Acme United Corporation was founded in 1867 and is headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut. Acme United Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, supplies cutting, measuring, and safety products to the school, home, office, and industrial markets in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia. Its cutting device products include scissors, shears, guillotine paper trimmers, rotary paper trimmers, rotary cutters, hobby knives and blades, chef shears, utility knives, manicure products, medical cutting instruments, and pencil sharpeners. The company's measuring instrument products comprise rulers, math tools, and tape measures. Its safety products include first aid kits, personal protection products, and over-the-counter medication refills. The company markets its products primarily under the Westcott, Clauss, and PhysiciansCare brands. Acme United Corporation distributes its products through independent manufacturer representatives and direct sales forces to wholesale, contract, and retail stationery distributors, office supply super stores, school supply distributors, industrial distributors, wholesale florists, mass market retailers, and hardware chains.

Founded in 1976, Walsh & Simmons is co-owned by company president Bill Simmons and vice president Mike Walsh. Walsh & Simmons company manufactures wood and metal furniture primarily for use in the restaurant industry. Its products, distributed through authorized dealers and representatives, include upholstered and wooden booths, stools, wooden and metal chairs, waiting settees, and table tops and bases.

Frank Faehner, Chairman of American Wood Fibers, has been involved with "total wood waste utilization" for over 50 years. In 1966, he incorporated Eastern Wood Fibers in Jessup, Maryland and set out to become the nation’s largest supplier of wood flour and wood by-products. In 1988, he achieved this objective and the name was changed to American Wood Fibers to more accurately reflect the depth of our resources and the national scope the company had achieved.Today, there are American Wood Fiber plants and distribution centers near the majority of our nation's major timber processors from coast-to-coast. We are also rapidly expanding to include Canada, Mexico and other international markets. Despite this significant growth and national scope, our focus still remains on family. American Wood Fibers embodies the culture of courtesy, respect and a commitment to customer service that originated with our company founder. Today that same commitment is sustained by the fourth generation of the Faehner family and all AWF employees.

Clifford Paper Inc. was incorporated June 1, 1985, with 4 employees and sales of $16.6 million. Today, Clifford Paper is projected to distribute more than 650,000 tons of printing paper from a full line of product manufacturers in 2009.Clifford Paper is a paper distributor. Clifford Paper specialize in printing, packaging, pulp and specialty paper distribution with emphasis on newsprint, specialty groundwood, supercalendered and coated groundwood papers, uncoated freesheet, coated freesheet, book publication and specialty papers.With cumulative sales projected to be over 650,000 tons in the year 2009, Clifford Paper one of the fastest growing paper distributors in North America. To insure continued success, Clifford Paper has and will continue to recognize that Clifford Paper a service oriented paper supply company. Customer service is, has been and always will be key to Clifford Paper ability to supply and service Clifford Paper customers in the most efficient, professional and technologically advanced manner possible in Clifford Paper industry.

Major Brands has the distribution spirit. As one of Missouri's largest suppliers of wine and spirits, Major Brands markets and distributes more than 500 different brands of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage products, including Jose Cuervo, Bacardi, Heineken, and Red Bull; it also carries imported and domestic wine from both small and large vineyards. The company delivers about 7 million bottles and 5 million cases of product annually to grocery stores, restaurants, and other retailers in Missouri. Major Brands, which traces its roots back to the 1930s, is owned and operated by the Epsten family and company employees.

Bernard Chaus, Inc. company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in New York, New York. Bernard Chaus, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets women's career and casual sportswear in the United States. Its products include tailored suits, knit tops, jackets, dresses, skirts, pants, blouses, sweaters, and related accessories. The company offers its products under the JOSEPHINE CHAUS, JOSEPHINE, JOSEPHINE STUDIO, CHAUS, CYNTHIA STEFFE, and CYNTHIA CYNTHIA STEFFE trademarks, as well as under private label brand names. It also sells private label apparel with customers specifications. Bernard Chaus markets its products through department store chains, specialty retailers, and other retail outlets.

I.C. Isaacs & Company is putting all of its jeans in one laundry basket. A leading US licensee for French designer Girbaud, the company designs and makes jeans and sportswear targeting a young, fashionable urban market. It has otherwise cleaned out its closet to focus entirely on its Girbaud brand. (In 2001 I.C. Isaacs terminated its licenses with BOSS and Beverly Hills Polo Club and discontinued its own Urban Expedition and Isaacs lines.) The company's clothes are sold in about 1,500 specialty and department stores. The family of designers Marithe Bachellerie and Franois Girbaud has increased its stake in I.C. Isaacs to about 70%, making it the company's biggest shareholder.

Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc. company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in New York, New York with additional offices in Secaucus, New Jersey and Dongguan, China. Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc. designs, sources, and markets a range of fashion footwear and handbags in the United States and internationally. It also designs and markets apparel and accessories through license agreements, as well as private label footwear and handbags for selected retailers. The company's products for men include tailored clothing, dress shirts, dress pants, neckwear, outerwear, sleepwear, underwear, belts, sunglasses, prescription eyewear, watches, fragrance, jewelry, luggage, business cases, socks, and leather goods. It also offers various women’s products, such as sportswear, outerwear, swimwear, sleepwear, leather goods, belts, sunglasses, prescription eyewear, watches, jewelry, fragrance, and luggage. In addition, Kenneth Cole Productions licenses its children’s apparel. It offers its products under the Kenneth Cole New York, Kenneth Cole Reaction, Unlisted, Le Tigre, and Gentle Souls brand names, as well as has the rights to use the Bongo trademark for footwear through a license agreement. The company markets its products to approximately 5,700 department and specialty store, and off-price locations, and through its consumer direct business, which includes retail and company stores, and e-commerce.

Avlon Industries, Inc. company was founded in 1984 by chemist Dr. Ali Syed, who serves as Avlon's president. Avlon Industries company, a hair-care product maker, specializes in treatments for ethnic hair. Products include relaxer and conditioning systems, permanent wave and professional coloring lines, and maintenance and styling items sold under names such as Affirm, Ferm, FiberGuard, KeraCare, and MoisturColor. Avlon's products are available for purchase through professional salons in the US and Canada. The company also has offices in Brazil, South Africa, and the UK to facilitate distribution to Latin America, Africa, and Europe.

Essilor of America, Inc. company makes and distributes optical lenses under the Airwear, Crizal, DEFINITY, Transitions, and Varilux brand names, among others. Its Essilor Laboratories of America business, a wholesale laboratory network, provides services and a variety of lens brands to opticians, optometrists and ophthalmologists across the US. Essilor of America is a subsidiary of Paris-based Essilor International, which operates about 250 prescription laboratories that manufacture corrective lenses worldwide. The company has been expanding its operations through acquisitions in recent years.

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