As Iams tells it, Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard to fetch her portly pooch a bag of Eukanuba Large Breed Weight Control food. The Iams Company makes Eukanuba and Iams dry and canned versions of premium dog and cat foods and sells them in pet supply stores and veterinarians' offices in more than 70 countries. However, North America accounts for the vast majority of the company's sales. Founded by Paul Iams in 1946, Iams also funds research efforts related to animal dermatology, geriatrics, allergies, and nutrition through its Paul F. Iams Technical Center. Former chairman Clayton Mathile acquired the company in 1982 and sold it to consumer products giant Procter & Gamble in 1999.

The Standard Register Company was founded in 1912 and is based in Dayton, Ohio. he Standard Register Company provides custom printed documents and related services primarily in the United States. It operates in four segments: Document Management, Label Solutions, Print On Demand (POD) Services, and Document Systems. The Document Management segment offers document design, printed documents, and warehouse and distribution services; subcontracted products, such as envelopes, blank cut sheet, ATM rolls, business cards, and folders; secure document solutions, including checks, money orders, official checks, drug prescriptions, birth certificates, and college transcripts; printer supplies, computer supplies and accessories, and fax and copier supplies; conversion management; and commercial print services. The Label Solutions segment provides identification and instructional labels, bar code label solutions, and hazard warning and safety communication labels.The POD Services segment offers training, instruction, and other manuals on demand; digital print; campaign management; e-library that allows users to search and order marketing collateral; statement printing/Internet presentment services; and contracted print services. The Document Systems segment engages in licensing the rights to software products, as well as provides maintenance and other customer support services, professional services associated with the licensing of software, and sells related hardware equipment, such as printers. The company primarily serves the healthcare, industrial, and commercial markets, including financial and insurance industries, as well as business services, government, transportation, and retail customers.

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.

Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc. company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in New York, New York with additional offices in Secaucus, New Jersey and Dongguan, China. Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc. designs, sources, and markets a range of fashion footwear and handbags in the United States and internationally. It also designs and markets apparel and accessories through license agreements, as well as private label footwear and handbags for selected retailers. The company's products for men include tailored clothing, dress shirts, dress pants, neckwear, outerwear, sleepwear, underwear, belts, sunglasses, prescription eyewear, watches, fragrance, jewelry, luggage, business cases, socks, and leather goods. It also offers various women’s products, such as sportswear, outerwear, swimwear, sleepwear, leather goods, belts, sunglasses, prescription eyewear, watches, jewelry, fragrance, and luggage. In addition, Kenneth Cole Productions licenses its children’s apparel. It offers its products under the Kenneth Cole New York, Kenneth Cole Reaction, Unlisted, Le Tigre, and Gentle Souls brand names, as well as has the rights to use the Bongo trademark for footwear through a license agreement. The company markets its products to approximately 5,700 department and specialty store, and off-price locations, and through its consumer direct business, which includes retail and company stores, and e-commerce.

SCA Hygiene Products UK makes the stuff people reach for after muttering Geshundheit to each other. As one of Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA's primary units and a big contributor to its parent's growing hygiene business, SCA Hygiene Products UK operates in Western Europe and has developed a strong regional presence. Its leading brands include Tena, Bodyform, Velvet, and Tork. The company's products portfolio includes toilet paper, napkins, hand-wiping products, incontinence items, baby diapers, and feminine hygiene products. While SCA develops its own brand, it has gradually expanded its business by developing retailers' private-label brands.

Creightons can help. Specializing in natural skin care products, Creightons is a contract manufacturer for the personal care and cosmetics industries worldwide. Founded as Creighton's Laboratories in 1952, the cosmetics company serves department stores and supermarket chains. Its products, made through its Potter + Moore Innovations facility in Peterborough, include salon hair care, shower gels, men's shaving and skin care products, lip balms, sun care items, bath oils and additives, and powders. Creightons first floated as a publicly traded company on the London Stock Exchange in 1986, and its assets were transferred to its Potter + Moore subsidiary in 2006.

Karl Toosbuy founded ECCO Sko A/S in rural Denmark in 1963. ECCO Sko A/S company is the country's largest shoe maker and retailer. It operates more than 680 shops worldwide selling an extensive range of men's and women's shoes for business, comfort, and activity. ECCO manufactures about 17 million pairs of them each year. The company has expanded its products portfolio to include golf shoes and running and performance shoes. Outside Denmark, ECCO's operations extend to Asia, North America, and Eastern Europe. Hanna Toosbuy Kasprzak, daughter of deceased founder Karl Toosbuy, owns the company.

Instead hopes that women adopt its alternative to pads and tampons. Its primary product, the Instead Softcup, is a feminine hygiene product that sits inside a woman's body and collects, rather than absorbs, menstrual flow. Developed by a group of reproductive health scientists, the Softcup is sold in major US drugstores (including chain stores Wal-Mart and Target) and through its Web site. It's also distributed in Australia, Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands, Poland, and about a half-dozen other countries worldwide. Instead is also researching the possibility of using a version of its Softcup as a contraceptive device.

From its earliest beginnings, Crayola has been a color company. Crayola came into being when cousins Edwin Binney and C. Harold Smith took over Edwin’s father’s pigment business in 1885. More than 120 years later, color – along with creativity, learning and most of all, fun – is the hallmark of Crayola company. Crayola has called Easton, Pennsylvania its home since the early 1900s. Today, the company’s world headquarters and major manufacturing facilities are located there. And downtown Easton is the home of The Crayola FACTORY® , a one-of-a-kind celebration of creative fun for everyone! In 1984, Crayola became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hallmark Cards and has since played the lead role in Hallmark’s personal development strategies.

Morris Matalon founded the company in 1965, and it continues to be a family-owned and -managed business. Celebrity International keeps kids from running around in their birthday suits. The children's apparel manufacturer operates through three main divisions: Celebrity, Lovespun (private label), and Vitamins Playwear. The company makes and markets bath, play, sleep, and swimwear, as well as bodysuits and sweaters, under licensed and proprietary brands, such as Vitamins Baby, Vitamins Kids, Sahara Club, Beatrix Potter, and Barney for Baby. Celebrity International's apparel offerings are sold through upscale retailers, including Nordstrom, Lord & Taylor, Bloomingdale's, and Gottschalks, as well as online.

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