Swallowfield wants its customers to live clean lives. The company is a contract manufacturer of toiletries, household goods, and cosmetics for major department and specialty retailers around the UK. It caters to such customers as Marks & Spencer and PZ Cussons. The firm boasts production operations in the UK and the Czech Republic. Swallowfield is expanding its presence in China through a joint venture with Jahwa, IE (a subsidiary of one of China's largest players in the toiletries sector) formed in 2008. The company, once a subsidiary of Cadbury, was spun off in a management buyout in 1986; later it was floated as a public company.

Jacques Moret sounds like a French Impressionist but its business is in outfitting casual athletes rather than galleries. The company, which does business as The Moret Group, makes women's, men's, and kid's activewear and undergarments under the Jacques Moret, MoretUltra, and Jacques Moret Kids names. It also makes men's and women's undergarments marketed under the 2(X)ist and SBH Intimates monikers. Jacques Moret is the master licensee for Everlast Worldwide. The company also partners with the likes of Jockey, Mudd, DKNY, Spalding, Freestyle by Danskin, and Etonic. Jacques Moret's products are sold through department stores, mass merchandisers, and sporting goods chains nationwide.

Consolidated Ecoprogress Technology Inc. (CET) produces and distributes biodegradable and disposable absorbent products, including diapers, incontinence products, and femine hygiene products. Every part of its Flushaway-branded feminine hygiene products degrades completely within 28 days of disposal; the product is flushable and begins to break down immediately upon contact with water in the toilet bowl. Wal-Mart is one of the company's biggest clients.

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.

In the 1950's there were dozens of ballpoint models, and nearly every one took a different cartridge. In 1953 Paul Fisher invented the "Universal Refill" which could be used in most pens. It was a good seller, since stationery store owners could reduce their stock of assorted refills.Fisher Space Pen makes pens containing pressurized visco-elastic ink, which makes it possible to write upside down, underwater, in all temperatures, and in zero gravity. The company's pens have starred in space as the official pen of NASA and on TV in a "Seinfeld" sitcom episode. Urban legend has it that NASA spent millions to develop the pen.

Ball Corporation was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado. Ball Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, supplies metal and plastic packaging to the beverage, food, and household products industries worldwide. It offers aluminum and steel beverage cans for producers of beer, carbonated soft drinks, mineral water, fruit juices, energy drinks, and other beverages. The company also produces two-piece and three-piece steel food containers for packaging vegetables, fruit, soups, meat, seafood, nutritional products, pet food, and other products; aerosol cans, paint cans, and custom and specialty containers; and polyethylene terephthalate and polypropylene plastic containers used primarily in beverage and food packaging, as well as plastic containers for industrial and household product applications. In addition, it develops spacecraft, sensors and instruments, radio frequency systems, and other technologies for the civil, commercial, and national security aerospace markets. Further, the company provides technical services and products to government agencies, prime contractors, and commercial organizations for a range of information warfare, electronic warfare, avionics, intelligence, training, and space systems needs.

Reebok International Ltd. company has long been at home in sporting arenas as a top US maker of athletic shoes, behind NIKE. In addition to its namesake sportswear and accessories, Reebok sports Rockport and Weebok shoes and caters to hockey aficionados through its Reebok-CCM Hockey unit. It operates more than 220 retail stores. Reebok, which has been credited as igniting the aerobics craze, sponsors sports stars and has taken strides to boost its fashion quotient. Its Your Move ad campaign aims to spur customers to make Reebok part of their personal fitness goals. adidas has owned Reebok since 2006.

Teknion Corporation was founded in 1981. After being publicly traded for 10 years, the firm was taken private in 2008 by an affiliate of A-Tean Holdings, its controlling shareholder. Teknion Corporationmakes office systems, including cubicles, cabinets, desks, and relocatable walls, for the middle to upscale workplace furniture market. It also produces other furnishings and decor, such as seating, tables, case goods (credenzas, bookshelves), ergonomic items, and workplace accessories (clocks, lighting). Products are sold through a worldwide network of about 400 dealers and its US subsidiary, Teknion LLC.

Established in 1996 in New York, Cosmopak now boasts operations in the US, Europe, and Asia. Cosmopak would beg to differ. The company is a contract manufacturer of cosmetics and their packaging. The company's design lab concentrates on developing new makeup application and packaging ideas, such as the massage bottle, semi-permanent pens, the brush pen, 3-in-1 pen, twist pencils, and mascara pencil. It specializes in staying ahead of the curve and innovating new ways to package cosmetics. Current and past clients include Stila Cosmetics, Avon, Blistex, Almay, IMX Cosmetics, and Ultima II.

Founded in 1974, Gianfranco Ferré SpA in 2002 became a subsidiary of IT Holding, which went into administration in February 2009 alongside its Ittierre unit. Gianfranco Ferré is into what's in -- the fashion house designs men's and women's clothing and accessories, some of which used to be produced and distributed by Italian apparel and textile maker Marzotto, but the agreements have expired. Gianfranco Ferré also operates about 40 boutiques for men and women in Italy and 15 other countries. In an effort to extend its reach to new customers, the company has been renaming and reshuffling some of its labels, and uses the name Ferré (dropping the Gianfranco) on storefronts.

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