The Warnaco Group, Inc. company was founded in 1874 and is based in New York, New York. The Warnaco Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, sources, markets, licenses, and distributes intimate apparel, sportswear, and swimwear worldwide. It provides sportswear for men, women, and juniors, such as jeans wear, knit and woven shirts, tops, and outerwear; intimate apparel, including bras, panties, sleepwear, loungewear, shape wear, and daywear for women, and underwear, briefs, boxers, T-shirts, loungewear, and sleepwear for men; and swimwear for men, women, juniors, and children comprising swim accessories and fitness and active apparel. The company offers its products primarily under the Calvin Klein, Speedo, Chaps, Warneres, and Olga brand names. The company distributes its products principally to wholesale customers through department stores, independent retailers, chain stores, membership clubs, specialty and other stores, mass merchandisers, and the Internet. As of January 3, 2009, it operated 902 Calvin Klein retail stores worldwide consisting of 88 full price free-standing stores, 83 outlet free-standing stores, 1 on-line store, and 730 shop-in-shop/concession stores, as well as operated 1 Speedo on-line store. It also had 586 Calvin Klein retail stores operated by third parties under retail licenses or franchise and distributor agreements.

SilkSkin has shed its old name, California Cosmetics, for the brand it's best known for. Founded by longtime Hollywood makeup artist Bob Sidell, SilkSkin offers a skin care system by the same moniker through mail order and online. The company makes a line of more than 80 products that include hair care, anti-aging skin care, bath and body products, and makeup. President and CEO Sidell began his career on the set of The Waltons and later worked with Dolly Parton, Drew Barrymore, Heather Locklear, Jaclyn Smith, Joan Collins, and Kathleen Turner. In addition to its new name, the company moved into a new distribution center in Las Vegas and unveiled a new logo in 2008.

Beiersdorf is a master of soft sell. Its NIVEA line of skin care products (#1 in Europe) helped the company expand into color cosmetics and shaving products. Other body care brands include such items as Labello, 8x4, Florena, JUVENA, and la prairie. Beiersdorf also makes and markets bandages, surgical gloves, disinfectants, and dermatological skin care products (such as Hansaplast and Eucerin). Under the tesa name, it offers tapes and adhesives for home, office, and industrial settings. German insurer Allianz sold its 44% of Beiersdorf to coffee and cigarette firm Tchibo Holding, to add to Tchibo's 30%. Chairman Rolf Kunisch retired in May 2008; Thomas-Bernd Quaas replaced him.

KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois. KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation produces unbleached kraft paper and lightweight linerboard in the United States, and also ships its products to international markets. The company offers a portfolio of paper grades to convert paper into various products, including multiwall bags for agricultural products, pet food, cement, and chemicals; grocery bags; and specialty conversion products, such as wrapping paper products and rollwrap. It also offers linerboard for use in manufacturing corrugated containers for packaging products; DuraSorb saturating kraft to manufacture decorative laminates; and Kraftpak folding carton board for use in the manufacture of folding cartons. The company also sells its products in Europe, South America, and Asia.

Kimberly-Clark Corporation was founded in 1872 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Kimberly-Clark Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and marketing of health and hygiene products worldwide. The company operates in four segments: Personal Care, Consumer Tissue, K-C Professional & Other, and Health Care. The Personal Care segment provides disposable diapers, training and youth pants, and swimpants; baby wipes; and feminine and incontinence care products, and related products. It offers its products primarily for household use under various brand names, including Huggies, Pull-Ups, Little Swimmers, GoodNites, Kotex, Lightdays, Depend, and Poise. The Consumer Tissue segment offers facial and bathroom tissue, paper towels, napkins, and related products for household use under the Kleenex, Scott, Cottonelle, Viva, Andrex, Scottex, Hakle, and Page brands.The K-C Professional & Other segment offers facial and bathroom tissue, paper towels, napkins, wipers, and a range of safety products for the away-from-home marketplace under Kimberly-Clark, Kleenex, Scott, WypAll, Kimtech, KleenGuard, and Kimcare brand names. The Health Care segment offers disposable health care products, such as surgical gowns, drapes, infection control products, sterilization wraps, face masks, exam gloves, respiratory products, and other disposable medical products under the brand names, including Kimberly-Clark and Ballard. The company sells its products to household market, supermarkets, mass merchandisers, drugstores, warehouse clubs, variety and department stores, retail outlets, manufacturing, lodging, office building, food service, health care establishments, and high volume public facilities. It markets its products through wholesalers, distributors, and direct sales.

Bollman Hat Company is going to bowl anyone over with a Bowler, but the company can still keep your head warm, protected from the sun, and stylish to boot. It sells a variety of hats and hat collections under brands, including Timberland (licensed) and Kangol (licensed); it owns the Bailey, Country Gentleman, Eddy Bros., Helen Kaminski, Ignite, PANTROPIC, and Plaza Suite brands, among others. Bollman, which was founded in 1868, sells its hats in more than 55 countries around the world. In 1985 company management bought the firm from the founding Bollman family.

L'Occitane (pronounced "lox-ee-tahn") makes body and skin care, men's grooming items, hair care, and home fragrances using natural ingredients from the Provence area. It owns Olivier & Co., an olive oil producer and retailer, and operates subsidiaries in the US, Hong Kong, and the UK. Products, most of which have Braille labels, include anti-aging creams, shea butter lip balms and hand creams, orange nutmeg incense sticks, Lavender Harvest fragrance, and the L'Oranger line. Clarins holds a 23% stake in the firm, which gets its name from the ancient province that once stretched across the south of France.

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.

American Seating was the first company to manufacture the combination student desk and chair unit when it was founded under the name Grand Rapids School Furniture in 1886. American Seating wants you to be comfortable and take at least one of its seats. A leading manufacturer of seating for a variety of industries, the company has furnished offices, public transportation, schools, auditoriums and stadiums, and entertainment venues such as Busch Stadium in St. Louis and the Tabor Opera House in Colorado. The company sells its products in the US and Canada.

Office Star Products Company makes ready-to-assemble (RTA) furniture (chairs and seating alternatives, tables, filing cabinets, and decorative shelving) primarily for home offices and waiting rooms. Office Star's brand names include Pro-Line II, Work Smart, OSP Designs, and SPACE. The company's products are sold throughout the US at retail and wholesale chains, as well as regional home furnishings dealers. The company has manufacturing and warehousing facilities in the state of California.

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