Fila USA, Inc company markets athletic shoes and sportswear to major US retailers (Foot Locker, Kohl's). To tout its products, it signs up the talents of professional athletes such as tennis stars James Blake and Jimmy Arias and musical acts such as hip-hop headliners Nas and the Wu-Tang Clan. With a history of high design in athletic shoes and sportswear, Fila had run down its image in lieu of a hodgepodge of athletic endorsements. The ailing US entity, along with other Fila global footwear and apparel units, was acquired by Fila Korea in 2007 from Sport Brands International (SBI). Fila Korea chairman Gene Yoon holds a 20% ownership stake.

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.

Beauty Gems Holdings was established in 1996. Beauty Gems Holdings Co., Ltd. company makes mostly rings featuring diamonds and semi-precious stones that are sold in Europe, Japan, Thailand, and the US. It sells jewelry through a few Beauty Gems stores and a dozen Beauty Diamond outlets located within the Central and Robinson department store chains in Thailand. As Thailand's biggest manufacturer and exporter of platinum jewelry, the group also exports about 95% of its diamonds. Intensified competition from producers in India, China, and Vietnam have prompted the company in recent years to fine-tune its talent.

The studious-looking research types are likely to be at Procter & Gamble Technical Centers Limited. Also known as Rusham Park Technical Centre (RPTC), the division conducts research related to its parent's health and beauty care products. A subsidiary of consumer products giant Procter & Gamble (P&G) and one of nine research centers within Western Europe, the unit is involved in the development of the company's hair care products, skin care items and cosmetics, oral care products, fragrances, deodorants, and respiratory medicines. President Laurent Philippe succeeded Paul Polman, who retired in June 2005.

Oral Health Products, Inc. company makes POH-brand toothbrushes, dental floss, and personal oral hygiene kits. Its floss is a multi-filament, high tenacity nylon yarn that's spun at 2-denier per filament and its toothbrushes are made using Dupont Tynex nylon. Oral Health Products also makes and markets the red tablets (Plaque Disclosing Tablets) used by dental offices to show where tartar has accumulated on a patient's teeth. The company, founded by the late Dr. Robert G. Jones in 1961, sells its products to dental offices and through pharmacies, drugstores, and natural food stores, such as Whole Foods Market.

Joseph Turner was founded by former number-cruncher Chris Legard in 1987. Joseph Turner is looking to expand its corrale of stylish devotees without bringing on the bricks. The tailored shirtmaker retails two-fold Egyptian cotton shirts and markets other items of apparel, including ties made of silk from Northern Italy; sterling-silver or gilt-plated cufflinks; cashmere and lamb-wool pullover sweaters made in Scotland; dress and casual shoes; and a variety of accessories. The company's retail operations include catalog and online sales; it does not retail through storefront shops.

Gitanjali Gems doesn't do things the old fashioned way. In an industry known for tradition and family-owned firms like DeBeers, the Indian newcomer has set tradition at naught. It sources, machine cuts and sets, and retails diamond and gem jewelry offering a dozen brands (Gili, Asmi, D'Damas, Rivaaz) across several retail channels, instead of trying to build the prestige of one name. Gitanjali has production plants in India, Thailand, Vietnam, and China with marketing outposts in Europe, Japan, and the US. Retail outlets include Gitanjali Lifestyle stores (1,200+), Samuels and Rogers in the US, mass merchants, and catalogs. The company has also launched a designer apparel label under the Gitanjali name.

Founded in 1973, DMI is a leading FDA registered manufacturer, filler, and packager of consumer products, including cosmetics, health and beauty aids, nutritional products and OTC pharmaceuticals. A single-source supplier for many of its customers, DMI’s full-service offerings feature product development, design, engineering, machine shop, comprehensive quality assurance, and turnkey programs. With a 275,000 sq. ft. facility in Wharton, NJ, DMI is proud that many of the largest names in the consumer products industry entrust DMI company with their business. DMI provides the global consumer marketplace with turnkey contract manufacturing, filling, and packaging solutions along with a wide range of products that include: Stretchcard Packaging, Blistercard Packaging, Thermoform Packaging, Anhydrous Products & Aqueous Products.

The Prada Group wants its customers to either shop for their products til they drop, or go broke trying. The company's success was born from the marriage of Miuccia Prada and Patrizio Bertelli and their leather goods and manufacturing businesses. Prada sells upscale apparel, shoes, fragrances, and accessories for men and women, as well as its less-pricey Miu Miu apparel line. The company operates more than 200 stores worldwide. With the devil being in the details, Prada has delayed multiple attempts to go public. Prada sold its Jil Sander business to Change Capital Partners in 2006 and its Helmut Lang operation to Link Theory Holdings. Prada boasts a Netherlands-domiciled parent company, Prada Holding N.V.

Scholar Craft Products wants to be at the head of the class and all around the room. Scholar Craft Products company manufactures classroom furnishings through its facilities in Alabama and Arkansas. Products include stacking and folding chairs, plastic chair desks, open-front and lift-lid desks, computer and activity tables, and teachers desks. In addition to supplying the education market, the firm makes rental and commercial products under the Scholar Craft Commercial name.

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