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.

"Avon calling" -- calling for a younger crowd, overseas reps, and improved global operational efficiencies. Avon Products, the world's largest direct seller of cosmetics and beauty-related items, is busy building a global brand and enticing customers younger than its typical middle-aged buyers. Direct selling remains the firm's "modus operandi", but sales also come from catalogs and a Web site. Its products include cosmetics, fragrances, toiletries, jewelry, apparel, home furnishings, and more. Avon boasts about 5.8 million independent representatives. With sales operations and distribution in some 110 countries and territories, the firm has expanded on a multiyear turnaround plan launched in late 2005.

Bulova is working to keep perfect time in the watch industry. It sells watches, clocks, and timepiece parts under brands such as Accutron and Wittnauer (luxury), Bulova (mid-priced), and Caravelle (lower-priced), as well as licensed Harley-Davidson and Frank Lloyd Wright styles. The firm also sells miniature collectible clocks, mostly under the Bulova name, and has expanded its licensing efforts to include items such as eyewear. Bulova peddles its products primarily through department and jewelry stores, mostly in the US. It has offices in Canada, Mexico, Switzerland, and the Far East. The Tisch brothers' holding company, Loews, bought Bulova in 1979 and sold it in 2008 to rival Citizen.

Elizabeth Arden, Ltd. is more than a little ardent about its beauty products. The London-based subsidiary of Elizabeth Arden, Inc., Elizabeth Arden Ltd. boasts a sole retail outlet that's situated at the same spot as the company's headquarters. The subsidiary also runs a Red Door Spa at the same location. The cosmetics and scents company creates fragrances and cosmetics specifically for its UK clientele. In 2009 parent Elizabeth Arden launched a fragrance under the licensed Alberta Ferretti name for European markets. Elizabeth Arden Ltd. makes the UK-distributed fragrance, Green Tea Summer. Elizabeth Arden, Ltd. first opened its famed red door to the UK in 1997.

Prestige Cosmetics makes cosmetics under the Prestige and Prestige Studio Make-Up brand names, as well as under private labels for retailers. Its products include lipstick, cosmetic pencils, lip gloss, powder, eye shadow, blush, concealers, mascara, foundation, and nail polish. Prestige markets its products to mass merchandisers (including Sears and Wal-Mart), drugstores, and supermarkets in the US and about 45 other countries. It operates a plant in Florida and sells its products to distributors in Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, and South America. Co-founders and brothers Jacques and Gabriel Cohen own the company.

Laboratoires Druide was founded in 1979 by its president, Alain Renaud. Laboratories Druide comes from an old, old school of skin care. The Quebec-based Druide makes and markets natural body care, hair care, baby care, and skin care products, as well as soaps, massage creams, lipstick, sunscreen, and anti-mosquito citronella products. The company claims to have invented the "first" (perhaps since the Druids) ecological (i.e., without any chemical) skin care products. Ingredients include materials such as plant extractions, goat's milk and shea butter, and can be purchased through specialty skin care retailers the world over, as well as through the company's Web site.

Del Laboratories company makes a variety of personal care products, including cosmetics (lipsticks, powders), nail colors, hair removers, beauty implements (tweezers, eyelash curlers), and skin care products (creams, scrubs). Del Labs' beauty supplies are marketed under the Sally Hansen, LaCross, and N.Y.C. New York Color brand names. Its products are available at mass merchandisers (Wal-Mart, Target) and major drugstore chains (CVS, Walgreen) throughout North America, as well as online. Del Laboratories company also distributes its goods to more than 40 other countries. Del Labs is owned by fragrance-and-beauty giant Coty.

Welcome to FLAX art & design. The Flax family has enjoyed serving the creative community in the Bay Area through Flax San Francisco retail store since 1938. Over the years, Flax become well known for carrying an incredible breadth of product (over 40,000 items), providing you with a courteous and knowledgeable staff, and Flax ability to inspire creativity through the thoughtful presentation of merchandise. Flax are a fun place to shop, and as one customer said, Flax are a "candy store for the creative." Whether you are the creative one, or you are shopping for someone who is, Flax know you'll enjoy yourself and find what you're looking for.

Inscape is a leading designer and manufacturer of innovative solutions for today’s constantly evolving workplace. Headquartered in Holland Landing, Canada, Inscape serves its clients through a network of dealers and independent representatives supported by state-of-the-art showrooms across North America.Founded in 1888 in Rochester, New York, as Office Specialty™, the company forged an early reputation for reliable, high-quality filing and storage products. Expanding its offerings while maintaining top-quality design and manufacturing standards, Office Specialty™ grew steadily throughout the 20th century before becoming a public corporation in 1997 (TSX: INQ) and officially adopting the name Inscape in 1999.Today, amid growing complexity in office environments, Inscape helps its customers keep things simple. Providing precision-engineered products that emphasize compatibility, adaptability and integration, Inscape is dedicated to meeting the visual and functional demands of any workplace while minimizing ongoing investment even as business needs change. Inscape’s overall portfolio includes an array of innovative, configurable product and service solutions that combine to produce office environments characterized by optimized efficiency and enhanced organization.

Levi's wants to be just as riveting and indispensable to its customers overseas as it is to those in the US. Levi Strauss Europe, Middle East and North Africa (LSEMA) is a regional arm of Levi Strauss & Co. The apparel firm designs and manufactures men's and women's clothing, including its various brands of Levi's jeans, Dockers slacks, and Levi Strauss Signature items. It distributes and sells its clothing through big-box stores, department stores, and specialty shops. The company operates some 10 sales offices and 10 production and distribution centers. President Paul Mason left the firm in February 2006; Armin Broger took the same position a year later.

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