Forward Industries, Inc. · Pompano Beach, FL United States ·(NASDAQ (CM): FORD)

Forward Industries helps keep the gadget guy and gal on the go. The company designs and markets custom carrying cases, bags, clips, hand straps, and related accessories made of leather, nylon, vinyl, plastic, PVC, and other synthetic fibers. It sells its goods to makers of portable products such as cellular telephones, laptop computers, MP3 players, and cameras. Three-quarters of Forward's sales come from medical monitoring and diagnostic kit carrying cases sold to just three customers: Abbott; Johnson & Johnson's Lifescan; and Roche, for use by diabetics (a growing population) and others. Contractors in China manufacture most of the company's products. To read the full description, subscribe now.