Avlon Industries, Inc. company was founded in 1984 by chemist Dr. Ali Syed, who serves as Avlon's president. Avlon Industries company, a hair-care product maker, specializes in treatments for ethnic hair. Products include relaxer and conditioning systems, permanent wave and professional coloring lines, and maintenance and styling items sold under names such as Affirm, Ferm, FiberGuard, KeraCare, and MoisturColor. Avlon's products are available for purchase through professional salons in the US and Canada. The company also has offices in Brazil, South Africa, and the UK to facilitate distribution to Latin America, Africa, and Europe.

Leebern founded Georgia Crown as Columbus Wine Company Distributor in 1938, the same year Georgia prohibition was repealed. After the first rail shipment of legal liquor was received, someone -- reportedly the Dixie Mafia -- murdered him. Today the family-owned company distributes beer, wine, liquor, bottled water, juices, and soft drinks to Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee. The bottler also distributes its brand of bottled water, Melwood Springs. CEO Donald Leebern Jr. is the grandson of the company's founder. The Leebern family still owns the business.

Delta Galil Industries Ltd. provides fashion and basic apparel to address a range of price points for a range of customers. It provides customers with customized vertical solutions, which encompass every stage of production, from initial design and development through manufacture of fabrics, accessories and garments to logistics, distribution and replenishment. Its product offering encompasses intimate apparel, underwear, socks, leisurewear, nightwear and active-wear for men, ladies, and children. It supplies private label garments for global retailers, produces branded garments for various brands, and manufactures and distributes licensed products. Its major markets are the United States, the United Kingdom, Continental Europe and Israel. Its customer list encompasses global brands, such as Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, Hugo Boss, Nike, Puma and others, as well as retailers, such as Marks & Spencer, Wal-Mart, J.C.Penney, Target, Victoria's Secret, Hema, Carrefour and others.

International Absorbents, Inc. was founded in 1983 and is based in North Vancouver, Canada. International Absorbents, Inc., through its subsidiary, Absorption Corp., engages in developing, manufacturing, and marketing animal care and industrial cleanup absorbent products made from off-specification and reclaimed cellulose fibers primarily in North America and internationally. It offers small animal bedding made from cellulose fiber under the CareFRESH, CareFRESH Colors, and CareFRESH Ultra brands; cat litters under the Healthy Pet brand; dog litter products under the Puppy Go Potty brand; and small animal pet bedding under the Healthy Pet and Critter Care brands in the grocery and/or mass merchandiser distribution channels. The company also manufactures loose particulate, pillows, socks, booms, pads, and spill kits for use in spill clean up and plant maintenance in the manufacturing, repair, and operations marketplace; cellulose universal absorbents used to absorb various types of liquids, including oil, water, and chemicals; and floor sweeps made from waste paper fiber. In addition, it distributes small animal food products to pet stores under the Russel Rabbit, Gerty Guinea Pig, and Reggie Rat brands. International Absorbents, Inc. markets its industrial cleanup sorbent products under the Absorbent GP, Absorbent W, SpillSorb, and Spill-Dri trade names. The company offers its products through distributors to general merchandise and pet supply retailers.

Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing makes Dickies-brand khaki pants, bib overalls, jeans, women's and children's apparel, and Workrite safety uniforms. It also makes apparel and footwear for work and outdoor use under the Kodiak and Terra names. Its work clothes, originally tailored for the blue-collar set, have come back into fashion with teens, which account for a growing portion of sales. Its products are sold worldwide through retailers (Academy, Wal-Mart), directly to businesses, and through its Work Authority stores. It was founded in 1922 by the Williamson family, which still owns the company. Dickies acquired Kodiak Group Holdings in April 2008.

Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc. (Schweitzer-Mauduit) is a diversified producer of premium specialty papers and the world’s largest supplier of fine papers to the tobacco industry. Schweitzer-Mauduit conducts business in over 90 countries and employs approximately 3,600 people worldwide, with operations in the United States, France, Brazil, Indonesia, the Philippines and Canada and with a joint venture under construction in China. Schweitzer-Mauduit became an independent public company on December 1, 1995 with the spin-off by Kimberly-Clark Corporation of its United States, French and Canadian operations that produced tobacco-related products. Schweitzer-Mauduit is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol SWM.Schweitzer-Mauduit’s manufacturing facilities have a long history of producing paper dating back to 1545. The Company’s domestic mills led the development of the North American tobacco-related papers manufacturing industry, which was originated by Peter J. Schweitzer, Inc. that began as an importer of cigarette papers from France in 1908.

Kolmar Labs Group company (formerly known as Outsourcing Services Group) is a contract manufacturer of cosmetics and personal care products, as well as over-the-counter pharmaceuticals. It operates through two subsidiaries: Kolmar Laboratories, which makes cosmetics, bath and hair products, and OTC health products; and Acupac Packaging, a specialty manufacturer focused on single-use consumer products, such as moist towelettes, sample packs, and dissolvable thin films (for example, breath strips). Both companies assist clients with the entire product development process, from conceptualization and formulation to testing, packaging, and distribution.

Elizabeth Arden, Inc., a prestige beauty products company, sells fragrances, and skin care and cosmetic products to retailers and other outlets in the United States and internationally. The company offers various fragrance products for men and women, including perfumes, colognes, eau de toilette, eau de parfum, body sprays, and gift sets, as well as bath and body products based on a particular fragrance, such as soaps, deodorants, body lotions, gels, creams, and dusting powder. It sells its fragrance products under various brands, such as Elizabeth Taylor's White Diamonds and Passion, curious Britney Spears, fantasy Britney Spears and Britney Spears believe, with Love...Hilary Duff, Danielle by Danielle Steel, M by Mariah Carey, Usher, Curve, Giorgio Beverly Hills, Lucky, PS Fine Cologne for Men, Design and White Shoulders, Juicy Couture, Badgley Mischka, Rocawear, Alberta Ferretti, Alfred Sung, Nannette Lepore, Geoffrey Beene, Halston, Bob Mackie, and GANT primarily to department stores, mass retailers, distributors, perfumeries, boutiques, and travel retail outlets.Elizabeth Arden company's skin care products include moisturizers, creams, lotions, and cleansers, which are sold under the Ceramide, PREVAGE, Eight Hour Cream, and Intervene brands. It sells its skin care products primarily in prestige department and specialty stores, perfumeries, and travel retail outlets. The company's cosmetic products consist of the Elizabeth Arden brand foundations, lipsticks, mascaras, eye shadows, and powders that are sold primarily in prestige and specialty stores, perfumeries, and travel retail outlets. Elizabeth Arden, Inc. also sells its products through its e-commerce site at elizabetharden.com.

Founded and run by brothers Steve and Rick Billig, Billig Jewelers is a high-end jewelry manufacturer and retailer that sells bracelets, earrings, engagement rings, and more. The Billigs opened a tiny retail store specializing in silver cable bracelets in the 1980s. Today, the company's handcrafted pieces of jewelry are sold in their own stores, as well as through the Billig Jewelers' Web site. S&R Designs, the jewelry designing arm of the company, targets customers who frequently purchase new jewelry and are interested in keeping up with the latest trends.

Owner Charlie Clifford founded Tumi, Inc. in 1975 after a Peace Corps stint in Peru. Tumi company is named after an Incan god of medicine, and has been a unit of Doughty Hanson & Co. since 2004. The high-end designer and manufacturer of such travel accessories as prestige suitcases, backpacks, garment bags, totes, and travel kits, specializes in corporate travelers whose cargo is arguably precious (the company has its own tracking system for retrieving lost bags). Tumi distributes its luggage in the US and abroad through some 50 of its own retail stores, its Web site, other specialty stores, and partnerships with hotel chain Starwood and luxury cruise line Seabourn.

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