True Religion Apparel, Inc. designs, markets, distributes, and sells apparel under the brand name True Religion Brand Jeans to fashion-conscious consumers on six continents, including North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa and South America. The Company’s products include denim, knit and non-denim, and come in tops and bottoms. Knit styles include hoodies, t-shirts and sweats, and non-denim fabrics include corduroy and twill. Tops range from shirts to jackets, and bottoms encompass pants, shorts and skirts. The Company operates in three segments: United States wholesale segment, international segment and consumer direct. The Company’s subsidiary is Guru Denim, Inc.

Dawson International makes and distributes cashmere apparel. The company also cleans and prepares raw cashmere fiber for use by other fashion businesses. In March 2004 the company announced the sale of its Ballantyne cashmere brand to Charme Investments of Luxembourg as part of a restructuring and refinancing effort. The company subsequently unloaded its Joseph Dawson fibres business to Bradford, UK-based clothing firm Purchaser in 2004.

Boise Inc. manufactures packaging and paper products in North America. The company operates in two segments, Paper and Packaging. The Paper segment engages in the manufacture and sale of uncoated freesheet paper, including commodity and premium cut-size office papers; packaging papers, such as corrugating medium, label and release papers, and flexible packaging papers; commodity, and premium printing and converting papers comprising commercial printing papers, envelope papers, and form-related products; and market pulp. This segment markets its products to paper merchants, commercial and financial printers, paper converters, such as envelope and form manufacturers through its own sales personnel. The Packaging segment manufactures and sells containerboard, and corrugated containers and sheets, as well as newsprint. Its corrugated containers are used in the packaging of fresh fruit and vegetables, processed food, beverages, and other industrial and consumer products. This segment sells its products to agricultural producers, and food and beverage processors through its own sales personnel or brokers. The company is headquartered in Boise, Idaho.

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.

SanMar wants to help you show your team spirit. The firm supplies some 800 different imprintable sportswear and accessory items to screen printers, embroiderers, promotional products distributors, and athletics dealers. SanMar markets T-shirts, golf shirts, hats, bags, and other products. It's the exclusive distributor for the Red House, Tiger Woods Collection, NIKE Golf, PING, and OGIO brands and makes clothing under private labels Port Authority, District Threads, Sport-Tek, CornerStone, and Precious Cargo. SanMar sells Jerzees, Hanes, Gildan, and Outer Banks lines, as well. Executive Marty Lott founded the family-owned business in 1971.

Tevco Enterprises has nailed down its corner of the US fingernail polish manufacturing industry. Tevco makes nail polishes and polish ingredients for such iconic companies as Chanel, Revlon, and Shiseido. The company, which operates in the Americas, was the North American unit of Durlin (which, in turn, was part of French chemicals powerhouse SNPE, a maker of nitrocellulose, an ingredient in propellants, inks, and varnishes). In mid-2006 SNPE sold Tevco Enterprises to an independent investment group.

Viva Optique, Inc. company, which was founded in 1978 by Harvey Ross, has in-house design teams located in Italy and New Jersey that pump out some 1,000 designs yearly. Viva Optique company is part of HVHC, a subsidiary of health insurance provider Highmark. Viva Optique has set its sites on keeping its customers in shades worldwide. It operates Viva International Group, a leading worldwide eyewear and sunglass manufacturer. It has about 15 international offices and distributes its products in more than 60 countries. Brand names include Bongo, Candie's, Ermenegildo Zegna, Escada, Givenchy, Guess?, Harley-Davidson, and Tommy Hilfiger.

Aalfs Manufacturing Company, owned and run by the founding Aalfs family, just might have a gene for the jeans business. The company designs, makes, and markets clothing (primarily jeans and denimwear) to big-name retailers nationwide. Clients include J.C. Penney (since 1943), American Eagle, Tommy Hilfiger, Gap, Old Navy, and even Harley Davidson. Aalfs also makes and sells its own 4 Stroke brand of denim apparel. Founded in Iowa in 1892 by H.A. Baker and renamed the Aalfs-Baker Manufacturing Company in 1929, when Wilbur Aalfs held the presidential title, the apparel manufacturer officially became Aalfs Manufacturing Company in 1959.

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.

Professional Veterinary Products, Ltd. (PVPL) wholesales and distributes pharmaceuticals and supplies to licensed veterinarians. The company carries more than 20,000 products from about 350 manufacturers, ranging from diagnostic equipment to animal identification tags. It boasts two subsidiaries: Exact Logistics (distributes to other animal-health firms) and ProConn (supplies products directly to the consumer). The company was founded by a group of veterinarians in 1982. PVPL says that even its telesales staff has field experience -- phones are manned by veterinary techs and others with animal science degrees.

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