The Wakefield Shirt Group arose in the wake of its counterparts' success. The company is a holding company for a trio of apparel makers that have grown up in the UK city of Wakefield. The company's Wm. Sugdens & Sons subsidiary, established in 1869, provides professional attire and accessories for almost anyone able to hold a job. ThreadNeedle is a turnkey outfitter that is able to handle all aspects of special apparel order production, from concept to delivery. Double Two, founded in 1940, makes and markets fashionable men's and women's apparel, focusing predominantly on shirts. The unit's products are distributed through retail stores. The founding Donner family owns the company.

Baxter of California is embraced worldwide by well-groomed male Baby Boomers. Named for Baxter Finley, who founded the company in the mid-1960s and sold it to president and CEO Jean-Pierre Mastey in 2000, the firm makes men's grooming products for shaving, skin care, anti-aging, and hair and body. It's one of the first personal care products companies to cater exclusively to men. Baxter of California products are sold in spas, salons, and specialty stores such as American Male and the UK's House of Fraser. The company rounds out its personal care products with apparel, candles, and grooming accessories.

SOS Management has taken a bum rap and turned it into a real superstar. The company acquires slumping clothing labels and licenses the names to other companies. Its popular B.U.M. Equipment name is loaned to clothing, footwear, and accessories manufacturers who sell products through retail shops and department stores in the US and abroad. Wal-Mart licenses the brand in multiple overseas markets and owns the name exclusively in Canada. B.U.M. Equipment was once named one of the top 100 most recognizable brands by industry source Women's Wear Daily. SOS also manages the licenses for American Exchange, Gene Meyer, and Mark Montano. Co-chairmen Stephen Wayne and Steve Marra own SOS Management.

Founded in 1949, Frazier Industrial is owned by CEO William Mascharka. Frazier Industrial Company makes structural, as opposed to roll-formed, steel storage racks in about a dozen mini-mills in the US, Canada, and Mexico that can adapt production to demand and receive just-in-time delivery of raw materials. Customers use Frazier Industrial's storage racks in warehouses, factories, farms, and other industrial and commercial facilities. Among the company's storage products is the Glide 'N Pick pallet cart that automatically rolls out for greater ease in retrieving items.

Andin International, Inc. company, a leading jewelry manufacturer and wholesaler, primarily serves large-volume retailers in the US. J. C. Penney, Macy's, the QVC, Sears, and Zale are among its customers. Andin International also owns and operates jewelry.com, a Web site that serves as an informational forum and marketing/promotional arm for major jewelers that carry Andin products (5,500 "storefronts" in all). The company, which was formed in 1981, has operations in the Dominican Republic, Thailand, China, India, and Israel.

ErgoGenesis company's ergonomically-friendly office furniture and accessories include stools, chairs, chair attachments, keyboard trays, and monitor holders. They're made under the BodyBilt and ErgoFusion names. ErgoGenesis operates a showroom and manufacturing facility in Navasota, Texas, outside Houston. Its products are sold through sales representatives around the world. President and CEO Mark McMillan started the business in 2002 after buying the assets of BodyBilt.

New Era Cap, founded in 1920, makes more than 35 million licensed and non-licensed caps a year and sells them through retailers the likes of Dick's in the US and Aeon in Japan. It operates offices in Canada, Germany, Europe, Hong Kong, and Japan. Its US manufacturing takes place in New York and Alabama. The Koch family (now in its fourth generation of management), including CEO Chris Koch, owns New Era Cap. New Era Cap has all Major League bases covered -- or at least the heads above them. The company makes the uniform caps of every Major League Baseball and Minor League Baseball team, as well as uniforms worn by youth and high-school baseball players. The company boasts a portfolio of more than 200 licenses.

Autumn Harp Inc. was founded in 1977. Autumn Harp company is a contract manufacturer for the cosmetics and personal care products industry. It makes lipsticks, lip balms, blushes, eye shadows, skin moisturizers, body scrubs, and other beauty aids. The firm also runs a research and development lab for formulating flavors, fragrances, shimmer effects, and natural and organic products. Clients have included Bath & Body Works, The Body Shop, Estee Lauder, and Victoria's Secret.

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.

Teknion wants employees to get past visions of group holding pens when they walk into an open floor plan office space, and instead think about the geometric possibilities implied by desking systems, panel systems, and post-and-beam systems. The fast-growing US subsidiary of Canada's Teknion Corporation, the company distributes office furniture systems throughout the US. Products include segmented cubicles, space segregation panels, chairs, desks, and couches. Teknion sells most of its wares to contracted clients, including the GSA (General Services Administration of the US government). It also operates about 10 showrooms in major US cities.

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