Engaging qualified franchise consultants can make the crucial difference in achieving franchise system success. MSA Worldwide works with emerging brands, as well as with established franchisors and non-franchisors. The International Franchise Association calls MSA Worldwide "the leading strategic and tactical advisory firm in franchising." Our services include program development, packaged offering, recruitment strategy, operation manuals, training programs, system audits, franchise relations, and litigation support.

WE LOVE GLASS The expert in high-end packaging glass The Stoelzle Glass Group is a family-run company with six European and one US production plants. The Group has been producing high-quality glass packaging for the spirits, pharmaceutical, perfumery & cosmetics, food & beverage sectors for over 200 years. Stoelzle covers all areas from product development, production, decoration to the delivery of closures. The 7 Production sites are located in Austria, Great Britain, France, Czech Republic, Poland, and USA. 3 decoration sites are located in Great Britain, France and Poland. The Stoelzle Glass Group has 3,200 employees worldwide and manufactures 3.3 billion glass containers per year. Imprint: Stoelzle Oberglas GmbH Fabrikstraße 11 A-8580 Köflach Phone: +43-3144-706 Fax: +43-3144-706-251 Mail: [email protected] VAT ID.: ATU 14980706 Company register ID: FN 63600 f Company register Court: Regional Court of Graz for Civil Matters CEO: DI Georg Feith, MBA The Privacy Policy of Stoelzle Oberglas GmbH can be found at https://www.stoelzle.com/privacy-policy/ We take the protection of your personal data very seriously. Therefore, we treat your personal data always and of course in accordance with the legal data protection obligations. We have appointed a qualified and reliable external Data Protection Officer. The external commissioning of data protection will be conducted from UIMC Dr. Voßbein GmbH & Co KG.

Since the early 1900s, Knight Material Technologies has grown to be one of the world’s largest ceramic mass transfer and acid-proof equipment manufacturers. A leader in acid-proof solutions and corrosion solutions, Knight Material Technologies (KMT) holds capabilities in construction, engineering, and services by working with state-of-the-art ceramics and plastic materials. KMT’s products and services are available worldwide through a global network of manufacturing and outsourcing ceramic and plastic facilities focusing on responsive, customer-focused results. The company prides itself on being there when customers need customized solutions. Whether it is a revamp or new construction, KMT will assist you with every step to ensure speedy completion and successful results from start to finish. Knight Material Technologies was previously known as Koch Knight and part of Koch Engineered Solutions. In December of 2021, Koch Knight became Knight Material Technologies after a divestiture to Hill Street Capital. The new company has expanded its innovative solutions, services and infrastructure to meet a growing market.

The Fiesta Tableware Company is the maker of the iconic Fiesta® line, the popular and colorful retail dinnerware that has been one of the most celebrated American retail brands since 1936. Handcrafted in the U.S. by potters who pass their skill down through the generations, Fiesta is a proud tradition rooted in America’s heartland. Unique among the world’s producers of tableware for our ever-evolving slate of rich, brilliant colors, Fiesta’s ware and accessories brighten any table and become cherished family heirlooms. They’re also a lot of fun. For generations of families across America and around the world, lunch and dinner aren’t ready until Fiesta is on the table.

FUSION CERAMICS, INC. is a company based out of PO BOX 127, CARROLLTON, Ohio, United States.

Ironrock manufactures Metropolitan Ceramics® quarry tile, Down to Earth® textured quarry tile and METROBRICK® architectural thin brick.

We provide customer service and quality craftsmanship that exceed the expectations of our customers. We consult, design, fabricate, and install high quality residential and commercial glass related products. Every employee is held equally accountable for upholding our mission. We value honest communication, trusting relationships, hard work, fairness, responsibility, excellence, and achievement - as individuals and as a collective unit.

The Creative Composites Group delivers innovative, engineered solutions so that our customers take advantage of the benefits of Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) composites. This means our customers have products that are lightweight, high strength, corrosion-resistant, and long-lasting! The Creative Composites Group combines the expertise of many companies to offer the best in composite design and advanced manufacturing processes. If you can imagine a product or project, we will work with you to make it happen. The companies of the Creative Composite Group have the engineers, technology, and vision to turn your big ideas into reality, for projects of any size, shape, or scope.

The Bowerston Shale Company is a company based out of 515 Main Street, Bowerston, Ohio, United States.

TYK America Inc. is a subsidiary of TYK Corporation (Japan), a global manufacturer of refractory products. TYK America's US headquarters and manufacturing plant is located in Clairton, Pennsylvania just south of Pittsburgh. TYK manufactures refractory products for the Steel, Non-Ferrous and Specialty Metals industries as well as advanced ceramics for many specialty applications. Our product line includes: - Magnesia Graphite and Alumina Magnesia Graphite Brick linings for Steel Ladles. - Our TN-60, 80 and 100 Steel Ladle Slide gates with refractory plates and nozzles. - Ladle and Tundish plates and nozzles for most gate systems. - Porous and Slit plugs for ladle gas purging applications. - RH Degasser Snorkels and vessel linings. - Blast Furnace artificial graphite - SiC Micro-Pore Carbon Blocks - BOF Multi-hole plugs and Tap holes - Alumina-Graphite Isostatically pressed Ladle Shrouds, Submerged Entry Nozzles and Stopper rods. - Precast shapes such as iron and steel Injection Lances, ladle bottoms and well blocks. - Advanced ceramic materials such as Diesel Particulate Filters (DPF), zirconia setters. - Saggers for Roller Hearth Kilns producing Lithium powders for batteries.

Superior Clay Corporation produces and designs components for masonry fireplaces in a complete range of styles and sizes. Superior Clay provides complete technical support. Our products are hand crafted with a passionate attention to detail, and our service and support are what you might expect from a trusted friend. Superior Clay manufactures quality handcrafted clay products used in custom fireplaces, wood-fired ovens and other ornamental, architectural products.

The AFL-CIO represents people who work. We are the umbrella federation for U.S. unions, with 57 unions representing more than 12.5 million working men and women. The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations is an expression of the hopes and aspirations of the working people of America. We resolve to fulfill the yearning of the human spirit for liberty, justice and community; to advance individual and associational freedom; to vanquish ­oppression, privation and cruelty in all their forms; and to join with all persons, of whatever nationality or faith, who cherish the cause of democracy and the call of solidarity, to grace the planet with these achievements. We dedicate ourselves to improving the lives of working families, bringing fairness and dignity to the workplace and securing social equity in the nation.