Seiko Holdings (formerly Seiko Corp.) is way beyond its tradition of marking time -- whether it's wristwatches, clocks, or precision timing devices for athletic events. The corporation serves as a holding company for subsidiaries, such as Seiko Watch, maker of watches such as the Kinetic and Thermic series that generate power by the movement of the owner's wrist or body heat. The watchmaker also makes mass-market watch brands Pulsar and Lorus. Seiko Watch's other timepieces range from small bedside alarm clocks to large-scale public clocks. Seiko Holdings other subsidiaries include Seiko Clock, Seiko Instruments, Seiko Optical Products, Seiko Sports Life, and Seiko Precision. The Hattori family controls Seiko.

The studious-looking research types are likely to be at Procter & Gamble Technical Centers Limited. Also known as Rusham Park Technical Centre (RPTC), the division conducts research related to its parent's health and beauty care products. A subsidiary of consumer products giant Procter & Gamble (P&G) and one of nine research centers within Western Europe, the unit is involved in the development of the company's hair care products, skin care items and cosmetics, oral care products, fragrances, deodorants, and respiratory medicines. President Laurent Philippe succeeded Paul Polman, who retired in June 2005.

Vi-Jon has been keeping it clean for more than a century. The health and beauty care company makes such products as body washes, deodorants, lotions, mouth washes, shampoos, and soaps. It is primarily a private-label manufacturer for national retailer brands, but it also develops and markets its own brands, including Germ-X hand sanitizers and Inspector Hector oral care and hand soap products for kids. Its products are supplied to retailers, such as Kroger, Target, and Walgreens, across the US. Vi-Jon was originally founded as Peroxide Specialty Company in 1908 by John B. Brunner, grandfather of chairman and CEO John G. Brunner. The family-owned firm was acquired by investment firm Berkshire Partners in 2006.

HMU was founded by Dean Williams in 2001. HMU, LLC company makes remanufactured office work stations, focusing on the higher-end Herman Miller brand. It buys the cubicles from businesses, ships them to its facility, where the cubicles are dismantled and rebuilt. HMU's customers include colleges, hospitals, businesses, and government agencies. The company acquired Open Plan Systems, a remanufacturer of Herman Miller products, from The Supply Room Companies in 2008.

James Lock & Co. London's leading hatter, which was established in 1676, specializes in custom-fit headwear and holds files of impressions of clients' heads taken using a conformateur. From tweed caps to riding headwear, ladies summer hats to couture hats, and fedoras to top hats, James Lock hats can be found in leading shops throughout the world.

PPE was founded in 1969 by Ted Parker, who left the business to his twin sons, now-joint managing directors, Neil and Nigel Parker. PPE designs, manufactures, and sells point of-purchase merchandising products such as shelf-mounted brochure dispensers, in-store fixtures, and custom-built display systems. It has manufacturing operations in the UK and sells to retailers worldwide. In 2000 it acquired its biggest competitor, Point of Sale Centre, and has since purchased Interbin Storage and Display, as well as Dauman Displays International.

President and CEO Raymond Metzner, then a practicing veterinarian, started KV Vet Supply out of his garage in 1979. KV Vet Supply offers prescription and non-prescription medicines and veterinary supplies that are discounted and accessible. Sold through its Web site and numerous catalogs, KV Vet Supply's products are designed for domesticated pets (birds, cats, dogs), as well as cows, horses, sheep, and other livestock. It's KV HealthLinks catalog, which meets regulations set by the National Nutritional Foods Association, peddles products for humans the likes of Nature's Way Fisol, Promensil by Novogen, and Colostrum Plus Artho Formula.

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.

CA Botana International is a contract manufacturer of skin care products using sea extracts, plants, herbs, and vitamins. It carries more than 1,000 products (created from some 900 ingredients), which it packages for private label customers, such as dermatologists, spas, retail outlets, and plastic surgeons. The firm also sells its own brands, each designed to cater to different types of customers. The brands include Ambrosia (sun care, moisturizing agents), Doctor D. Schwab (anti-aging, herbal serums, cellulite/firming), and Sea Enzyme (face care, wellness products, hair care). Additionally, the company makes Botana Man and Miss Cabrosia fragrances.

Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation is an apparel company. The Company’s portfolio of brands includes its owned brands, Calvin Klein Collection, ck Calvin Klein, Calvin Klein, Van Heusen, IZOD, ARROW, G.H. Bass & Co., Bass, City of London, Bugatti and Eagle, and its licensed brands, Geoffrey Beene, BCBG Max Azria, BCBG Attitude, CHAPS, Sean John, Donald J. Trump Signature Collection, JOE Joseph Abboud, Kenneth Cole New York, Kenneth Cole Reaction, MICHAEL Michael Kors, Michael Kors Collection, DKNY, Tommy Hilfiger, Nautica, Ted Baker, Ike Behar, Valentino, Hart Schaffner Marx, Gianfranco Ruffini, Studio by Fumagalli’s, Zylos by George Machado, Jones New York and Timberland, as well as various private label brands. Its portfolio of licensed brands also includes J. Garcia, Claiborne, U.S. POLO ASSN. and Axcess. It designs and markets branded dress shirts, neckwear, sportswear, and footwear and other related products. Additionally, it licenses its owned brands over a range of products.

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