Arizona State University

Adidas AG engages in design, distribution and marketing of athletic and sporting lifestyle products. It operates through the following segments: Western Europe, NorthAmerica, Greater China, Russia or CIS, Latin America, Japan, MiddleEast, South Korea, Southeast Asia orPacific, TaylorMade-adidas Golf, Reebok-CCM Hockey, Runtastic, and Other Centrally Managed Businesses. The TaylorMade-adidas Golf segment includes designs, develops, and distributes primarily golf clubs, balls and accessories. The Reebok-CCM Hockey segment engages in designs, produces, and distributes ice hockey equipment such as sticks, skates, and protection gear. The Runtastic segment provides a comprehensive ecosystem for tracking and managing health and fitness data. The Other Centrally Managed Brands segment involves in the business activities of labels Y-3 and Porsche Design Sport by adidas. The company was founded by Adolf Dassler in 1920 and is headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany.

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is an independent, nonprofit applied research and development organization. The staff of nearly 3,000 specializes in the creation and transfer of technology in engineering and the physical sciences. Eleven technical divisions offer a wide range of technical expertise and services in such areas as engine design and development, emissions certification testing, fuels and lubricants evaluation, chemistry, space science, nondestructive evaluation, automation, mechanical engineering, electronics, and more.

TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE RELIABILITY AND EFFICIENT COORDINATION IN THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA KNOWN AS THE WESTERN INTERCONNECTION.