Hanesbrands Inc. is a consumer goods company with a portfolio of apparel brands, including Hanes, Champion, C9 by Champion, Playtex, Bali, L’eggs, Just My Size, barely there, Wonderbra, Stedman, Outer Banks, Zorba, Rinbros and Duofold. The Company designs, manufactures, sources and sells a range of apparel essentials, such as t-shirts, bras, panties, men’s underwear, kids’ underwear, casualwear, activewear, socks and hosiery. Its products are sold through multiple distribution channels. The Company’s operations are managed and reported in five operating segments: Innerwear, Outerwear, International, Hosiery and Other.

Hugo Boss outfits inhabitants of (and aspirants to) the corner office with brands including BOSS, a line targeted at executives; trendy, casual HUGO; and the more uptrend BOSS Selection. Hugo Boss designs and licenses clothes, accessories, cosmetics, and fragrances sold through its 1,200 shops and other retailers in some 80 countries. Known for its menswear, Hugo Boss has also entered womenswear, footwear, and leather goods. The firm was founded by its namesake in 1923 to make work clothes. It moved into suits in the 1950s and expanded beyond business wear in the 1990s. Hugo Boss is part of the Valentino Fashion Group.

MeadWestvaco Corporation was founded in 1888 and is based in Glen Allen, Virginia. MeadWestvaco Corporation engages in the packaging resources, consumer solutions, consumer and office products, specialty chemicals, and community development and land management businesses. MeadWestvaco Packaging Resources segment offers bleached paperboard and linerboards, as well as packaging for consumer products, including packaging for media, beverage and dairy, produce, cosmetics, tobacco, pharmaceuticals, and healthcare products. Its Consumer Solutions segment provides various converting and consumer packaging solutions that comprise printed plastic packaging and injection-molded products used for packaging media products, such as DVDs, CDs, video games, and software; cosmetics and pharmaceutical products; and dispensing and sprayer technology systems for personal and beauty care, healthcare, fragrance, and home and garden markets. This segment also designs and produces multi-pack cartons and packaging systems primarily for the beverage take-home and tobacco market.MeadWestvaco Consumer and Office Products segment manufactures, sources, markets and distributes school and office products, time-management products, and envelopes in North America and Brazil through retail and commercial channels. Its Specialty Chemicals segment manufactures, markets, and distributes specialty chemicals, such as activated carbon used in emission control systems for automobiles and trucks, as well as chemicals used in printing inks, asphalt paving, adhesives, and lubricants. MeadWestvaco Company'sCommunity Development and Land Management segment involves in real estate development, forestry operations, and leasing activities. Its products are sold through a mixture of sales force, paperboard merchants, and distributors. The company primarily operates in the United States, Canada, Mexico, South America, Europe, and Asia.

Arthur Julius founded the family-owned company in 1957. His son, Robert Julius, is Nice-Pak's chairman. Nice-Pak Products wipes up the competition. The company makes and markets private-label wet wipes, as well as baby wipes, industrial wipes, surface wipes, antibacterial towelettes, and cloths for cleaning lenses and removing makeup and nail polish. Its brand names include Grime Boss, Nice'n Clean, Hygea, Thermo-San, Sani-Dex ALC, Tar-Off, and Sani-Cloth, among others. It makes the EZ Ones private-label line for mass marketers. Nice-Pak uses a patented process to manufacture its baby wipes without using chemicals or latex to bind the fibers of the cloth.

Twincraft was born from twins. Twincraft Soap, founded by twin brothers Bob and Dave Asch, makes bar soap for the private-label market. The company provides product development, manufacturing (in Vermont and Guatemala), and packaging services and produces more than 350 million soap bars annually. Twincraft's roster of clients includes specialty retailers such as Bath & Body Works, The Body Shop, and Victoria's Secret, as well as personal care industry behemoths including Johnson & Johnson and Unilever. Founded in 1971, Twincraft was sold to Langer, a medical and skin care products firm, for nearly $27 million in January 2007.

Balester's vision of success is by way of customers' less than 20/20 prescription. Balester Optical is a full-service wholesale optical laboratory that specializes in premium and hard-to-fill prescriptions. The company distributes all of the major lens brands, including Hoya, Varilux, and Zeiss as well as a wide range of frames. It serves five New England states through its laboratory in northern Pennsylvania, where it processes both private (RecSpecs) and third-party (e-dr., VSP, VBA, and Vision Source) prescription orders. Balester Optical Company is family owned and operated.

Imperial Dax Company makes and markets DAX brand ethnic hair care products, such as African Sage Oil, pressing oil, pomade, petroleum jelly, African Braid Spray, SuperGro, Marcel Curling Wax, Kocatah, and Super Hair Conditioner. Its DAX Relax line includes an all-in-one hair relaxer, as well as maintenance products for relaxed hair. The company also makes skin conditioners, including cocoa butter creme and petroleum jelly. DAX brand products are sold in supermarkets and drugstores stores and online.

Prestige Cosmetics makes cosmetics under the Prestige and Prestige Studio Make-Up brand names, as well as under private labels for retailers. Its products include lipstick, cosmetic pencils, lip gloss, powder, eye shadow, blush, concealers, mascara, foundation, and nail polish. Prestige markets its products to mass merchandisers (including Sears and Wal-Mart), drugstores, and supermarkets in the US and about 45 other countries. It operates a plant in Florida and sells its products to distributors in Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, and South America. Co-founders and brothers Jacques and Gabriel Cohen own the company.

Van de Velde doesn't keep any secrets; its wares are right out in the open (under the dresses, skirts, pants, and blouses of women across Europe). The company makes and retails women's undergarments, including bras, panties, and corsets. Its brands include Marie Jo (luxury), Marie Jo l'Aventure (classic, no frills), and PrimaDonna (plus sizes). Marie Jo and PrimaDonna account for most sales. Van de Velde sells its products through third parties (Sara Lee, VF Corporation), department stores, and its own stores in Benelux, Germany, and France. It has production facilities in Tunisia and Singapore. The founding Van de Velde family owns about 60% of the company.

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.

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