Acme United Corporation was founded in 1867 and is headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut. Acme United Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, supplies cutting, measuring, and safety products to the school, home, office, and industrial markets in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia. Its cutting device products include scissors, shears, guillotine paper trimmers, rotary paper trimmers, rotary cutters, hobby knives and blades, chef shears, utility knives, manicure products, medical cutting instruments, and pencil sharpeners. The company's measuring instrument products comprise rulers, math tools, and tape measures. Its safety products include first aid kits, personal protection products, and over-the-counter medication refills. The company markets its products primarily under the Westcott, Clauss, and PhysiciansCare brands. Acme United Corporation distributes its products through independent manufacturer representatives and direct sales forces to wholesale, contract, and retail stationery distributors, office supply super stores, school supply distributors, industrial distributors, wholesale florists, mass market retailers, and hardware chains.

Olay Company today, having aged enough for its own form of a facelift, is the updated version of the classic. No, it's not just rebranding, either. Now designated as one of Procter & Gamble's billion-dollar brands, Olay found the fountain of youth for itself in recent years and has been pumping out skin care products ever since. Products include Olay Definity, Daily Facials, Total Effects, Regenerist, Olay Complete, and Olay Quench. Regenerist and Total Effects brands gave P&G a foothold in the dermatology skin care niche. Products are sold worldwide through mass merchants, such as grocery stores and chain retailers Target and Wal-Mart.

Bienestar International wants consumers to think about the well-being of the people who work for its manufacturers. Bienestar and its No Sweat Apparel brand broke into the market by emphasizing fair labor practices -- outsourcing its manufacturing to union shops that pay living wages and offer benefits to workers. The company offers plain and screen-printed T-shirts, hoodies, accessories, and shoes for men, women, and children. Products are retailed through Bienestar's e-commerce site and more than 150 specialty stores in the US, Canada, and Europe. It also wholesales its merchandise to schools, churches, and other groups. CEO Adam Neiman and his wife, VP Natalia Muina, each own about 40% of the firm.

Fresh Produce Sportswear is feeling just beachy. The company designs, makes, and markets women's and children's casual apparel and swimwear, as well as related accessories. Its collections are sold in department stores such as Nordstrom, Walt Disney resorts and stores, and through more than 800 specialty boutiques and resorts worldwide. In addition, Fresh Produce operates company-owned and outlet stores throughout the US. Company founders and husband-and-wife team Thom and Mary Ellen Vernon got their start in the fashion industry by designing and selling high-end screenprinted T-shirts and custom jewelry at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Fresh Produce was born out of that first endeavor.

Cosalt is worth its salt when it comes to such products. The company designs and manufactures school uniforms, uniforms for the marine, motor, rail, defense, emergency, and utilities industries, as well as knotless netting, children's formalwear, marine safety equipment, and protective clothing. It also makes manufactured vacation cottages. The company began in 1873 as a collective of fishing vessel owners, from which sprang its endeavor to outfish fleets before ships set sail. Cosalt first floated on the public stock exchange in 1971.

Takasago International (U.S.A.) hopes to leave you smelling like a rose. The company develops a variety of flavors and extracts that are used in beverages, candies, mints, perfumes, and colognes. Takasago's product line also includes fine chemicals and aroma chemicals. In late 2008 the firm acquired New Jersey-based Wessel Fragrances in a bid to gain access to Wessel's customers in the household and personal care products markets. The company is the US subsidiary of Tokyo-based Takasago International, a leading fragrance supplier in the Asia-Pacific region, that was established in 1920.

Kadant, Inc. was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts. Kadant, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets equipment and products for the papermaking and paper recycling industries worldwide. Its principal products include custom-engineered stock-preparation systems and equipment, including recycling and approach flow systems and virgin pulping process equipment for the preparation of wastepaper for conversion into recycled paper; and fluid-handling systems, such as rotary joints, syphons, Turbulator tube bars, and engineered steam and condensate systems used primarily in the dryer section of the papermaking process and during the production of corrugated boxboard, metals, plastics, rubber, textiles, and food. The company also offers paper machine accessory equipment and related consumables, including doctor systems and holders, profiling systems, and doctor blades for the operation of paper machines; and water-management systems that comprises shower and fabric-conditioning systems, formation systems, and water-filtration systems essential for draining, purifying, and recycling process water. In addition, Kadant produces biodegradable absorbent granules from papermaking byproducts for use primarily as carriers for agricultural, home lawn and garden, and professional lawn, turf, and ornamental applications, as well as for oil and grease absorption. It operates primarily in the United States, China, and Europe.

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.

J.J. Taylor Companies, Inc. was founded in 1958 by John J. "Joe" Taylor, originally a Knickerbocker Beer distributor servicing the greater Brockton area of Massachusetts. J.J. Taylor Companies distributes beer in Florida through its Ft. Myers and Tampa locations, as well as in Minnesota, where it owns the former East Side Beverage Company. Now named the J.J. Taylor Distributing Company of Minnesota, it serves the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. The company, which has some 10,800 retail customers, sells MillerCoors brands, in addition to a mix of imported and microbrewed beers.

Wellco Enterprises, Inc. company makes rugged footwear primarily for the US military under firm fixed-price contracts. Sales to the military accounts for most of Wellco's sales. The company's boots include general-issue all-leather boots, hot-weather (tropical) boots, intermediate cold/wet boots, desert boots (used in the Persian Gulf War), and antipersonnel mine blast protective boots. The estate of former director James Emerson owned about 57% of Wellco until it was bought by Golden Gate Capital and Integrity Brands in May 2007 and taken private.

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