Prospective new members include one of Japan's best-known makers of kimonos and a renowned pastry maker with a shop in Paris.

Scarabs are still made as jewelry; one of the best-known makers is the iconic London-based jeweler, The Great Frog.

Its best-known maker in the United States was John Henry Belter.

Singer, once the world's best-known sewing machine maker, produces a flight simulator for training pilots.

Ms. Barrett may be California's best-known maker of wines hardly anyone will ever drink.

TiVo, the best-known maker of digital video recorders, may need to worry about people like Peter S. Palermo.

Once one of the best-known makers of heavy machinery, the company is swamped by debts and health-care obligations to thousands of former employees.

Texas Instruments succeeded in transforming itself from the best-known maker of calculators to the largest seller of chips for cellphones.

The Hong Kong-based investment firm Clarion Capital has agreed to buy one of South Korea's best-known makers of soft drinks for $255 million.

Bertani and Masi are among the best-known makers of good Amarone.