Smead Manufacturing Company was founded in 1906 by Charles Smead. After his death, the company was purchased by an employee (P. A. Hoffman) whose granddaughter, Sharon Avent, is president and CEO. Smead Manufacturing wants to keep its customers organized. Accordingly, it makes a variety of paper-related and software products to organize and manage offices. Smead's first product, a bandless expandable file, is still among the more than 5,000 items it makes for retail sale in office supply stores nationwide (including Office Depot). Offerings range from hanging folders, labels, and binder covers to SmeadSoft software, which manages hard copy and computerized documents.

Swat Fame designs and manufactures denim, sportswear, and dresses for juniors, girls, and contemporary markets. Its brand portfolio includes See Thru Soul, Kut Kollection, Kut from the Kloth, Bu from Malibu, Underground Soul, and Indigo Royalty. Swat Fame's collections are sold through US department stores, including Bloomingdale's, Dillard's, Von Maur, Buckle, Windsors, Arden B., Macy's, Nordstrom, J. C. Penney, and Kohl's, as well as through specialty retailers such as Charlotte Russe.

CEO James LaCrosse and director Norma Johnston own National Wine & Spirits, which was founded in 1934. National Wine & Spirits is one of the Midwest's largest wine and liquor distributors. Serving 36,000 locations with its fleet of 350 delivery vehicles, the company distributes to restaurants, liquor stores, and beverage retailers in Indiana and Michigan. The distributor carries more than 120,000 products and its suppliers include Fortune Brands (Jim Beam), Diageo (Bailey's), and Beringer Blass Wine Estates.

Oxford Industries, Inc. company is a top US manufacturer of brand name and private-label clothing and footwear, as well as a retailer in the US and the UK. Its Tommy Bahama business makes branded men's and women's casual attire and operates more than 80 stores in the US. Its Ben Sherman unit boasts some 30 UK stores. Oxford also produces designer men's clothing, including golfwear, under license from Tommy Hilfiger, Nautica, Oscar de la Renta, and others. Oxford's customers include national and regional specialty stores, direct retailers, and department stores. Macy's, Nordstrom, and Debenhams were Oxford's biggest customers in 2008.

Sellstrom Manufacturing Co. was founded in 1923 by G.E. Sellstrom and his wife, Ellen, as Excell Sales Company. Sellstrom Manufacturing company provides protective wear and related products to do-it-yourselfers, as well as corporations, schools, and hospitals. Sellstrom's product line includes eye, face, knee, and head protection (goggles, face shields, knee pads, and hard hats), welding protection (filters and helmets), fall protection (harnesses, lanyards, and lifeline systems) and emergency eye washers and showers.

Founded by Elbert Allen in 1922, Allen-Edmonds Shoe Corporation was sold to Goldner Hawn Johnson & Morrison in 2006 for $123 million. Allen-Edmonds' shoes stand their ground in the US. Maker of high-end men's dress and casual shoes, boots, belts, leather care goods, and hosiery, Allen-Edmonds makes most of its shoes in Maine and Wisconsin, resisting the trend of moving production abroad. Its shoes are handmade by skilled craftsmen, and Allen-Edmonds is known for its full range of shoe sizes for men. The company also offers a namesake cologne. Its products are sold in more than 25 company-owned stores in the US, Belgium, and Italy, as well as in department stores (Nordstrom), other specialty retailers, online and by catalog.

Rock-Tenn was founded in 1936 and is headquartered in Norcross, Georgia. Rock-Tenn Company manufactures and sells packaging products, recycled paperboard, containerboard, bleached paperboard, and merchandising displays worldwide. Rock-Tenn Company's Consumer Packaging segment offers folding cartons for packaging applications; express mail envelopes for the overnight courier industry; coated recycled and bleached paperboard for folding carton and other paperboard product manufacturers; and market pulp. This segment employs printing technologies, and supports customers with new product development, graphic design, and packaging systems services. Its Corrugated Packaging segment manufactures linerboard and corrugated medium, corrugated sheets and packaging, and preprinted linerboard for industrial and consumer product, and corrugated box manufacturers; converts corrugated sheets into corrugated products; and provides structural design and engineering services.Rock-Tenn's Merchandising Displays segment produces temporary and permanent promotional point-of-purchase displays for consumer products companies; offers contract packing services; and produces lithographic laminated packaging. Its Specialty Paperboard Products segment sells specialty recycled paperboard to solid fiber interior packaging, tube and core, and other paperboard product manufacturers; produces gypsum paperboard liner; and converts specialty paperboard into book cover and laminated paperboard products for use in furniture, automotive components, storage, and industrial products. This segment also offers fiber partitions, such as solid fiber partitions for glass container manufacturers and producers of beer, food, wine, spirits, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals; die-cut paperboard components; and specialty agricultural packaging for fruit and vegetable markets, and sheeted separation products, as well as sells recovered paper to paperboard, tissue, newsprint, roofing product, and insulation manufacturers.

Age Group makes and markets sleepwear, lingerie, and underwear under the brand name Of the Moment, as well as apparel and accessories under licensed names including Hello Kitty, Disney, Roca Wear, and American Tourister, and others. A leading wholesaler, Age Group also manufactures and designs pet accessories, including an exclusive line of pet apparel, bedding, and grooming supplies under the Martha Stewart brand, for sale in PetSmart stores. The company's products are distributed through large-scale department stores nationwide. Age Group's age? The company has been in the design and manufacturing business for more than 25 years.

CEO and owner Renzo Rosso founded Diesel in 1978. Diesel jeans are considered high-octane by some in the fashion-forward set. Despite noxiously high prices, Diesel takes pride in producing unusual yet modish men's and women's casual wear. The company also makes sportswear and kids' clothes, and its name is licensed to makers of jewelry, watches, leather goods (handbags, wallets), eyewear, fragrances (Only the Brave, Fuel for Life), and footwear. Diesel's products are sold in more than 80 countries through department stores and specialty retailers, as well as at about 400 company-owned Diesel stores globally. The company also markets its goods through catalogs.

James Avery Craftsman, Inc. company got its start in 1954 when James Avery, himself, set up shop in a two-car garage with about $250 in capital. James Avery Craftsman is a leading jewelry designer, manufacturer, and retailer in the US, mostly throughout the southern states. Its jewelry collection, numbering some 1,100 designs and 14,000 items made in sterling silver, 14-, and 18-karat yellow and white gold, and gemstones, is sold through about 200 independent retailers and about 50 of its own stores in Colorado, Georgia, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Texas. James Avery also sells its products through a catalog and via the Internet.

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