Founded and run by brothers Steve and Rick Billig, Billig Jewelers is a high-end jewelry manufacturer and retailer that sells bracelets, earrings, engagement rings, and more. The Billigs opened a tiny retail store specializing in silver cable bracelets in the 1980s. Today, the company's handcrafted pieces of jewelry are sold in their own stores, as well as through the Billig Jewelers' Web site. S&R Designs, the jewelry designing arm of the company, targets customers who frequently purchase new jewelry and are interested in keeping up with the latest trends.

Founded in 1933 by Armand and Virginia Govin, Mark Master is still owned by the Govin family, including CEO Ron Govin. Mark Master makes nameplates, name badges, rubber stamps, daters, banners, and other marking and identification products. The company makes its products under names such as Eco-Mark, Codemaster, GrooveLock, First Impression, MasterLine, Hurricane, Stamp Works!, StampMaster, and Stamp Wizard.

Sonoco Products Company was founded in 1899 and is based in Hartsville, South Carolina. Sonoco Products Company provides industrial and consumer packaging products, and packaging services primarily in the United States, Europe, and Canada. It manufactures rigid paper and plastic packaging products, including composite paperboard cans, paperboard pails, single-wrap paperboard packages, fiber cartridges, bottles, jars, tubs, cups, trays, and squeeze tubes; aluminum and steel closures for composite, metal, and plastic containers; and printed flexible packaging products. The company also provides tubes and cores comprising paperboard tubes, cores, roll packaging, molded plugs, pallet components, concrete forms, void forms, and rotary die boards; and paper products consisting of recycled paperboard, chipboard, tubeboard, lightweight corestock, boxboard, linerboard, specialty grades, and recovered paper.Sonoco's packaging services comprise packaging supply chain management services, including custom packing, fulfillment, primary package filling, scalable service centers, and brand artwork management; and designing, manufacturing, assembling, packing, and distributing temporary, semi permanent and permanent point-of-purchase displays, as well as contract packaging and co-packing services. In addition, the company produces wire and cable reels, including steel, nailed wooden, plywood, recycled, and poly-fiber reels; molded and extruded plastics; paperboard products consisting of glass covers, coasters, and other paper amenities; and protective packaging products. It serves food and non food, automotive, beverage, confectionery, electronic, cosmetic, fragrance, healthcare, home and garden, liquor, medical, office supply, over-the-counter drug, personal care, sporting goods, tobacco, wire and cable, household appliances, leisure, textile, and other consumer and industrial packaging markets.

Alfred Franks and Bartlett PLC company was founded in 1918. Alfred Franks and Bartlett is dedicated to protecting the eyes of its customers and providing accessories that bring their look together. Primarily, the company imports sunglasses for wholesale distribution to retailers such as Woolworths, Matalan, and Peacock, as well as those outside the UK. It has expanded its business to include fashion jewelry, hair accessories, belts, bags, and beauty and personal care items. Alfred Franks and Bartlett specializes in children's shades that carry well-known licensed brands and images such as those of Barbie, SpongeBob SquarePants, the Simpsons, and Disney's portfolio of characters.

ABCO, founded in 1990, was acquired by Jami (office furniture holding company) in 1995. Jami sold the company to JSJ Corporation in 2008, and ABCO became a unit of JSJ's izzydesign business. ABCO Office Furniture offers mid-market solutions for a variety of corporate, institutional and educational applications with a broad product offering of workstations/desking, educational workstations, conference tables, training tables, multipurpose tables, stack seating, office panels, folding tables and folding chairs. An extensive fabric and finish palette allows compatibility with any setting.

C&J Clark International Ltd. company is one of the largest makers of casual shoes in the world, manufacturing and selling its notoriously homely Clarks, Bostonian, and K Shoes brands for men, women, and children in department stores in more than 150 countries, as well as online. C&J Clark also operates some 550 Bostonian, Clarks, Hanover, and K company-owned stores, mostly in the UK, but also worldwide. C&J Clark is the UK market leader in shoes, ahead of Marks and Spencer. Founded in 1828 as a sheepskin tannery, about 70% of C&J Clark is now owned by the 500 living descendants of co-founder James Clark.

Pet Central, Inc. company makes a variety of Waggers-brand natural dog treats that are low-fat and wheat-free. The line includes Champion Chips training treats and Wag n' Go gift packs, as well as its core products in flavors such as Hearty Stew, PB Roundies, and Savory Casserole. Its products are available online through retailers such as petfooddirect.com and sitstay.com. They're also sold through retailers the likes of Cabela's. Pet Central was founded by company president and CEO Steve Fraley and his wife, Susan. The couple was recognized by partner company Invisible Fence for donating pet oxygen masks to area fire departments in 2008.

Founded in 1842, it's a subsidiary of billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway. The firm is a leading uniform manufacturer that outfits those who are employed in public service industries, such as corrections, fire and EMS, military, police, postal, and umpires, as well as military school students. Brand names include Flying Cross by Fechheimer and Urban Defender (battle dress uniforms). Fechheimer Brothers Company owns manufacturing plants in (Hodgenville) Kentucky, (Grantsville) Maryland, and (Jefferson) Pennsylvania.

Gio! Giorgio Armani Corporation is the American arm of Italian fashion house Giorgio Armani S.p.A. The US operation, which generates about a quarter of its parent's revenue, makes and retails upscale apparel for men, women, juniors, and babies. It boasts a retail network of about 50 Armani Exchange stores, a dozen Giorgio Armani boutiques, and a pair each of Armani/Casa and Armani/Cafe outlets. The firm also has a dozen Emporio Armani shops and is expanding the banner in Hawaii. Giorgio Armani licenses its name to manufacturers of perfume, cosmetics, watches, eyewear, jewelry, and accessories. Its Giorgio Armani Cosmetics unit operates within its own stores, as well as through Nordstrom and Saks.

Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Company makes drawer slides, shelving systems, closet rods, and other storage-related hardware items, plus idea@WORK office lighting and computer-related ergonomic products. KV sells its products mostly to original equipment manufacturers and specialty distributors in the US and Canada, but it also sells directly to consumers. The Knape family, including former chairman and CEO Bill Dutmers (a descendant of one of the founders), sold its controlling interest in the company to private equity firm Wind Point Partners for about $106 million in 2006.

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