Marietta makes miniatures -- those little packages of personal care amenities (soaps, dental and hair-care products, and other items) found in hotels and bed-and-breakfast inns. The company also distributes brand-name (Pantene, Vaseline, Yardley of London) and private-label (Fleur de Lis, Lord & Mayfair) products to gift shops, the health-care market, correctional institutions, and military bases. Using its sample-size packaging know-how, the company makes trial-size units for other companies' products, as well. Marietta went public in 1986. When corporate officers were convicted of fraud in 1996, it was acquired by BFMA Holding, which, in turn, sold the company to private equity firm Ares Management in 2004.

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.

Cargo Cosmetics wants its products to be one of the essentials every gal packs into her trunk before leaving on a voyage from home, even if it's just for a night on the town. Cargo Cosmetics makes a line of cosmetics that includes an assortment of eye shadows and mascaras, blushes, lipsticks, bronzing and pressed powders, foundations, brushes, and accessories. The firm's products, available online or through upscale shops like Sephora, are used by makeup artists in Hollywood and on the sets of prime-time TV shows. Toronto-based Cargo Cosmetics has a presence in Canada, the US, Saudi Arabia, Japan, the UK, and Puerto Rico.

Founded in 1979 as a copier paper supplier to copier dealers, Densigraphix has expanded its product offering to include toner and replacement parts (drums, blades, fuser rollers). Its primary customers are copier dealers and copier remanufacturers that recycle laser toner cartridges. Densigraphix acquired copier part dealer Sel Drum Corporation in 1999. Densigraphix doesn't want to see any misplaced blotches of printer ink messing up your final report. The company distributes the parts and supplies needed to keep copiers and printers working.

Clearwater Paper Corporation manufactures and sells pulp-based products in the United States and internationally. It operates in three segments: Consumer Products, Pulp and Paperboard, and Wood Products. The Consumer Products segment offers household private label consumer tissue products, including household paper towels, napkins, and facial and bathroom tissues to grocery stores. The Pulp and Paperboard segment manufactures bleached paperboard and bleached softwood pulp primarily for folding carton and plate, liquid packaging and cup, pulp, and commercial printing applications. The Wood Products segment produces dimensional framing lumber and appearance grade cedar products for the building products market. Clearwater Paper Corporation is based in Spokane, Washington.

Alstyle Apparel company makes clothing under several labels, including AAA Alstyle Apparel & Activewear, Gaziani, Diamond Star, Murina, A Classic, Tennessee River, D Drive, and Hyland Headware, as well as private labels. It makes more than 50 unique items, including fleece products, hats, pants, shorts, and T-shirts. Alstyle Apparel operates more than a handful of manufacturing facilities in the US (California) and Mexico, and distributes its products from locations in the US, Canada, and Mexico. Its customers include mass marketers, but also screen printers and embellishers. The company is a subsidiary of business forms maker Ennis.

OFS Brands, Inc. was founded as a wood furniture manufacturer in 1937 and remains family-owned. OFS Brands company makes, sells, and leases office furniture. Its sells premade case goods (desks, bookcases, filing cabinets), seating, and conference room furniture under the brand names OFS, Carolina, Styline, and First Office. OFS also makes custom office furniture and display cases. The furniture is produced in about a dozen plants and is hauled by its transportation and logistics subsidiary, which transports furniture for OFS as well as other manufacturers.

Excel Storage Products, LP company's products include a large assortment of rack systems, including pallet racks, bulk storage solutions, archive storage racks, and retail display shelving. Excel Storage Products sells its products through a network of some 100 distributors. Excel Storage Products purchased the assets of United Steel Enterprises, which had gone bankrupt the year before, in 2004. A few years later the company acquired South Dakota's Prest Rack in late 2007 to expand its portfolio and extend its reach within the US.

Founded in 1869 as the Penn Metal Corporation of Pennsylvania, the firm is owned by Pennsylvania-based Industrial Manufacturing Company. Penco Products company makes industrial furniture and storage items, including cabinets, carts, lockers, pallet racks, work benches, and shelving. It also offers a line of hygiene products that includes deoderizers, soap dispensers, and floor mats, among other products. Penco's customers include industrial, service, governmental, and institutional organizations throughout the US. The firm operates manufacturing facilities in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Utah.

The Stephan Company manages a vast portfolio of products as a maker of branded and private-label personal care items. Its brands include Cashmere Bouquet, Quinsana Medicated, Balm Barr, Stretch Mark Crme, Protein 29, Stiff Stuff, Wildroot, and Frances Denney. It sells them worldwide by mail order and in retail stores and salons through its subsidiaries, including Morris Flamingo-Stephan, Old 97, American Manicure, Lee Stafford Beauty Group, and Williamsport Barber and Beauty Corp., and Scientific Research Products, among others. Chairman, president, and CEO Frank Ferola owns about 20% of the firm, which bought Bowman Beauty and Barber Supply Company in August 2008.

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