Cosalt is worth its salt when it comes to such products. The company designs and manufactures school uniforms, uniforms for the marine, motor, rail, defense, emergency, and utilities industries, as well as knotless netting, children's formalwear, marine safety equipment, and protective clothing. It also makes manufactured vacation cottages. The company began in 1873 as a collective of fishing vessel owners, from which sprang its endeavor to outfish fleets before ships set sail. Cosalt first floated on the public stock exchange in 1971.

Ada Feed & Seed was founded in 1930 by David Johnson and Emil Wagner. Ada Feed & Seed encourages everyone to feed the birds. The company processes sunflowers and sells sunflower seeds and wild bird blends under the Full-O-Life brand. It also offers cracked corn, peanuts, and safflower, millet, Nyjer thistle, as well as seeding and fertilizing services for local farmers. The company's seed sales unit offers several popular brands, such as Agassiz, DynaGrow, Mycongen, Seedex/Beet, and Hubbard Feeds, among others.

Founded in 1906 to make arch supports, New Balance is known for its selection of shoe widths. Besides men's and women's shoes for running, crosstraining, basketball, tennis, hiking, and golf, the firm offers fitness apparel and kids' shoes and owns leather boot maker Dunham. Chairman Jim Davis bought New Balance on the day of the 1972 Boston Marathon. New Balance Athletic Shoe runs on its everyman (and everywoman) appeal. Unlike its rivals, it shuns celebrity endorsers. By spotlighting lesser-known athletes the company claims to emphasize substance over style. The approach attracts Boomer jock clients who are less fickle than the teens chased by other shoemakers.

Lady Burd Exclusive Cosmetics, a private-label manufacturer of personal care products, makes skin care items, color cosmetics, mineral cosmetics (such as those made by Bare Escentuals), hair care products, children's products, makeup brushes, cosmetic bags and cases, and displays. The company also provides custom printing and labels for products. Lady Burd Exclusive Cosmetics operates showrooms in California, New York, and Florida and offers make up courses (ranging from workshops for professional makeup artists to private consultations for teens and adults). The family-run business was founded by Roberta Burd more than 45 years ago.

The NeoStrata Company, founded in 1988 by two doctors who specialize in skin research, is a skin care firm dedicated to researching, developing, and marketing Alpha Hydroxyacid (AHA) skin products, as well as natural compounds using polyhydroxy acids (PHAs) and lactobionic acids. Some items are sold exclusively to dermatologists and plastic surgeons, while others sell in spas, salons, beauty stores, and department stores. Its brands include NeoStrata (anti-aging), Exuviance, CoverBlend (cosmetics), and NeoCeuticals (for specific skin conditions) that are sold in the US and more than 60 foreign countries.

Pranda Jewelry specializes in making affordable gold and silver jewelry set with diamonds and semi-precious stones. Its products (rings, earrings, brooches, lockets, necklaces, and bracelets) are sold globally, mostly with the Pranda brand, but also under names such as Prima, Cristalina, and Century. Pranda has about a dozen manufacturing, wholesale, and retail brand distribution subsidiaries around the world. It launched a German joint venture -- Pranda & Kroll GmbH -- with investor Gregor Kroll to sell gold and silver jewelry in that country and throughout Europe. Pranda Jewelry company continues to expand domestically and overseas.

Aspen Pet Products, Inc. company was founded in 1979 and was acquired by Petmate (formerly Doskocil Manufacturing Company) in 2006. Aspen Pet Products might be the blame for your pet's "Booda" belly or what brings out his or her "Dogzilla." The company makes and distributes pet treats, toys, and supplies, such as leashes and collars, bones, ropes and chews, litter, litter boxes, and shampoos. Some of Aspen Pet's better known lines include Booda pet toys, Yum-It-Up and Nummies treats, Snuffy's dog chews, and Buckaroo rawhides. The pet products provider sells its items to pet specialty retailers, mass merchants, and pet supply distributors and catalogs. Aspen Pet launched its Dogzilla line of dog toys in 2008.

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.

OPI Products knows some women like to make a statement with their nails. The family-owned company is well known for whimsical nail polish names such as Not So Bora-Bora-ing Pink, I'm Not Really A Waitress, Chick Flick Cherry, and You Rock-apulco Red. It carries some 200 nail colors. In addition to nail polish, the company also makes nail care and skin care products, and color cosmetics sold primarily through salons and specialty beauty stores throughout the US and in about 70 foreign countries. The company's brands include Nail Envy, Avoplex, Feet, Garden Party, Avojuice, and Nicole.

United-Guardian, Inc. was founded in 1942 and is based in Hauppauge, New York. United-Guardian, Inc. engages in the research, development, manufacture, and marketing of cosmetic ingredients, personal and health care products, pharmaceuticals, and specialty industrial products in the United States and internationally. The company offers LUBRAJEL, a line of water-based moisturizing and lubricating gel formulations; KLENSOFT, a surfactant for cosmetic formulations; UNITWIX, a cosmetic additive used as a thickener for oils and oil-based liquids; CONFETTI DERMAL DELIVERY FLAKES for use in various water-based products; ORCHID COMPLEX, a base for cosmetics; LUBRASLIDE and B-122 lubricants used in cosmetics; RAZORIDE, a hypo-allergenic and water-based shaving product; PLEXAJEL ASC, a water-based gel product to produce clear and low pH personal care products; AQUATHIK, a powder used as a gelling agent for aqueous solutions; and HYDRAJEL PL and HYDRAJEL VM personal lubricants and moisturizers for the feminine personal care market.United-Guardian company also provides LUBRAJEL RR and RC water-based gels used as lubricants for catheters; LUBRAJEL MG to lubricate urinary catheters, prelubricated enema tips, and other medical devices; LUBRAJEL LC, a mouth moisturizer for oral use; and LUBRAJEL FLUID to lubricate water-soluble products. In addition, the company offers RENACIDIN, a urological drug to prevent and dissolve calcifications in catheters; and CLORPACTIN WCS-90, an antimicrobial for use in urology and surgery to treat localized infections. Further, it offers DESELEX Liquid, a sequestering and chelating agent; and POLYCOMPLEX M and Q complexing agents to produce clear solutions of water-insoluble materials. The company distributes its products to drug wholesalers, hospitals, physicians, long-term care facilities, Veteran's Administration, and other government agencies through marketing partners, distributors, advertising in medical and trade journals, mailings to physicians, and exhibitions.

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