Great Plains Coca-Cola Bottling Company was founded in 1922 by the family of CEO Robert Browne. Great Plains Coca-Cola Bottling company distributes Coke products, as well as selected Dr Pepper products, throughout central and northeast Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas. It also operates a vending machine service under the name Snappy Snack Vending, which supplies customers with coffee, food, soft drinks, and other snacks. Great Plains was the first Coke bottler to use water-purification as part of its process.

Eagle Creek takes the lug out of luggage by making backpacks and other carrying bags that are designed for comfort. The company specializes in making outdoor backpacks, but it also makes and markets wheeled switchbacks and trunks, duffel bags, shoulder bags, and even money belts and wallets. Eagle Creek's Pack-It-System helps to organize and pack clothes and other travel items within a suitcase, backpack, or briefcase. Its products are sold through specialty luggage stores, outdoor shops, and department stores in the US and Europe. Employee-owned Eagle Creek was acquired by top jeans manufacturer and outdoor enthusiast V.F. Corporation in 2007.

Sugartown Worldwide is the company that makes and distributes one of the best-loved styles of shift dresses ever made: the Lilly Pulitzer. Named for the social butterfly who once designed the iconic fabrics and dresses herself, Lilly Pulitzers (or just "Lillies," to adoring fans) are back in circulation by way of more than 70 signature shops, a catalog (available only at the Lilly Pulitzer shops), select department stores, and through the company's Web site. Jim Bradbeer and Scott Beaumont acquired the trademark in 1993 and are now the company's owners.

The Female Health Company (FHC), maker of condoms for women. The polyurethane female condom is the only female contraceptive that is FDA-approved for preventing both pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS. The firm's condoms are sold in more than 115 countries worldwide (under the FC and FC2 names), including South Africa, Brazil, the US, the UK, and Zimbabwe. Outside the US, many of its products bear the Femidom name, among others. FHC also provides low-cost female condoms in Africa through an agreement with the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). It sponsors the Female Health Foundation, which provides women with health education.

Founded in 1790, Koh-i-noor Hardtmuth a.s. was the first to invent graphite leads from graphite and clay. Today it manufactures and distributes art, office, and school supplies. Formerly a Czech state-owned company, it was privatized in 1992 and bought by Gama Group in 1994. Products include such items as crayons, pastels, pens, pencils and erasers, oil and watercolor paints, tempura and India inks, modelling clays, as well as office supplies such as ink cartridges, plastic injection moldings, and so on. Koh-i-noor products are sold in more than 70 countries. Koh-i-noor Hardtmuth a.s. company is owned by Gama Group, which, in turn, is held by G Group.

Lachman Imports Inc. company imports and wholesales products from Guinot Paris, which makes skin care and body care products, including cleansers, moisturizers, and men's grooming products. Lachman sells directly to more than 1,100 spas and salons throughout the US and internationally. It also operates training centers that offer classes on its Hydradermie technique and other spa treatments. Sister company Thibiant International sells Guinot Paris products from the West Coast.

SoftSheen/Carson Products is keeping the shine on its ethnic beauty. The company is one of the world's leading makers of ethnic hair care and beauty products, including shampoos, conditioners, gels, hair straighteners, relaxers, and shaving products. Its brands include Let's Jam, Baby Love, Optimum Care, Dark and Lovely, Magic Shave, and Weave Care. Founded in 1964 by Edward and Bettiann Gardner, SoftSheen was the largest African-American-owned beauty products company in the country until its acquisition in 1998 by L'Oréal USA, a division of French cosmetics giant L'Oréal. Carson was a subsidiary of L'Oréal USA before being merged with SoftSheen in 2000.

Johnson Brothers Liquor Company was founded in 1953 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Johnson Brothers Liquor is one of the country's top wine and liquor distributors. The company distributes mainly domestic brands of wines and distilled spirits throughout 13 US states, mostly in the Midwest and South, as well as in Nevada in the West, Rhode Island and New York in the East, and in Hawaii. Johnson Brothers is owned by the Johnson brothers -- CEO Lynn Johnson and president Mitchell Johnson. Its customers include beverage retailers, bars, and foodservice operators (restaurants).

Bemis Company, Inc. was founded in 1858 and is based in Neenah, Wisconsin. Bemis Company, Inc. manufactures and sells flexible packaging products and pressure sensitive materials primarily in the United States, Canada, Mexico, South America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company operates in two segments, Flexible Packaging and Pressure Sensitive Materials. The Flexible Packaging segment manufactures multilayer flexible polymer film structures and laminates for food, medical, and personal care products, and non-food applications utilizing vacuum or modified atmosphere packaging. It also offers blown and cast stretchfilm products; carton sealing tapes and application equipment; custom thermoformed plastic packaging; multiwall paper bags; printed paper roll stock; and bag closing materials.The Pressure Sensitive Materials segment manufactures pressure sensitive adhesive coated paper and film substrates for label, graphic, and technical markets. Its label market products include narrow-Web rolls of pressure sensitive paper, film, and metalized film printing stocks used in high-speed printing and die-cutting of primary package labeling and secondary or promotional decoration, as well as for data processing stocks, bar code labels, and laser printing applications. This segment's graphic market products include pressure sensitive films used for decorative signage through computer-aided plotters, digital and screen printers, and photographic overlaminate and mounting materials. Its products for technical markets comprise micro-thin film adhesives used in delicate electronic parts assembly and pressure sensitives utilizing foam and tape based stocks. Bemis Company serves food and beverage, chemical, agribusiness, medical, pharmaceutical, personal care, electronics, automotive, construction, graphic industries, and other consumer goods markets.

Rosy Blue, Inc., its US arm, was officially established in 1974. Rosy Blue company designs, manufactures, and distributes fine diamonds and bridal and fashion jewelry across a wide range of price points to mass and independent jewelry retailers, as well as department stores nationwide. With offices in more than 15 countries, the company makes its own jewelry under the Orra and ROSIBLU names as well as jewelry for partners, such as Canadia and Vera Wang. In the 1970s, when many Indian diamond houses were moving their operations to New York City, Rosy Blue's parent company (India-based Rosy Blue Group) followed suit.

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