| ZEISS | see 3dn, German maker of optical instruments who founded a company in Jena, Germany in 1846 |
| CARL | and 7dn, German maker of optical instruments who founded a company in Jena, Germany in 1846 |
| PARTCH | Harry, US composer and inventor of musical instruments who died in 1974 (6) |
| GLOCK | Gaston ?, Austrian engineer who founded a company in 1963 that now makes firearms (5) |
| SUZUKI | Michio, Japanese inventor who founded a company in 1909 that later produced cars (6) |
| BEL | Fromagier who founded a company that produces "baby" Edam cheeses; or, a unit of sound intensity named after the inventor of the telephone (3) |
| NESTLE | Henri, German-Swiss confectioner born in 1814 who founded a company producing formula milk (6) |
| MATTHEWS | Bernard, English businessman born in 1930 who founded a company selling turkey meat products (8) |
| ROYCE | Henry, engineer who founded a company with C.S. Rolls in 1907 (5) |
| LEVI | **** Strauss, German-born businessman who founded a company to make blue jeans (4) |
| MINTON | English potter who founded a company noted for its blue and white chinoiserie Willow pattern (6) |
| DISTILLER | One even now investing in the German maker of shorts? (9) |
| KAWASAKI | Shozo, Japanese industrialist who founded a company producing motorcycles (8) |
| NECKAR | German maker of Fiat-designed cars, formerly (6) |
| STEINER | German maker of the Ranger scope (7) |
| BOSCH | German maker of household appliances |
| STOEWER | Pre-WW2 German maker of the Greif (7) |
| GLAS | German maker of the Goggomobil (4) |
| ROLLS | Motoring and aviation pioneer who co-founded a company that manufactures vehicles symbolised by the Spirit of Ecstasy or Flying Lady (5) |
| EYEPIECE | Combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments (8) |
