Pranda Jewelry specializes in making affordable gold and silver jewelry set with diamonds and semi-precious stones. Its products (rings, earrings, brooches, lockets, necklaces, and bracelets) are sold globally, mostly with the Pranda brand, but also under names such as Prima, Cristalina, and Century. Pranda has about a dozen manufacturing, wholesale, and retail brand distribution subsidiaries around the world. It launched a German joint venture -- Pranda & Kroll GmbH -- with investor Gregor Kroll to sell gold and silver jewelry in that country and throughout Europe. Pranda Jewelry company continues to expand domestically and overseas.

Borghese makes and markets its namesake Italian cosmetics, skin care, fragrances, and hair care products and sells its collections through high-end department stores nationwide, including Bloomingdale's, Lord & Taylor, and Nordstrom. Its products are also marketed internationally in such countries as China, Germany, Ireland, and Mexico. President and CEO Georgette Mosbacher (also a well-known New York City Republican) holds a substantial equity stake in the company while the rest is retained by the original group of Saudi investors who purchased it upon Revlon's divestiture of the firm in 1992.

ErgoGenesis company's ergonomically-friendly office furniture and accessories include stools, chairs, chair attachments, keyboard trays, and monitor holders. They're made under the BodyBilt and ErgoFusion names. ErgoGenesis operates a showroom and manufacturing facility in Navasota, Texas, outside Houston. Its products are sold through sales representatives around the world. President and CEO Mark McMillan started the business in 2002 after buying the assets of BodyBilt.

Pactiv Corporation was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois. Pactiv Corporation engages in the manufacture and sale of consumer and foodservice/food packaging products in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Consumer Products and Foodservice/Food Packaging. The Consumer Products segment manufactures disposable plastic, foam, molded fiber, pressed paperboard, and aluminum packaging products, such as waste bags, food-storage bags, and disposable tableware and cookware. It sells its products under various brand names, including Hefty, Baggies, Kordite, Hefty Ultra Flex, Hefty Hearty Meals, Hefty Cinch Sak, Hefty Elegantware, Hefty The Gripper, Hefty Zoo Pals, Hefty OneZip, Hefty Kitchen Fresh, Hefty Easy Grip, and Hefty EZ Foil. The Foodservice/Food Packaging segment manufactures foam, clear plastic, aluminum, pressed-paperboard, and molded fiber packaging products. Its customers include foodservice distributors, restaurants, and other institutional foodservice outlets, as well as food processors and grocery chains. Pactiv Corporation sells its products through a direct sales force, and a network of brokers and manufacturers representatives.

ASICS America is the North American arm of Japanese athletic footwear, apparel, and accessories maker ASICS Corporation. Its shoe collection -- featuring a trademarked stripe design -- includes footwear for basketball, cheerleading, court and training, running, track and field, volleyball, walking, and wrestling. Its Budokan label represents one of its "sportstyle" products that targets a hip crowd. ASICS products, which were introduced in the US in 1977, are sold at regional and national retailers throughout the country, as well as through online vendors. In October 2009, ASICS opened its first freestanding store in the US.

Aspen Pet Products, Inc. company was founded in 1979 and was acquired by Petmate (formerly Doskocil Manufacturing Company) in 2006. Aspen Pet Products might be the blame for your pet's "Booda" belly or what brings out his or her "Dogzilla." The company makes and distributes pet treats, toys, and supplies, such as leashes and collars, bones, ropes and chews, litter, litter boxes, and shampoos. Some of Aspen Pet's better known lines include Booda pet toys, Yum-It-Up and Nummies treats, Snuffy's dog chews, and Buckaroo rawhides. The pet products provider sells its items to pet specialty retailers, mass merchants, and pet supply distributors and catalogs. Aspen Pet launched its Dogzilla line of dog toys in 2008.

Pilot Pen was established in the US in 1970. The US arm of Tokyo-based PILOT Corporation (the oldest and largest writing instrument manufacturer in Japan), the company is a leading maker and marketer of writing instruments. As one of the top writing instrument firms in the US, Pilot Pen operates manufacturing facilities in the US and Japan. Its products include an assortment of pens (gel, roller ball, ball point, fountain), mechanical pencils, highlighters, styli, fountain pens, and markers. The company's products are sold under brands, such as Dr. Grip, G2, Precise, and EasyTouch, among others.

ACCO Brands Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and distributes traditional and computer-related office products and supplies principally in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada. It offers paper fastening, document management, supplies, binding and laminating equipment and consumable supplies, personal computer accessory products, paper-based time management products, presentation aids, and label products. The company's products and supplies include staplers, staples, punches, ring binders, trimmers, sheet protectors, hanging file folders, clips and fasteners, data binders, dry-erase boards, dry-erase markers, easels, bulletin boards, overhead projectors, transparencies, and laser pointers and screens; and accessories for laptop and desktop computers comprising security locks, power adapters, computer carrying cases, hubs, docking stations, technology accessories for iPods, and input devices, such as mice and keyboards. It also offers specialized laminating films for wide-format digital print lamination. The company markets its office products to various customers, including commercial contract stationers, retail superstores, wholesalers, distributors, mail order and Internet catalogs, mass merchandisers, club stores, and dealers, as well as directly to commercial and industrial end-users and to the educational market; and computer products to consumer electronics retailers, information technology value-added resellers, original equipment manufacturers, and office products retailers. ACCO Brands Corporation is headquartered in Lincolnshire, Illinois.

Co-chairmen Chris Reyes and Jude Reyes founded the company in 1976. Reyes Holdings ompany is a leading food and beverage wholesale distributor serving customers throughout the US, Canada, and Latin America. Its The Martin-Brower Company is a leading supplier of both food and non-food products for the McDonald's restaurant chain. Its Reinhart FoodService is another top foodservice supplier with more than 20 locations. One of the top beer distributors in the US, Reyes Holdings operates about a dozen distribution facilities through subsidiaries Premium Distributors of Virginia, Chicago Beverage System, and California's Harbor Distributing.

Halston fashion house, known as a disco icon in the 1970s along with its namesake designer Roy Halston Frowick, has endured mostly through it licensing agreements. The company has resurfaced in the fashion industry, designing women's eveningwear and men's clothing. A trendsetter at the time, Halston began to license his name early on. Halston generates most revenue through licensing efforts. Halston's name is on eyewear, sunglasses, denimwear, handbags, and watches. The fashion house hopes to add licenses for women's suitwear, intimate apparel, swimwear, and footwear.

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