Founded in 1941, KI was bought in the 1980s by its managers, who later allowed the company's employees to buy its stock. KI is now 100% owned by its employees. Formerly known as Krueger International, KI makes ergonomic seating, cabinets, and other furniture used by businesses, health-care organizations, schools, and other institutions. KI offers everything from desks to daybeds, not to mention tables, filing systems, and even trash cans. KI operates manufacturing facilities in Canada and the US, and markets its products through sales representatives, furniture dealers, architects, and interior designers.

Smith & Vandiver started out as a lotion retailer in Santa Cruz, California, in 1970. Smith & Vandiver Corporation company helps to put "Ahh" in spa. Smith & Vandiver makes and markets foot care and spa items containing natural ingredients, such as shea butter, tea tree oil, and peppermint oil, as well as bath products, soaps, lip balms, and fragrances. The company's product lines are sold through more than 6,000 locations including specialty and gift retailers, as well as department stores.

Young's Market Company, founded in 1888, is in high spirits. The company is a major supplier of alcoholic beverages to the western US. Young's Market distributes wine and spirits for Bacardi and Brown-Forman, among other domestic and foreign distillers and winemakers. In California it distributes wines from Brown-Forman's Sonoma-Cutter Vineyards; it also handles domestic and imported beers. The Underwood family, relatives of the founding Young family, bought the company in 1990. The third generation of the family currently operates the company, with Jeff and Chris Underwood serving as co-CEOs.

Gieves & Hawkes has been outfitting Jeeveses (and their boss-hawks) for the past 200 years. Gieves & Hawkes is an exclusive Savile Row custom tailor. The company was founded at No. 1 Savile Row in 1785 (Gieves merged with Hawkes, which was founded in 1771) and has continued with the traditional way of hand-crafting suits ever since. It was also the first Savile Row tailor to make and (secretly) sell ready-to-wear suits in the 1920s. In 2003 the company launched Gieves, its own fashion collection and four spin-off stores with the same name. Its products are sold through about 80 stores in Europe and Asia. It is owned by USI Holdings, which is controlled by Wing Tai Holdings.

C-Care company, which operates as C-Care Full Filling Service, is a contract manufacturer of personal care products, including skin care (deodorants, liquid soaps, lotions and cremes), hair care (shampoos, conditioners, hair sprays and gels), and hair color products. The firm was established in 2000 and offers product formulation and research and development capabilities, as well as filling, capping, labeling, coding, and packaging services.

Trendway was founded in 1968 by chairman Don Heeringa. It has received media attention for supplying the chairs used by judges on the FOX Broadcasting series American Idol. Trendway Corporation designs and makes furniture and fixtures for offices, including those tight on space. Products include movable walls, seating, storage and filing cabinets, tables, desks, and other furnishings. The company's Power Arch series is a system of flexible columns and beams that helps to distribute power and data lines throughout an office. Among its customers are small businesses, large corporations, and government agencies.

Kracie Holdings (formerly Kanebo Trinity Holdings) is a veteran firm that knows diversification and doesn't mind changing its moniker. The company makes toiletries, pharmaceuticals, and food. Kracie's products vary from Prostyle hair styling product to Frisk chewing gum to Coccoapo A, an over-the-counter drug for the treatment of constipation and obesity. Kracie, formed in 1887, operates in Asia, Europe, North America, and South America. Kracie sold its cosmetics unit to household products maker Kao Corp. in 2006. Kanebo changed its name to Kracie Holdings in July 2007.

Founded in 1985, Tarrant is a leading provider of men's, women's and children's casual, private label apparel. The Company has strong relationships with specialty retail, mass merchants and national department stores. These include Chicos, Dillards, Macy*s, J.C. Penny, Kohl's, New York & Company, Sears, White House/Black Market, Mervyn's, Lane Bryant, Mother Works and Walmart. In addition, the Company produces finished garments for several international designer brands as well as its own brand, American RAG CIE. TAG sells to more than two dozen big-name retailers the likes of Kohl's, Chico's, New York & Company, Wal-Mart, Lane Bryant, and Charlotte Russe. It peddles its American Rag Cie brand to Macy's and Alain Weiz-labeled items through specialty and department stores.

Fibre-Craft Materials Corporation® has been a leader in the creative activities business for over 55 years. Established in 1953, Fibre-Craft® began by manufacturing wood fiber for handcrafting artificial flowers. Fibre-Craft expanded in 1959 to mass-market retail outlets for arts and crafts, floral supplies, doll supplies, and decorative accessories. Since then, Fibre-Craft have continued to grow into other areas, all the while taking care to maintain our high standards for quality and creativity. Today, stores across the world are proud to carry Fibre-Craft products.Fibre-Craft® has spent more than half a century earning its outstanding reputation for quality. Fibre-Craft invite you to compare Fibre-Craft products to any others in the crafting and creative activities business. You’ll see why Fibre-Craft customers insist on Fibre-Craft®, where Fibre-Craft put Fibre-Craft heart into all Fibre-Craft do!

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.

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