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A&W Restaurants
American fast food chain
Lockheed Corporation
1926-1995 aerospace manufacturer in the United States
Tim Hortons
Canadian multinational quick-service restaurant chain
Costa Coffee
British multinational coffeehouse company
Martin Marietta
American manufacturing company
Bobcat Company
American-based manufacturer of farm and construction equipment
Bullfrog Productions
British video game developer
Rockstar Lincoln
British video game developer
Lotus Software
American software company
Rockstar Toronto
Canadian video game developer
Winning Entertainment Group
Japanese video game company
Bath Iron Works
American shipyard located on the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine
MCA Inc.
American media, entertainment conglomerate
Zenith Electronics
company
Upjohn
thumb|Logo of Upjohn Pill & Granule, later The Upjohn Company The Upjohn Company was an American pharmaceutical manufacturing firm (est. 1886) in Hastings, Michigan, by Dr. William E. Upjohn, an 1875 graduate of the University of Michigan medical school. The company was originally formed to make friable pills, specifically designed to crush easily, and thus be easier for patients to digest. Upjohn initially marketed the pills to doctors by sending them a wooden plank along with a rival’s pill and one of Upjohn’s, with instructions to try to hammer the pills into the plank.
Kansallis-Osake-Pankki
thumb|Former head office of Kansallis-Osake-Pankki, Aleksanterinkatu 42 in Kluuvi, [[Helsinki]] ' (KOP, ), also known as ', was a commercial bank operating from 1889 to 1995 in Finland. It was created by the Fennoman movement as a Finnish alternative to the then-dominant bank largely associated with the Swedish-speaking community, Suomen Yhdyspankki (SYP, ). Its emblem was a blue stylized squirrel.
QVC
QVC (short for "Quality Value Convenience") is an American free-to-air television network and a flagship shopping channel specializing in televised home shopping, owned by QVC Group (formerly Qurate Retail Group). Founded in 1986 by Joseph Segel in West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, QVC broadcasts to more than 350 million households in seven countries, including channels in the UK, Germany, Japan, and Italy, along with a joint venture in China with China National Radio called CNR Mall.
Gestetner
right|thumb|An A4-size Gestetner Offset printing|offset-printing machine The Gestetner is a type of duplicating machine named after its inventor, David Gestetner (1854–1939). During the 20th century, the term Gestetner was used as a verb—as in Gestetnering. The Gestetner company established its base in London, filing its first patent in 1879. The business grew, remaining within the control of the Gestetner family, and acquiring other businesses. In 1995, the Gestetner company was acquired by the Ricoh Corporation of Japan.
Sachtler
Sachtler is a manufacturer of film and video camera support products. The company was founded in 1958 and was bought by the United Kingdom's Vitec Group (now Videndum) in 1995.
Scott Paper Company
company
Marshalls
thumb|Marshalls store in Erin Mills Town Centre, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Opekta
thumb|An Opekta advertising poster from Anne Frank's room in the Secret Annexe. ', roughly "Now make homemade Jam with Opekta" Opekta was a German pectin and spice company that existed between 1928 and 1995. It is notable for its Dutch operation being based in the building at ' that later became the Anne Frank House. Opekta was based in Cologne and expanded into the Netherlands in 1933, at which time Otto Frank moved from Germany to Amsterdam to become managing director of the new Dutch operation. Otto Frank was in charge of the manufacturing and distribution of the pectin-based gelling prepar
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company
American multinational corporation
Gorton's of Gloucester
subsidary of Nippon Suisan Kaisha Ltd
Anchor Bay Entertainment
American home entertainment and production company
Stop & Shop
chain of supermarkets
ITC Entertainment
UK-based tv and movie production and distribution company
Convex Computer
company that produced a number of vector supercomputers
Delrina
Delrina Corporation was a Canadian software company active from 1988 to 1995. The company was best known for WinFax, a software package which enabled computers equipped with fax modems to transmit copies of documents to standalone fax machines or other similarly equipped computers. It also sold PerForm and FormFlow, electronic form software. Delrina was acquired by the American software firm Symantec in 1995.
Prometric
Prometric, also known as Prometric Testing, is an American test administration company. The corporate headquarters are located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The company manages a network of test centers with thousands of sites in 160 countries, where various examinations are conducted.
LensCrafters
thumb|257px|right|LensCrafters Optique store in Sherway Gardens, [[Toronto, Canada]] thumb|257px|right|LensCrafters Optique store in Ann Arbor, Michigan|Ann Arbor, MI
American City Business Journals
American newspaper chain based in Charlotte, North Carolina, owned by Advance Publications