Corwood Laboratories, Inc. company is a contract manufacturer of liquids, lotions, gels, and creams for bath, hair care, skin care, and personal care products. Along with the usual cosmetics, shower gels, and shampoos, it also makes over-the-counter pharmaceuticals, such as acne cream, burn ointment, and wound cleansers and dressings. The company makes products for pets, too, in the form of coat conditioners, shampoo, stain remover, and toothpaste. QuSomes, a new nanotechnology that is intended to replace liposomes, is the result of its partnership with BioZone Laboratories.

Nine West Group has put its footprints all over the shoe industry. The top designer and marketer of fashionable women's shoes sells footwear (casual, career, and dress), clothing, and accessories through more than 420 of its own retail and outlet stores and in department, specialty, and independent shoe stores in the US. Nine West also licenses its name for stores outside the US. The footwear firm makes and markets its shoes and accessories under several brand names. These include Nine West, Easy Spirit, Bandolino, and Enzo Angiolini. Manufacturers in Brazil, China, and Italy make the company's shoes. Nine West is owned by Jones Apparel Group, which acquired the company in 1999 for about $1.4 billion.

Avery Dennison was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Pasadena, California with additional offices in Brea and Westlake Village, California; Framingham, Massachusetts; Mentor, Ohio; Hong Kong and Kunshan, China; Leiden, the Netherlands; and Zug, Switzerland. Avery Dennison Corporation produces pressure-sensitive materials, office products, tickets, tags, labels, and other converted products. It has three segments: Pressure-Sensitive Materials, Retail Information Services, and Office and Consumer Products. Pressure-Sensitive Materials segment offers pressure-sensitive materials, including papers, plastic films, metal foils, and fabrics to label printers and converters; graphic products to the architectural, commercial sign, and digital printing markets; durable cast and reflective films to the construction, automotive, fleet transportation markets; scrim-reinforced vinyl material for banner sign applications; reflective films for traffic and safety applications; and acrylic polymer adhesives and protective coatings.Retail Information Services segment provides price marking and brand identification products, including woven and printed labels, graphic and barcode tags, price tickets, carton labels, RFID tags, barcode printers, molded plastic fastening and application devices, and security management products for retailers, apparel manufacturers, distributors, and industrial customers. Office and Consumer Products segment provides printable media and other products, such as copiers, ink-jet and laser printer labels and cards, related computer software, and index products; and organization, filing, and presentation products, such as binders, dividers, and sheet protectors. It also offers writing instruments, markers, adhesives, and specialty products. Avery Dennison also offers specialty tapes, engineered films, RFID inlays, and postage stamps. The company was formerly known as Avery International Corporation changed its name to Avery Dennison Corporation in 1990.

Established as a small, family-run pharmacy in 1869 by Dr. Charles Browne Fleet, today the firm makes about 100 personal health and beauty care products that are distributed to more than 100 countries globally. C.B. Fleet's offerings include feminine care, laxatives, oral care, skin care, and oral rehydration product lines sold under brand names Summer's Eve, Vera by CCS, Norforms, Clinomyn, HydraLife, BioralSuero, and Casen-Fleet, among others. It also operates several subsidiaries, such as CSS (Europe), DeWitt Personal Care (the UK), and Fleet Laboratories (Asia and Latin America).

G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. (G-III) designs, manufactures and markets an extensive range of outerwear, sportswear and accessories, including coats, jackets and pants, as well as women’s suits and dresses. The Company sells its products under licensed brands, its own brands and private retail labels. It provides apparel to retailers under brands, such as Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s, Nordstrom, JC Penney and Kohl’s. The Company operates in three segments: licensed apparel, non-licensed apparel and retail operations. The licensed apparel segment includes sales of apparel brands licensed by it from third parties. The non-licensed apparel segment principally includes sales of apparel under its own brands and private label brands. The retail segment consists almost entirely of the Wilsons retail outlet stores it acquired in July 2008, now operating as AM Retail Group, Inc.

Levi's wants to be just as riveting and indispensable to its customers overseas as it is to those in the US. Levi Strauss Europe, Middle East and North Africa (LSEMA) is a regional arm of Levi Strauss & Co. The apparel firm designs and manufactures men's and women's clothing, including its various brands of Levi's jeans, Dockers slacks, and Levi Strauss Signature items. It distributes and sells its clothing through big-box stores, department stores, and specialty shops. The company operates some 10 sales offices and 10 production and distribution centers. President Paul Mason left the firm in February 2006; Armin Broger took the same position a year later.

The Factor brothers are confident you won't smash your makeup box if it contains their lineup of cosmetics. In addition to its makeup for the lips, eyes, and face, Smashbox Beauty Cosmetics offers makeup brushes, pencils and sharpeners, stylist bags, makeup removers, cleansers, and moisturizers. The company's products are sold in stores the likes of Ulta, Sephora, and Nordstrom, primarily in the US but also in Canada. The company boasts cruelty-free products and recyclable packaging. Smashbox Beauty Cosmetics came into existence in 1997 when brothers David and Dean Factor (great-grandsons of legendary makeup artist Max Factor) became fed up with the quality of cosmetics made for photographic use.

Migami (formerly KleenAir Systems) has shifted its focus from cleaning up the air to clearing up blemishes on skin. In 2006 the company acquired the skin care and pharmaceutical business of Innovay in a deal that gave Innovay shareholders a 60% stake in Migami. The firm's new focus involves the sale of skin care products in South Korea and Japan. Migami's former KleenAir business -- developing the company's NOxMaster technology to reduce such pollutants as nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide, and hydrocarbons in exhaust emissions from gasoline, diesel, and natural gas engines -- has been transferred to a subsidiary, KleenAir Systems of North America.

Artsana S.p.A. company (whose name combines the Italian words for "art" and "heals") makes products for health, beauty, and baby that are distributed worldwide. Artsana's health-related offerings include such consumer items as Control brand condoms, Lycia sanitary pads, and Serenity incontinence products. Under the Chicco and neoBaby labels, the company markets clothing, toys, and feeding and hygiene essentials. Its beauty lines are geared to women and infants, including such items as Mamma Donna maternity cosmetics and Bubble Kids pH-balanced bath soap. Additionally, Artsana makes clinical health-care supplies through its Pic Indolor subsidiary.

Kong Company knows dogs can chew their favorite toys to bits so it makes sure its pet chew toys are virtually indestructible. The rubber snowman-shaped pet toy line Kong, was developed by president and CEO Joe Markham as a substitute for his dog's love of eating rocks. The Kong was first produced in 1976 and is sold through pet products retailers. More than 50 million have been sold worldwide. The Kong toy allows owners to fill up the toy with treats, which the dog then has to work to get out of the toy. The line -- primarily for birds, cats, dogs, and ferrets -- also includes grooming, holiday, and pet care items.

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