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.

Van de Velde doesn't keep any secrets; its wares are right out in the open (under the dresses, skirts, pants, and blouses of women across Europe). The company makes and retails women's undergarments, including bras, panties, and corsets. Its brands include Marie Jo (luxury), Marie Jo l'Aventure (classic, no frills), and PrimaDonna (plus sizes). Marie Jo and PrimaDonna account for most sales. Van de Velde sells its products through third parties (Sara Lee, VF Corporation), department stores, and its own stores in Benelux, Germany, and France. It has production facilities in Tunisia and Singapore. The founding Van de Velde family owns about 60% of the company.

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.

White Trash Charms (WTC) wants you to embrace the charm in trashy relics of recent bygone eras. The company makes and distributes specialized jewelry (primarily charms made in the shapes of gnomes, rainbows, roller-skates, lightning bolts, and the like) and other accessories through about 50 highly-trendy retailers worldwide, as well as through two of its own stores and a Web site. The company specializes in jewelry made of precious metal, enamel, and stones that has been seen on the likes of Janet Jackson and Kelly Osbourne. WTC was started by Brooke Dulien, daughter of well-known fashion designer Barbara Dulien.

C-Care company, which operates as C-Care Full Filling Service, is a contract manufacturer of personal care products, including skin care (deodorants, liquid soaps, lotions and cremes), hair care (shampoos, conditioners, hair sprays and gels), and hair color products. The firm was established in 2000 and offers product formulation and research and development capabilities, as well as filling, capping, labeling, coding, and packaging services.

Design Studio is listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange Board and is the country's leading premier furniture manufacturer and product. The company also provide interior fitting out specialist outside Singapore. The company's core competitive advantage lies in its ability to utilize a myriad of latest technologies, innovative methodologies and ideas to produce premium panelling products of unrivalled quality and workmanship.Design Studio's three complementary and versatile core businesses - the supply and installation of manufactured furniture products to private residential developments, interior fitting-out services to hospitality and commercial projects outside Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia, and distributorship of renowned imported brands (in Singapore only) and the export of two widely received in-house brands have been customised to reach a comprehensive spectrum of residential and commercial developments across major countries around the world.

Alticor was formed in 2000 as a holding company and operates five businesses: direct-selling giant Amway, Web-based sales firm Amway Global (formerly Quixtar), Amway Hotel Corp. (corporate development for Alticor and affiliates), upscale cosmetics company Gurwitch Products, and Access Business Group (manufacturing, logistics services). Access Business' biggest customers are Amway and Amway Global, but Access also serves outsiders. Amway, which accounts for most of Alticor's revenues, sells more than 450 different products through some 3 million independent distributors. Amway Global products online. Alticor is owned by Amway founders, the DeVos and Van Andel families.

ASICS America is the North American arm of Japanese athletic footwear, apparel, and accessories maker ASICS Corporation. Its shoe collection -- featuring a trademarked stripe design -- includes footwear for basketball, cheerleading, court and training, running, track and field, volleyball, walking, and wrestling. Its Budokan label represents one of its "sportstyle" products that targets a hip crowd. ASICS products, which were introduced in the US in 1977, are sold at regional and national retailers throughout the country, as well as through online vendors. In October 2009, ASICS opened its first freestanding store in the US.

Founded in 1914, Brooks is owned by athletic apparel firm Russell Corporation. Brooks Sports takes a more soleful approach to building its name. The company makes running, cross-training, and walking footwear, apparel, and accessories for men and women. Its products are sold by sporting goods retailers and athletic footwear stores in more than 40 countries. Brooks markets its products primarily through runners' magazines and by sponsoring low-profile but respected members of the running community, eschewing mass TV advertising used by such rivals as NIKE.

Mamiye Brothers, Inc. company is a manufacturer of branded children's and teen's apparel, with brands such as Bratz, Bongo, Guess? Kids, Hello Kitty, and C7P (Chip and Pepper Foster), among others. The company's products are distributed to department stores, specialty stores, and mass market retailers. The family-owned and -operated company was founded in 1946 by the Mamiyes. It acquired subsidiary Flapdoodles Apparel in 2005 and extended its reach into juniors jeanswear in mid-2006 through its acquisition of the juniors license for Bongo. Mamiye Brothers added the "Little Me" kids clothing line in 2007, when it purchased the brand from S. Schwab Company.

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