Panoptx Inc. company manufactures performance eyewear -- a combination of protection goggles and sunglasses -- under the 7Eye brand name. Its target audience is sports enthusiasts from skiers to bikers whose eyes are routinely subject to intensified sun glare. The company's Web site offers a build-your-own feature, which allows customers to choose a variety of frame styles and lens colors suitable for the user's chosen sport. The eyewear, also available with prescription lenses, is sold through opticians and specialty stores such as Harley-Davidson throughout the US.

SoftSheen/Carson Products is keeping the shine on its ethnic beauty. The company is one of the world's leading makers of ethnic hair care and beauty products, including shampoos, conditioners, gels, hair straighteners, relaxers, and shaving products. Its brands include Let's Jam, Baby Love, Optimum Care, Dark and Lovely, Magic Shave, and Weave Care. Founded in 1964 by Edward and Bettiann Gardner, SoftSheen was the largest African-American-owned beauty products company in the country until its acquisition in 1998 by L'Oréal USA, a division of French cosmetics giant L'Oréal. Carson was a subsidiary of L'Oréal USA before being merged with SoftSheen in 2000.

Pet Central, Inc. company makes a variety of Waggers-brand natural dog treats that are low-fat and wheat-free. The line includes Champion Chips training treats and Wag n' Go gift packs, as well as its core products in flavors such as Hearty Stew, PB Roundies, and Savory Casserole. Its products are available online through retailers such as petfooddirect.com and sitstay.com. They're also sold through retailers the likes of Cabela's. Pet Central was founded by company president and CEO Steve Fraley and his wife, Susan. The couple was recognized by partner company Invisible Fence for donating pet oxygen masks to area fire departments in 2008.

Bare Escentuals company, which rolled out its bareMinerals makeup brand in 1976 along with its first retail store, develops, markets, and sells natural cosmetics, skin care, and body care items. Brand names include bareMinerals, Buxom, md formulations, RareMinerals, and its namesake line. Bare Escentuals sells its products in the US through about 100 company-owned shops, 800 beauty product retailers, and 1,500 spas and salons. It also has distributors in Canada, Japan, and the UK, among other European countries. Formerly STB Beauty, the company changed its name to Bare Escentuals in 2006.

Earth Sun Moon Trading Company, Inc. makes and sells screen-printed T-shirts and hats decorated with one-liners and nature-inspired themes (such as dogs and cats, gardening, sports, camping, and more). Its products are sold through more than 7,000 specialty retailers (including museums, aquariums, zoos, national parks, campgrounds, tourist attractions, and general gift shops) in the US and abroad. It also sells T-shirts online. Earth Sun Moon Trading began operations in 1996.

Montres Rolex makes watches recognized worldwide as accurate, durable, expensive, and often-imitated. Founded by Hans Wilsdorf in 1905, the Swiss company is credited with making the wristwatch popular. Rolex -- the first to create a waterproof, airtight, and dustproof watch -- makes men's and women's watches, stopwatches, pocket watches, and clocks. Its brands include Explorer II, Day-Date, Yacht-Master, GMT-Master II, Cosmograph Daytona, Submariner, and others. Its gold, bronze, and stainless steel watches are available with diamonds or other precious stones. Rolex watches are only sold through authorized Rolex dealers.

Ergodyne Corporation company, founded in 1983, is owned by president and CEO Tom Votel. Ergodyne helps to ease the pain for those tenacious folks who make a living in the trenches. The company provides personal protection products and comfort accessories to commercial, industrial, and institutional customers worldwide. Its offerings include equipment bags, eyewear and ID lanyards, elbow and back supports, gloves and kneepads, and personal heating and cooling apparel. Brands include ProFlex, Arsenal Equipment Storage Systems, Chill-Its, Squids, and GloWear, which features high-visibility vests and clothing for construction workers.

Founded in 1979, Katun is the world’s largest supplier of OEM-compatible imaging supplies, photoreceptors, and parts for the office equipment industry. We serve more than 18,000 customers in more than 150 countries from our headquarters in Minneapolis and dozens of worldwide locations.Katun wants you to exercise your options -- to not buy OEM parts. The company designs and makes alternative parts and supplies for copiers, printers, and fax machines. Other sales come from toner cartridges, drums, and rollers. Also included among Katun's more than 6,000 products are ink jet cartridges, thermal ribbons, ball bearings, and tools -- many for products made by companies such as Hewlett-Packard and Canon.

Slimma plc is engaged in the manufacture, marketing and wholesale of ladieswear. The Company's portfolio includes the Premier collection, the Exclusive collection and the Lingerie collection. The Premier collection brands include Frank Usher, Dusk, Coterie and Quintesse. It designs, sources the manufacture of and wholesale ladies’ ready-to-wear occasion wear and accessories to department stores and independent shops in over 30 countries worldwide. The Exclusive collection includes the designing, subcontracting the manufacture of and the distribution of branded ladies’ wear collections, including Peter Martin, Slimma and Cattiva, to independent ladies’ shops in the United Kingdom, Eire and the United States. Its Lingerie Collection includes Splendour, a range of lingerie products offering solutions for the special occasion outerwear, and Beau Bra, a range of feminine lingerie. In December 2008, the Company acquired two brands, Michel Ambers and Claudia Stevens.

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.

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