In the late 1990s the largest vacuum manufacturer was the subsidiary Hoover Co., of Ohio, generating sales of an estimated $1.5 billion and employing over 10,000 workers
The largest U.S. company primarily engaged in the production of commercial laundry equipment in the late 1990s was Pellerin Milnor Corp. of Kenner Louisiana, with sales of $91 million and employed 900 workers.
Liz Claiborne, Inc.
The industry's leading company in the late 1990s was Life Style Furnishings with sales of more than $2 billion. The company employed 30,000 people.
Microsoft was the maker of the number one software suite in the world in the 1990s.
J.R. Simplot Company
In the late 1990s, the company's divisions sold three of the industry's hottest product lines: Teletubbies, Furby, and Pokemon.
Danfoss
Serasis is an advertising company that brought fame, fortune, and style to Airwalk shoes in the 1990s.
The company had 1,900 employees and sales of $350 million in the late 1990s.
According to Wikipedia, the Interarms company of Alexandria, Virginia went out of business in early 1990s
Whirlpool overtook General Electric in 1993 to become the largest appliance manufacturer, with 1999 revenues of $10 billion and employment of 59,000