Pepsi Bottling Ventures (PBV) for one thing. The third-largest bottler of Pepsiproducts, PBV serves some 8 million consumers in North Carolina (home of its corporate headquarters) and also on Long Island, New York, as well as other East Coast states. PBV operates 28 bottling, distribution, and sales facilities located in Delaware, Idaho, Maryland, New York, North and South Carolina, and Vermont. The company's portfolio of more than 800 beverages includes Pepsi soft-drink brands, Aquafina bottled water, Starbucks coffee drinks, Tropicana juices, Gatorade isotonics, and Lipton teas. PBV is a joint venture of PepsiCo and Suntory Holdings.

Blauer Manufacturing literally covers the backs of those who cover others' backs each day. The company designs and makes high-tech uniforms for men and women in the police, fire safety, EMS, and other public safety and security industries. Blauer makes rain gear and other outerwear, shirts, pants, hats, and other work clothes. Its products are manufactured at the company's handful of US-based factories and sold through specialty stores. The founding Blauer family owns and operates the company.

Scott Pet Products wants it Pork Chomps to be the chew of choice for pets over rawhides. The company manufactures products for pets, including collars, feeding bowls, kennels and pet crates, sleeping mats, and baked pork skin chews named Pork Chomps. Scott Pet Products makes and markets birdseed, as well, that accounts for about a quarter of the company sales. The family-owned firm was established to make sporting dog collars in 1975. Its founder, T. E. Scott, has since passed the reins on to his son-in-law and daughter, Mike (CEO) and Kathy (marketing director) Bassett, who run the company today.

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.

Marietta makes miniatures -- those little packages of personal care amenities (soaps, dental and hair-care products, and other items) found in hotels and bed-and-breakfast inns. The company also distributes brand-name (Pantene, Vaseline, Yardley of London) and private-label (Fleur de Lis, Lord & Mayfair) products to gift shops, the health-care market, correctional institutions, and military bases. Using its sample-size packaging know-how, the company makes trial-size units for other companies' products, as well. Marietta went public in 1986. When corporate officers were convicted of fraud in 1996, it was acquired by BFMA Holding, which, in turn, sold the company to private equity firm Ares Management in 2004.

Empire Office is owned by the family of Abraham Gaslow, who founded it in 1946. Empire Office company's products -- which come from some 300 manufacturers -- range from cubicle workstations to products for the executive offices, including storage units, lighting, seating, case goods, and accessories. Empire Office also provides installation. Empire Office is one of the leading Steelcase furniture dealers in the US.

Silgan Holdings Inc. company was founded in 1987 and is based in Stamford, Connecticut. Silgan Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of metal and plastic consumer goods packaging products in North America, Europe, Asia, and South America. Its products include steel and aluminum containers for human and pet food; and custom designed plastic containers, tubes, and closures for personal care, health care, pharmaceutical, household and industrial chemical, food, pet care, agricultural chemical, automotive, and marine chemical products. The company also offers metal, composite, and plastic vacuum closures for food and beverage products. Silgan Holdings markets its products through direct sales force and a network of distributors primarily to consumer products companies.

Symphony Holdings provides contract manufacturing services in athletic and athletic leisure footwear and apparel. Footwear includes sports shoes, casual footwear, snow boots, sandals, infant shoes, work-safety shoes, and riding-boots. Symphony produces more than one million shoes per month. The company operates about 35 production lines in factories located in Panyu, Dongguan, and Zhongshan, China as well as in Vietnam. Symphony Holdings has diversified to establish a presence in apparel and shoe retail brands, including Pony, Haggar, and Speedo China. Yue Yuen Industrial is a majority shareholder in the company -- it controls more than 50% of Symphony.

The history of Berjaya Corporation dates back to 1984 when the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Vincent Tan Chee Yioun acquired a major controlling stake in Berjaya Industrial Berhad (formerly known as Berjaya Kawat Berhad) from the founders, Broken Hill Proprietary Ltd, Australia and National Iron & Steel Mills, Singapore. The shareholding change also resulted in a major change in the business, direction and the dynamic growth of a diversified conglomerate under the flagship of Berjaya Corporation Berhad.

Kangol Limited licenses its signature hats, footwear, and accessories (bags, watches) to be sold throughout North America, Europe, and Asia/Pacific. In addition to nearly 10 standalone stores in China, Japan, and South Korea, Kangol sells its designs through such specialty and department stores as Selfridges, Nordstrom, and Harrods. Founded in 1938 to make military berets in England, the brand is today enjoying popularity with the hip-hop community. The Kangol brand is owned by sporting goods retailer Sports Direct International (SDI).

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