Hirsch International Corp.

Private Company, Headquarters Location
PO Box 18004, Hauppauge, NY 11788-8804, United States
(800)394-4426, (631)436-7100, (631)436-7054 fax, http://www.hirschintl.com

Primary SIC: Industrial Machinery And Equipment, Primary NAICS: Industrial Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers
Description: Wholesale: Distributor of electronic computer-controlled embroidery machinery and related value-added products and services. Manufacturing: Special industry machinery, single and multy-head embroidery machines.Hirsch International Corp. has benefited from growth in consumer demand for logos and branded merchandise. Hirsch is a leading U.S. distributor of single and multi-head, electronic, computer controlled embroidery machines. Hirsch clients range from small to large operations: Fruit of the Loom, Oshkosh B'Gosh, Russell Licensed Products as well as single machine owners. Hirsch has the embroidery market all sewn up. Through it's subsidiaries, Hirsch develops software that improves and simplifies the embroidery design process; sells embroidery supplies and leases, finances and refurbishes machines. Ninety percent of Hirsch revenues come through the sale and lease of Japanese Tajima Embroidery machines. Hirsch holds exclusive U.S. distribution rights to this machine. Hirsch owns 55 % of Tajima U.S.A. which is a joint venture that assembles machines in New York. Due to a decrease in business in 1999, Hirsch restructured. It closed and consolidated divisions and employees were released. The executive offices of Hirsch are located in Hauppauge, NY and is traded on the NASDAQ market as HRSH. It was founded in 1970. Thirty percent of Hirsch is owned by CEO, Henry Arnberg, and COO, Paul Levine. Competition: Brother International, MacPherson Meistergram, Singer