Two young entrepreneurs, S. Duncan Black and Alonzo G. Decker, founded a small machine shop in Baltimore, Maryland. They called it The Black & Decker Manufacturing Company. Their shop has grown beyond anything they could have imagined.

Today, Black & Decker is a global marketer and manufacturer of quality products used in and around the home and for commercial applications. It is also a major supplier of information systems and services to government and commercial client’s world-wide. With products marketed in over 100 countries and approximately half of its revenues from outside the United States, Black & Decker's product lines hold leading market share positions in their industries.

The company is the world’s largest producer of power tools and accessories. Its household products business is the U.S. leader and among global competitors in the small household appliance industry.

In 2006 a partnership began between Black & Decker and Fiorano Ferrari. This partnership has grown throughout 2007 will wrap up with 2008 set to be the best year ever.

Iveco is a full range commercial vehicle manufacturer offering an extensive line-up of products spanning the 3.2 to 44 tonne sector, supported by a nationwide network of distributors - many of which offer 24/7 servicing.

Its range of vehicles includes the popular Daily, voted What Van? Van of the Year 2007, together with a selection of medium and heavy trucks comprising the proven Eurocargo, Trakker and flagship Stralis models. The latest Stralis Active Space Super³ sets the standard in the heavy truck market and sees Iveco enter the premium ‘big cab’ market for the first time.

For over a hundred years the story of Pirelli tyres has been the story of the automobile itself, the core business of a brand that was born in 1872 and started producing tyres from the late nineteenth century. 1901 saw the introduction of the “Ercole” that equipped some of the earliest cars on the road, while the “Milano” bicycle tyres were introduced every earlier in 1890. The company’s first victory in a motor race came in the Peking-Paris event in 1907, heralding a tradition of sporting success on two and four wheels consolidated over the years by figures such as Nuvolari, Ascari and Fangio. Over a century of technological excellence and production innovation, from the pre-war Stella Bianca, to the Cinturato radial, the wide series and the modern ultra-low profile tyres.

Pirelli Tyres is, today, the operational holding company for a group involved in the design, development, production and marketing of tyres destined for various types of vehicle, focussing in particular on the high-end segments characterised by high technological advancement and high performance, areas in which Pirelli Tyres has established itself in a position of leadership. Pirelli tyres are today seen as synonymous with quality, emotion and ultimate performance.

In the car tyre sector, Pirelli offers a range of products for cars and 4 x 4 vehicles, focussing on high and ultra-high performance products that aim to combine a level of stability and safety in all driving conditions with excellent grip and roadholding.

Benefiting from over one hundred years’ experience of tyre technology Pirelli combines maximum levels of security, longevity and comfort in its products meeting the demands of the most exacting drivers on both road and track.

Sabelt was founded in 1972 by Piero and Giorgio Marsiaj and quickly became the most important manufacturer of car seat belts in Italy and one of the largest producer of competition harnesses in the world. Thanks to it’s great product development, Sabelt became supplier of all major racing team, becoming the most appreciated for professional drivers in Motorsport industry.

Nowadays the four divisions: Racing, OEM Sport Car Seats, Child Safety System and Fashion are settled in Torino headquarters, producing harnesses, customized suits and child buckles. Safety has always been a priority for Sabelt. In fact Sabelt is the only European producer of racing products having a complete testing laboratory in-house, plus a complete testing area, which includes a dynamic test performing lab tests at 50km/h against a collision barrier as prescribed by ECE and FIA norms. Crash results help verify the resistance and effectiveness of all restraint systems, starting from child and racing safety belts up to competition seats.

Beside competition harnesses and OEM sport seats, "Racing" division distributes a wide range of FIA homologated accessories like seats, overalls, gloves, shoes, steering wheels and helmets. The Company counts on a "Child Safety System" division, allowing Sabelt S.p.a. to become the 1° European manufacturer of buckles for child restraint systems with over 50% of market share. "Fashion" is, chronologically, the third division of the Company, creating a brand for leisure shoes which take inspiration from the racing drivers' world. Today Sabelt shoes are distributed by the best shoe and clothing retailers in Italy and all over the World.