Markwins International Corporation company develops, manufactures, and markets cosmetics, personal care products, and accessories. Its ethnic-themed cosmetic lines include Black Radiance (aimed at black women) and Tropez (aimed at Hispanic and Asian women). Markwins also makes the popular and inexpensive Wet 'n' Wild cosmetics line and packages beauty kits under the Color Workshop and Spa Institute brands. Its Soho unit designs makeup bags and jewelry cases. Through partnership agreements, Markwins produces cosmetics under licensed name brands. The company, which has manufacturing facilities in the US and China, distributes its products to retailers worldwide.

Brown Distributing Company has been family owned and operated out of RIchmond, VA since 1919. Brown Distributing Company mission has always been to provide excellent service to Brown Distributing customers, value to Brown Distributing consumers and a solid commitment to Brown Distributing greatest resource, Brown Distributing Employees. Working towards this common goal is always at the forefront of what Brown Distributing do and is an essential part of Brown Distributing character that makes us who Brown Distributing are today.

P.J. Noyes has outgrown the days of magic elixirs -- now it makes vitamins and personal care items. More than 140-years-old, the company offers contract services for the testing, manufacturing, packaging, labeling, and shipping of personal care and pharmaceutical products. Its customers market dietary supplements, OTC pharmaceuticals, homeopathics, veterinary items, personal care products, and nutraceuticals. P.J. Noyes specializes in small- and medium-sized runs and the production of 1-inch-diameter chewable tablets. Owned and operated by president David Hill and his family, the firm was founded by namesake Parker J. Noyes in 1868.

PZ Cussons is no washout at washing up. Its focus is making and distributing body and hand soaps. It also produces detergents, surface cleaners, over-the-counter medicines, skin and hair care products, men's toiletries, and other household products. While the company sells some internationally recognized brands, the majority of its products are branded and marketed for regional markets. In addition to its personal care and soap and detergent product lines, PZ Cussons has added household electrical appliances and food products to its products portfolio. In 2002 the firm changed its name from Paterson Zochonis to PZ Cussons. The family of co-founder George Zochonis still owns about 30% of the company.

Shiseido Americas Corporation is a subsidiary of Shiseido Company, Japan's largest cosmetics firm. The Americas unit makes and markets makeup and skin care products, toiletries, and professional beauty salon products in North and South America for sale throughout the world. Its products -- primarily under the brand names Shiseido and NARS -- are sold through department stores and specialty locations. The firm's Zotos International peddles products to professionals. Formerly named Shiseido Cosmetics America until 2009, the subsidiary also operates the professional salon business of Helene Curtis.

Irwin Seating Company is the world's leading manufacturer of public seating for movie theatres, auditoriums, arenas, performing arts centers, and convention centers. From Festival Hall in Osaka, Japan, to Carnegie Hall in New York, from Cardinals' Stadium in Phoenix to UCI Cinemas in Lisbon, Portugal, Irwin Seating chairs are installed in thousands of venues all over the world.Irwin Seating headquarters are located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Irwin Seating operate an additional North American facility in Altamont, Illinois. The plant in Grand Rapids occupies 450,000 square feet and employs over 400 people. Irwin Seating Company is ISO 9001 certified.Seating is Irwin Seating only business, and public seating products are the only products Irwin Seating manufacture at Irwin Seating five facilities. In addition to auditorium seating, Irwin Seating manufacture stadium seating, lecture room furniture, bleachers, telescopic platforms and seating for public transportation. Irwin Seating also provide the industries most comprehensive restoration services.

Pookie Products was founded in 2001 by two New York University sorority sisters. Combine cosmetics and terms of endearment, and you get Pookie Products. The firm makes and markets lip balms using beeswax, shea butter, and natural oils such as avocado, apricot kernel, sweet almond, and coconut. Balms include its champagne-flavored I Do lip balm, It's a Boy! and It's a Girl! mini-tins, mint and vanilla Apookalips, as well as private labeling balms for wedding parties, bridal showers, and other special occasions. The company's products, which have expanded to include bath and body products and apparel, are available in specialty retailers (like Anthropologie) and through its online store.

Chairman Juan Bosco Maldonado Quiroga represents the third generation of his family to run Copamex, which was founded in 1928. Copamex ompany is one of that nation's largest makers of consumer paper products. Products include Scottis facial tissue and napkins; Boreal, Flen, Lovly, Tessy, and Regio toilet paper; Saba feminine pads and liners; and Tena adult incontinence products. It also offers Benefit-brand products for institutional use. In addition, the company makes Fastway and VisionBond office paper; Wow! and Shock notebooks; and graphic arts paper. Copamex has operations throughout Mexico, as well as New Mexico, Nicaragua, Texas, and Costa Rica.

Northern Technologies International Corporation was founded in 1970 in Lino Lakes, Minnesota with its primary business in oil analyzer instruments (then known as Northern Instruments, Inc.). In 1993, Northern Instruments changed its corporate name by merging into a wholly owned subsidiary, Northern Technologies International Corporation. The company has since grown out of the oil analyzer instrument business and into a global provider of corrosion inhibiting products and corrosion control management services with sales and technical support reach in more than 50 countries. Northern Technologies International Corporation system conforms to the ISO 9001:2000 Standard and ISO 14001: Environmental Management Standards.Northern Technologies International Corp.sells its products under the brand names of ZERUST and EXCOR to the automotive, electronics, electrical, mechanical, military, and retail consumer markets. It also manufactures and sells a range of bio-based and biodegradable polymer resin compounds and products under the Natur-Tec brand name for various applications, such as blown-film extrusion, extrusion coating, and injection molding and rigid engineered plastics. In addition, the company offers Polymer Energy technology and equipment that converts plastic waste into diesel, gasoline, and heavy fractions.

Vans designs and sells footwear and apparel for casual wear and for use in activities such as skateboarding, snowboarding, surfing, bicycle motocross (BMX), and motocross. Vans merchandise is sold in the US by national chain stores and in skate, surf, and specialty shops. Vans itself operates about 200 stores in the US and in Europe. As part of its marketing strategy, Vans backs alternative rock and heavy metal bands through music festivals. Vans is owned by V.F. Corporation.

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