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Founded in 1972, Meade Instruments Corporation is one of the leaders in designing and manufacturing telescopes and accessories for amateur astronomers. The company also imports and distributes binoculars, riflescopes, microscopes and other optical and digital imaging products. Its products include advanced astronomical telescopes, entry-level telescopes, binoculars, rifle, and pistol scopes and accessories. The company sells its products under the brand names Simmons, Bresser, Weaver and Redfield. Its customers include Discovery Channel Stores, Wal-Mart, Aldi, MIC International Corporation, Sam's Club, and Jerry's Sport Center. The company distributes its products worldwide through a wide network of retailers, mass merchandisers, and domestic and foreign distributors. Meade Instruments Corporation is headquartered in Irvine, Calif., and also has operations in the United States, Germany and Mexico.

Photon Technology International Inc. designs, manufactures and markets proprietary electro-optical instruments. Founded in 1983, the company became a publicly held company in 1987. Leading laboratories around the world use its products for medical research, health care, industrial process, quality control, environmental science and other applications. The company offers a wide range of products, such as QuantaMaster 30, QuantaMaster 40, LaserStrobe, RatioMaster, TimeMaster LED TM-20 and more. Its customer base is spread across the world, which includes companies, such as Albany Medical College-Division of Neurosurgery, Alcon Laboratories, Columbia University-Department of Pharmacy, Food and Drug Administration, Dalhousie University- Department of Physiology, Kabi Pharmacia AB, Sandoz Institute and more.

Established in 1994, Monarch HealthCare is a medical group that is responsible for disease management, health education, and quality improvement programs. It also handles internal performance monitoring, education programs and patient-friendly policies and procedures. The group is comprised of more than 1,500 doctors in independent practice. Monarch HealthCare assists in conducting annual advertising campaigns and physician-specific marketing programs that are designed to help increase enrollment. It also offers custom marketing materials, including physician bio-cards and practice Web sites. It supports Practice Connect, which is a simplified online system that helps physician practices to operate more efficiently by streamlining and consolidating several cumbersome administrative processes. The group operates over 15 hospitals, nearly 25 urgent care facilities and approximately 30 lab service centers. Monarch HealthCare is located in Irvine, Calif.