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Inland Steel Industries, Inc. is a materials management, logistics, and technical services company that provides value-added steel products and materials-related services to manufacturers in the automotive, appliance, furniture, equipment, electric motor and a variety of other industries. As a...

Inland Container Corporation, based in Indianapolis, Indiana, is one of the United States' largest producers of containerboard and corrugated shipping containers. In 1992 the company ranked among the top four producers of containerboard, with about 8 percent of U.S. production. In 1984 Inland...

Inktomi Corporation may not be known to as many Internet users as the popular search engine portals Yahoo! or Google, but its search engine technology powers the search functions at more than 50 widely used Internet portals. From its founding in 1996, the company adopted a strategy of focusing...

Initial Security, a San Antonio-based subsidiary of British business-to-business service company Rentokil Initial PLC, offers a range of security services: investigation, patrol services, security officers, special event security, strike coverage, and consulting services. The company employs a...

As the largest global wholesale distributor of computer and electronics products, Ingram Micro Inc. acts as the middleman between manufacturers and a wide range of retail outlets, value-added resellers (VARs), small businesses, large enterprises, and other customers. Originally a business unit...

Ingram Industries, Inc. is a privately held Nashville-based company with a broad array of activities. The company is the leading distributor of books in the United States, through its Ingram Book group. Ingram Book's subsidiaries also wholesale videocassettes, magazines, and other materials...

Ingles Markets, Inc. is a regional supermarket chain with 188 stores in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, Tennessee, and Alabama. Most stores are located in rural areas, small towns, or suburban communities within 250 miles of the firm's headquarters/distribution center in...

Ingersoll-Rand Company Ltd. (IR) operates as a diversified machinery and industrial equipment concern catering to four markets--Climate Control, Industrial Solutions, Infrastructure, and Security and Safety. Through its 130 facilities across the globe, IR manufactures Schlage locks and security...

Ingalls Shipbuilding, a division of Litton Industries, is a leading supplier and servicer of marine vessels to the United States Navy and also builds ships for some allied navies. With approximately 14,000 employees, Ingalls was Mississippi's largest employer and one of the most financially...

Infosys Technologies Ltd. is a software development company with headquarters in Electronics City, Bangalore, India, an area known as 'India's Silicon Valley' for its concentration of high-tech multinational and Indian companies. Cofounded by Chairman and CEO N.R. Narayana Murthy, Infosys...

Informix Corporation is a leading developer of relational database software for computers using the UNIX operating system. Its market, however, is dominated by such competitors as Oracle, Microsoft, and IBM. As a young company, Informix was considered to have emerged at the right time to take...

Information Resources, Inc. (IRI), the world's second largest market research company, provides customers with a broad range of services designed to assist in making marketing decisions. The company's Information Services Group develops and maintains computerized databases that enable consumer...

Information Holdings Inc. (IHI) provides a wide range of information products and services, including reference works, journals and other subscription services, and electronic databases on CD-ROM and over the Internet. Its principal fields of activity include intellectual property management...

Information Builders, Inc. (IBI), a computer software firm, is one of the largest privately held companies in New York City. It ranked among the world's top 20 independent software vendors in the mid 1990s and was recognized as an industry leader in fourth-generation-language (4GL) technology...

Information Access Company (IAC) is among the worldwide leaders in providing periodical indexes and the articles accompanying them in electronic form. IAC is also considered a pioneer in the various means of delivery of this information--on microfilm, optical disc, and the Internet--and has...

Informa Group plc assembles and sells specialized information in six broad business sectors: finance and insurance; telecommunications and media; law and tax; maritime, trade, and transportation; life sciences and pharmaceutical; and energy and commodities. Informa had £283,442 in 2002 revenues...

France's Infogrames Entertainment S.A. is on the fast-track to global domination of the world's video game market. Infogrames creates, publishes, and distributes video game titles across all of the major video game platforms, including for the Sony Playstation, Nintendo 64, and Sega Dreamcast...

Infinity Broadcasting Corporation operates as one of the largest radio broadcasting companies in the United States with over 180 radio stations in 41 markets. The majority of the company's stations are found in the 50 largest U.S. radio markets. Through the Viacom Outdoor Group, Infinity also...

During Infineon Technologies AG's short life as an independent company, it has become the fourth largest DRAM manufacturer in the world, the second largest semiconductor manufacturer in Europe, and one of the top ten semiconductor manufacturers in the world. With 33,800 employees, Infineon has...

Mini-conglomerate Industrie Zignago Santa Margherita S.p.A. operates in three primary sectors: glass, textiles, and wine. The company is one of Italy's largest wine producers and distributors through its Santa Margherita subsidiary. Santa Margherita operates wineries throughout Italy, including...