NAVTEQ creates the digital map database that
powers navigation and location-based services around the world. The Chicago-based
Company was founded in 1985 and is privately held. The company's 1,200 employees
are in over 100 offices in 18 countries.
Eclipse by Fujitsu Ten is a manufacturer of mobile audio components for OEM
and aftermarket applications and motoronics for OEM. Eclipse, the aftermarket
brand of Eclipse by Fujitsu Ten, is a full line of award-winning high-performance
mobile audio products including CD players, cassette decks, amplifiers, and speakers.
Eclipse products are distributed exclusively through the specialty retail channel
of distribution. Eclipse by Fujitsu Ten is based in Torrance, CA.
Nuance is a global leader in advanced speech and
language solutions for vertical markets, computers, automobiles, telecommunications,
embedded products, consumer goods and the Internet. The company is making the
speech user interface (SUI) the keystone of simple, convenient interaction between
humans and technology, and is using advanced translation technology to break down
language barriers. Nuance provides a wide range of offerings, including: customized
solutions for corporations; core speech technologies marketed to OEMs; end user
and retail applications for continuous speech products in horizontal and vertical
markets; and document creation, human and machine translation services, Internet
translation offerings, and linguistic tools.
Audiovox Corporation is an international leader in the marketing of cellular
telephones, vehicle security and entertainment systems, and consumer electronics
products. The Company conducts its business through two subsidiaries and markets
its products both domestically and internationally under its own brands. It also
functions as an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) supplier to several customers.
Dollar Rent A Car, a subsidiary of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. (NYSE:DTG),
has approximately 430 worldwide locations in 26 countries, with a significant
presence in Australia, Canada, the Caribbean and Latin America, including 260
locations in the United States. The company and its licensees have locations at
most major airports across the nation, and a fleet of 97,000 vehicles. Through
its alliance with Sixt rent a car, Dollar offers service in more than 25 additional
countries covering Europe, the Middle East and Africa. DOLLAR worldwide headquarters
is located in Tulsa, Okla.
