Acme

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Acme (Greek: ακμή, the peak, zenith, prime) denotes the best of something.

In contemporary culture and society it is used in diverse contexts:

• Acme Corporation is a fictional company that exists in the world of Looney Tunes cartoons. Subsequently it has been adopted widely in all forms of fiction as the archetypal name for a fictional company or corporation. (Sometimes made a backronym to: A Company (that) Makes Everything - though this is in dispute.)
• ACME Workers' Club is a variety entertainment social club that runs in Edinburgh (Scotland) once a month on a Friday night.
• Acme XI: The last known son of the royal family in ancient Olympia. Legend has it the lineage continues until today but is kept confidential amongst people who know.
• ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies is a peer-reviewed, online-only academic journal founded in 2002.
• The ACME Detective Agency is the detective organization in the Carmen Sandiego computer games. In the games, the user is always an ACME agent.
• The Acme Packers, a name used by the Green Bay Packers American football team in their first year in the NFL, when they were sponsored by the Acme Packing Company.
• Acme thread form is a screw thread used in specialized applications such as vises and leadscrews.
• Acme (ADL) is an architecture description language by Carnegie Mellon University.
• ACME (album) is the sixth album by New York City blues/indie rock group the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.
• Acme (band) is a German metalcore band.
• Acme (text editor) is a text editor and development environment originally for the Plan 9 from Bell Labs operating system.
• Acme is the Perl software language's module namespace for bizarre or humorous software packages.
• ACME (Automated Classification of Medical Entities) is a component of the Mortality Medical Data System (MMDS).
• Acne vulgaris is a skin condition originally called acme in Greek, but whose spelling has been corrupted.

[edit] Companies

• Air Craft Marine Engineering (ACME), an aircraft designer based in Van Nuys, California, USA during the 1950s
• ACME! Computer Security Research, a Computer Security Research Team at Brazil
• Acme, Aceros Mexicanos
• Acme Agency SACIYF, an English learning/teaching bookstore chain in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• Acme Aircraft Company, an aircraft manufacturer based in Torrance, California, USA during the 1950s
• Acme Aircraft Corporation, an aircraft manufacturer based in Rockford, Illinois, USA during the 1920s
• Acme Appointments Ltd., a London based recruitment company
• Acme Audio Visual, a Perth Western Australia Consumer Electronics business www.acmeonline.com.au
• Acme Automation a pneumatic and industrial automation equipment supplier in Dubai, UAE
• Acme Beer was popular in the San Francisco Bay Area until the 1950s, and while long defunct as a company (the Acme Brewing Company), the brand and brew were revived briefly as a regional microbrew in the late 20th Century. By failing to reproduce the flavor they failed to impress those who remembered this beer with affection.^{[citation needed]}
• Acme Boots, a manufacturer of western footwear owned by Berkshire Hathaway
• Acme Bread Company, a bakery founded by artisan baker Steve Sullivan located in Berkeley, California
• Acme Brick Company, a brick manufacturer that is a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway
• Acme Communications, a television broadcasting company, based in Santa Ana, USA
• Acme Computer Components, electronic products wholesaler in Lithuana, Latvia, Estonia and Russia
• Acme Dj's, an music and entertainment system at home.
• Acme Fresh Market, a chain of grocery stores in Akron, Ohio, USA
• Acme Guitar Works, a manufacturer of electric guitar components in Bear, Delaware, USA
• Acme Industrial, a drill bushing manufacturer in Carpentersville, Illinois, USA
• Acme Industrial Hardware Trading L.L.C. a shelving and material handling equipment supplier in Dubai, UAE
• Acme Klein Bottle makers of Klein Bottles and other mathematical shapes in Oakland, California
• Acme Markets, a chain of grocery stores in the northeastern United States
• Acme Novelty Library, a comic book by cartoonist Chris Ware and published by Fantagraphics Books
• Acme Packet, developer of session border controllers, headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts, USA
• Acme Realty, a Real Estate Brokerage in Ontario Canada
• Acme Records, an independent record label
• Acme Studios, an international product design company
• Acme Surplus is a store in "Thorns Marketplace" in Northampton, Massachusetts
• ACME Systems, an Italian computer hardware manufacturer
• Acme Taxi, a small taxi-cab company that exists in east England
• Acme Technology is a London-based vendor of computer cases and accessories
• Acme Whistles

[edit] Locations

• Acme, Alberta, Canada
• Acme, Louisiana, USA
• Acme, Michigan, USA
• Acme Township, Michigan, USA
• Acme Township, North Dakota, USA
• Acme, Pennsylvania, USA
• Acme, Washington, USA