Meade Instruments Corporation - MEAD- Profile

Meade Instruments Corporation. The Group's principal activities are to design, manufacture, import and distribute telescopes, telescope accessories, binoculars, riflescopes, spotting scopes, microscopes and other consumer optical products. The products of the Group include Advanced Astronomical Telescopes, Entry-Level Telescopes, Binoculars, Rifle and pistol scopes and Accessories. The products are sold under the brand names Meade(R), Bresser(R), Simmons(R), Weaver(R), Redfield(R) and Coronado(R). The customers of the Group include: Discovery Channel Stores, Wal-Mart, Lidl, Sam's Club, Dick's Sporting Goods and Cabela's. The Group has operations in the United States, Germany, Mexico, Jamaica and China. Telescopes & Telescope Accessories accounted for 63% of fiscal 2006 revenues; Binoculars, 21%, Riflescopes, 10% & Others, 6%