Founded in 1980, Set-N-Me-Free Aloe Vera Co. is a top maker of aloe vera skin care products in the Pacific Northwest. It peddles its products through spas and salons nationwide, as well as through its own Web site. Aloe can't get you out of jail, but according to this company, it can set you free. Set-N-Me-Free Aloe Vera Co. is a personal care and pet care products manufacturer. The company specializes in making and selling items that contain 100% US-grown aloe vera. Set-N-Me-Free Aloe Vera Co. offers body and skin care (body wash, bath milk), hair care, sun care, body wraps, and herbal supplements. Its pet care items include dog shampoos and lotions.

Oakley, Inc. company, founded in 1975, also makes and markets a line of footwear, as well as watches, apparel, and accessories. Eyewear behemoth Luxottica acquired Oakley in 2007. Oakley makes high-performance sunglasses and goggles for sports and fashion enthusiasts in more than 110 countries. Its vast products portfolio spans the mid-level to upscale range and features high-tech designs, including interchangeable, high-optical clarity lenses and damage resistance. Oakley runs a handful of its own stores (O Stores and Oakley Vault) and others -- totaling more than 220 global locations. It also sells its wares at Dillard's, Sunglass Hut, and specialty retail outlets.

American Nutrition, Inc. was founded in 1972 by the late Jack Behnken. American Nutrition company makes more than 300,000 tons of dry and wet food and snacks for dogs and cats annually. Its products are sold under such brand names as Atta Boy, Atta Cat, Basic Plus, Natural Harmony, and Vita Bone. ANI also produces premium biodegradable cat litter. In addition to making its own products for dogs and cats, the company provides contract pet food manufacturing services. It operates production facilities in Arizona, Utah, and Washington.

Founded in 1761 as a pencil factory, the company is owned and managed by eighth-generation family member Count Anton Wolfgang von Faber-Castell. Faber-Castell the world's oldest manufacturer of writing instruments, makes nearly 2 billion pencils a year. Its Graf von Faber-Castell line of premium fountain and roller pens sell for up to $800; a limited edition commands nearly $2,000. The company also makes artist-quality coloring pencils and pastels, as well as markers, technical drawing pencils, and products for children (crayons, pencils). Its products are sold in more than 100 countries. Faber-Castell has manufacturing centers in Europe, South America, and the Asia-Pacific region.

AptarGroup, Inc. was founded in 1992 and is based in Crystal Lake, Illinois. AptarGroup, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells product dispensing systems. It operates in three segments: Beauty & Home, Closures, and Pharma. The Beauty & Home segment primarily sells pumps and aerosol valves, and accessories to the personal care, household, and food/beverage markets; pumps and decorative components to the fragrance/cosmetic market; and fragrance/cosmetic and personal care fine mist spray pumps, personal care lotion pumps, and continuous spray aerosol valves. The Closures segment provides dispensing closures and non-dispensing closures primarily to the personal care, food/beverage, and household markets. The Pharma segment offers pumps and metered dose inhaler valves for allergy, cold, or flu treatments to the pharmaceutical market. The company sells and markets its products through sales force, independent representatives, and distributors in the United States, Europe, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, and Thailand.

Vermont is known for its maple syrup, its mountains, and now its soap. Vermont Country Soap Corporation makes a wide variety of organic cleaning options, including natural bar and liquid soaps, bath and shower gels, pet shampoo, and yoga mat wash. Additionally, the company sells bath accessories, such as incense, loofahs, nail brushes, pumice stones, and soap dishes. Each year, the company manufactures approximately 1 million bars of soap, which are sold to retailers across the US and in Japan. Vermont Country Soap also makes soap in custom blends for private labels. The company expanded its products portfolio in 2008 to include organic pet shampoos.

Chairman, CEO, and owner Vera Wang founded the firm in 1990. A bride needs to budget more for herself if she wants to walk down the aisle in a wedding dress from Vera Wang Bridal House. With gowns reaching $20,000, Vera Wang has designed bridal gowns for celebrities the likes of Sharon Stone and Mariah Carey. Vera Wang also designs evening gowns, bridesmaid dresses, and sportswear, and licenses its name for other apparel, as well as for china, crystal, eyewear, footwear, fragrances, jewelry, linens, silver, and more. Vera Wang's products are sold through upscale department stores, specialty stores, and a pair of company-owned flagship boutiques located in New York City and Los Angeles.

Luster Products Co. was founded in 1957 by hairstylist Fred Luster, Sr. The African-American-owned company makes professional and consumer hair care products for people of African descent. Its products are sold to men and women under several brand names, including Renutrients, Pink, and S-Curl. Luster Products sells children's items under the PCJ Pretty-n-Silky & Smooth Roots name and products for stylists under the Designer Touch line. It sells its products worldwide through its own sales force and through specialty retailers. The hair care firm operates manufacturing facilities in Illinois and international branch offices in South Africa and the UK.

Lather Inc. Company makes and markets hair care, skin care, and body products for women, men, and babies. It also sells aromatherapy items and accessories such as pumice stones. Lather sells products through its handful of namesake shops in Arizona, New York, and California; national and international upscale department stores (Nordstrom, Bloomingdale's); QVC; and a catalog. It also wholesales its products and provides them to hotels and resorts. The company is expanding into other states, such as Georgia, by way of a new niche -- airport stores.

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.

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