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Title
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Garmin Finds a Sure Way to Success
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Description
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The top company in the Kansas City Star's Star 50 list is Garmin Ltd. The Olathe-based company manufactures navigation gear, and the CEO is Min Kao who emigrated from Taiwan in 1976 and co-founded, with Gary Burrell, the company in 1989. The company is the No. 1 manufacturer of navigation gear in the U.S. and is No. 2 in Europe. They employ 4,700 people and have sales of $1.77 billion. Garmin outsources almost no work and even advertising is done in house. "The company's vast product line means its gear shows up not just in electronics retailers, but in major department stores, sports retailers, specialty marine shops, aircraft supply houses and even cell phones. Garmin products are sold in stores from Australia to Zimbabwe."
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Date
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2007-05-15
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
