The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. was founded in 1946 and is based in New York, New York. The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. engages in the manufacture, marketing, and sale of skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products worldwide. It offers skin care products, including moisturizers, creams, lotions, cleansers, sun screens, and self-tanning products; and makeup products, which consist of lipsticks, lip glosses, mascaras, foundations, eye shadows, nail polishes, and powders, as well as related items, such as compacts, brushes, and other makeup tools. The company provides its fragrances products in various forms, including sprays and colognes, lotions, powders, creams, and soaps. Its hair care products comprise hair color and styling products, shampoos, conditioners, and finishing sprays. The Estee Lauder Companies sells its products under the Estee Lauder, Aramis, Clinique, Prescriptives, Lab Series, Origins, M A C, Bobbi Brown, La Mer, Aveda, Jo Malone, Bumble and bumble, Darphin, American Beauty, Flirt!, Good Skin, Grassroots, and Ojon brand names. It also operates as a licensee for fragrances and/or cosmetics sold under the Tommy Hilfiger, Kiton, Donna Karan, Michael Kors, Sean John, Missoni, Daisy Fuentes, Tom Ford, and Mustang brand names. The company sells its products through department stores, specialty retailers, upscale perfumeries, pharmacies, salons, and spas, as well as through company-owned stores, spas, and Web sites; authorized retailer Web sites; stores on cruise ships; in-flight and duty-free shops; and self-select outlets.

Conair is a developer, manufacturer and marketer of health and beauty products and kitchen and electronic appliances. Since its founding in 1959, the company has become a leading manufacturer of nationally branded personal and health care small appliances. Today, divisions of Conair are among the most recognized and respected brands in small kitchen appliances and cookware. The company's domestic and international divisions offer a diversified mix of professional and consumer products under their own brand names and private labels. Conair brands are quickly becoming household names around the world. Conair is headquartered in East Windsor, New Jersey, with sales and marketing offices in Stamford, Connecticut. The company has large distribution centers in East Windsor, Phoenix, Arizona and a manufacturing facility in Rantoul, Illinois.

Telmark Packaging Corporation was founded in 1994. Telmark Packaging Corporation manufactures product packaging for a variety of companies, including Avon, Estee Lauder, Hartz Mountain, NeoStrata, and Revlon. In addition to product packaging, it also performs bulk manufacturing of nutritional supplements, over-the-counter medications, and private label cosmetics and fragrances.

Chairman and CEO Matthew Stuller founded Stuller, Inc. in 1969. Stuller makes and distributes fine jewelry, including diamonds and bridal jewelry, charms, colored stones, fabricated precious metals, jewelry supplies, and watch bands. The company serves more than 40,000 accounts throughout North America and abroad with some 200,000 different items. The jewelry wholesaler offers just-in-time delivery service to its clients. In 2007 the company launched a religious and family jewelry line. Stuller's manufacturing and administrative facilities (located in Louisiana) measure almost 600,000 sq. ft.

The world's #1 luggage maker, Samsonite makes softside and hardside suitcases, garment bags, and business cases under brand names such as Samsonite and American Tourister. The company also licenses its name for non-luggage products and dabbles in designer clothing. Samsonite makes travel gear (backpacks, duffel bags, wheeled luggage) for Timberland through a licensing agreement. It sells its products in more than 100 countries and through about 200 stores. Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners owns a majority stake in the ailing luggage maker.

OPI Products knows some women like to make a statement with their nails. The family-owned company is well known for whimsical nail polish names such as Not So Bora-Bora-ing Pink, I'm Not Really A Waitress, Chick Flick Cherry, and You Rock-apulco Red. It carries some 200 nail colors. In addition to nail polish, the company also makes nail care and skin care products, and color cosmetics sold primarily through salons and specialty beauty stores throughout the US and in about 70 foreign countries. The company's brands include Nail Envy, Avoplex, Feet, Garden Party, Avojuice, and Nicole.

Tom's of Maine hopes that natural health will lead to corporate wealth. The company has made its living, and its reputation, by selling its flagship toothpaste brand (responsible for more than half of company sales), as well as mouthwash, dental floss, deodorant, soap, and shaving cream made from natural ingredients and distributed in environmentally-friendly packaging. The firm gives 10% of its pre-tax profits to charitable organizations and encourages its employees to use 5% of their paid time doing volunteer work. CEO Tom Chappell and his wife, VP Kate Chappell, founded Tom's of Maine in 1970. Seeking entry into the specialty toothpaste market, Colgate acquired the company for about $100 million in 2006.

Multi-Pack LLC company is a third-party contract manufacturer of disposable cleaning products, such as wet wipes. It offers a variety of packaging, such as individual packs and a variety of coreless canisters. Multi-Pack also offers product development, testing, and formulation services. The company, founded in 1999, was acquired by Span Packaging Services, a subsidiary of Cloud Packaging Solutions LLC, in late 2005. The deal gave Cloud a deeper offering in towelette and wipe technology and, for Multi-Pack, deeper pockets for investing in future growth.

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).

IIMAK was founded in 1983 and is owned by management and investment firm Centre Partners. International Imaging Materials (IIMAK) makes inks, specialty papers, cartridges, and cassettes that are used by manufacturers, retailers, and shipping and distribution companies, as well as in medical applications. The company also makes ribbons for fax machines, bar-code machines, and ID card printers. IIMAK's thermal transfer ribbons are used to print tags and labels, in addition to making decals, signs, and other graphic art. Its customers include OEMs and distributors. Though headquartered in the US, IIMAK also has locations in Belgium, Brazil, and Mexico.

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