a salsa/soul/rock sound. The company sells to 18,000 retailers, including Kmart, Toys "R" Us, and Wal-Mart stores. CEO Joseph Cayre and his brothers Stanley and Ken own the company.
Ray B. Mundt Unisource Worldwide, Inc. 1100 Cassatt Rd. Berwyn, PA 19312 Phone: 610-296-4470 Fax: 610-722-3400 Web Site: http://www.unisourcelink.com Propane and paper might sound like a dangerous combination, but Unisource Worldwide hopes to make it work. The largest distributor of paper products in North America is being acquired by UGI Corporation, the nation's largest propane marketer, to form a giant distributor of propane, paper, packaging, and maintenance supplies. Unisource Worldwide distributes printing and imaging products for paper-intensive businesses such as publishers and retail copy centers. Its supply systems division distributes disposable paper and plastic products, packaging systems, and sanitary maintenance supplies to industrial customers. Unisource has been divesting its businesses in Mexico to focus on the US and Canada.
Jose G. "Joe" da Rosa Balboa Travel Inc. 5414 Oberlin Dr. San Diego, CA 92121-4745 Phone: 619-678-3300 Fax: 619-678-3399 Web Site: http://www.balboa.com Balboa Travel is ready to help plan any explorer's expedition. One of the largest travel agencies in San Diego, Balboa offers full-service travel planning and vacation packages. The company, which dedicates 80% of its time to organizing corporate clients' travel arrangements, operates 14 on-site offices at client locations. It also provides individual travelers with a variety of getaways including cruises, safaris, and adventures. Its offices can handle all aspects of travel booking, including acquisition of visas and passports, and translation assistance. Balboa was bought in 1971 by CEO Jose da Rosa and his sister VC Mary Alice Gonsalves.
Paul Brett Thomson Travel Group plc Greater London House, Hampstead Rd. London NW1 7SD, UK Phone: +44-171-387-9321 Fax: +44-171-383-1212 Web Site: http://www.thomson-holidays.com Thomson's clients might go away pale and stressed, but they come back tan and happy. Thomson Travel Group (TTG) is the largest travel and tour operator in the UK, marketing vacation packages that include flights on its Britannia Airways charter airline service. TTG also provides other travel and related services, including holiday rentals and boating rentals, primarily in Great Britain. It markets its services domestically through Thomson Holidays, Portland Direct, and Skytours. Primary destinations are Spain, Greece, and Turkey. TTG was spun off in 1998 from Canadian media giant The Thomson Corporation; the Thomson family still owns about 20% of the company.
Mark Rider The Rider-BTI Travel Group 370 King St. West, Ste. 700 Toronto, Ontario M5V 1J9, Canada Phone: 416-593-8866 Fax: 416-593-7158 Web Site: http://www.rider.ca Founded in 1982 by Mark Rider, Rider-BTI Travel Group is dedicated to business, academic, and government travel. The company depends on long-term relationships with about 140 clients that account for about 80% of its business. Rider-BTI Travel Group also provides group and incentive travel through its Meeting Services Group and dedicates a separate division to federal government travel. In 1998 The Rider Travel Group teamed with US travel giant Business Travel International (BTI), combining its 16 offices with BTI's international network of 2,700 offices in 60 countries. BTI is a global corporate travel manager with annual billings of about $20 billion.
Joseph V. Vittoria Travel Services International, Inc. 220 Congress Park Dr. Delray Beach, FL 33445-7289 Phone: 561-266-0860 Fax: 561-266-0872 Travel Services International provides specialized wholesale leisure travel services to US and Canadian travelers through about 25 offices across the country and through toll-free call centers and the Internet. As a wholesaler of travel services, the company focuses on individual niches in the travel market offering a greater level of expertise than other travel agents. Travel Services International operates in three travel markets: air travel, cruises, and European car rental reservations. The company also has business arrangements with several major airlines, cruise lines, and European car rental companies, which allow for preferential fares for customers.
Ryuji Funayama Japan Travel Bureau, Inc. 1-6-4 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-0005, Japan Phone: +81-3-3284-7502 Web Site: http://www.jtb.co.jp You could see Japan Travel Bureau (JTB) as Godzilla to American Express' King Kong. Founded in 1912, JTB is Japan's largest travel company and is vying with American Express for world leadership in terms of travel sales. The company and its subsidiaries, including JTB USA and JTB Australia, provide corporate, consumer, and specialty travel services from more than 1,100 offices in 17 countries. Its domestic operations consist of 315 branches. As a sluggish Japanese economy has decreased the number of Japanese tourists, JTB has started offering international discount fares and has opened an office specializing in overseas weddings, a popular Japanese trend. The company is owned by investor group JTB Foundation.
Noel Irwin-Hentschel American Tours International 6053 W. Century Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90045 Phone: 310-641-9953 Fax: 310-216-5807 Web Site: http://www.americantours.com American Tours International (ATI) offers travel packages that encompass the continental US and the Hawaiian Islands, Canada, and Mexico. ATI's tours cater to groups visiting North America from foreign countries and present three kinds of tours: motorcoach, fly/drive, and air. Motorcoach tours last from seven to 22 days and all tours provide hotel accommodations, transportation, itineraries, and all taxes and porterage. The company also makes arrangements for individual travelers and offers services tailored for CEOs, heads of state, and celebrities. ATI is owned by co-founder, chairman, and CEO Noel Irwin-Hentschel, who recently lost the Republican primary for lieutenant governor of California.
Leonard H. Schrank Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication Avenue Adele 1 B-1310 La Hulpe, Belgium Phone: +32-2-655-3111 Fax: +32-2-655-3226 Web Site: https://www.swift.com When banks and brokers zap payment messages from Albania to Yemen, S.W.I.F.T. (the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications) gets the job done. Founded in 1973 by 239 banks, the company now provides secured payment message transferring, matching, and other services to more than 3,000 owner/member banks and 3,400 other financial organizations (including brokers, securities deposit and clearing organizations, and stock exchanges). Payments themselves are not transferred via S.W.I.F.T.'s computerized interbank network, but the cooperative makes money charging businesses for sending messages. S.W.I.F.T. users are located in 177 countries.
Charles R. Schwab The Charles Schwab Corporation 101 Montgomery St. San Francisco, CA 94104 Phone: 415-627-7000 Fax: 415-627-8840 Web Site: http://www.schwab.com Charles Schwab's main business is discount brokerage: making trades for clients who make their own investment decisions. Historically hands-off, the company now offers asset allocation advice and refers clients to independent financial advisors. Schwab operates from nearly 275 offices, via telephone, or by PC; the firm dominates the online trading market. One of the top three mutual fund distributors (with Fidelity and Vanguard), Schwab's popular OneSource sells more than 800 no-load mutual funds from about 120 families. The company is now offering retirement investing packages and working to lure more investment managers as clients. The company has moved into Europe through UK-based Charles Schwab Europe.
Dimitri B. Zimin Vimpel-Communications 10-12 Ulitsa, 8 Marta St. 125083 Moscow, Russia Phone: +7-095-212-0512 Fax: +7-095-214-0962 Web Site: http://www.vimpelcom.ru Wireless telecommunications firm Vimpel-Communications, the first and only Russian company traded on the New York Stock Exchange, is making a beeline to success as the #1 cellular telecommunications provider in Russia. Under the trademark Bee Line brand, the firm serves about 100,000 customers in Moscow and surrounding areas and has more than 10,000 subscribers that use its personal communications system network. The firm has partnerships with Alcatel, Ericsson, Motorola, and Association-800. Dimitri Zimin owns 52% of the firm and FGI Wireless owns 32%.
J. Joe Ricketts Ameritrade Holding Corporation 4211 S. 102nd St. Omaha, NE 68127 Phone: 402-331-7856 Fax: 402-597-7789 Web Site: http://www.ameritradeholding.com Discount securities broker-dealer Ameritrade Holding lets you buy and sell by phone, fax, and Internet. The company has four subsidiaries: Ameritrade and Accutrade provide online, telephone, and fax trading along with stock information; Advanced Clearing provides clearing services for securities brokers; and AmeriVest offers discount brokerage services to financial institutions. The company has some 267,000 active accounts. Ameritrade is increasing its visibility via alliances with such online services as America Online and Yahoo! and through AmeriVest's alliance with Kellogg Company's credit union. Chairman Joe Ricketts and his family own about 75% of Ameritrade.
Thomas H. O'Brien PNC Bank Corp. One PNC Plaza, 249 Fifth Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15222-2707 Phone: 412-762-2000 Fax: 412-762-8856 Web Site: http://www.pncbank.com PNC Bank is the parent for banking subsidiaries that operate more than 750 branches in six mid-Atlantic and midwestern states, with a focus on four major banking lines -- consumer, corporate, real estate, and mortgage. The bank also offers asset management (fixed-income, domestic and international equity, and liquidity products) through its BlackRock subsidiary, and separately provides leasing services and credit card services (a business area it plans to exit). PNC's consumer financial services offerings include the BlackRock family of mutual funds. The company also offers electronic and telephone banking services nationwide. PNC plans to acquire a securities brokerage, Hilliard Lyons, of Louisville, Kentucky.
Thomas A. Jermoluk At Home Corporation 425 Broadway St. Redwood City, CA 94063 Phone: 650-569-5000 Fax: 650-569-5100 Web Site: http://www.home.net At Home means business. It uses cable TV systems to provide high-speed Internet and other online services to consumers (@Home) and businesses (@Work), with network technology capable of delivering data about a hundred times faster than traditional telephone modems. At Home, which teams with cable operators to market and provide its services, has about 330,000 customers in the US and Canada. The company has access to about 60 million North American homes passed by cable. AT&T Broadband & Internet Services (formerly TCI) holds a 40% stake in At Home. Other investors include US cable operators Cablevision, Comcast, and Cox. The firm has agreed to buy Excite, the #2 Internet directory.
Other resources: Northwest Rafters Association www.teleport.com/~bd/index.html Washington Recreational River Runners nwwf.com/wrrr (They also send out an email news list. Contact glen@nwwf.com) California Floaters Assoc. www.cfsonline.org Protecting the rivers: American Rivers www.amrivers.org Idaho Rivers United www.desktop.org/iru Rivers Council of Washington www.brigadoon.com/~riverswa Pacific Rivers Council www.pacrivers.org Friends of the River (California) www.friendsoftheriver.org The Amazing Environmental Organization Web Directory www.webdirectory.com A monster list of all kinds of environmentally oriented information Vendors: Cascade Outfitters www.casout.com Northwest River Supplies www.nrsweb.com Nantahala Outdoor Center www.nocweb.com The Boundary Waters Catalog www.piragis.com Jack's Plastic Welding (cat boats) web.frontier.net/jacks Wy'East Fabrics (tarps) www.teleport.com/~tarpsusa/

Honorable Mentions

May provide support for a future expedition. Possible team sponsors for future project expeditions to the former Soviet republics.

Pepsi Cola, 700 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, NY 10577; 1 Pepsi Way, Somers, NY 10589-2201
Chili Bar Outdoor Center
Goretex for 1997
Hyside
The North Face, Inc., 2013 Farallon Drive, San Leandro, CA 94577 The North Face makes high-performance outdoor apparel and equipment. The company designs and distributes technically sophisticated outerwear, skiwear, functional sportswear, tents, sleeping bags, and backpacks. Known for its equipment for extreme applications such as ice climbing and polar expeditions, North Face also offers Tekware, a line of sportswear designed for outdoor activities and everyday use by the broader market. Distribution of the firm's products is limited to 1,500 retailers in the US, Europe, and Canada. North Face also operates about a dozen retail stores, including three outlet stores. Address: The North Face, Inc. 2013 Farallon Dr. San Leandro, CA 94577 Phone: 510-618-3500 Fax: 510-618-3531 CEO: William N. Simon
Hewlett-Packard Hewlett-Packard Company 3000 Hanover St. Palo Alto, CA 94304 Web Site: http://www.hp.com Phone: 650-857-1501
Texaco Inc. 2000 Westchester Ave. White Plains, NY 10650 Web Site: http://www.texaco.com Phone: 914-253-4000
Wells Fargo Wells Fargo & Company 420 Montgomery St. San Francisco, CA 94163 Web Site: http://www.wellsfargo.com Phone: 415-396-3053
The Chase Manhattan Corporation, 270 Park Ave., New York, NY 10017-2036, 212-270-6000