Consumer Electronics

Digi-Key Electronics Corporate Office

Digi-Key Electronics was founded in 1972 by Ronald Stordahl in Thief River Falls, Minnesota. The company manufactures and distributes electronic components.

The company is the fourth largest distributor in North America and the 5th largest in the world. A few of the items manufactured by the company are battery products; boxes, enclosures, and racks, cable assemblies; cables and wires, capacitors; circuit protection products, computers, office-components, and accessories, discrete semiconductor products, including embedded computers and thermal management products, filters, hardware, fasteners, and accessories, and backup devices.

Digi-Key Electronics serves both business customers and consumers. Currently, there are 3,400 full time employees at the 800,000 square foot manufacturing plant. Annual revenue in 2011 was reported to be $1.7 billion

Digi-Key Electronics

Digi-Key Electronics was founded in 1972 by Ronald Stordahl in Thief River Falls, Minnesota. The company manufactures and distributes electronic components.

History

Ring.Com Corporate Office

Ring.Com was founded in 2012 by current CEO and owner James Siminoff in Santa Monica, California. After talking with his wife about a “video doorbell”, Sminioff and three engineer friends spent a year working on his project.

The company operates a camera and security company with a unique twist: video that can be sent to a smartphone and microphones that allow two way conversations. Originally called DoorBot, the name was later changed to Ring when other products were added to the lineup. Ring has become one of the most popular home security options in just 5 years, raising more than $61.2 million in crowd funding.

In November 2020, the company issued a recall when it was discovered that some products could spontaneously catch fire.

In February 2022, Consumer Reports noted that the Ring system could easily be hacked.

Ring.Com employs approximately 50 persons and has headquarters in Santa Monica, California.

Ring.Com

History

In November 2020, the company issued a recall when it was discovered that some products could spontaneously catch fire.

In February 2022, Consumer Reports noted that the Ring system could easily be hacked.

Ring.Com employs approximately 50 persons and has headquarters in Santa Monica, California.

Plantation Patterns Corporate Office

Plantation Patterns was founded in Birmingham, Alabama, in 2011. The company manufactures outdoor furnishings, such as umbrellas, cushions, and pillows.

The company sells its products through retail partners, such as Home Depot. It also offers online programs, merchandising, drop shipping and private labeling. Manufacturing is created at the factory in Selma, Alabama, while distribution is out of Calera. The company also has operations in Hangzhou, China.

In June of 2016, the company was acquired by NBGHome, and will operate as a subsidiary.

Plantation Patterns

Plantation Patterns was founded in Birmingham, Alabama, in 2011. The company manufactures outdoor furnishings, such as umbrellas, cushions, and pillows.

In June of 2016, the company was acquired by NBGHome, and will operate as a subsidiary.

History

Sprint Corporate Office

Sprint Corporation, known to most as simply Sprint, was founded in 1899 as Brown Telephone Company by Jacob and Cleyson Brown. By 1925, the company merged with United Telephone and Electric.

Today, Sprint is a wireless telecommunications company that also provides internet service. The company operates in the US, Canada, and Puerto Rico. In addition to Sprint, the company also operates under the names Virgin Mobile, Boost Mobile, and Assurance Wireless. Sprint is traded on the NYSE under the ticker symbol: S. In 2016, the company had annual revenue of $32.18 billion and employed approximately 30,000 people.

Sprint operates as a subsidiary of Softbank Group Corporation after Softbank acquired a majority share in 2013. In 2006, Sprint spun off their landline phones into a company named Embarq, which was later acquired by CenturyLink.

The company announced in July 2019 that hackers accessed customer accounts after gaining access through Samsung‘s website.

Sprint is attempting to merge with T-Mobile and began laying off employees in July 2019 in preparation. The merger is opposed by many and involves multiple lawsuits in 13 states and the District of Columbia.

Sprint

Sprint Corporation, known to most as simply Sprint, was founded in 1899 as Brown Telephone Company by Jacob and Cleyson Brown. By 1925, the company merged with United Telephone and Electric.

History

The company announced in July 2019 that hackers accessed customer accounts after gaining access through Samsung‘s website.

Electrolux Corporate Office

Electrolux was founded in 1919 in Sweden when two companies, Lux AB and Svenska Elektron AB, merged to form one company. Svenska Elektron AB was a younger company which manufactured vacuum cleaners and parts. It is this division which has become the mainstay of Electrolux.

The company makes a wide range of home appliances and cleaning products including washing machines, clothes dryers, vacuums, microwave ovens, refrigerators, dishwashers, and air conditioning units. In addition to the Electrolux name, the company markets products under the names Frigidaire, Eureka, Philco, Gibson, Tappan, and White-Westinghouse in the USA.

In September 2003, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission resolved a complaint that Muslim workers at the St. Cloud, Minnesota, factory were not allowed a sufficient number of breaks to observe their daily prayers. Again in 2010 and 2011, complaints against the company were filed by Muslim workers at the plant in St. Cloud that workers were not able to observe Ramadan. This complaint was resolved by the USEEOC. The complaint of 2011 stems from the former 30-minute breaks, which were agreed to in 2010, was later reduced to twenty minutes by Electrolux. This complaint was also resolved.

In January 2023, lower-than-expected earnings caused Electrolux stock to plummet.

Electrolux has numerous factories in the United States, including Charlotte, North Carolina, Memphis, Tennessee, and Anderson, South Carolina. Headquarters in the US are located in Augusta, Georgia.

Electrolux

History

In January 2023, lower-than-expected earnings caused Electrolux stock to plummet.

Electrolux has numerous factories in the United States, including Charlotte, North Carolina, Memphis, Tennessee, and Anderson, South Carolina. Headquarters in the US are located in Augusta, Georgia.