ProLogis (PLD - NYSE) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns and operates the world’s largest portfolio of warehouses and distribution centers. The company has a notably strong environmental profile, with an emphasis on energy efficiency and green building. PLD owns almost 2,700 properties in 20 countries in North America (73 percent), Europe […]

Having completed the acquisition of Macromedia in 2005, Adobe is one of the most diversified software providers in terms of breadth of products as well as customer base. Best known for its venerable Flash® (dynamic digital content), Illustrator® (graphic artwork), Photoshop® (photo editing), Dreamweaver® (web development) and Acrobat® (document creation and distribution) product lines, Adobe […]

Applied Materials (Nasdaq - AMAT) is the leading provider of semiconductor capital goods equipment in the world. Only about a quarter of Applied’s business volume comes from North America and Europe combined. The vast majority comes from Japan, South Korea and the Asia-Pacific zone. Applied has four business segments: 65 percent of revenues come from […]

Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG - NYSE) operates fast, casual, fresh Mexican food restaurants serving burritos, tacos, bowls and salads. Through its vision of “Food with Integrity,” Chipotle is seeking better food that is sustainably grown and naturally raised with respect for animals, the land and farmers. The Company has about 700 restaurants in 33 states, […]

Hologic (HOLX - NASDAQ) is a developer, manufacturer and supplier of diagnostic and medical imaging systems that primarily serve women’s healthcare needs through three segments: mammography and breast care (75 percent of fiscal 2006 revenues), osteoporosis assessment (15 percent of revenues), and other (10 percent of revenues). The company recently acquired Cytyc, which dominates the […]

Fresenius Medical Care (FMS - NYSE) is the world’s largest kidney dialysis company, offering both dialysis products and services. It provides dialysis treatment (75 percent of 2006 revenues) at its own dialysis clinics and supplies these clinics with dialysis products (25 percent of revenues). The company also sells dialysis products to other service providers. At […]

Royal Philips Electronics (PHG - NYSE) is a European conglomerate based in the Netherlands and is one of the world’s largest electronics companies with sales of E27.0 billion in 2006. The company holds over 80,000 registered patents, illustrating its innovative nature. Philips’ main operating divisions are medical imaging (25 percent of sales), lighting (20 percent), […]

The PowerShares Global Clean Energy Portfolio (PBD - AMEX) is a global clean energy exchange traded fund (ETF) that was launched in June. It is significantly more diversified than the PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio (PBW), which was launched in early 2005. That makes it the best single security for investors to gain exposure to […]

A rapidly growing LED lighting company that designs, markets and licenses intelligent soild-state lighting systems.

A leading player in designing and manufacturing high-efficiency silicon solar cells and solar panels.