L'Oreal's success is built on a strong foundation. The world's largest beauty products company, it creates makeup, perfume, and hair and skin care items. Its brands include L'Oreal and Maybelline (mass-market), Lanceme (upscale), and Redken and SoftSheen/Carson (retail and salon). L'Oreal, which owns Dallas-based SkinCeuticals, also conducts cosmetology and dermatology research. With about half of its sales generated outside of Europe, L'Oreal has focused on acquiring brands in those markets. L'Oreal also owns the UK-based natural cosmetics retailer The Body Shop International, which numbers more than 2,550 stores worldwide. The firm's dermatology branch Galderma is a joint venture between L'Oreal and Nestle.

Migami (formerly KleenAir Systems) has shifted its focus from cleaning up the air to clearing up blemishes on skin. In 2006 the company acquired the skin care and pharmaceutical business of Innovay in a deal that gave Innovay shareholders a 60% stake in Migami. The firm's new focus involves the sale of skin care products in South Korea and Japan. Migami's former KleenAir business -- developing the company's NOxMaster technology to reduce such pollutants as nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide, and hydrocarbons in exhaust emissions from gasoline, diesel, and natural gas engines -- has been transferred to a subsidiary, KleenAir Systems of North America.

Founded by Sean "Diddy" Combs in 1998, Sean John Clothing designs, produces, and distributes high-end urban fashion and accessories targeted to trendy males and females. The design firm, which is owned by Bad Boy Worldwide Entertainment Group, opened several stores in recent years and formed a joint venture, Outspoke LLC, with Zac Posen. Sean John Clothing has signed a numerous licensing agreements for apparel related to its clothing, a Sean John fragrance with Estee Lauder, and Ciroc Vodka through a partnership with Diageo.

Owned by John Anderson, Topa has about 40 businesses involved in auto dealerships, beer distribution, insurance, real estate, and more. Topa's beverage operations include Ace Beverage, Mission Beverages, and Paradise Beverages; the firm dominates the Hawaiian beer market. Brands sold include all major US brews and leading US imports, including Guinness, Heineken, and Anheuser-Busch InBev products. Anderson started in 1956 as a distributor of Hamm's beer. UCLA's Anderson School of Business, to which Anderson donated $15 million, is named for him.

Intergold Ltd. company was founded in the early 1980s by fifth-generation Armenian jeweler and CEO Miran Armutlu. Investor Benjamin Hubert owns about a quarter of Intergold. Intergold is an innovator of championship sports heavy knuckle bling. The Calgary, Canada-based company makes and markets championship rings and other recognition jewelry for corporations, schools, and professional sports teams of all kinds. Previously having produced only class and corporate rings, in the early 1990's Intergold began to court professional sports teams as their official jewelers. Products are distributed through individual sales representatives, the company Web site, and one retail outlet store.

Madix was established in 1982 through the merger of Dixie Craft Manufacturing and Maytex Store Fixtures. It further expanded in 2003 with the purchase of Spencer Products. The company is management-owned. Madix has it made so that retailers can "have it made." At four factories in Texas, Alabama, and Massachusetts, Madix manufactures workstations, heavy-duty racking, store fixtures, point-of-purchase displays, and storage products. The company operates distribution centers throughout the US and the UK. Its products are sold worldwide, and customers include airports, hospitals, retailers, Internet cafes, and government agencies.

SanMar wants to help you show your team spirit. The firm supplies some 800 different imprintable sportswear and accessory items to screen printers, embroiderers, promotional products distributors, and athletics dealers. SanMar markets T-shirts, golf shirts, hats, bags, and other products. It's the exclusive distributor for the Red House, Tiger Woods Collection, NIKE Golf, PING, and OGIO brands and makes clothing under private labels Port Authority, District Threads, Sport-Tek, CornerStone, and Precious Cargo. SanMar sells Jerzees, Hanes, Gildan, and Outer Banks lines, as well. Executive Marty Lott founded the family-owned business in 1971.

Smith & Vandiver started out as a lotion retailer in Santa Cruz, California, in 1970. Smith & Vandiver Corporation company helps to put "Ahh" in spa. Smith & Vandiver makes and markets foot care and spa items containing natural ingredients, such as shea butter, tea tree oil, and peppermint oil, as well as bath products, soaps, lip balms, and fragrances. The company's product lines are sold through more than 6,000 locations including specialty and gift retailers, as well as department stores.

Sellstrom Manufacturing Co. was founded in 1923 by G.E. Sellstrom and his wife, Ellen, as Excell Sales Company. Sellstrom Manufacturing company provides protective wear and related products to do-it-yourselfers, as well as corporations, schools, and hospitals. Sellstrom's product line includes eye, face, knee, and head protection (goggles, face shields, knee pads, and hard hats), welding protection (filters and helmets), fall protection (harnesses, lanyards, and lifeline systems) and emergency eye washers and showers.

Verso Paper Corp. produces and supplies coated papers to catalog and magazine publishers in the United States. It produces coated groundwood papers, which are used primarily for catalogs and magazines. The company also produces coated freesheet papers that are used principally for annual reports, brochures, and magazine covers; and supercalendered papers, which are primarily used for retail inserts. In addition, it produces and sells bleached hardwood kraft pulp, which is used to manufacture printing and writing paper grades, and tissue products. Further, the company offers recycled paper to help meet specific customer requirements; and customized product solutions by producing paper grades with customer-specified weight, brightness, and pulp mix characteristics. Additionally, it provides ultra-lightweight uncoated printing papers, and ultra-lightweight coated and uncoated flexible packaging papers. The company sells its products through various distribution channels, including direct sales, commercial printers, paper merchants, and brokers. It servers various customers in the catalog, magazine, inserts, and commercial print markets. Verso Paper Corp is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee.

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