Heineken was first imported into the US in 1880. The US operation offers Heineken, Amstel Light, Buckler (nonalcoholic), Murphy's Irish Stout, and Irish Amber. Not content with only a foam mustache, Heineken scored a hit with Amstel Light, one of the US's best-selling imported light beers; and as a result of its parent's 2008 acquisition (along with Carlsberg) of the former Scottish & Newcastle, Heineken USA owns the import rights for Newcastle Brown Ale. It is also the sole US importer and seller of FEMSA's beer brands, including Tecate, Dos Equis, Sol, Carta Blanca, Bohemia.

The firm generates most of its sales from women's wear, including its Koret and Sag Harbor lines. It also produces men's and children's clothes and accessories. Its other brands include My Michelle, Baby Phat, Phat Farm, Rewind, Vince, and XOXO. The company is a major supplier to department stores, as well as mass retailers, specialty boutiques, and catalogs. Kellwood also operates Vince and Sag Harbor brand outlet stores across the US. Kellwood has gained a foothold in new niches and grown through acquisitions, including Vince, Briggs New York, and Phat Fashions. It was taken private in 2008 by Sun Capital Partners and has been restructuring.

Karl Toosbuy founded ECCO Sko A/S in rural Denmark in 1963. ECCO Sko A/S company is the country's largest shoe maker and retailer. It operates more than 680 shops worldwide selling an extensive range of men's and women's shoes for business, comfort, and activity. ECCO manufactures about 17 million pairs of them each year. The company has expanded its products portfolio to include golf shoes and running and performance shoes. Outside Denmark, ECCO's operations extend to Asia, North America, and Eastern Europe. Hanna Toosbuy Kasprzak, daughter of deceased founder Karl Toosbuy, owns the company.

STAEDTLER makes pens, pencils, markers, and other writing instruments for arts and crafts, technical drawing, and everyday use. The company also makes inkjet cartridges for printers. Europe's largest manfacturer of pencils, STAEDTLER sells its products through more than 20 global subsidiaries and has eight production plants worldwide. Customers include students STAEDTLER traces its roots back to 1662 when Friedrich Staedtler is first mentioned as a pencil-making craftsman; in 1835, J.S. Staedtler was granted a manufacturing license and began making blacklead, red chalk, and pastel pencils.

Blyth, Inc. was founded in 1977. Blyth prefers to light up the party with one of its wicked products. As the largest candle maker in the US, Blyth sells its scented and unscented candles under the Colonial Candle, PartyLite, Ambria Table Lighting, and Seasons of Cannon Falls names, among others. Its portfolio also extends beyond the candle business with Sterno butane products and lighting, Two Sisters Gourmet sauces and condiments, and ViSalus nutritional supplements, as well as a variety of catalog and online businesses that market household goods and gifts. Blyth's products are sold through home parties and retailers worldwide. It also supplies institutional customers, such as restaurants and hotels.

Seiko Holdings (formerly Seiko Corp.) is way beyond its tradition of marking time -- whether it's wristwatches, clocks, or precision timing devices for athletic events. The corporation serves as a holding company for subsidiaries, such as Seiko Watch, maker of watches such as the Kinetic and Thermic series that generate power by the movement of the owner's wrist or body heat. The watchmaker also makes mass-market watch brands Pulsar and Lorus. Seiko Watch's other timepieces range from small bedside alarm clocks to large-scale public clocks. Seiko Holdings other subsidiaries include Seiko Clock, Seiko Instruments, Seiko Optical Products, Seiko Sports Life, and Seiko Precision. The Hattori family controls Seiko.

Blauer Manufacturing literally covers the backs of those who cover others' backs each day. The company designs and makes high-tech uniforms for men and women in the police, fire safety, EMS, and other public safety and security industries. Blauer makes rain gear and other outerwear, shirts, pants, hats, and other work clothes. Its products are manufactured at the company's handful of US-based factories and sold through specialty stores. The founding Blauer family owns and operates the company.

Libby Laboratories, Inc. was founded by Dr. Henry Libby, father of current president Susan Libby, in 1959. Libby Laboratories company is a contract manufacturer of cosmetics and over-the-counter pharmaceuticals. Libby Labs also develops skin care, hair care, and bath products, as well as pet products (shampoos, conditioners, powders). The firm uses both natural ingredients and chemical preparations in its products, with everything from botanical blends and herbal extracts to antioxidants and peptides.

Tufco Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Tufco Technologies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides integrated manufacturing services in the United States. Its services include wet and dry-wipe converting, wide Web flexographic printing, hot melt adhesive laminating, folding, integrated downstream packaging, and on-site quality and microbiological process management. The company also custom manufactures products from an array of materials, including polyethylene films, a variety of nonwovens, paper, and tissue. Its products include disposable wet and dry wipes for home, personal/baby/medical care use, flexible packaging, and disposable table covers. In addition, the company manufactures and distributes business imaging paper products. It converts fine paper materials, including specialty and fine printing papers, thermal papers, inkjet papers, and coated products. Tufco Technologies produces various papers for use in bank proof or automated teller machines, such as fan-fold forms, and printed rolls of various sizes and types. Further, it produces a selection of standard and customized guest checks for use in the restaurant industry, as well as various multi-part business forms. . Tufco Technologies markets its products and services through its sales and customer service employees, manufacturer's representatives, and distributors.

Sportif USA is making its living off of the great outdoors. The family-run company, founded by John Kirsch Sr. in 1965, makes casual clothing for men and women including sportswear (ski apparel, fleece and waterproof outerwear) and clothing targeting outdoor enthusiasts (shirts, hiking shorts, jackets). It also offers organic items. Sportif's apparel collections are sold through traditional retailers, as well as through catalogs and online. The apparel company operates Aventura Clothing Co., a division run out of Sparks, Nevada. After a single-engine plane crash claimed the life of John Kirsch Sr. in 1991, his son John Kirsch Jr. (company president) took the reins of Sportif's operations.

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