Costa Del Mar Sunglasses, Inc. company develops, makes, and markets upscale polarized sunglasses designed to reduce glare for fisherman and enhance vision during water sports, such as kayaking, skiing, and sailing. Costa Del Mar sells its namesake eyewear to about 3,000 US retailers, including department stores, sporting goods shops, and optical and sunglass specialty outlets. It also sells its products online. Its eyewear, which comes in some three-dozen styles, is backed with a lifetime warranty. The sunglass maker is a subsidiary of the A.T. Cross Company, which acquired Costa Del Mar Sunglasses in 2003 and made it part of its Cross Optical Group.

Gima, LLC company provides custom embroidery and screen-print services for clothing and accessories. It offers over 100 custom lettering fonts that it uses to stitch logos on everything from hats to shirts to golf bags. Gima also provides private label cutting and sewing and specializes in fleece fabric. Clients include Aetna, Eastern Mountain Sports, L.L. Bean, and McDonald's. Gima is owned and operated by brother-in-laws Roberto Giansiracusa and George Marinelli. Roberto's Italian immigrant father Luigi began working in the US as a tailor in 1952 and eventually opened his own apparel firm with help from wife Ines.

Boise Inc. manufactures packaging and paper products in North America. The company operates in two segments, Paper and Packaging. The Paper segment engages in the manufacture and sale of uncoated freesheet paper, including commodity and premium cut-size office papers; packaging papers, such as corrugating medium, label and release papers, and flexible packaging papers; commodity, and premium printing and converting papers comprising commercial printing papers, envelope papers, and form-related products; and market pulp. This segment markets its products to paper merchants, commercial and financial printers, paper converters, such as envelope and form manufacturers through its own sales personnel. The Packaging segment manufactures and sells containerboard, and corrugated containers and sheets, as well as newsprint. Its corrugated containers are used in the packaging of fresh fruit and vegetables, processed food, beverages, and other industrial and consumer products. This segment sells its products to agricultural producers, and food and beverage processors through its own sales personnel or brokers. The company is headquartered in Boise, Idaho.

Dormer Laboratories manufactures and markets dermatological products, such as Dormer 211 moisturizers and sunscreens, as well as X-Tar and Z-Plus shampoos, for over-the-counter sale in Canada. Its Cantharone brand is a wart remover; the company also acts as a distributor for Acuderm medical devices and supplies. Its products are distributed through general and chain drugstores (Shoppers Drug Mart, London Drugs) and specialized skin care shops. Its Dormer Cosmetics division develops and sells skin care and cosmetics exclusively through www.skincareforall.com.

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.

SoftSheen/Carson Products is keeping the shine on its ethnic beauty. The company is one of the world's leading makers of ethnic hair care and beauty products, including shampoos, conditioners, gels, hair straighteners, relaxers, and shaving products. Its brands include Let's Jam, Baby Love, Optimum Care, Dark and Lovely, Magic Shave, and Weave Care. Founded in 1964 by Edward and Bettiann Gardner, SoftSheen was the largest African-American-owned beauty products company in the country until its acquisition in 1998 by L'Oréal USA, a division of French cosmetics giant L'Oréal. Carson was a subsidiary of L'Oréal USA before being merged with SoftSheen in 2000.

totes>>Isotoner has the goods to keep you dry and comfortable. It makes and distributes weather gear, including umbrellas, gloves, rubber shoe covers, rain hats and raincoats, and water-resistant tote bags. It distributes them through about 30,000 department stores in the US, the UK, and France. totes>>Isotoner also operates a network of more than 100 owned outlet mall-based stores. The company bought flip flop and canvas shoe maker ESNY from E.S. Originals in 2006 and Northern Cap Holdings, which makes headwear, scarves, and gloves, in 2008. totes>>Isotoner was owned by Bruckmann Rosser Sherrill & Co. until early 2007, when MidOcean Partners acquired a majority stake for $288 million.

Zotos wants its products to be the hair and now to salon clients worldwide. Zotos International, a unit of Shiseido International Corporation and Japan's Shiseido Company Limited, makes hair care and hair color products and markets them to salons. Its name brands include JOICO, Blondie, Quantum, Bain de Terre, Nucleic-A, Naturelle, and Zotos. The firm also sells Decleor, CARITA, and Qi esthetic beauty and spa treatments. Products are sold through professional beauty supply stores and salons -- such as Armstrong McCall, Regis Corporation, and Sally Beauty's Beauty Systems Group -- as well as through online retailers. Shiseido acquired Zotos in 1988 from Conair Corporation.

The firm now ships more than 50 million bottles of wine a year through two businesses, Laithwaites (formerly Bordeaux Direct) and the "Sunday Times" wine club. Both operations sell wine online. Founder Tony Laithwaite first entered the wine business by importing French wines and selling them from a rented railway arch in 1969. When the "Sunday Times" in 1973 published an expos on some of the dirty tricks of the British wine trade, Laithwaite wrote to distance himself from the bad press. The letter drew 2,000 reader responses and prompted the newspaper to establish a wine club with Laithwaite's help.

CEO Bob King founded Humanscale Corporation in 1982. Humanscale Corporation company is a leading manufacturer of office products, including keyboard systems, chairs, desk lamps, and computer accessories, that are easy on the body. Humanscale operates through four divisions: Healthcare, Hospitality, Design Studio, and Shop (its online marketplace). The company's products are distributed through more than 15 sales offices across the US, as well as through contract furniture dealers, retailers, and the Internet. Humanscale also distributes its products internationally. In addition, Humanscale operates manufacturing facilities in California, New Jersey, and Ireland.

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