Mirato S.p.A. company is a leading Italian manufacturer of personal hygiene products, including deodorants, soaps and shower gels, hair care products, aftershave, makeup, and fragrances. Mirato's many products are sold under various labels, including Intesa, Malizia, and Splend'Or. Mirato, which was founded in 1960, entered the mass market cosmetics business through its purchase of the Clinians brand from Medestea Internazionale in 2001. Its products are sold through a variety of retailers and mass merchandisers, mostly in Italy, but also worldwide. Benefit SpA owns about 55% of Mirato's shares and is seeking to acquire the rest.

Bill Blass Group (formerly Bill Blass Holding) has reached ubiquity status as a licensor. The legendary late designer's longtime, namesake company was famous for its tailored men's and women's clothing known to adorn noteworthy clients from Barbara Bush to Barbra Streisand. William Ralph "Bill" Blass who retired in 2000 and died in 2002, sold the firm in 1999 to its jeanswear licensee, The Resource Club, and CEO Michael Groveman. NexCen Brands bought Bill Blass Holding for more than $54 million in 2007. In late 2008 Peacock International Holdings acquired the worldwide rights to the Blass trademark and the Blass licenses already signed for just $10 million.

The family of founder Hamilton Carhartt owns the firm, which was founded in 1889. The clothing manufacturer offers rugged overalls, flame-resistant work wear, outerwear, sweatshirts, sportswear, and pants favored by farmers and hard-working blue-collar types. Its clothes and footwear have shown up in such popular films as "The Perfect Storm" and "The Horse Whisperer". Most of Carhartt's products are manufactured in about 10 US factories; the remainder is produced in Mexico and Europe. Carhartt's apparel is carried by major chains (Bass Pro Shops, Cabela's) and regional retailers in North America, Europe, and Japan.

BeneFit Cosmetics will make you look lovely, and it's for a good cause. BeneFit's products have a madcap glamour-girl sensibility. Clever names ("ooh la lift") and pin-up lasses are found on nearly every package. BeneFit sells its lines through more than 1,000 counters (called "Beauty Bars") in department store locations worldwide, at beauty specialty store Sephora, and about a dozen dedicated boutiques. BeneFit Cosmetics, whose celebrity-endorsed Benetint product brought the fledgling company into the mainstream, was founded in 1976 in San Francisco by sisters Jean Ann and Jane Ann Ford as The Face Place. Glamour leviathan LVMH holds a 70% stake.

J.J. Taylor Companies, Inc. was founded in 1958 by John J. "Joe" Taylor, originally a Knickerbocker Beer distributor servicing the greater Brockton area of Massachusetts. J.J. Taylor Companies distributes beer in Florida through its Ft. Myers and Tampa locations, as well as in Minnesota, where it owns the former East Side Beverage Company. Now named the J.J. Taylor Distributing Company of Minnesota, it serves the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. The company, which has some 10,800 retail customers, sells MillerCoors brands, in addition to a mix of imported and microbrewed beers.

Established by chairman David Copham in 1985, Liberty Enterprises was acquired by John H. Harland for $160 million in 2005. John D. Harland was acquired in 2007 and merged with Clarke American to become Harland Clarke, Liberty's new parent. Liberty Enterprises can take some credit for the success of credit unions. The company prints checks, deposit slips, and money orders; manufactures credit cards; and provides other services for more than 5,400 credit unions. Cavion Plus -- the result of the merger of the firm's Liberty Internet Services subsidiary with CUNA Network Services -- provides electronic connectivity and security services for credit unions.

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.

Phat (acronymic slang for "pretty hot and tempting") Fashions designs and markets urban hip-hop fashions for men, women, and children under the Phat Farm and Baby Phat names. It also makes clothing in Big & Tall sizes. The company's products are sold through department and specialty stores, company-owned Phat Farm stores in New York and Montreal, and a Web site. Most of Phat Fashions' products -- which include apparel and accessories -- bear the brand name. The company got into footwear in 2008. Entrepreneur and hip-hop media guru Russell Simmons founded Phat Fashions in 1992; he sold it to clothier Kellwood in 2004.

Shiseido Americas Corporation is a subsidiary of Shiseido Company, Japan's largest cosmetics firm. The Americas unit makes and markets makeup and skin care products, toiletries, and professional beauty salon products in North and South America for sale throughout the world. Its products -- primarily under the brand names Shiseido and NARS -- are sold through department stores and specialty locations. The firm's Zotos International peddles products to professionals. Formerly named Shiseido Cosmetics America until 2009, the subsidiary also operates the professional salon business of Helene Curtis.

Tufco Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Tufco Technologies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides integrated manufacturing services in the United States. Its services include wet and dry-wipe converting, wide Web flexographic printing, hot melt adhesive laminating, folding, integrated downstream packaging, and on-site quality and microbiological process management. The company also custom manufactures products from an array of materials, including polyethylene films, a variety of nonwovens, paper, and tissue. Its products include disposable wet and dry wipes for home, personal/baby/medical care use, flexible packaging, and disposable table covers. In addition, the company manufactures and distributes business imaging paper products. It converts fine paper materials, including specialty and fine printing papers, thermal papers, inkjet papers, and coated products. Tufco Technologies produces various papers for use in bank proof or automated teller machines, such as fan-fold forms, and printed rolls of various sizes and types. Further, it produces a selection of standard and customized guest checks for use in the restaurant industry, as well as various multi-part business forms. . Tufco Technologies markets its products and services through its sales and customer service employees, manufacturer's representatives, and distributors.

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