COMPANYHISTORIES

Companies Founded in the 1980s

Founded amid the era's leveraged buyouts, deregulation, and the first wave of personal computing.

1110companies1980–1989founding years1058still active52no longer operating
§ 01

These companies over time

Companies foundedEconomyTechnologyEnvironmentHistory
FoundedAST Research Inc.FoundedSpectrum Organic Products, Inc.
1980
FoundedGuess, Inc.FoundedTofutti Brands, Inc.
1981
TechnologyThe IBM PC launches and sets a standard.
TechnologyThe first US in-vitro fertilization baby is born.
FoundedMasonite International Corporation
1982
FoundedBell Atlantic CorporationFoundedNational Sanitary Supply Co.
1983
FoundedBarclaysAmerican Mortgage CorporationFoundedMorningstar Inc.
1984
TechnologyApple ships the Macintosh; the GUI era begins.
FoundedAlliance Atlantis Communications Inc.FoundedMartek Biosciences Corporation
1985
FoundedAvado Brands, Inc.FoundedOmnicom Group Inc.
1986
FoundedAqua Alliance Inc.FoundedMFS Communications Company, Inc.
1987
EconomyBlack Monday: markets fall sharply around the world.
FoundedAsanté Technologies, Inc.FoundedOfficeMax Inc.
1988
FoundedFiberMark, Inc.
1989
HistoryThe Berlin Wall falls; global markets open up.
1991
TechnologyThe World Wide Web is released to the public.
TechnologyLinux and open source challenge proprietary software.
1993
TechnologyThe Mosaic browser brings the web to everyone.
1994
TechnologyE-commerce begins to disrupt retail.
1995
TechnologyWindows 95 launches; the internet goes mainstream.
1997
EconomyThe Asian financial crisis rattles global markets.
EnvironmentThe Kyoto Protocol sets the first climate targets.
1999
TechnologyNapster ignites the digital disruption of recorded music.
2000
EconomyThe dot-com bubble bursts.
TechnologyGPS opens to civilian use, turning location into a utility.
2004
TechnologySocial media and Web 2.0 take hold.
2007
TechnologyThe iPhone launches the smartphone era.
2008
EconomyThe global financial crisis freezes credit worldwide.
2010
TechnologyCloud computing goes mainstream for business.
2015
EnvironmentThe Paris Agreement sets global climate targets.
2020
EconomyThe COVID-19 pandemic upends the global economy.
2022
EconomyInflation spikes; central banks raise rates sharply.
2023
TechnologyGenerative AI reaches mainstream business use.
§ 02

The companies

AST Research Inc. →
Active · founded 1980
AST Research Inc., is the third-largest American manufacturer of personal computers based on the industry standard…
Adventist Health →
Active · founded 1980
Adventist Health is a non-profit healthcare system affiliated with the Seventh-Day Adventist Church and part of an…
Advocat Inc. →
Active · founded 1980
Based in Franklin, Tennessee, Advocat Inc.
Air Methods Corporation →
Active · founded 1980
Air Methods Corporation is one of the world's leading airborne healthcare companies, providing air medical emergency…
Allied Healthcare Products, Inc. →
Active · founded 1980
Allied Healthcare Products, Inc.
American Woodmark Corporation →
Active · founded 1980
American Woodmark Corporation is one of the five largest cabinet manufacturers in the United States, specializing in…
Amgen, Inc. →
Active · founded 1980
Amgen, Inc.
BMC Software, Inc. →
Active · founded 1980
BMC Software, Inc.
Barrick Gold Corporation →
Active · founded 1980 · Canada M5J 2J3
Barrick Gold Corporation is an anomaly in the gold exploration and mining industry; it has little debt and low-cost…
Cerner Corporation →
Active · founded 1980
Cerner Corporation is a leading supplier of information systems for the health care industry.
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated →
Active · founded 1980
Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
Command Security Corporation →
Active · founded 1980
Command Security Corporation provides a variety of security services in several states (New York, New Jersey,…
CompuServe Interactive Services, Inc. →
Active · founded 1980
One of the world's leading online information services, CompuServe Interactive Services, Inc.
Cortefiel S.A. →
Active · founded 1980 · Spain
Spain's Cortefiel S.A.
Day Runner, Inc. →
Active · founded 1980
Day Runner, Inc., is America's leading developer and manufacturer of paper-based personal organizers.
Diamond of California →
Active · founded 1980
Diamond of California is one of California's largest grower cooperatives and the leading supplier of in-shell and…
Emmis Communications Corporation →
Active · founded 1980
Emmis Communications Corporation is a diversified media company with interests in radio, television, and publishing.
First International Computer, Inc. →
Active · founded 1980 · Taiwan
Taiwan-based First International Computer, Inc.
Flow International Corporation →
Active · founded 1980
Flow International Corporation, an industry pioneer, designs and manufactures cutting and cleaning systems that use…
Geffen Records Inc. →
Active · founded 1980
Geffen Records Inc.
Genetics Institute, Inc. →
Active · founded 1980
Genetics Institute, Inc., (GI) is a biotechnology firm engaged in the research, development, and commercialization of…
Grubb & Ellis Company →
Active · founded 1980
Grubb & Ellis Company is one of the largest commercial real estate brokers in the United States, with approximately 90…
Grupo Carso, S.A. de C.V. →
Active · founded 1980 · Mexico
Grupo Carso, S.A.
Harman International Industries Inc. →
Active · founded 1980
Harman International Industries, Inc.
Il Fornaio (America) Corporation →
Active · founded 1980
Il Fornaio (America) Corporation owns and operates 17 full-service, upscale Italian restaurants and five wholesale…
Informix Corporation →
Active · founded 1980
Informix Corporation is a leading developer of relational database software for computers using the UNIX operating…
IntelliCorp, Inc. →
Active · founded 1980
Once a pioneer in artificial intelligence (AI), Mountain View, California-based IntelliCorp, Inc.
International Game Technology →
Active · founded 1980
International Game Technology (IGT) is the world's leading designer and manufacturer of video slot machines, blackjack,…
Iomega Corporation →
Active · founded 1980
One of the fastest-growing companies in the United States during the late 1990s, Iomega Corporation manufactures…
J. & W. Seligman & Co. Inc. →
Active · founded 1980
Bearer of an illustrious name and a distinguished past, J.
Jackpot Enterprises Inc. →
Active · founded 1980
Jackpot Enterprises Inc.
John Paul Mitchell Systems →
Active · founded 1980
A recognized leader in the beauty industry, John Paul Mitchell Systems markets more than 35 different haircare products…
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation →
Active · founded 1980 · Kuwait
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) operates as a state-owned integrated oil and gas concern.
LSI Logic Corporation →
Active · founded 1980
A leading competitor in the customized semiconductor market, LSI Logic Corporation represents a defining force in a…
Lam Research Corporation →
Active · founded 1980
Lam Research Corporation is a leading supplier of manufacturing equipment to the global semiconductor industry.
Leeann Chin, Inc. →
Active · founded 1980
Leeann Chin, Inc.
MAPICS, Inc. →
Active · founded 1980
MAPICS, Inc.
MDC Partners Inc. →
Active · founded 1980 · Canada
MDC Partners Inc.
Mail Boxes Etc. →
Active · founded 1980
Mail Boxes Etc.
Management and Training Corporation →
Active · founded 1980
Management and Training Corporation (MTC) provides an at-risk population with job training programs that include…
Matt Prentice Restaurant Group →
Active · founded 1980
The Matt Prentice Restaurant Group runs more than a dozen eateries in the metropolitan area of Detroit, Michigan, and…
Maxicare Health Plans, Inc. →
Active · founded 1980
Maxicare Health Plans, Inc.
Merisel, Inc. →
Active · founded 1980
Merisel, Inc., is the world's largest publicly held distributor of computer hardware and software products.
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) →
Active · founded 1980
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) has been called America's most-liked charity, though its familiar acronym suggests…
NVR Inc. →
Active · founded 1980
NVR Inc., is one of the largest homebuilders in the United States, with operations in 11 states, primarily in the East,…
Norfolk Southern Corporation →
Active · founded 1980
Norfolk Southern Corporation (NS) is a holding company that owns and operates one of the nation's biggest railroad…
Novell, Inc. →
Defunct · founded 1980
Novell, Inc., is one of the largest computer networking firms in the world, offering operating software, network…
Old America Stores, Inc. →
Active · founded 1980
One of a handful of retailers who redefined the arts and crafts industry during the 1980s and 1990s, Old America…
Outdoor Systems, Inc. →
Active · founded 1980
The largest outdoor advertiser in North America, Outdoor Systems, Inc.
Petrossian Inc. →
Active · founded 1980
Petrossian Inc.
Policy Management Systems Corporation →
Active · founded 1980
Policy Management Systems Corporation (PMSC) provides computer software and information services that help…
Psion PLC →
Defunct · founded 1980 · United Kingdom
Britain's Psion PLC is reinventing itself.
Public Storage, Inc. →
Active · founded 1980
Public Storage, Inc.
Quantum Corporation →
Active · founded 1980
Quantum Corporation is a leading supplier of digital linear tape (DLT) technology used to backup data.
Radio One, Inc. →
Active · founded 1980
Radio One, Inc.
Range Resources Corporation →
Active · founded 1980
Range Resources Corporation is a Fort Worth, Texas, oil and gas company, primarily focused on the drilling of…
Real Turismo, S.A. de C.V. →
Active · founded 1980 · Mexico
Real Turismo, S.A.
Restoration Hardware, Inc. →
Active · founded 1980
Restoration Hardware, Inc.
Riklis Family Corp. →
Active · founded 1980
Riklis Family Corp.
SCP Pool Corporation →
Active · founded 1980
SCP Pool Corporation, headquartered in Covington, Louisiana, is the world's largest independent distributer of swimming…
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company →
Active · founded 1980
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company is one of the top ten beer makers in the United States and the country's largest…
Spectrum Organic Products, Inc. →
Active · founded 1980
Spectrum Organic Products, Inc., comprises three major business segments: natural and organic foods under the Spectrum…
SpeeDee Oil Change and Tune-Up →
Active · founded 1980
SpeeDee Oil Change and Tune-Up started out as a single quick-oil-change shop in the New Orleans, Louisiana,…
Spirit Airlines, Inc. →
Active · founded 1980
Travel Agent magazine calls Spirit Airlines, Inc.
Stagecoach Holdings plc →
Active · founded 1980 · United Kingdom
Stagecoach Holdings plc has ridden the deregulation of the United Kingdom's bus and rail routes to become one of the…
Stratus Computer, Inc. →
Active · founded 1980
Stratus Computer, Inc.
Sun-Diamond Growers of California →
Active · founded 1980
Sun-Diamond Growers of California is one of the largest specialty commodity producers in the world.
The Bing Group →
Active · founded 1980
The Detroit-based Bing Group shapes steel, stamps parts, assembles components, and performs other tasks through a…
The Miner Group International →
Active · founded 1980
Calling The Miner Group International a printing business really fails to capture the essence of this company.
The Pampered Chef, Ltd. →
Active · founded 1980
Classified among Inc.
Thor Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1980
Thor Industries, Inc., is the nation's second largest manufacturer of recreation vehicles and the largest builder of…
Tom Doherty Associates Inc. →
Active · founded 1980
Tom Doherty Associates Inc.
Ultrak Inc. →
Active · founded 1980
Ultrak Inc.
Valero Energy Corporation →
Active · founded 1980
Valero Energy Corporation is the leading independent oil refiner in the United States.
Vector Group Ltd. →
Active · founded 1980
Known through 1999 as the Brooke Group Ltd., Vector Group Ltd.
Vistana, Inc. →
Active · founded 1980
Vistana, Inc.
Westell Technologies, Inc. →
Active · founded 1980
Westell Technologies, Inc.
White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. →
Active · founded 1980 · Bermuda
With U.S.
Whole Foods Market, Inc. →
Active · founded 1980
Whole Foods Market, Inc.
Zila, Inc. →
Active · founded 1980
Zila, Inc., based in Phoenix, Arizona, is a manufacturer and marketer of pharmaceutical, biomedical, dental, and…
AES Corporation →
Active · founded 1981
AES Corporation is one of the largest independent producers of electrical power in the world, with an ownership stake…
Acuson Corporation →
Active · founded 1981
Acuson Corporation is one of the top manufacturers of ultrasound imaging equipment for medical diagnosis.
Adaptec, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
Adaptec, Inc.
America West Holdings Corporation →
Defunct · founded 1981
Of the more than 150 U.S.
American Healthways, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
American Healthways, Inc.
American Power Conversion Corporation →
Defunct · founded 1981
American Power Conversion Corporation (APC) designs and manufactures power protection and management solutions for…
America's Car-Mart, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
America's Car-Mart, Inc., operates a chain of more than 70 used-car dealerships.
Analytical Surveys, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
Analytical Surveys, Inc.
Apollo Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
Apollo Group, Inc.
Associated British Ports Holdings Plc →
Active · founded 1981 · United Kingdom
Associated British Ports Holdings Plc (ABPH) is the largest operator of seaports in the United Kingdom.
Au Bon Pain Co., Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
A relatively small player in the overall retail food service industry, Au Bon Pain Co., Inc.
Bairnco Corporation →
Active · founded 1981
Bairnco Corporation is a multinational company with subsidiaries operating in two business segments: engineered…
BeautiControl Cosmetics, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
BeautiControl Cosmetics, Inc.
Benchmark Electronics, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
Benchmark Electronics, Inc., based in Angleton, Texas, provides electronic manufacturing services to original equipment…
Big B, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
Ranking as the tenth largest drug store chain in the United States, Big B, Inc.
BigBen Interactive S.A. →
Active · founded 1981 · France
BigBen Interactive S.A.
Biomet, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
Biomet, Inc.
Boron, LePore & Associates, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
Boron, LePore & Associates, Inc., now doing business as BLP Group Companies (BLP), is a Wayne, New Jersey, medical…
Brazos Sportswear, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
With the capacity to decorate more than 20 million garments per year, Brazos Sportswear, Inc.
Bristol Hotel Company →
Active · founded 1981
One of the largest owners and operators of full-service hotels in North America, Bristol Hotel Company operates in 19…
Broderbund Software →
Active · founded 1981
Broderbund Software, which became a division of Mattel, Inc.
CIGNA Corporation →
Active · founded 1981
CIGNA Corporation is an insurance and financial services organization focusing on employee benefits, with its…
Cannon Express, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
Cannon Express, Inc.
Chiron Corporation →
Active · founded 1981
Chiron Corporation is a leading biotechnology company focusing on cancer, infectious diseases, and cardiovascular…
Choice Hotels International Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
Choice Hotels International Inc., a subsidiary of Manor Care, Inc., is the world's second largest franchise hotel…
Cockerill Sambre Group →
Defunct · founded 1981 · Belgium
One of the largest industrial groups in Belgium, the Cockerill Sambre Group is a medium-sized integrated steelmaking…
Consolidated Products Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
Consolidated Products, Inc., is a holding company that operated 152 restaurants in 11 states going into 1995.
Creative Technology Ltd. →
Active · founded 1981 · Singapore
Creative Technology Ltd.
Crown Books Corporation →
Defunct · founded 1981
One of the four largest retail bookstore chains in the United States, Crown Books Corporation operates almost 200…
Dassault Systèmes S.A. →
Active · founded 1981 · France
Dassault Systèmes S.A.
ELDERS IXL LTD. →
Active · founded 1981 · Australia
Market Value: A$1.485 billion (US$985.7 million) Stock Index: Melbourne Sydney Adelaide Brisbane Perth Hobart London…
ENCAD, Incorporated →
Active · founded 1981
ENCAD, Incorporated is an innovator and market leader in the field of wide-format computer inkjet printers.
Eaton Vance Corporation →
Active · founded 1981
The origins of Eaton Vance Corporation date to the activities of Charles F.
Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc.
Erickson Retirement Communities →
Active · founded 1981
Erickson Retirement Communities (ERC) owns and operates several large-scale continuing care retirement communities that…
Eternal Word Television Network, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
Eternal Word Television Network, Inc.
Fallon Worldwide →
Active · founded 1981
Gross Billings: $900 million (2005 est.) NAIC: 541810 Advertising Agencies; 541830 Media Buying Agencies; 541840 Media…
First Pacific Company Limited →
Active · founded 1981 · Hong Kong
In the somewhat murky world of Asian conglomerates, First Pacific Company Limited is one of the fastest-growing and…
Fletcher Challenge Ltd. →
Defunct · founded 1981 · New Zealand
Fletcher Challenge Ltd., New Zealand's largest group of companies, specializes in transforming resources into…
GWR Group plc →
Active · founded 1981 · United Kingdom
Fast-growing GWR Group plc is the United Kingdom's leading commercial radio station group--in terms of number of radio…
Genzyme Corporation →
Defunct · founded 1981
Genzyme Corporation is a leading biotechnology company that focuses on five business areas: therapeutics, diagnostic…
Gilman & Ciocia, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
Gilman & Ciocia, Inc.
Green Mountain Coffee, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
Green Mountain Coffee, Inc.
Guess, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
Once known primarily for its denim jeans, Guess Inc.
Hollywood Park, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
Hollywood Park, Inc.
Holnam Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
Holnam, Inc.
Horsehead Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
Horsehead Industries, Inc.
Hotel Properties Ltd. →
Active · founded 1981 · Singapore
Singapore's Hotel Properties Ltd.
Hungry Howie's Pizza and Subs, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
Hungry Howie's Pizza and Subs, Inc.
Hyperion Software Corporation →
Active · founded 1981
Hyperion Software Corporation is one of the world's leading providers of financial software.
Immunex Corporation →
Active · founded 1981
Immunex Corporation is a biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufacturers, and markets therapeutic products for…
Infosys Technologies Ltd. →
Active · founded 1981 · India
Infosys Technologies Ltd.
Jones Medical Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
Founded in 1981, Jones Medical Industries, Inc.
Kettle Foods Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
Kettle Foods Inc.
LADD Furniture, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
LADD Furniture, Inc., one of the largest residential furniture manufacturers in the United States, designs,…
Legg Mason, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
Legg Mason, Inc.
Linear Technology, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
Linear Technology, Inc.
Logitech International S.A. →
Active · founded 1981 · Switzerland
Logitech International S.A.
MCSi, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
MCSi, Inc., formerly known as Miami Computer Supply Corporation (MCSC), spent its first 15 years as a privately held…
Magma Power Company →
Active · founded 1981
One of California's largest geothermal power companies, Magma Power Company explores for, develops, and sells or leases…
Maxxim Medical Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
Maxxim Medical Inc.
Measurement Specialties, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
With its headquarters located in Fairfield, New Jersey, Measurement Specialties, Inc.
Memry Corporation →
Active · founded 1981
Memry Corporation ranks as the largest independent manufacturer of Nitinol components to the medical device industry…
Mentor Graphics Corporation →
Active · founded 1981
Mentor Graphics Corporation is among the world leaders in electronic design automation (EDA), the use of computer…
Microsoft Corporation →
Active · founded 1981
With annual revenues of more than $32 billion, Microsoft Corporation is more than the largest software company in the…
Mothers Work, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
Mothers Work, Inc.
Moto Photo, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
Moto Photo, Inc.
National Discount Brokers Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
National Discount Brokers Group, Inc.
Novacor Chemicals Ltd. →
Active · founded 1981 · Canada
Novacor Chemicals Ltd.
Omnicare, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
Omnicare, Inc.
Outdoor Research, Incorporated →
Active · founded 1981
Outdoor Research, Incorporated designs and manufactures gear for use in the outdoors, marketing products such as gloves…
Paging Network Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
Paging Network Inc., known as PageNet, is the largest provider of wireless digital messaging services in the United…
Parque Arauco S.A. →
Active · founded 1981 · Chile
Parque Arauco S.A.
Peace Arch Entertainment Group Inc. →
Active · founded 1981 · Canada
Peace Arch Entertainment Group Inc.
Primark Corp. →
Active · founded 1981
Primark Corp.
Prison Rehabilitative Industries and Diversified Enterprises, Inc. (PRIDE) →
Active · founded 1981
Prison Rehabilitative Industries and Diversified Enterprises, Inc., or PRIDE Enterprises, with headquarters in St.
Progress Software Corporation →
Active · founded 1981
Progress Software Corporation is a global supplier of application-development and database software products and…
Pulsar Internacional S.A. →
Active · founded 1981 · Mexico 66265
Pulsar Internacional S.A.
QLT Inc. →
Active · founded 1981 · Canada
QLT Inc.
Quality Dining, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
Quality Dining, Inc.
Quark, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
Quark, Inc.
Rare Hospitality International Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
With over 100 company-owned and franchised restaurants throughout the Eastern and Midwestern United States, RARE…
Read-Rite Corp. →
Active · founded 1981
Read-Rite Corp.
Rent-Way, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
A leading operator of rental purchase stores in the United States, Rent-Way, Inc.
Rentrak Corporation →
Active · founded 1981
Rentrak Corporation is the world's largest distributor of pre-recorded videocassettes on a pay-per-transaction basis.
Republic Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
Until H.
Roper Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
A leader in the fluid handling, industrial controls, and analytical instrumentation industries, Roper Industries, Inc.
Salomon Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
Salomon Inc.
Sandals Resorts International →
Active · founded 1981
Sandals Resorts International is world-renowned for its luxurious all-inclusive resorts dotting the Caribbean.
Softbank Corp. →
Active · founded 1981 · Japan
Softbank Corp.
Sterling Software, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
Sterling Software, Inc., is a computer software company that is in the forefront of developing products for electronic…
Sun Sportswear, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
The largest producer of silkscreened apparel in the United States, Sun Sportswear, Inc., designs, sources, prints,…
System Software Associates, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
System Software Associates, Inc.
TCBY Enterprises Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
TCBY Enterprises Inc.
TECHNE Corporation →
Active · founded 1981
TECHNE Corporation is a holding company whose main operating subsidiary is R&D Systems, located in Minneapolis,…
TECO ENERGY, INC. →
Active · founded 1981
TECO Energy, Inc., is a holding company whose main operating subsidiary, Tampa Electric Company, is an electric utility…
TRM Copy Centers Corporation →
Active · founded 1981
TRM Copy Centers Corporation is the top supplier of self-service photocopying worldwide.
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
For more than 20 years, Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc.
The Carsey-Werner Company, L.L.C. →
Active · founded 1981
Founded in 1981 by programming veterans Marcy Carsey and Tom Werner, Carsey-Werner Company, L.L.C.
The Greenbrier Companies →
Active · founded 1981
The Greenbrier Companies is the largest manufacturer of railroad freight cars in North America through its Gunderson,…
The Terlato Wine Group →
Active · founded 1981
The Terlato Wine Group, operating out of the Chicago suburb of Lake Bluff, Illinois, is a privately-owned holding…
The Titan Corporation →
Active · founded 1981
Historically, The Titan Corporation was a defense department contractor involved in areas such as wireless…
The Weather Channel Companies →
Active · founded 1981
Through cable TV, radio, and Internet operations, The Weather Channel Companies provide around-the-clock weather…
The Wine Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
The Wine Group, Inc.
Thomsen Greenhouses and Garden Center, Incorporated →
Active · founded 1981
Thomsen Greenhouses and Garden Center, Incorporated (Thomsen's), with more than 62,000 square feet of indoor growing…
Tofutti Brands, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
Tofutti Brands, Inc., sells soy-based, dairy-free frozen desserts and other food products throughout the United States…
Trend-Lines, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
Trend-Lines, Inc.
Tridel Enterprises Inc. →
Active · founded 1981 · Canada
Tridel Enterprises Inc.
U.S. Satellite Broadcasting Company, Inc. →
Defunct · founded 1981
U.S.
Uni-Marts, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
Uni-Marts, Inc., is the ninth-largest convenience store chain in the United States in sales and among the top 100 U.S.
United Stationers Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
United Stationers Inc.
Vari-Lite International, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
Vari-Lite International, Inc.
VeriFone, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
VeriFone, Inc.
Wyse Technology, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
Wyse Technology, Inc.
99¢ Only Stores →
Active · founded 1982
Operator of a fast-growing chain of stores, 99¢ Only Stores buys merchandise from suppliers getting rid of excess,…
AAF-McQuay Incorporated →
Active · founded 1982
A leading manufacturer of air conditioning and air filtration equipment, AAF-McQuay Incorporated comprises two separate…
ABC Supply Co., Inc. →
Active · founded 1982
ABC Supply Co., Inc., the largest roofing and siding wholesaler in the United States, is the brainchild of Ken…
AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. →
Active · founded 1982
AT&T Wireless, Inc.
Acme United Corporation →
Active · founded 1982
Acme United Corporation is a publicly traded manufacturing company based in Fairfield, Connecticut, that is devoted to…
Advanced Marketing Services, Inc. →
Active · founded 1982
Advanced Marketing Services, Inc.
Aetna Inc. →
Active · founded 1982
Specializing in managed healthcare, Aetna Inc.
Amdocs Ltd. →
Active · founded 1982
Amdocs Ltd.
Amedysis, Inc. →
Active · founded 1982
Amedisys, Inc., with its main office in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, operates 60 home-care nursing locations in nine…
Amersham PLC →
Active · founded 1982 · United Kingdom
Initially known as Amersham International PLC, Amersham PLC was formed in 1997 through the merger of Amersham…
Autodesk, Inc. →
Active · founded 1982
Autodesk, Inc.
BTG, Inc. →
Active · founded 1982
BTG, Inc.
Blockbuster Inc. →
Active · founded 1982
Blockbuster Inc.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association →
Active · founded 1982
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association is a nationwide organization that coordinates 70 independent health care…
Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. →
Active · founded 1982
Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc., runs a chain of more than 200 chicken wing restaurants, which are located around the United…
Bush Boake Allen Inc. →
Active · founded 1982
Bush Boake Allen Inc.
CEC Entertainment, Inc. →
Active · founded 1982
CEC Entertainment, Inc., formerly ShowBiz Pizza Time, Inc., is the holding company for the popular child-oriented Chuck…
CNS, Inc. →
Active · founded 1982
Formed as a medical equipment company, CNS, Inc.
Callaway Golf Company →
Active · founded 1982
Callaway Golf Company is the premier manufacturer of golf clubs in the United States.
Carmike Cinemas, Inc. →
Defunct · founded 1982
Carmike Cinemas, Inc.
Central Independent Television →
Active · founded 1982 · England
Since 1993, Central Independent Television has been an operating unit of one of Great Britain's largest broadcast…
Compaq Computer Corporation →
Defunct · founded 1982
Compaq Computer Corporation is the world's largest supplier of personal computers and, as a result of its acquisition…
CompuAdd Computer Corporation →
Active · founded 1982
One of the world's leading direct marketers of computers and peripheral equipment, CompuAdd Computer Corporation…
Concord Camera Corporation →
Active · founded 1982
With low-cost manufacturing facilities operating in the People's Republic of China, Concord Camera Corporation…
Copart Inc. →
Active · founded 1982
With 50 locations across the nation, Copart Inc.
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation →
Active · founded 1982
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation designs, manufactures, and distributes a range of integrated circuits for the…
Dave & Buster's, Inc. →
Active · founded 1982
Dave & Buster's, Inc.
Dolce & Gabbana SpA →
Active · founded 1982 · Italy
Dolce & Gabbana SpA cuts an independent swath in the international fashion scene.
Dynaction S.A. →
Active · founded 1982 · France
Once a model "mini-conglomerate," Dynaction S.A.
E*Trade Financial Corporation →
Active · founded 1982
E*Trade Financial Corporation operates as a diversified financial services holding company.
Electronic Arts Inc. →
Active · founded 1982
Electronic Arts Inc.
Environmental Power Corporation →
Active · founded 1982
Environmental Power Corporation is a New Hampshire-based company that develops, owns, and operates electrical…
Esporta plc →
Active · founded 1982 · United Kingdom
Berkshire, United Kingdom-based Esporta plc was formed from the breakup of First Leisure Corporation plc in 1999.
FileNet Corporation →
Active · founded 1982
Since the mid-1980s, FileNet Corporation has been helping paperwork-heavy enterprises efficiently track and store…
First Nationwide Bank →
Active · founded 1982
With more than 150 branches in seven states and assets of about $15 billion, First Nationwide Bank was among the…
HSN →
Active · founded 1982
HSN, formerly known as Home Shopping Network, Inc., is the second-largest shop-at-home television network in the United…
Hanmi Financial Corporation →
Active · founded 1982
Hanmi Financial Corporation is the largest Korean-American bank in the Los Angeles area, boasting assets of nearly $3…
Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd. →
Active · founded 1982 · Australia
Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd.
Imagine Foods, Inc. →
Active · founded 1982
Imagine Foods, Inc.
Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. →
Active · founded 1982
With operations throughout the United States, Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc.
Interep National Radio Sales Inc. →
Active · founded 1982
Interep National Radio Sales Inc., formerly the Interep Radio Store, specializes in representing radio stations and…
International Airline Support Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1982
International Airline Support Group, Inc.
Investcorp SA →
Active · founded 1982 · Bahrain
Investcorp SA is a globally operating investment group with offices in Bahrain, London, and New York.
Jackson Hewitt, Inc. →
Active · founded 1982
Jackson Hewitt, Inc.
Kendall-Jackson Winery, Ltd. →
Active · founded 1982
One of the few remaining family-owned wineries in the nation, Kendall-Jackson Winery, Ltd.
Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc. →
Active · founded 1982
Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc.
Kraft Jacobs Suchard AG →
Active · founded 1982 · Switzerland
Kraft Jacobs Suchard AG--part of Philip Morris Companies Inc.
La Madeleine French Bakery & Café →
Active · founded 1982
La Madeleine French Bakery & Café, headquartered in Dallas, where it was founded by Patrick Esquerre in 1982, operates…
La Senza Corporation →
Active · founded 1982 · Canada
La Senza Corporation is a major Canadian retailer of women's lingerie and apparel, avoiding the sexy niche carved out…
Lakeland Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1982
Lakeland Industries, Inc.
Lotus Development Corporation →
Active · founded 1982
Lotus Development Corporation, a subsidiary of IBM, is the largest supplier of integrated messaging and groupware…
MBNA Corporation →
Defunct · founded 1982
Delaware-based MBNA Corporation is a bank holding company.
Masonite International Corporation →
Active · founded 1982 · Canada
Masonite International Corporation is a leading manufacturer of doors and door components, based in Mississauga, Canada.
Maxtor Corporation →
Active · founded 1982
Maxtor Corporation is one of the world's leading manufacturers of computer disk drives.
Mediolanum S.p.A. →
Active · founded 1982 · Italy
Holding company Mediolanum S.p.A.
Mercury Communications, Ltd. →
Active · founded 1982 · United Kingdom
Mercury Communications, Ltd.
Montana Coffee Traders, Inc. →
Active · founded 1982
In its commitment to community and environment, MCT set up programs that contributed part of its sales to various…
Mycogen Corporation →
Active · founded 1982
Mycogen Corporation is an agricultural biotechnology company focusing on the development of genetically engineered,…
Newman's Own, Inc. →
Active · founded 1982
Since its founding in 1982 by veteran actor Paul Newman and writer A.E.
Nimbus CD International, Inc. →
Active · founded 1982
In the mid-1990s Nimbus CD International, Inc.
Octel Communications Corp. →
Active · founded 1982
Octel Communications Corp.
Octel Messaging →
Active · founded 1982
Octel Messaging, formerly known as Octel Communications Corporation, is a voice-messaging service company that became a…
PC Connection, Inc. →
Active · founded 1982
PC Connection, Inc.
Phar-Mor Inc. →
Active · founded 1982
Phar-Mor Inc.
Posterscope Worldwide →
Active · founded 1982 · United Kingdom
Posterscope Worldwide is the world's leading player in the outdoor (also known as the "out of home," or OOH)…
Punch International N.V. →
Active · founded 1982 · Belgium
Punch International N.V.
Quintiles Transnational Corporation →
Active · founded 1982
Quintiles Transnational Corporation is a comprehensive provider of contract research, marketing, and sales to the…
RSA Security Inc. →
Active · founded 1982
RSA Security Inc.
Redhook Ale Brewery, Inc. →
Active · founded 1982
Redhook Ale Brewery, Inc.
Roche Biomedical Laboratories, Inc. →
Active · founded 1982
Roche Biomedical Laboratories (RBL), a subsidiary of Hoffman-La Roche, Inc., is one of the largest networks of clinical…
Rollerblade, Inc. →
Active · founded 1982
Rollerblade, Inc., originator of the sport of inline skating, is a leading manufacturer in the ever-evolving inline…
Ronson PLC →
Active · founded 1982 · United Kingdom
Ronson PLC is the holding company for Ronson International Limited, distributor of Ronson brand lighters and associated…
Ross Stores, Inc. →
Active · founded 1982
One of the leading off-price retailers in the United States, Ross Stores, Inc., operates a chain of roughly 300 Ross…
SGI →
Defunct · founded 1982
Known for 17 years as Silicon Graphics Inc., SGI is one of the leading manufacturers of graphics computer systems,…
SRC Holdings Corporation →
Active · founded 1982
SRC Holdings Corporation owns SRC Remanufacturing and more than 20 other businesses.
Seitel, Inc. →
Active · founded 1982
Seitel, Inc.
Specialty Products & Insulation Co. →
Active · founded 1982
Following Irex's January 1998 announcement that it would spin off its distribution subsidiary, SPI filed paperwork with…
Sport Supply Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1982
The largest direct mail distributor of sports-related equipment in the United States, Sport Supply Group, Inc.
Sun Country Airlines →
Active · founded 1982
Sun Country Airlines, operated solely as a vacation charter service for most of its history, became a scheduled carrier…
Sun Microsystems, Inc. →
Defunct · founded 1982
Archrival of Microsoft Corporation, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. →
Active · founded 1982 · India
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
SunGard Data Systems Inc. →
Active · founded 1982
SunGard Data Systems Inc.
SyQuest Technology, Inc. →
Active · founded 1982
In an industry where obsolescence is often only months away and a single misstep can sink a company, SyQuest…
Symantec Corporation →
Active · founded 1982
Symantec Corporation is the leading software company providing utility programs for personal computers and is also a…
TI Group plc →
Active · founded 1982 · United Kingdom
TI Group plc is a holding company for an international specialized engineering group of firms with three core business…
TRILON FINANCIAL CORPORATION →
Active · founded 1982 · Canada
Trilon Financial Corporation is a diversified Canadian financial services company that manages trust, insurance, and…
The Jordan Company LP →
Active · founded 1982
The Jordan Company LP is a New York City-based private investment firm.
The Singing Machine Company, Inc. →
Active · founded 1982
Sale: $95.6 million (2002) Stock Exchanges:American Ticker Symbol: SMD NAIC: 334310 Audio and Video Equipment…
Ticketmaster Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1982
Ticketmaster Group, Inc.
Totem Resources Corporation →
Active · founded 1982
Totem Resources Corporation is the holding company of Totem Ocean Trailer Express, Inc.
Tower Air, Inc. →
Defunct · founded 1982
Tower Air, Inc.
Tractor Supply Company →
Active · founded 1982
Based in Nashville, Tennessee, Tractor Supply Company (TSC) is the largest U.S.
Trisko Jewelry Sculptures, Ltd. →
Active · founded 1982 · St. Cloud, Minnesota 56320-0674
Trisko Jewelry Sculptures, Ltd.
UICI →
Active · founded 1982
UICI is a diversified company that offers insurance and financial services to niche consumer and institutional markets.
USA Interactive, Inc. →
Active · founded 1982
The history of USA Interactive, Inc., formerly USA Networks, Inc., involves some of the media's biggest names,…
Unión Fenosa, S.A. →
Defunct · founded 1982 · Spain
Unión Fenosa, S.A.
Union Texas Petroleum Holdings, Inc. →
Active · founded 1982
Union Texas Petroleum Holdings, Inc.
Weirton Steel Corporation →
Active · founded 1982
The fortunes of Weirton, West Virginia, a quintessential company town, have fallen and risen with those of Weirton…
Zingerman's Community of Businesses →
Active · founded 1982
Zingerman's Community of Businesses encompasses a delicatessen, a full-service restaurant, a catering service, a…
24 Hour Fitness Worldwide, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Based in San Ramon, California, 24 Hour Fitness Worldwide, Inc.
AEGON N.V. →
Active · founded 1983 · The Netherlands
AEGON N.V., one of the world's ten largest listed life insurance groups, is a prime example of the move toward larger…
APL Limited →
Active · founded 1983
APL Limited, formerly called the American President Companies Ltd., operates container shipping services by container…
ASV, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
ASV, Inc., is a designer and manufacturer of track-driven vehicles renowned for their ability to traverse a variety of…
Accor S.A. →
Active · founded 1983 · France
Paris-based Accor S.A.
Adobe Systems Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Adobe Systems Inc.
American Residential Mortgage Corporation →
Active · founded 1983
American Residential Mortgage Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of American Residential Holding Corporation, is…
Ameritech Corporation →
Active · founded 1983
Ameritech Corporation is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the United States.
Applebee's International, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Applebee's International, Inc.
Arctco, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
One of the pioneers in its industry, Arctco, Inc.
Arctic Cat Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
One of the pioneers as well as leaders in its field, Arctic Cat Inc.
Ark Restaurants Corp. →
Active · founded 1983
Ark Restaurants Corp.
Associated Natural Gas Corporation →
Active · founded 1983
Associated Natural Gas Corporation (ANG) is one of the largest independent natural gas companies in the United States.
Back Bay Restaurant Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Back Bay Restaurant Group, Inc.
Banyan Systems Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Banyan Systems Inc.
Bell Atlantic Corporation →
Active · founded 1983
Bell Atlantic Corporation is growing ever-more prominent in U.S.
BellSouth Corporation →
Active · founded 1983
BellSouth Corporation is one of the world's largest communications companies, serving close to 34 million customers in…
Birmingham Steel Corporation →
Active · founded 1983
Birmingham Steel Corporation is the second-largest publicly held minimill in the United States.
Borland International, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Borland International, Inc., is the world's third-largest personal computer software company.
Bruegger's Corporation →
Active · founded 1983
Bruegger's Corporation, the first major bagel chain in the United States, operates a chain of approximately 250 stores…
Buffets, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Buffets, Inc.
CCA Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
CCA Industries, Inc.
Carlton Communications PLC →
Defunct · founded 1983 · United Kingdom
Carlton Communications PLC has thrived for more than a decade in the cramped, highly regulated waters of the British…
Catalina Marketing Corporation →
Active · founded 1983
Catalina Marketing Corporation, the parent company of the Catalina Marketing Network, was founded in 1983 by five…
Chadwick's of Boston, Ltd. →
Active · founded 1983
Chadwick's of Boston, Ltd.
Cheyenne Software, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Cheyennes Software, Inc.
Chico's FAS, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Chico's FAS, Inc.
Cogentrix Energy, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
One of the largest independent producers of energy in the United States, Cogentrix Energy, Inc.
Corporate Software Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Corporate Software Inc., a public company that planned to go private in 1994, is a leading provider of software and…
Corrections Corporation of America →
Active · founded 1983
Celebrating its 15th anniversary in 1998, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) is the leader of the private prison…
Creo Inc. →
Active · founded 1983 · Canada
Creo Inc.
DEP Corporation →
Active · founded 1983
DEP Corporation is a California-based company that develops, manufactures, distributes, and markets hair, oral, and…
Decora Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Decora Industries, Inc.
Delta Woodside Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Delta Woodside Industries, Inc.
Dialogic Corporation →
Active · founded 1983 · www.dialogic.com
Dialogic Corporation, which has been credited with creating the computer telephony industry, is a world leader in…
Drs. Foster & Smith, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Based in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, Drs.
Edge Petroleum Corporation →
Active · founded 1983
Edge Petroleum Corporation is a Houston, Texas-based, publicly traded, independent energy company.
El Pollo Loco, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
El Pollo Loco, Inc.
Encore Computer Corporation →
Active · founded 1983
Encore Computer Corporation is one of the leading American manufacturers of open, scalable computer and storage systems…
Engineered Support Systems, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Engineered Support Systems, Inc.
Enterprise Oil PLC →
Defunct · founded 1983 · United Kingdom
Enterprise Oil PLC is the largest independent oil exploration and production company in the United Kingdom, competing…
Equity Marketing, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Equity Marketing, Inc.
Everex Systems, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Headquartered in Fremont, California, Everex Systems Inc.
Forrester Research, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Forrester Research, Inc.
Franklin Covey Company →
Active · founded 1983
Franklin Covey Company, formerly known as the Franklin Quest Co., is a leading provider of time management training…
Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc.
Future Shop Ltd. →
Active · founded 1983 · Canada
Future Shop Ltd.
GTSI Corp. →
Active · founded 1983
GTSI Corp.
Gadzooks, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Gadzooks, Inc.
Grameen Bank →
Active · founded 1983 · Bangladesh
Grameen Bank founder Muhammad Yunus pioneered the concept of 'micro-credit'--minuscule loans to the very poor.
Grupo Gigante, S.A. de C.V. →
Active · founded 1983 · Mexico
Grupo Gigante, S.A.
Hanna Andersson Corp. →
Active · founded 1983
Hanna Andersson Corp.
Hoss's Steak and Sea House Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
With its headquarters located in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, Hoss's Steak and Sea House Inc.
Huntsman Chemical Corporation →
Active · founded 1983
The Huntsman Chemical Corporation is the largest manufacturer of polystyrene in the United States.
IDB Communications Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
The fourth largest U.S.-based international long-distance carrier and the largest U.S.-based international private line…
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.
Infogrames Entertainment S.A. →
Defunct · founded 1983 · France
France's Infogrames Entertainment S.A.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
J.B.
Jenny Craig, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Through its chain of weight management centers, Jenny Craig, Inc.
Knowledge Learning Corporation →
Active · founded 1983
Knowledge Learning Corporation is a fast-growing subsidiary of Knowledge Universe, an educational company founded by…
Komag, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Komag, Inc., is the world's leading manufacturer of magnetic thin-film disks for computer hard drives.
LCI International, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
LCI International, Inc.
LaCrosse Footwear, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Early 1920s:The Funk family buys out Hirshheimer.
Lattice Semiconductor Corp. →
Active · founded 1983
Lattice Semiconductor Corp.
Leatherman Tool Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Leatherman Tool Group, Inc.
LensCrafters Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
A subsidiary of Italy's Luxottica SpA, U.S.-based LensCrafters Inc.
Life Technologies, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Life Technologies, Inc.
LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation →
Active · founded 1983
LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation is a leading entertainment company providing network-based video games,…
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., is a leading developer, manufacturer, and seller of linear as well as mixed (linear…
Mayor's Jewelers, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Mayor's Jewelers, Inc.
McMenamins Pubs and Breweries →
Active · founded 1983
McMenamins Pubs and Breweries owns and operates more than 50 establishments in Oregon and the state of Washington and…
Medco Containment Services Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Medco Containment Services Inc.
Mendocino Brewing Company, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Mallya's interest in MBC stemmed from his ambitions as a businessman.
Meridian Bancorp, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Meridian Bancorp is one of the largest and most venerable of the regional financial services holding companies on the…
Mesa Air Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Five million passengers a year fly Mesa Air Group, Inc., although they may not know it by name: the company operates…
Midway Airlines Corporation →
Defunct · founded 1983
Midway Airlines Corporation puts an old name on one of the youngest all-jet fleets in the United States.
Mountain States Mortgage Centers, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Mountain States Mortgage Centers is a large mortgage banking firm that originates and services residential mortgage…
National Sanitary Supply Co. →
Active · founded 1983
National Sanitary Supply Co.
Navarre Corporation →
Active · founded 1983
Navarre Corporation is one of the largest independent distributors of compact discs, cassettes, and computer software…
Navigant International, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Navigant International, Inc.
New York Health Care, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
New York Health Care, Inc.
Norcal Waste Systems, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Economic conditions were so poor, in fact, that by the spring of 1991 Norcal found it difficult to meet its financial…
PacifiCare Health Systems, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983 · Cypress, California 90630-5028
PacifiCare Health Services ranks among the biggest and best of America's health maintenance organizations.
Penford Corporation →
Active · founded 1983
Penford Corporation develops, produces, and markets specialty natural-based ingredients for industrial and food…
Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional Bhd. →
Active · founded 1983 · Malaysia
Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional Bhd., better known as Proton, is Malaysia's largest manufacturer of automobiles,…
Physician Sales & Service, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Within just a few years, Physician Sales & Service, Inc., has grown into the first national physician supply company in…
Planar Systems, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Planar Systems, Inc.
Pure World, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Pure World, Inc., is a Bedminster, New Jersey-based company that operates through subsidiary Pure World Botanicals, Inc.
Ramsay Youth Services, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Based in Coral Gables, Florida, Ramsay Youth Services, Inc.
Roberts Pharmaceutical Corporation →
Active · founded 1983
A small yet fast-growing pharmaceutical company, Roberts Pharmaceutical Corporation licenses or buys drugs that are…
Salick Health Care, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Salick Health Care, Inc.
Sam's Club →
Active · founded 1983
Sam's Club, a division of discount merchandiser Wal-Mart Stores, is one of the nation's leading operators of…
Santa Fe Gaming Corporation →
Active · founded 1983
Through its chairman and CEO, Paul W.
Saturn Corporation →
Active · founded 1983
Saturn Corporation grew out of a project begun in 1982 within General Motors Corp.
Shearson Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Shearson Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
Shuffle Master Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Shuffle Master Inc.
SilverPlatter Information Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Although not well known to consumers, SilverPlatter Information Inc.
Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation →
Active · founded 1983
Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation is the world's largest manufacturer of paperboard and paper-based packaging…
Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
The Florida-based Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc.
Stonyfield Farm, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Stonyfield Farm, Inc., a privately held company based in Londonderry, New Hampshire, is the nation's largest and…
Sudbury Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Sudbury Inc.
Sunrise Medical Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Sunrise Medical Inc.
Suprema Specialties, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Suprema Specialties, Inc.
Syms Corporation →
Active · founded 1983
Syms Corporation operates a chain of off-price apparel stores under the Syms name, selling men's clothing and…
TLC Beatrice International Holdings, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
TLC Beatrice International Holdings, Inc.
Temple-Inland Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Temple-Inland Inc.
The Keith Companies Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
The Keith Companies Inc.
The PNC Financial Services Group Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
The PNC Financial Services Group Inc.
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C. →
Active · founded 1983
c.
The Sunrider Corporation →
Active · founded 1983
Operating in over 27 nations in 1998, The Sunrider Corporation is one of the world's largest herbal products firms.
Total System Services, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Total System Services, Inc.
U.S. Can Corporation →
Active · founded 1983
U.S.
U.S. Cellular Corporation →
Active · founded 1983
U.S.
Van's Aircraft, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Van's Aircraft, Inc.
Varsity Spirit Corp. →
Active · founded 1983
Varsity Spirit Corp.
Vencor, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Vencor, Inc.
Viasoft Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Viasoft Inc.
WTD Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
WTD Industries, Inc.
Warrantech Corporation →
Active · founded 1983
Warrantech Corporation operates as a third-party administrator of extended warranty services, providing its services to…
West Coast Entertainment Corporation →
Active · founded 1983
West Coast Entertainment Corporation owns and operates about 286 video stores and about 217 more franchises, most under…
Wind River Systems, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Wind River Systems, Inc.
Wolfgang Puck Worldwide, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Wolfgang Puck Worldwide, Inc., brings the trademark cuisine of one of America's most celebrated chefs to an audience…
World Duty Free Americas, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
World Duty Free Americas, Inc.
A & E Television Networks →
Active · founded 1984
A & E Television Networks began modestly in 1984 with one cable channel, The Arts & Entertainment Network, which…
A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
A.C.
ASML Holding N.V. →
Active · founded 1984 · The Netherlands
ASML Holding N.V.
Abatix Corp. →
Active · founded 1984
Dallas, Texas-based Abatix Corp.
AirTouch Communications →
Active · founded 1984
AirTouch Communications, one of the world's leading wireless telecommunications organizations, serves the needs of over…
Aldus Corporation →
Active · founded 1984
Aldus Corporation revolutionized the use of personal computers when it introduced its PageMaker program in 1985,…
Altera Corporation →
Active · founded 1984
Founded in 1983, Altera Corporation is a leading maker of high-density programmable logic devices (PLDs), based on…
Amblin Entertainment →
Active · founded 1984
Nested in a back lot at Universal Studios, Amblin Entertainment is producer/director Steven Spielberg's movie…
Amerihost Properties, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Amerihost Properties, Inc.--known for its fast-growing flagship chain AmeriHost Inns--owns and operates more than 90…
Ansoft Corporation →
Active · founded 1984
Ansoft Corporation is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based developer of electronic design automation (EDA) software, used…
Artisan Entertainment Inc. →
Defunct · founded 1984
Artisan Entertainment Inc.
Atmel Corporation →
Active · founded 1984
One of the fastest growing semiconductor companies in the United States, Atmel Corporation designs, develops, and…
Attachmate Corporation →
Defunct · founded 1984
Attachmate Corporation is one of the largest privately held software companies in the world, operating as a developer…
BT Group plc →
Active · founded 1984 · United Kingdom
BT Group plc was formed in 2001 to serve as the holding company for British Telecommunications plc.
Baldwin Technology Company, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
With more than $244 million in sales in fiscal 1997, Baldwin Technology Company, Inc., is the leading manufacturer of…
BarclaysAmerican Mortgage Corporation →
Active · founded 1984
BarclaysAmerican Mortgage Corporation is one of the largest home loan servicers in the United States.
BenQ Corporation →
Active · founded 1984 · Taiwan
Once the contract manufacturing arm of Taiwan's Acer Computer Corporation, BenQ Corporation has come into its own as a…
Bertucci's Corporation →
Active · founded 1984
Bertucci's Corporation, a casual-dining chain, owns a collection of full-service Italian restaurants that operate under…
BrandPartners Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
With its headquarters in New York City, BrandPartners Group, Inc.
Brite Voice Systems, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Serving the fastest-growing market in the world--the telecommunications and information services industry, Brite Voice…
CDW Computer Centers, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
CDW Computer Centers, Inc.
Cadmus Communications Corporation →
Active · founded 1984
Cadmus Communications Corporation was named after the Greek mythological figure who founded Thebes and introduced the…
California Steel Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
California Steel Industries, Inc.
Calpine Corporation →
Active · founded 1984
Calpine Corporation is a leading independent power company with 90 percent of its capacity derived from gas-fired power…
Camaïeu S.A. →
Active · founded 1984 · France
Camaïeu S.A.
Canal Plus →
Active · founded 1984 · France
With nearly 14 million subscribers across Europe and Africa, Canal Plus ranks as one of the world's premiere…
Capita Group PLC →
Active · founded 1984 · United Kingdom
Capita Group PLC is the leading business process outsourcing services provider in the United Kingdom, a market the…
Cash America International, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Cash America International, Inc.
Chronimed Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Chronimed Inc.
Cirque du Soleil Inc. →
Active · founded 1984 · Canada
Part circus, part theater, Cirque du Soleil Inc.
Cirrus Logic, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Cirrus Logic, Inc.
Cisco Systems, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Coldwater Creek Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
On its way to achieving incredible rates of growth in the 1990s, Coldwater Creek Inc.
CompUSA, Inc. →
Defunct · founded 1984
CompUSA, Inc.
Comverse Technology, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Comverse Technology, Inc.
Corrpro Companies, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Corrpro Companies, Inc.
Culver Franchising System, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Culver's Franchising System, Inc.
DDI Corporation →
Active · founded 1984 · Japan
DDI Corporation is a Japanese long distance telephone company established to challenge the monopoly of Nippon Telegraph…
Dallas Semiconductor Corp. →
Active · founded 1984
Dallas Semiconductor Corp.
Danaher Corporation →
Active · founded 1984 · United States
Danaher Corporation, a holding company established in 1984, currently consists of thirteen wholly owned subsidiaries…
Dell Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Long the world's largest direct-sale computer vendor, Dell Inc.
Deltec, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
A subsidiary of the British firm Smiths Group plc, Deltec, Inc.
Department 56, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Department 56, Inc.
Designer Holdings Ltd. →
Active · founded 1984
Designer Holdings Ltd.
Donna Karan International Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Donna Karan International Inc.
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. →
Active · founded 1984 · India
Dr.
Dynegy Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Dynegy Inc.
EGL, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
EGL, Inc.
ESS Technology, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
ESS Technology, Inc.
Eateries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Eateries, Inc.
Fidelity National Financial Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Fidelity National Financial Inc., the nation's top title insurance company, found early success by concentrating on the…
Film Roman, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Film Roman, Inc., is one of the largest independent animation studios in the United States.
Firearms Training Systems, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Firearms Training Systems, Inc., better known by the acronym FATS, provides weapons training for law enforcement…
Fiserv, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Fiserv, Inc.
Florida East Coast Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
In 2000, Amtrak reached an agreement to use FECR's coastal tracks to begin a passenger service.
Fossil, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Owner of one of the most popular brand names in the United States, Fossil, Inc., designs, markets, and distributes…
Global Outdoors, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Global Outdoors, Inc.--known as Global Resources, Inc.
Greggs PLC →
Active · founded 1984 · United Kingdom
Greggs PLC is the operator of the largest bakery chain in the United Kingdom, specializing in sandwiches, savories, and…
Guillemot Corporation →
Active · founded 1984 · France
Brittany, France-based, Guillemot Corporation has taken the fast track toward becoming one of the world's premier…
Habersham Bancorp →
Active · founded 1984
Established as a holding company in 1984, Habersham Bancorp combines Habersham Bank--a northeast Georgia financial…
Haier Group Corporation →
Active · founded 1984 · China
Haier Group Corporation is one of the world's top-selling makers of white goods and other home appliances.
Hancock Holding Company →
Active · founded 1984
Hancock Holding Company was incorporated in 1984 to acquire the Hancock Bank of Gulfport, Mississippi.
HealthSouth Corporation →
Active · founded 1984
HealthSouth Corporation is the leading provider of medical rehabilitation health care and outpatient surgery services…
Hooters of America, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Hooters of America, Inc.
INTELLIGENT ELECTRONICS, INC. →
Active · founded 1984
Intelligent Electronics was founded in 1982 by Richard D.
ImClone Systems Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
ImClone Systems Inc., a biotech company based in New York City, is best known for a highly publicized stock scandal…
Intermet Corporation →
Active · founded 1984
Intermet Corporation is one of the largest independent foundry companies in the world, involved in producing ferrous…
Intuit Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Intuit Inc.
Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited →
Active · founded 1984 · Bermuda
Jardine Matheson is one of the oldest names in East Asia, and Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited is an international…
Kensey Nash Corporation →
Active · founded 1984
Kensey Nash Corporation is a medical technology company skilled in developing puncture closure devices for…
Laserscope →
Active · founded 1984
Laserscope is a San Jose, California-based company that makes medical laser systems for a variety of uses.
Lifetime Entertainment Services →
Active · founded 1984
Lifetime Entertainment Services is a joint venture owned by The Walt Disney Company and The Hearst Corporation.
MAI Systems Corporation →
Active · founded 1984
MAI Systems Corporation sells a wide range of computer equipment and related services to businesses throughout North…
MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc.
MagneTek, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
MagneTek, Inc., manufactures and markets electrical equipment products including lighting products, motors and…
Marionnaud Parfumeries SA →
Active · founded 1984 · France
Marionnaud Parfumeries SA is one of Europe's leading retail perfume specialists.
Midwest Express Holdings, Inc. →
Defunct · founded 1984
Midwest Express Holdings, Inc.
Morningstar Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Based in Chicago, Morningstar Inc.
N.F. Smith & Associates LP →
Active · founded 1984
Based in Houston, N.F.
NYNEX CORPORATION →
Active · founded 1984 · United States
Stock Index: New York Boston Philadelphia Midwest Pacific London Tokyo Amsterdam Zürich Geneva Basel NYNEX Corporation…
Natural Selection Foods →
Active · founded 1984
Natural Selections Foods grew from a home kitchen to state-of-the-art food processing company.
Nobel Industries AB →
Active · founded 1984 · Sweden
Nobel Industries AB is one of Europe's leading manufacturers of specialty industrial chemicals, paints, and adhesives.
Nobel Learning Communities, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Nobel Learning Communities, Inc.
Novellus Systems, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Based in San Jose, California, Novellus Systems, Inc.
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc.
O'Charley's Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
O'Charley's Inc.
One Price Clothing Stores, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Headquartered in South Carolina, One Price Clothing Stores, Inc., is a retailer of women's and children's clothing and…
Onex Corporation →
Active · founded 1984 · Canada
Onex Corporation, one of Canada's largest companies, operates on a global level.
Option Care Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Bannockburn, Illinois-based Option Care Inc.
Oxford Health Plans, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Operating in five northeastern states, Oxford Health Plans, Inc.
Pacer Technology →
Active · founded 1984
Pacer Technology is a leading manufacturer and supplier of high-performance glues, adhesives, and epoxies sold to…
PanAmSat Corporation →
Defunct · founded 1984
PanAmSat Corporation is a leading provider of satellite operations, serving markets in all parts of the globe.
Pentech International, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Pentech International, Inc.
PictureTel Corp. →
Defunct · founded 1984
PictureTel Corp.
Players International, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Players International, Inc.
Policy Studies, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Policy Studies, Inc.
Port Imperial Ferry Corporation →
Active · founded 1984
The largest ferry operation in North America, Port Imperial Ferry Corporation serves the New York City metropolitan…
Providian Financial Corporation →
Active · founded 1984
Early 1990s:[fsps*2.5]First Deposit branches out into home-equity loans and secured credit cards.
Pyramid Breweries Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Pyramid Breweries, Inc.
Qiagen N.V. →
Active · founded 1984 · Germany
Biotech pioneer Qiagen N.V.--the holding company is based in The Netherlands but the company's main operations and…
Questar Corporation →
Active · founded 1984
Questar Corporation is an integrated natural gas company whose major subsidiaries search for, produce, and market oil…
REX Stores Corp. →
Active · founded 1984
REX Stores Corp.
Rag Shops, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Rag Shops, Inc.
Ragdoll Productions Ltd. →
Active · founded 1984 · www.ragdoll.co.uk
Ragdoll Productions Ltd., is a United Kingdom-based children's media company, best known as the creators of the…
Rally's →
Active · founded 1984
A unit of Checker's Drive-In Restaurants Inc., Rally's is a chain of limited-menu, fast-food establishments featuring…
Red Bull GmbH →
Active · founded 1984 · Austria
Red Bull made its first forays into the southern hemisphere, via South Africa and Brazil, in 2001.
Research in Motion Ltd. →
Active · founded 1984 · Canada
Research in Motion Ltd.
Rewards Network Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Rewards Network Inc.
SCANA Corporation →
Active · founded 1984
SCANA Corporation is a diversified holding company headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina.
Safety 1st, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
First known for its "Baby on Board" signs, Safety 1st, Inc.
Sensory Science Corporation →
Active · founded 1984
Sensory Science Corporation designs, develops, and markets electronic video and audio products, concentrating on…
Sepracor Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Sepracor Inc.
Sierra Health Services, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Overseeing the largest and oldest health maintenance organization (HMO) in Nevada, Sierra Health Services, Inc.
Spacehab, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Spacehab, Inc.
Specialty Equipment Companies, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Specialty Equipment Companies, Inc., is a leading designer and manufacturer of cooking, refrigeration, and sanitation…
Stratagene Corporation →
Active · founded 1984
Stratagene Corporation is a developer, manufacturer, and marketer of specialized life science research and diagnostic…
Stussy, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Stussy, Inc., is an Irvine, California-based apparel company that has managed to stay on the cutting edge of urban…
Sybase, Inc. →
Defunct · founded 1984
Sybase, Inc.
TNT Freightways Corporation →
Active · founded 1984
TNT Freightways Corporation is one of the most successful trucking firms in North America, crisscrossing the country…
Telcordia Technologies, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
What Telcordia did not anticipate was the meltdown of the entire telecommunications industry at the start of the new…
The Boston Beer Company, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
As America's leading microbrewer, The Boston Beer Company, Inc.
The Leslie Fay Company, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
The Leslie Fay Company, Inc.
The Swatch Group SA →
Active · founded 1984 · Switzerland
The Swatch Group SA--known as Société Suisse de Microelectronique & d'Horlogerie or SMH until 1998--is the world's…
The Turner Corporation →
Active · founded 1984
Founded in 1902 by Henry C.
The Vermont Teddy Bear Co., Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
The Vermont Teddy Bear Co., Inc.
Tilley Endurables, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984 · Canada
Tilley Endurables, Inc.
Transport Corporation of America, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Transport America, legally named Transport Corporation of America, Inc., is a trucking firm headquartered in Eagan,…
Tutogen Medical, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Based in West Paterson, New Jersey, Tutogen Medical, Inc., is a publicly traded company that makes bio-implants and…
Unitil Corporation →
Active · founded 1984
Unitil Corporation is a public utility holding company system.
Viking Range Corporation →
Active · founded 1984
Viking Range Corporation manufactures and markets a wide range of professional kitchen appliances for home use.
Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation →
Active · founded 1984
Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation is an integrated circuit, or chip, manufacturer with a difference: its ICs are made…
WLR Foods, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
WLR Foods, Inc., is a fully integrated producer, processor, distributor, and marketer of poultry products that conducts…
Wal-Mart de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. →
Active · founded 1984 · Mexico
Wal-Mart de Mexico, S.A.
Wild Oats Markets, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Wild Oats Markets, Inc., is the second largest natural foods grocery chain in the United States.
World Fuel Services Corporation →
Active · founded 1984
World Fuel Services Corporation (WFSC) is a leading downstream marketer of aviation and marine fuel products.
Xilinx, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Xilinx, Inc.
AGCO Corporation →
Active · founded 1985
AGCO Corporation is the world's third largest manufacturer and distributor of tractors and other farm equipment (behind…
Adtran Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
In 1970, a 29-year-old electronics entrepreneur named Mark Smith founded Universal Data Systems (UDS) in Huntsville,…
Ag Services of America, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
Business continued to be strong in the early 2000s, with revenues surging to $294.6 million in 2000 and $345.7 million…
Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc. →
Defunct · founded 1985 · Canada
Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc.
American Classic Voyages Company →
Active · founded 1985
American Classic Voyages Company is parent company to two pleasure cruise companies, the Delta Queen Steamboat Company,…
AmerisourceBergen Corporation →
Active · founded 1985
AmerisourceBergen Corporation is one of the largest pharmaceutical services companies in the United States.
Aspect Telecommunications Corporation →
Active · founded 1985
Aspect Telecommunications Corporation is a global provider of telephone call distribution and information management…
Axel Springer Verlag AG →
Active · founded 1985 · Germany
Over the course of its more than 50 years in business, Axel Springer Verlag AG has evolved from a publisher of local…
BANK OF NEW ENGLAND CORPORATION →
Active · founded 1985 · United States
Stock Index: New York The Bank of New England is America's first interstate regional bank holding company.
Bain & Company →
Active · founded 1985
Boston-based Bain & Company is one of the world's leading corporate consulting companies, the pioneer in the concept…
Banco Comercial Português, SA →
Active · founded 1985 · Portugal
Banco Comercial Português, SA (BCP) is Portugal's largest financial institution.
Battle Mountain Gold Company →
Active · founded 1985
One of the largest gold miners in the United States, Battle Mountain Gold Company mines and processes gold, silver, and…
Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
Bear Stearns Companies, Inc., the holding company that owns Bear, Stearns & Company, Inc., was created on October 29,…
Berry Petroleum Company →
Active · founded 1985
Berry Petroleum Company is a small independent oil producer whose reserves are mostly located in the California…
Billing Concepts, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
Billing Concepts, Inc.
Boston Market Corporation →
Active · founded 1985
Boston Market Corporation--formerly Boston Chicken Inc.--grew rapidly after its start in 1985.
CENTERIOR ENERGY CORPORATION →
Active · founded 1985 · United States
Stock Index: New York Midwest Pacific Centerior Energy Corporation is a public utilities holding company operating in…
CHIPS and Technologies, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
Founded in 1985, CHIPS and Technologies, Inc., supplies advanced semiconductor devices to the worldwide personal…
Cablevision Systems Corporation →
Active · founded 1985
Cablevision Systems Corporation is one of the largest cable systems operators in the United States, providing service…
California Pizza Kitchen Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
California Pizza Kitchen Inc.
Cardo AB →
Active · founded 1985 · Sweden
Cardo AB has focused its efforts on building two world-leading companies: Cardo Door and Cardo Pump.
Chart House Enterprises, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
Chart House Enterprises, Inc.
Chiasso Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
Chiasso Inc.
Cinnabon Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
One of the fastest-growing companies in the United States, Cinnabon Inc.
Community Health Systems, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
Community Health Systems, Inc.
Complete Business Solutions, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
Founded in 1985 as a contract programming firm, Complete Business Solutions, Inc.
Consolidated Graphics, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
Consolidated Graphics, Inc.
Corel Corporation →
Active · founded 1985 · Canada
Corel Corporation is one of the world's largest developers of business productivity, graphics, and operating systems…
DVI, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
DVI, Inc.
Digi International Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
Digi International Inc.
Distribución y Servicio D&S S.A. →
Active · founded 1985 · Chile
Distribución y Servicio D&S S.A.
Duke Realty Corporation →
Active · founded 1985
Duke Realty Corporation is an Indianapolis-based real estate investment trust (REIT) that specializes in the…
Easton Sports, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
Easton Sports, Inc., is a privately owned Van Nuys, California-based manufacturer of sports equipment.
Embrex, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
Embrex, Inc., is a publicly traded agricultural biotechnology company based in Durham, North Carolina, and dedicated to…
Enrich International, Inc. →
Defunct · founded 1985
Enrich International, Inc.
Exabyte Corporation →
Active · founded 1985
Exabyte Corporation designs, develops, produces and sells tape subsystems for data storage applications.
Excel Technology, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
Excel Technology, Inc.
Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited →
Active · founded 1985 · Canada
Toronto-based Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited, a dealer in insurance and reinsurance services, has gained notoriety…
First Commerce Bancshares, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
First Commerce Bancshares, Inc.
First USA, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
First USA, Inc.
Fry's Electronics, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
With its headquarters located in San Jose, California, Fry's Electronics, Inc., is a private company that runs a chain…
Georgia Gulf Corporation →
Active · founded 1985
Georgia Gulf Corporation is a major manufacturer of two highly integrated product lines, chlorovinyls and aromatic…
Geotek Communications Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
Geotek Communications Inc.
Health Systems International, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
Health Systems International, Inc.
Heraeus Holding GmbH →
Active · founded 1985 · Germany
Heraeus Holding GmbH is a family-owned company whose principal activities are the processing of specialty metals,…
HomeBase, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
HomeBase, Inc.
Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Ltd. →
Defunct · founded 1985 · Hong Kong
Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Ltd., better known as Dragonair, is Hong Kong's second largest airline.
Hughes Electronics Corporation →
Active · founded 1985
Hughes Electronics Corporation is one of the world's leading satellite and wireless communications companies.
Hugo Boss AG →
Active · founded 1985 · Germany
Hugo Boss AG is Germany's largest manufacturer of men's and women's clothing and one of the world's leading design…
Huntington Learning Centers, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
Privately owned Huntington Learning Centers, Inc.
IMCO Recycling, Incorporated →
Active · founded 1985
IMCO Recycling, Incorporated is the world's largest recycler of both aluminum and zinc.
IVAX Corporation →
Active · founded 1985
IVAX Corporation develops, manufactures, markets, and distributes branded and brand-equivalent (generic) drugs and…
IXC Communications, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
IXC Communications, Inc., is among five "new-age carriers" (a group including Frontier Corporation, Level 3…
Inter Parfums Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
Inter Parfums, Inc., formerly known as Jean Philippe Fragrances, is a New York City-based manufacturer and distributor…
Intercorp Excelle Foods Inc. →
Active · founded 1985 · Canada
Based in Toronto, Canada, Intercorp Excelle Foods Inc.
J. Baker, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
J.
Jason Incorporated →
Active · founded 1985
Jason Incorporated is a miniconglomerate, active in three distinct business segments--motor vehicle products, power…
Johnson Worldwide Associates, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
Johnson Worldwide Associates, Inc.
Kitty Hawk, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
Kitty Hawk, Inc.
Labor Ready, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
The fastest growing temporary staffing company in the world, Labor Ready, Inc.
Lamonts Apparel, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
Lamonts Apparel, Inc.
Lason, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
Lason, Inc.'s core business is the provision of information management services, including document and data capture,…
Lyondell Chemical Company →
Active · founded 1985
Lyondell Chemical Company is one of the largest U.S.-based chemical manufacturers.
MGIC Investment Corp. →
Active · founded 1985
MGIC Investment Corp.
Martek Biosciences Corporation →
Active · founded 1985
Martek Biosciences Corporation develops and sells products derived from the microalgae it grows.
Matalan PLC →
Active · founded 1985 · United Kingdom
Matalan PLC is the fastest growing retailer in the United Kingdom with more than 120 stores that market High Street…
Meadowcraft, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
Meadowcraft, Inc.
MediaNews Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
MediaNews Group, Inc., is the seventh largest newspaper company in the United States.
Meditrust →
Active · founded 1985
The largest health care real estate investment trust company in the United States, Meditrust maintained investments in…
Melaleuca Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
s: 325411 Medicinal and Botanical Manufacturing Melaleuca, Inc.
Meritage Corporation →
Active · founded 1985
Meritage Corporation, formerly Monterey Homes Corporation, is a leading homebuilder in the United States, designing,…
Metatec International, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
Metatec International, Inc.
Movie Gallery, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
Movie Gallery, Inc., is the nation's third-largest video store operator.
NAVTEQ Corporation →
Active · founded 1985
NAVTEQ Corporation (Navteq) is a Chicago-based company that provides the digital map information used by Internet…
National Beverage Corp. →
Active · founded 1985
A leading second-tier beverage company, National Beverage Corp.
Natural Alternatives International, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
Natural Alternatives International, Inc.
NeighborCare, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
NeighborCare, Inc.
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation →
Active · founded 1985 · Japan
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) is the largest telecommunications firm in the world.
Novar plc →
Active · founded 1985 · United Kingdom
Novar plc is a U.K.-based corporation consisting of three primary business segments: security systems, aluminum product…
NutraSweet Company →
Active · founded 1985
NutraSweet, the world's largest manufacturer of the sweetening product known as aspartame, originated as a single…
OTR Express, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
OTR Express, Inc.
Ocular Sciences, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
Ocular Sciences, Inc.
Odwalla, Inc. →
Defunct · founded 1985
Youthful, hip, and fresh, Odwalla, Inc.
Parametric Technology Corp. →
Active · founded 1985
Less than ten years after introducing its first products, Parametric Technology Corp.
PlayCore, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
Symbol: PCO SICs: 3949 Sporting & Athletic Goods, Not Elsewhere Classified PlayCore, Inc.
Portal Software, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
Since it was first established in 1985 as an Internet service provider, Portal Software, Inc.
Primedex Health Systems, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
Primedex Health Systems, Inc., headquartered in Los Angeles, is engaged in the delivery and administration of managed…
QUALCOMM Incorporated →
Active · founded 1985
QUALCOMM Incorporated (Qualcomm) is a wireless communications company dedicated to the creation of innovative mobile…
Rubio's Restaurants, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
Rubio's Restaurants, Inc.
Ryanair Holdings plc →
Active · founded 1985 · Ireland
Ryanair Holdings plc, Europe's largest budget airline, has gone a long way toward making air travel a commodity in the…
SLI, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
For the past 29 years, SLI, Inc.
Safeskin Corporation →
Active · founded 1985
Safeskin Corporation is the leading manufacturer of latex gloves for the U.S.
Sherwood Brands, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
Sherwood Brands, Inc.
Smith Corona Corp. →
Active · founded 1985
Smith Corona is a world-famous designer, manufacturer, and marketer of portable and compact electronic typewriters,…
Staples, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
Staples, Inc.
Starbucks Corporation →
Active · founded 1985
Starbucks Corporation is the leading roaster, retailer, and marketer of specialty coffee in North America.
Storage USA, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
A self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust, Storage USA, Inc.
Sun Communities Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
Sun Communities Inc.
SunTrust Banks Inc. →
Defunct · founded 1985
A holding company formed by Trust Company of Georgia in 1985, SunTrust Banks Inc.
SynOptics Communications, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
SynOptics Communications, Inc.
TAG Heuer International SA →
Active · founded 1985 · Switzerland
TAG Heuer International SA (Heuer), through its wholly owned Swiss subsidiary, TAG Heuer S.A., is a leading designer,…
Tee Vee Toons, Inc. →
Defunct · founded 1985
Tee Vee Toons, Inc., better known as TVT Records, is the leading independent record company in the United States.
The Emirates Group →
Active · founded 1985 · United Arab Emirates
The Emirates Group is composed of airport services provider DNATA (the Dubai National Air Transport Association) and…
The Hartstone Group plc →
Active · founded 1985 · United Kingdom
The Hartstone Group plc is a leading manufacturer in the international leathergoods and hosiery markets, supplying…
The Loewen Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985 · Canada
The Loewen Group, Inc.
The Middleby Corporation →
Active · founded 1985
The Middleby Corporation is a major designer, manufacturer, and marketer of a wide range of commercial and…
The White House, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
The White House came close to completing its IPO in July 2003 when an interested suitor made its proposal.
TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. →
Defunct · founded 1985
TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.
Ty Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
Ty Inc.
Ugine S.A. →
Active · founded 1985 · France
Ugine S.A.
Village Voice Media, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
Village Voice Media, Inc.
Vodafone Group PLC →
Active · founded 1985 · United Kingdom
Sales £7.87 billion (US$12.55 billion) (2000) Stock Exchanges: London New York Ticker Symbols: VOD.L; VOD NAIC:513322…
Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. →
Defunct · founded 1985
Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Watts Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
Watts Industries, Inc., is one of the country's leading designers, manufacturers, and sellers of valves that regulate…
Westcon Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
Majority owned by South Africa-based Datatec Ltd., Westcon Group, Inc.
Wheelabrator Technologies, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
By this time, Wheelabrator Technologies was poised for further growth and was often cited by analysts as a promising…
Williams Communications Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
Headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Williams Communications Group, Inc., a subsidiary of The Williams Companies, Inc.,…
Acclaim Entertainment Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Acclaim Entertainment Inc.
Administaff, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Administaff, Inc.
Airgas, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Airgas, Inc.
Allen Systems Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
ASG completed one major deal in 2001, acquiring SNMP Frameworks, which led to the development of a Web-based network…
Alpine Lace Brands, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Alpine Lace Brands, Inc., is a leading manufacturer of reduced-fat and fat-free deli cheeses and meats.
American Girl, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
American Girl, Inc.
American Italian Pasta Company →
Active · founded 1986
The second largest pasta producer in North America, American Italian Pasta Company (APIC) produces more than 80 dry…
Applied Bioscience International, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Applied Bioscience International, Inc.
Arch Wireless, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
With a new name and a new corporate identity, Arch Wireless, Inc.
Avado Brands, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Known until 1998 as Apple South, Avado Brands, Inc.
Bloomberg L.P. →
Active · founded 1986
Bloomberg L.P.
Bon Appetit Holding AG →
Active · founded 1986 · Switzerland
Bon Appetit Holding AG is the leading publicly listed food trade company in Switzerland.
Boston Celtics Limited Partnership →
Active · founded 1986
Operator of the Boston Celtics basketball team, Boston Celtics Limited Partnership represents the financial,…
Buckeye Partners, L.P. →
Active · founded 1986
Buckeye Partners, L.P., based in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, is a master limited partnership trading on the New York Stock…
CONNER PERIPHERALS, INC. →
Active · founded 1986
Conner Peripherals, Inc., the second-largest manufacturer of hard disk drives after Seagate Technology, has grown…
Calloway's Nursery, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Calloway's Nursery, Inc.
Carlisle Companies Incorporated →
Active · founded 1986
Carlisle Companies Incorporated is a diversified corporation that manufactures rubber and plastics products in three…
Carolina First Corporation →
Active · founded 1986
As North Carolina's larger banks began to acquire South Carolina banks in the mid-1980s, Carolina First Corporation was…
Celadon Group Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Celadon Group Inc.
Celgene Corporation →
Active · founded 1986
Celgene Corporation is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and marketing therapies to treat leprosy,…
Century Communications Corp. →
Active · founded 1986
Century Communications Corp.
Checkers Drive-Up Restaurants Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
With its distinctive black and white checkerboard squares surrounded by bright red and chrome, Checkers Drive-Up…
Chelsfield PLC →
Active · founded 1986 · United Kingdom
Chelsfield PLC is one of the United Kingdom's major property development groups.
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
The largest bottling group owned by The Coca-Cola Company, Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.
Commercial Financial Services, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Commercial Financial Services, Inc.
Continental Medical Systems, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Continental Medical Systems, Inc.
Cooker Restaurant Corporation →
Active · founded 1986
Cooker Restaurant Corporation is a 37-unit casual dining restaurant chain, with locations in Florida, Michigan, Ohio,…
CoolBrands International Inc. →
Active · founded 1986 · Canada
Through nearly 5,000 franchises, CoolBrands International Inc., formerly known as Yogen Fruz World-Wide, Inc.
Corporate Express, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Corporate Express, Inc., wholly owned by the Dutch firm Buhrmann N.V.
Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd. →
Active · founded 1986 · Japan
Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd.
Coventry Health Care, Inc. →
Defunct · founded 1986
Coventry was now able to grow aggressively via acquisitions; it was especially keen on buying and turning around…
DPL INC. →
Active · founded 1986
DPL Inc.
Direct Focus, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Direct Focus, Inc.
Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Dollar Tree Stores, Inc.
E-Z Serve Corporation →
Active · founded 1986
As the seventh largest convenience store operator in the United States, E-Z Serve Corporation owns and operates 737…
Eileen Fisher Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Eileen Fisher Inc.
Energizer Holdings, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Energizer Holdings, Inc., formerly known as Eveready Battery Company, Inc., is one of the world's foremost…
Eurotunnel Group →
Active · founded 1986 · United Kingdom
The Eurotunnel Group includes Eurotunnel plc, which, through its Eurotunnel subsidiaries, was established to design,…
FTP Software, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
FTP Software, Inc.
First Brands Corporation →
Active · founded 1986
First Brands is a leading consumer products company with operations based on a number of major brands: STP oil, Glad…
First Team Sports, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
First Team Sports, Inc.
Fresh Choice, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Now entering its second decade, California-based Fresh Choice, Inc.
Gateway, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Following its March 2004 acquisition of eMachines, Inc., Gateway, Inc.
Gaylord Container Corporation →
Active · founded 1986
Gaylord Container Corporation is a major national manufacturer and distributor of corrugated containers,…
Geerlings & Wade, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
For choosy wine connoisseurs and novices alike, Geerlings & Wade, Inc.
General Growth Properties, Inc. →
Defunct · founded 1986
General Growth Properties, Inc.
Genmar Holdings, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Genmar Holdings, Inc.
Goodman Fielder Ltd. →
Active · founded 1986 · Australia
Goodman Fielder Ltd.
Granite State Bankshares, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Granite State Bankshares, Inc.
Harpo Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Based in Chicago, and with additional offices in Los Angeles, Harpo Inc.
Headway Corporate Resources, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
New York-based Headway Corporate Resources, Inc., provides resource and staffing services primarily to the financial…
Hexal AG →
Active · founded 1986 · Germany
Hexal AG is Germany's second largest producer of generic drugs, and also claims the number four position in the…
Holberg Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Holberg Industries, Inc., a holding company, was one of the largest privately held companies in the United States.
Hurricane Hydrocarbons Ltd. →
Active · founded 1986 · Canada
Hurricane Hydrocarbons Ltd.
ILX Resorts Incorporated →
Active · founded 1986
While some still equate the word "timeshare" with fraud or scams, the concept of owning a small piece of a resort or…
In Focus Systems, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
In Focus Systems, Inc.
Iwerks Entertainment, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Iwerks Entertainment, Inc.
JLM Couture, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
JLM Couture, Inc., is a New York City-based publicly trade company devoted to the business of designing, manufacturing,…
Johnny Rockets Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Johnny Rockets Group, Inc.'s restaurants offer American nostalgia with a menu of basic American food, served in a…
Lifeway Foods, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Lifeway Foods, Inc.
MGM Grand Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
A leading hotel and casino operator, MGM Grand Inc.
Madge Networks N.V. →
Active · founded 1986 · England
Madge Networks N.V.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Though it has undergone several name changes and owners, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.'s legacy is as classic as one of its…
Métropole Télévision →
Active · founded 1986 · France
Métropole Télévision is one of France's leading television broadcasters and programming producers.
Mikohn Gaming Corporation →
Active · founded 1986 · Las Vegas, Nevada 89119
Mikohn Gaming, Inc.
M-real Oyj →
Active · founded 1986 · Finland
M-real Oyj--known as Metsä-Serla Oy until 2001--operates as a leading supplier of paper and paperboard and is Europe's…
National Media Corporation →
Active · founded 1986
National Media Corporation is the world's largest publicly held direct response (infomercial) television company and a…
Natural Wonders Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Natural Wonders Inc.
Norwich & Peterborough Building Society →
Active · founded 1986 · United Kingdom
One of the largest of Britain's remaining mutual aid building societies, Norwich & Peterborough Building Society has…
NovaCare, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
NovaCare, Inc.
Office Depot, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Office Depot, Inc.
Omnicom Group Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Gross Billings: $2.64 billion (1996) Stock Exchanges: New York SICs: 7311 Advertising Agencies; 6719 Holding Companies,…
Orchard Supply Hardware Stores Corporation →
Active · founded 1986
A leading home improvement retailer in California, Orchard Supply Stores Corporation operates a chain of hardware…
PETsMART, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
The largest operator of pet food, pet supplies, and pet services superstores in the United States, PETsMART, Inc.,…
Packard Bell Electronics, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Packard Bell Electronics, Inc.
Pete's Brewing Company →
Active · founded 1986
The second largest microbrewer in the United States, Pete's Brewing Company sells a line of full-bodied, specialty…
Pixar Animation Studios →
Active · founded 1986
Pixar Animation Studios burst onto the big screen with the release of Toy Story, the first ever feature-length animated…
Play by Play Toys & Novelties, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
A noted toy manufacturer, Play by Play Toys & Novelties, Inc.
Pluma, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Pluma, Inc.
Provell Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Provell Inc., formerly Damark International Inc., develops, markets, and manages membership and customer relationship…
Pumpkin Masters, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Colorado-based Pumpkin Masters, Inc.
QVC Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
QVC Inc.
Radius Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Radius Inc.
Raytech Corporation →
Active · founded 1986
Based in Shelton, Connecticut, Raytech Corporation and its subsidiaries manufacture and distribute engineered products…
Rent-A-Center, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Rent-A-Center, Inc.
Rica Foods, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Rica Foods, Inc.
Riviana Foods Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Riviana Foods Inc.
SBS Technologies, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
SBS Technologies, Inc.
SFI Group plc →
Active · founded 1986 · United Kingdom
Woking-based SFI Group plc is one of the United Kingdom's fastest-growing operators of drinking and eating…
STAAR Surgical Company →
Active · founded 1986
STAAR Surgical Company (Staar) develops and markets medical devices for use in refractive, cataract, and glaucoma…
Saga Communications, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
In the Nordic language, "saga" means an ongoing adventure.
Santa Barbara Restaurant Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Santa Barbara Restaurant Group, Inc.
Sauer-Danfoss Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
With its headquarters located in Lincolnshire, Illinois, Sauer-Danfoss Inc.
Schott Corporation →
Active · founded 1986
Schott Corporation, with its headquarters in Yonkers, New York, is the holding company for the North American…
Sega of America, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Sega of America, Inc.
Southern Financial Bancorp, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Southern Financial Bancorp, Inc.
Sprint Corporation →
Active · founded 1986
Sprint Corporation is the private holding company for two publicly traded firms, Sprint FON and Sprint PCS.
Sterling Chemicals, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Sterling Chemicals, Inc.
Storehouse PLC →
Active · founded 1986 · United Kingdom
With its British Home Stores (Bhs) and Mothercare chains, Storehouse PLC ranks among the United Kingdom's top ten…
StrataCom, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
StrataCom, Inc.
Synopsys, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Synopsys, Inc.
Syratech Corp. →
Active · founded 1986
Founded in 1986, Syratech Corp.
THE HENLEY GROUP, INC. →
Active · founded 1986 · United States
Stock Index: NASDAQ The Henley Group is a holding company whose operating subsidiaries can--and in most cases…
T-Netix, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
T-Netix, Inc.
The Aristotle Corporation →
Active · founded 1986
Originally formed as a bank holding company, The Aristotle Corporation is now involved in the manufacturing and…
The Gambrinus Company →
Active · founded 1986
Based in San Antonio, Texas, The Gambrinus Company imports, brews, and distributes beers on a regional and national…
The Score Board, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
The largest distributor of sports memorabilia in the United States, The Score Board, Inc.
Thermo Instrument Systems Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Thermo Instrument Systems Inc., a majority-owned subsidiary of Thermo Electron, is an international leader in…
Toll Brothers Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Toll Brothers Inc.
Tollgrade Communications, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Tollgrade Communications, Inc.
Transatlantic Holdings, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Transatlantic Holdings, Inc.
TriMas Corp. →
Active · founded 1986
TriMas Corp., through its diversified subsidiaries, is a leading manufacturer of fasteners, towing systems, specialty…
USINOR SACILOR →
Active · founded 1986 · France
Usinor Sacilor was the result of the merger in 1986 of Usinor and Sacilor, the two major French iron and steel groups.
Ubi Soft Entertainment S.A. →
Active · founded 1986 · France
France's Ubi Soft Entertainment S.A.
Unit Corporation →
Active · founded 1986
Unit Corporation is a publicly traded Tulsa, Oklahoma, energy company with two complementary business segments.
Universal Electronics Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Universal Electronics Inc.
VCA Antech, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
VCA Antech, Inc.
ViaSat, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
ViaSat, Inc.
Windswept Environmental Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Windswept Environmental Group, Inc., operating out of Bay Shore, New York, is a holding company whose subsidiaries…
Young Broadcasting Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Young Broadcasting Inc.
1-800-FLOWERS, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
1-800-FLOWERS, Inc., headquartered in Westbury, New York, is one of the world's largest florists.
5 & Diner Franchise Corporation →
Active · founded 1987
Mesa, Arizona-based 5 & Diner Franchise Corporation operates some 20 freestanding 1950s style, family-friendly diners…
AAON, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
AAON, Inc.
ABC Rail Products Corporation →
Active · founded 1987
A leader in the engineering, manufacturing, and marketing of original and replacement products for the freight…
ARCO Chemical Company →
Active · founded 1987
The ARCO Chemical Company manufactures intermediate chemicals used in a broad range of consumer and industrial products.
Abiomed, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
Abiomed, Inc.
Adams Golf, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
Adams Golf, Inc.
Advanstar Communications, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
Advanstar Communications, Inc.
Alderwoods Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987 · Canada
Alderwoods Group, Inc., is North America's second largest operator of funeral homes and cemeteries.
Allied Waste Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
Allied Waste Industries, Inc.
American Rice, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
One of the largest rice millers in the United States, American Rice, Inc.
Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Aqua Alliance Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
Formerly known as Air & Water Technologies Corporation, Aqua Alliance Inc.
Ascom AG →
Active · founded 1987 · Switzerland
Ascom AG is Switzerland's largest telecommunications company.
Ashworth, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
Ashworth, Inc.
Avid Technology Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
Avid Technology Inc.
BAA plc →
Active · founded 1987 · United Kingdom
BAA plc is a holding company for the world's largest organization of airports.
B/E Aerospace, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
In just a decade, B/E Aerospace, Inc.
Back Yard Burgers, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
Back Yard Burgers, Inc.
Baker Hughes Incorporated →
Active · founded 1987
Baker Hughes Incorporated is the product of the 1987 merger of two oilfield-services companies with surprisingly…
Bell Microproducts Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
Bell Microproducts Inc.
Borg-Warner Automotive, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
Not to be confused with its former parent (Borg-Warner Corporation) or ex-sibling (Borg-Warner Security Corporation),…
Budget Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987 · www.teamrental.com
Budget Group, Inc., is a holding company that, through subsidiary companies and their franchisees, operates Budget Car…
CMS Energy Corporation →
Active · founded 1987
CMS Energy Corporation is a diversified energy company with businesses engaged in electric and gas utility operations.
CSK Auto Corporation →
Active · founded 1987
CSK Auto Corporation is a holding company for CSK Auto, Inc., a subsidiary that manages all of the corporation's…
Canary Wharf Group Plc →
Active · founded 1987 · United Kingdom
London landmark Canary Wharf has seen its share of ups and downs.
Car Toys, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
Car Toys, Inc.
Cascade General, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
Cascade General, Inc.
Catherines Stores Corporation →
Active · founded 1987
Catherines Stores Corporation is a leading specialty retailer of women's large-size clothing and accessories.
Cedar Fair, L.P. →
Active · founded 1987
Cedar Fair, L.P.
Century Business Services, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
Century Business Services, Inc., with its headquarters located in Cleveland, Ohio, offers a range of outsource business…
Cephalon, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
Cephalon, Inc.
Chiles Offshore Corporation →
Active · founded 1987
Chiles Offshore Corporation is an international provider of offshore contract drilling and well workover services for…
Clearly Canadian Beverage Corporation →
Active · founded 1987 · Canada
Clearly Canadian Beverage Corporation is a British Columbia-based maker of so-called "new age" or "alternative"…
Click Wine Group →
Active · founded 1987
Click Wine Group markets and distributes a portfolio of wines primarily comprised of Australian brands.
Compass Group PLC →
Active · founded 1987 · United Kingdom
As the world's largest foodservice company, Compass Group PLC is aptly named.
Computer Learning Centers, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
Computer Learning Centers, Inc.
Cramer, Berkowitz & Co. →
Active · founded 1987
Cramer, Berkowitz & Co.
Cree Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
Cree Inc.
Cytyc Corporation →
Active · founded 1987
Cytyc Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, and markets innovative products that focus primarily on women's…
D&K Wholesale Drug, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
D&K Wholesale Drug, Inc.
DAW Technologies, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987 · www.dawtech.com
Daw Technologies, Inc., is the leading American supplier of "cleanrooms," or ultra-clean manufacturing facilities, for…
Dairy Crest Group plc →
Active · founded 1987 · United Kingdom
Dairy Crest Group plc, the dairy products processing arm of the former British Milk Marketing Board milk monopoly, has…
Davis Service Group PLC →
Active · founded 1987 · United Kingdom
London-based Davis Service Group PLC operates in three primary areas: Textile Maintenance, Tool Hire, and Building…
Dendrite International, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
Dendrite International, Inc., and its subsidiaries are leading providers of a broad array of services and software…
Detroit Diesel Corporation →
Active · founded 1987
Detroit Diesel Corporation manufactures diesel and alternative fuel engines for use in trucks, buses, coaches,…
Dimension Data Holdings PLC →
Defunct · founded 1987 · South Africa
Dimension Data Holdings PLC is South Africa's leading information technology services and solutions provider.
Drypers Corporation →
Active · founded 1987
Drypers Corporation is the third-largest manufacturer of disposable diapers and related products in the United States.
East Japan Railway Company →
Active · founded 1987 · Japan
East Japan Railway Company (JR East) is the largest passenger railway company in the world.
Eurofins Scientific S.A. →
Active · founded 1987 · France
France's Eurofins Scientific S.A.
Evergreen Marine Corporation (Taiwan) Ltd. →
Active · founded 1987 · Taiwan
With more than 130 owned and long-term chartered ships, Evergreen Marine Corporation (Taiwan) Ltd.
Fortis, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987 · Canada
Fortis, Inc., through its subsidiaries, is the leading distributor of electricity in the Province of Newfoundland and…
Galaxy Nutritional Foods, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
Galaxy Nutritional Foods, Inc., develops, produces, and distributes plant-based dairy and dairy alternative products…
Geneva Steel →
Active · founded 1987
Geneva Steel is the only integrated steel mill operating west of the Mississippi River.
Gilead Sciences, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
HCA - The Healthcare Company →
Active · founded 1987
HCA - The Healthcare Company owns and operates approximately 200 hospitals and other healthcare facilities in 24 of the…
Harry's Farmers Market Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
Harry's Farmers Market Inc.
Headwaters Incorporated →
Active · founded 1987
Through its subsidiaries, Headwaters Incorporated is a leader in both the pre-combustion treatment and the…
Hemlo Gold Mines Inc. →
Active · founded 1987 · Canada
Hemlo Gold Mines is one of the most important and lowest cost gold producers in North America.
Hoechst Celanese Corporation →
Active · founded 1987
A subsidiary of the enormous German chemical company Hoechst A.G., Hoechst Celanese Corporation manufactured and sold a…
JB Oxford Holdings, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
JB Oxford Holdings, Inc.
Jalate Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
Jalate Inc.
Jones Soda Co. →
Active · founded 1987
Jones Soda Co.
Kemet Corp. →
Active · founded 1987
Kemet Corporation is a leading global supplier of capacitors, which store, filter, and regulate electrical energy and…
Key Safety Systems, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
Key Safety Systems, Inc.
Kingston Technology Corporation →
Active · founded 1987
Acknowledged as the world's leading provider of computer memory products, Kingston Technology Corporation also designs…
Kirshenbaum Bond + Partners, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
Kirshenbaum Bond + Partners, Inc.
Koo Koo Roo, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Koo Koo Roo, Inc., oversees a restaurant chain specializing in flame-broiled…
LabOne, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
LabOne, Inc.
Landauer, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
Since 1954, Laudauer, Inc.
Levenger Company →
Active · founded 1987
A fast-growing, family-owned business, Levenger Company markets a unique array of goods via catalog, Internet, and…
Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated →
Active · founded 1987
Operating out of San Diego, California, Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated discovers, develops, and markets new drugs,…
Lintas: Worldwide →
Active · founded 1987
Gross Billings: $5.12 billion SICs: 7311 Advertising Agencies One of the largest advertising agencies in the world,…
Luminar Plc →
Active · founded 1987 · United Kingdom
Luminar Plc is the United Kingdom's leading nightclub owner and operator, with more than 250 nightclubs, bars, and…
MFS Communications Company, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
A leading provider of communication services for businesses and government agencies in the United States, MFS…
Mace Security International, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
Mace Security International, Inc.
Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation →
Active · founded 1987
In fiscal 2000 Medicis moved to a new 50,000-square-foot headquarters in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Megafoods Stores Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
Megafoods Stores Inc.
Merit Medical Systems, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
Michael Foods, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
Michael Foods, Inc., through its Egg Products Division, is the largest producer, processor, and distributor of extended…
Mity Enterprises, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
Mity Enterprises, Inc.
Mossimo, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
A dynamic force in the apparel industry during the 1990s, Mossimo, Inc.
National Oilwell, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
National Oilwell, Inc.
Nextel Communications, Inc. →
Defunct · founded 1987
Founded originally to develop mobile telephone service on existing radio bands, Nextel Communications, Inc.
Northland Cranberries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
Northland Cranberries, Inc.
Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Nu-kote Holding, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
Based in Dallas, Texas, Nu-kote Holding, Inc.
Oak Technology, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
Born in Xian, China, at the height of World War II, Oak Technology, Inc.
Ottakar's plc →
Defunct · founded 1987 · United Kingdom
Ottakar's plc is one of the United Kingdom's largest and fastest-growing retail booksellers.
Outback Steakhouse, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
Outback Steakhouse, Inc., runs a chain of casual restaurants with and Australian theme based in the South and the…
PDI, Inc. →
Defunct · founded 1987
PDI, Inc., formerly Professional Detailing, Inc., was the first company to offer product detailing services to the…
PLATINUM Technology, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
PLATINUM Technology, Inc., is one of America's fastest growing software development companies.
PeopleSoft Inc. →
Defunct · founded 1987
PeopleSoft Inc.
Performance Food Group Company →
Active · founded 1987
Performance Food Group Company (PFG) distributes food and food-related products to institutional customers, such as…
Petron Corporation →
Active · founded 1987 · Philippines
Petron Corporation is the Philippines' leading refiner, marketer, and distributor of petroleum-based products.
Placer Dome Inc. →
Active · founded 1987 · Canada
Placer Dome Inc., the fifth largest gold mining company in the world, produces approximately 3.5 million ounces of gold…
Presstek, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
Headquartered in Hudson, New Hampshire, Presstek, Inc.
RHI AG →
Active · founded 1987 · Austria
RHI AG is the world's top manufacturer of heat-resistant refractory products, with a global market share of some 15…
Repsol S.A. →
Active · founded 1987 · Spain
Repsol S.A.
Repsol-YPF S.A. →
Defunct · founded 1987 · Spain
Repsol-YPF S.A.
Ridley Corporation Ltd. →
Active · founded 1987 · Australia
Ridley Corporation Ltd.
SRAM Corporation →
Active · founded 1987
SRAM Corporation is a leading producer of bicycle components.
STERIS Corporation →
Active · founded 1987
STERIS Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets infection prevention, contamination prevention, microbial…
STMicroelectronics NV →
Active · founded 1987 · Switzerland
STMicroelectronics NV is one of the world's leading semiconductor manufacturing companies.
Sarnoff Corporation →
Active · founded 1987
Sarnoff Corporation is one of the leading developers of new technology in the United States.
Schieffelin & Somerset Co. →
Active · founded 1987
Operating out of New York City, Schieffelin & Somerset Co.
Select Comfort Corporation →
Active · founded 1987
Select Comfort Corporation, the industry leader in air bed technology, designs, manufactures, and markets a line of…
Stewart's Beverages →
Active · founded 1987
Stewart's Beverages is best known for its premium soft drinks that evoke a nostalgic experience through such…
Strouds, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
Strouds, Inc., 'The Linen Experts,' is a specialty retailer that offers a wide selection of home textiles for bed,…
Sun Distributors L.P. →
Active · founded 1987
Sun Distributors L.P.
Svenska Handelsbanken AB →
Active · founded 1987 · Sweden
In its infancy, Svenska Handelsbanken AB was a small bank, with operations confined to the city of Stockholm.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. →
Active · founded 1987 · Taiwan
When Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd.
TelePizza S.A. →
Active · founded 1987 · Spain
Fast-growing TelePizza S.A.
Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Limited →
Active · founded 1987 · New Zealand
Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Limited is that country's dominant telecommunications company, providing fixed line…
Télévision Fran&ccedilse 1 →
Active · founded 1987 · France
Télévision Fran&ccedilse 1 is a diversified multimedia producer and broadcaster, centered around TF1, France's oldest…
The Bombay Company, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
The Bombay Company, Inc.
The Gitano Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
The Gitano Group, Inc., is one of the United States' largest apparel merchandisers.
The Heat Group →
Active · founded 1987
Originally formed to bring a National Basketball Association franchise to Miami, Florida, The Heat Group has evolved…
The J. Jill Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
The J.
The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
The name Neiman Marcus is practically synonymous with upscale retailing in the United States.
The Shaw Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
The Shaw Group, Inc.
The Sports Authority, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
The Sports Authority, Inc.
Thermadyne Holding Corporation →
Active · founded 1987
Thermadyne Holding Corporation is one of the world's largest suppliers of welding, cutting, and welding safety products.
Trader Classified Media N.V. →
Active · founded 1987 · The Netherlands
Trader Classified Media N.V.
UUNET →
Defunct · founded 1987
Founded in 1987, UUNET is recognized not only as the first commercial Internet service provider (ISP), but it is also…
Ultra Pac, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
Ultra Pac, Inc.
VISX, Incorporated →
Active · founded 1987
VISX, Incorporated is the leading designer, manufacturer, and marketer of laser vision correction systems.
ViewSonic Corporation →
Active · founded 1987
ViewSonic Corporation is a leading provider of cathode ray tube (CRT) and liquid crystal display (LCD) computer…
Wilson Bowden Plc →
Active · founded 1987 · United Kingdom
One of the United Kingdom's top home builders, Wilson Bowden Plc has targeted the upper end of the housing market,…
Wisconsin Central Transportation Corporation →
Active · founded 1987
Wisconsin Central Ltd., the core railroad of the holding company Wisconsin Central Transportation Corporation, was the…
ABB Asea Brown Boveri Ltd. →
Active · founded 1988 · Switzerland
Formerly fierce competitors in the heavy-electrical and power-generation fields, Sweden's ASEA AB (which changed its…
ABB Ltd. →
Active · founded 1988 · Switzerland
Early 1990s:Company makes concerted push into eastern European and Asian markets.
ALARIS Medical Systems, Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
ALARIS Medical Systems, Inc.
Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. →
Defunct · founded 1988
Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.
American Coin Merchandising, Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
American Coin Merchandising, Inc., which does business as SugarLoaf Creations, Inc., is the only publicly traded…
AnnTaylor Stores Corporation →
Active · founded 1988
Through its wholly owned subsidiary, AnnTaylor Inc., AnnTaylor Stores Corporation is a retailer of women's apparel,…
Asanté Technologies, Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
A fast-growing but young company, Asanté Technologies, Inc.
BBAG Osterreichische Brau-Beteiligungs-AG →
Active · founded 1988 · Austria
Linz, Austria's BBAG Österreichische Brau-Beteiligungs AG has been slaking its thirst for growth through a series of…
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. →
Active · founded 1988 · Spain
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A.
Bayou Steel Corporation →
Active · founded 1988
Bayou Steel Corporation operates a steel 'minimill' at its 287-acre site located next to the Mississippi River 35 miles…
Benton Oil and Gas Company →
Active · founded 1988
Benton Oil and Gas Company is engaged in the exploration, development, and production of oil and gas properties,…
Black Box Corporation →
Active · founded 1988
Black Box Corporation is a leading direct marketer of computer communications and networking equipment.
British Sky Broadcasting Group plc →
Active · founded 1988 · United Kingdom
With nearly 17 million viewers, digital satellite television operator British Sky Broadcasting Group plc, better known…
Burlington Resources Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
Burlington Resources Inc., the nation's largest independent natural gas exploration and production company, functioned…
C-Cube Microsystems, Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
C-Cube Microsystems, Inc.
CREDIT AGRICOLE →
Active · founded 1988 · France
France's "green bank" was nicknamed for its roots in agriculture.
Cable & Wireless HKT →
Active · founded 1988 · Hong Kong
Cable & Wireless HKT (HKT), formerly Hong Kong Telecommunications Ltd., provides a wide range of communications…
Cabletron Systems, Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
Cabletron Systems, Inc.
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
With revenues of $1.43 billion in 2001, Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Cambridge SoundWorks, Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
Located outside of Boston, Massachusetts, Cambridge SoundWorks, Inc.
Centennial Communications Corporation →
Defunct · founded 1988
In the United States, Centennial Communications Corporation owns and operates cellular systems in two regional clusters…
China Eastern Airlines Co. Ltd. →
Active · founded 1988 · China
China Eastern Air Co.
China Southern Airlines Company Ltd. →
Active · founded 1988 · China
China Southern Airlines Company Ltd.
Cold Stone Creamery →
Active · founded 1988
Cold Stone Creamery operates on an independently owned franchise system of ice creameries headquartered in Scottsdale,…
Collins & Aikman Corporation →
Active · founded 1988
Founded as a supplier of window shades in the mid-nineteenth century, Collins & Aikman Corporation has survived a…
Deschutes Brewery, Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
Deschutes Brewery, Inc.
Dippin' Dots, Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
Dippin' Dots, Inc.
Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc. →
Defunct · founded 1988
Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc.
EXCEL Communications Inc. →
Defunct · founded 1988
EXCEL Communications Inc.
Egghead.com, Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
Egghead.com, Inc.
Electronics for Imaging, Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
Electronics for Imaging, Inc.
Euro Disney S.C.A. →
Active · founded 1988 · France
Euro Disney S.C.A.
Executone Information Systems, Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
Executone Information Systems, Inc.
Eye Care Centers of America, Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
Eye Care Centers of America, Inc.
Featherlite Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
Featherlite Inc.
First Cash Financial Services, Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
First Cash Financial Services, Inc.
Funco, Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
Funco, Inc.
Gaiam, Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
Gaiam, Inc.
Galey & Lord, Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
Galey & Lord, Inc., develops, manufactures, and markets fabrics for the apparel and home furnishings industries,…
Gemplus International S.A. →
Defunct · founded 1988 · Luxembourg
Gemplus International S.A.
Grow Biz International, Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
Grow Biz International, Inc.
Guthy-Renker Corporation →
Active · founded 1988
Guthy-Renker Corporation is one of the world's largest direct-response television marketing companies, selling products…
Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc.
Happy Kids Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
Happy Kids Inc.
Hellenic Petroleum SA →
Active · founded 1988 · Greece
Hellenic Petroleum SA is the largest company in Greece and the leading petroleum refiner both in that country and in…
Heska Corporation →
Active · founded 1988
The Heska Corporation is involved in biotechnical research for the development of vaccines and related diagnostic…
Hollywood Entertainment Corporation →
Active · founded 1988
Hollywood Entertainment Corp., which operates over 1,000 stores in 43 states under the name Hollywood Video, is the…
IMC Fertilizer Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
IMC Fertilizer Group, Inc.
IMPATH Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
Based in New York City, IMPATH Inc.
Insight Enterprises, Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
Insight Enterprises, Inc.
Interbrew S.A. →
Active · founded 1988 · Belgium
With operations on every continent on the globe, Belgium's Interbrew S.A.
JPS Textile Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
JPS Textile Group, Inc.
Jillian's Entertainment Holdings, Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
Jillian's Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
Jordan Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
Jordan Industries, Inc.
Juno Lighting, Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
Juno Lighting, Inc.
Kelda Group plc →
Active · founded 1988 · United Kingdom
Kelda Group plc is one of the United Kingdom's leading water services and wastewater management companies.
Kohl's Corporation →
Active · founded 1988
Kohl's Corporation is one of the largest discount department store chains in the United States, with more than 230…
Las Vegas Sands, Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
The Las Vegas Sands Hotel was a Vegas institution for 44 years.
Lion Nathan Limited →
Active · founded 1988 · Australia
Lion Nathan Limited is one of the leading brewers in the Australasian region, with the number one spot in New Zealand…
MCN CORPORATION →
Active · founded 1988
MCN Corporation is the holding company for two Michigan utilities, Michigan Consolidated Gas Company (MichCon) and…
Mackie Designs Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
Mackie Designs Inc.
MedImmune, Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
MedImmune, Inc.
Midway Games, Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
Midway Games, Inc., is one of the world's leading producers of video games.
Mobile Telecommunications Technologies Corp. →
Active · founded 1988
A pioneer in wireless communications, Mobile Telecommunications Technologies Corp.
National Express Group PLC →
Active · founded 1988 · United Kingdom
If you have ever used public transportation in the United Kingdom or Australia, or ridden on a school bus in the United…
Newfield Exploration Company →
Active · founded 1988
Newfield Exploration Company, based in Houston, Texas, is one of the most successful independent crude oil and natural…
North Atlantic Trading Company Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
North Atlantic Trading Company Inc.
OfficeMax Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
OfficeMax, Inc.
Onion, Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
Onion, Inc.
Organic Valley (Coulee Region Organic Produce Pool) →
Active · founded 1988
Organic Valley, formally known as the Coulee Region Organic Produce Pool, or CROPP, is the nation's largest cooperative…
Perot Systems Corporation →
Active · founded 1988
Perot Systems Corporation, based in Dallas and chaired by Texas billionaire H.
PhyCor, Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
PhyCor, Inc.
Playtex Products, Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
Playtex Products, Inc.
Premium Standard Farms, Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
The third largest hog farmer in the United States, Premium Standard Farms, Inc.
Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
Psychiatric Solutions, Inc.
Quanta Computer Inc. →
Active · founded 1988 · Taiwan
Quanta Computer Inc.
Qwest Communications International, Inc. →
Defunct · founded 1988
From its origins as a fiber-optic network-building subsidiary of Southern Pacific Transportation Co., Qwest…
Relìv International, Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
Relìv International, Inc.
Riser Foods, Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
Riser Foods, Inc., a holding company, controls northeast Ohio's largest grocery chain.
Rust International Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
With operations in North and South America, Europe, and the Pacific Rim, Rust International Inc.
Saudi Arabian Oil Company →
Active · founded 1988 · Saudi Arabia
With production capacity of about ten million barrels of crude oil per day, the state-owned Saudi Arabian Oil Company…
Shawmut National Corporation →
Active · founded 1988
Shawmut National Corporation is one of New England's largest banking companies, offering financial products and…
Shred-It Canada Corporation →
Active · founded 1988 · Canada
Shred-It Canada Corporation provides mobile document shredding services to over 120,000 companies and organizations…
Sports & Recreation, Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
Operator of the tenth-largest sporting goods chain in the United States, Sports & Recreation, Inc., is a specialty…
Stage Stores, Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
Houston-based Stage Stores, Inc.
Suiza Foods Corporation →
Active · founded 1988
Suiza Foods Corporation has seemingly come out of nowhere to become one of the leading fresh milk and dairy food…
Tarrant Apparel Group →
Active · founded 1988
Los Angeles-based Tarrant Apparel Group designs and manufactures private label women's jeans and other moderately…
The Carbide/Graphite Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
The Carbide/Graphite Group, Inc.
The General Chemical Group Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
The General Chemical Group is a leading producer of industrial chemicals, namely soda ash, both natural and synthetic,…
The Kushner-Locke Company →
Active · founded 1988
The Kushner-Locke Company is an independent entertainment company based in Los Angeles.
The Source Enterprises, Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
The Source Enterprises, Inc.
Tiger Aspect Productions Ltd. →
Active · founded 1988 · United Kingdom
Tiger Aspect Productions Ltd.
Toy Biz, Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
Toy Biz, Inc.
Travis Perkins plc →
Active · founded 1988 · United Kingdom
Fast-growing Travis Perkins plc ranks as one of the top three building materials retailers in the United Kingdom,…
Tredegar Corporation →
Active · founded 1988
Tredegar Corporation, based in Richmond, Virginia, is primarily involved, through subsidiaries, in two unrelated…
Triple P N.V. →
Active · founded 1988 · The Netherlands
Triple P N.V.
Verity Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
Based in Sunnyvale, California, Verity Inc.
WFS Financial Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
WFS Financial Inc.
Xeikon NV →
Active · founded 1988 · Belgium
Xeikon NV is one of the pioneers of color digital printing technology for the professional printing market.
Zones, Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
Zones, Inc.
ABC Family Worldwide, Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
ABC Family Worldwide, Inc.
ADESA, Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
ADESA, Inc.
Annie's Homegrown, Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
Annie's Homegrown sponsored many programs in keeping with its various commitments to social causes.
Ascend Communications, Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
Ascend Communications, Inc.
Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
Atkins Nutritionals, Inc.
Auntie Anne's, Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
Through its chain of 600 mostly franchised locations, Auntie Anne's, Inc.
Aztar Corporation →
Active · founded 1989
Aztar Corporation, a spinoff from the late 1980s restructuring of Ramada Inc., is a mid-tier U.S.
BWAY Corporation →
Active · founded 1989
BWAY Corporation is a holding company whose principal subsidiaries are leading manufacturers of steel containers for…
Berlitz International, Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
Berlitz International Inc.
Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd. →
Active · founded 1989
Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd.
Brightpoint, Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
Brightpoint, Inc.
CHICAGO AND NORTH WESTERN HOLDINGS CORPORATION →
Active · founded 1989
Chicago and North Western Holdings Corporation is the holding company for the Chicago and North Western Transportation…
Caribiner International, Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
Caribiner International, Inc.
Compagnie des Alpes →
Active · founded 1989 · France
Compagnie des Alpes is the world's leading ski lift operator, a specialty which includes not only the construction and…
Corbis Corporation →
Active · founded 1989
Corbis Corporation provides digital images to professional and nonprofessional customers through a handful of Web…
Correctional Services Corporation →
Active · founded 1989
Correctional Services Corporation (CSC) provides a full range of juvenile and adult correctional services.
Cost-U-Less, Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
Cost-U-Less, Inc., owns and operates warehouse-style retail stores in remote island locations on Pacific islands, in…
Daimler-Benz Aerospace AG →
Active · founded 1989 · Germany
With less than a decade under its belt, Daimler-Benz Aerospace AG has transformed the German aircraft industry from a…
DeCrane Aircraft Holdings Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
DeCrane Aircraft Holdings Inc.
DeepTech International Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
DeepTech International Inc.
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu International →
Active · founded 1989
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu International (DTTI) is the fifth-largest accounting and business services firm in the world,…
Destec Energy, Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
A subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company, Destec Energy, Inc.
Deutsche Telekom AG →
Active · founded 1989 · Germany
Deutsche Telekom AG is the third largest telecommunications company in the world and number one in Europe.
Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc.
E! Entertainment Television Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
E!
EVA Airways Corporation →
Active · founded 1989 · Taiwan
EVA Airways Corporation, or EVA Air, is Taiwan's second largest airline.
Eagle Hardware & Garden, Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
A leading competitor in the home improvement industry, Eagle Hardware & Garden, Inc.
Ernst & Young →
Active · founded 1989
Ernst & Young is the fourth largest public accounting firm in the world.
Falconbridge Limited →
Active · founded 1989 · Canada
Falconbridge Limited is a leading base metals mining company operating out of Toronto, Canada.
FiberMark, Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
FiberMark, Inc.
Fresh America Corporation →
Active · founded 1989 · email: investor.relations&#064fresham.com
Fresh America Corporation is a growing national force in the procurement, processing, warehousing, and distribution of…
Gerry Weber International AG →
Active · founded 1989 · Germany
The union of tennis and fashion propelled Gerry Weber International AG into its position as one of Europe's leading…
Glotel plc →
Active · founded 1989 · United Kingdom
Glotel plc provides a full range of recruitment services, meeting temporary and permanent staffing requirements, as…
Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery, Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
Based in the borough of the Bronx in New York City, Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery, Inc., operates a chain of…
Grévin & Compagnie SA →
Active · founded 1989 · France
Grévin & Compagnie SA is France's leading operator of amusement parks and tourist attractions (in terms of attendance…
HIT Entertainment PLC →
Active · founded 1989 · United Kingdom
Up and comer HIT Entertainment PLC (the HIT originally stood for Henson International Television) wants to be the…
Hawk Corporation →
Active · founded 1989
Despite challenging economic conditions, Hawk continued to record improved levels of revenues in 2000, up 7.8 percent…
Holophane Corporation →
Active · founded 1989
Holophane Corporation is a leading global manufacturer of highly engineered lighting fixtures for industrial,…
Holson Burnes Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
Holson Burnes Group, Inc., is the largest designer, manufacturer, and distributor of photo albums in the United States,…
Hot Topic, Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
Hot Topic, Inc., a retail chain operating almost 200 stores in malls nationwide, occupies a unique space within the…
Hyder plc →
Active · founded 1989 · United Kingdom
Many-headed Hyder (the Welsh word for confidence; rhymes with rudder) plc provides integrated water, electricity, and…
Ingram Micro Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
As the largest global wholesale distributor of computer and electronics products, Ingram Micro Inc.
Invitrogen Corporation →
Defunct · founded 1989
Invitrogen Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets more than 10,000 products for customers involved in life…
John Frieda Professional Hair Care Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
John Frieda Professional Hair Care Inc.
Knight Transportation, Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
Knight Transportation, Inc., is a trucking company focused on short-to-medium lengths of transporting freight.
Kraft Foods Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
Kraft Foods Inc.
Legent Corporation →
Active · founded 1989
One of the largest software companies in the world, Legent Corporation develops and markets software to facilitate the…
Matrix Service Company →
Active · founded 1989
Matrix Service Company offers construction services, and repair and maintenance services related to aboveground storage…
McAlister's Corporation →
Active · founded 1989
McAlister's Corporation, based in Ridgeland, Mississippi, operates fast-casual restaurants under the McAlister's Deli,…
Mercury Interactive Corporation →
Defunct · founded 1989
As Mercury's 15th anniversary approached, Landan continued to explore new business opportunities for the Sunnyvale,…
Monterey Pasta Company →
Active · founded 1989
The Monterey Pasta Company is a leading producer of prepared gourmet foods.
Mooney Aerospace Group Ltd. →
Active · founded 1989
Mooney Aerospace Group Ltd.
Network Associates, Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
Network Associates, Inc.
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan →
Active · founded 1989 · Canada
The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) evolved into one of the most powerful institutional investors in Canada…
Peapod, Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
Peapod, Inc.
Pediatric Services of America, Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
Pediatric Services of America, Inc.
Pennon Group Plc →
Active · founded 1989 · United Kingdom
Pennon Group Plc is a holding company for two primary subsidiaries: South West Water Limited, which provides water…
Powergen PLC →
Active · founded 1989 · United Kingdom
Powergen PLC is a leading integrated gas and electric company created from the breakup of the nationalized electricity…
Primedia Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
Primedia Inc.
RFC Franchising LLC →
Active · founded 1989
RFC Franchising LLC operates the Ritter's Frozen Custard chain of premium ice cream shops.
Republic Engineered Steels, Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
Republic Engineered Steels, Inc.
Riverwood International Corporation →
Active · founded 1989
Riverwood International Corporation is a global paperboard, packaging, and packaging machinery firm that produces…
RockShox, Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
RockShox, Inc.
Rouge Steel Company →
Active · founded 1989
The Rouge Steel Company began as an integral part of Henry Ford's sprawling River Rouge automobile plant, built during…
Royal KPN N.V. →
Active · founded 1989 · The Netherlands
Royal KPN N.V.
Sabratek Corporation →
Active · founded 1989
Sabratek Corporation designs and manufactures therapeutic and diagnostic medical systems and products for the…
Scotsman Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
Scotsman Industries, Inc.
Scottish and Southern Energy plc →
Active · founded 1989 · United Kingdom
Scottish and Southern Energy plc (SSE) operates as one of the largest energy concerns in the United Kingdom.
Severn Trent PLC →
Active · founded 1989 · United Kingdom
As the fourth largest non-government-owned water company in the world, Severn Trent PLC supplies water and sewerage…
SkyMall, Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
SkyMall, Inc.
Stanadyne Automotive Corporation →
Active · founded 1989
Stanadyne Automotive Corporation is a leading manufacturer of fuel injectors and pumps for diesel engines and hydraulic…
Stater Bros. Holdings Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
Based in Colton, California, Stater Bros.
Stericycle Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
Stericycle Inc.
Stratasys, Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
Based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Stratasys, Inc.
Sun Healthcare Group Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
Headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Sun Healthcare Group Inc.
Sunbeam-Oster Co., Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
Sunbeam and Oster are consumer brand names recognizable from coast to coast, and by all generations of Americans.
Sylvan, Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
Sylvan, Inc.
TELECOM AUSTRALIA →
Active · founded 1989 · Australia
The Australian and Overseas Telecommunications Corporation (Telecom Australia) is a government-owned, regulated, public…
Talk America Holdings, Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
Talk America Holdings, Inc., sells local and long-distance telephone services in 25 states, primarily in Georgia,…
Thames Water plc →
Active · founded 1989 · United Kingdom
Thames Water is the largest of the United Kingdom's privatized water industries, providing some 7 million customers…
The Maxim Group →
Active · founded 1989
Headquartered in Kennesaw, Georgia, The Maxim Group is North America's largest--and only--publicly traded retail floor…
The Peak Technologies Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
The Peak Technologies Group, Inc., is the major international full-service distributor and systems integrator of…
The Quigley Corporation →
Active · founded 1989
Operating out of Doylestown, Pennsylvania, The Quigley Corporation makes over-the-counter homeopathic remedies.
Trendwest Resorts, Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
Trendwest Resorts, Inc.
U.S. Foodservice →
Active · founded 1989
U.S.
United Retail Group Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
With locations in 36 states, United Retail Group Inc.
United Utilities PLC →
Active · founded 1989 · United Kingdom
United Utilities PLC is a pioneering "multi-utility" group combining operations in water supply and electric power…
Veritas Software Corporation →
Active · founded 1989
Veritas Software Corporation is a leading supplier and developer of data availability software in areas such as storage…
Vivra, Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
Vivra, Inc.
Weider Nutrition International, Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
One of the companies founded by Joe Weider to promote health and physical fitness, Weider Nutrition International,…
Western Gas Resources, Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
Western Gas Resources, Inc.
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