CEO and owner Renzo Rosso founded Diesel in 1978. Diesel jeans are considered high-octane by some in the fashion-forward set. Despite noxiously high prices, Diesel takes pride in producing unusual yet modish men's and women's casual wear. The company also makes sportswear and kids' clothes, and its name is licensed to makers of jewelry, watches, leather goods (handbags, wallets), eyewear, fragrances (Only the Brave, Fuel for Life), and footwear. Diesel's products are sold in more than 80 countries through department stores and specialty retailers, as well as at about 400 company-owned Diesel stores globally. The company also markets its goods through catalogs.

Summer Infant, Inc. is a designer, marketer, and distributor of branded juvenile health, safety and wellness products, which are sold principally to large North American and United Kingdom retailers. The Company has more than 80 products in various product categories, including nursery audio/video monitors, safety gates, durable bath products, bed rails, related health and safety products, booster and potty seats, bouncers and a product line of soft goods/bedding. Its products are sold primarily to United States retailers including Babies R Us, Target, KMart, Buy Buy Baby, Meijer, Baby Depot (Burlington Coat Factory) and Wal-Mart. The Company maintains through Summer Infant Europe, Limited (SIE) a sales, marketing and distribution office in England, which services the United Kingdom and other parts of Europe. On July 17, 2009, Summer Infant, Inc. completed the acquisition of Butterfly Living. In December 2009, Summer Infant, Inc. completed the acquisition of Classy Kid Inc.

Established in 1926, Paoli manufactured chairs for the home before transitioning to office furniture, a market that grew in popularity in the 1970s. HNI purchased Paoli in 2004 from Klaussner Furniture. Paoli does business in offices and boardrooms around the country. Its business is filling those rooms with furniture. Paoli makes wooden tables, desks, cabinets, and upholstered chairs. The company's goods are marketed through about 15 showrooms across the US and via its e-commerce site. Customers come from the corporate, education, and health care industries, as well as government agencies.

Nova Link has been manufacturing office furniture for more than 20 years and is owned by the Vander Park family. The Canada-based company designs, manufactures, and sells desks, filing cabinets, book cases, and other related furniture for offices, workplaces, call centers, and financial trading floors. Its primary product line is built around its NLnovalink Series 5.0 of modular desk stations and furniture, allowing customers to store stacked LCD monitors, multiple CPUs, and other computer equipment.

New Era Cap, founded in 1920, makes more than 35 million licensed and non-licensed caps a year and sells them through retailers the likes of Dick's in the US and Aeon in Japan. It operates offices in Canada, Germany, Europe, Hong Kong, and Japan. Its US manufacturing takes place in New York and Alabama. The Koch family (now in its fourth generation of management), including CEO Chris Koch, owns New Era Cap. New Era Cap has all Major League bases covered -- or at least the heads above them. The company makes the uniform caps of every Major League Baseball and Minor League Baseball team, as well as uniforms worn by youth and high-school baseball players. The company boasts a portfolio of more than 200 licenses.

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.

Marchon Eyewear, Inc. company designs and distributes eyeglasses and sunglasses in some 100 countries. Marchon sells collections of eyeglasses and sunglasses, including Calvin Klein, Coach, Disney, Emilio Pucci, Fendi, Nautica, Michael Kors, Sean John, and NIKE brands (all under license); the patented Flexon metal memory frames; and its own eponymous frames. Marchon also makes optical software under names such as OfficeMate (management), and ExamWRITER (health record software) and offers continuing education courses and various publications for eyewear professionals.

Nautica sails the deep blue seas to provide classic American apparel. The upscale clothier designs, makes, and retails men's sportswear, outerwear, underwear, swimwear, and sleepwear. It also licenses its name for apparel and accessories. The company reversed course and tweezed women's wear from its wardrobe to focus on its men's sportswear, licensed products, and Web site. It still sells women's sportswear and sleepwear through Nautica.com and in select Nautica outlet stores. Namesake items are sold through more than 200 licensed Nautica stores worldwide; V.F. operates some 100 Nautica stores in US outlet malls. The manufacturer and retailer is owned by V.F. Corporation.

IWP International plc company makes and markets personal care products, including cosmetics, soaps, fragrances, perfumes, and toiletries. IWP's brand names include CCUK, Collection 2000, and Constance Carroll cosmetics; Fade Out skin care; and Jerome Russell Bblonde!, Taylor by London, and Batiste fragrances. The firm's products are sold through retailers the likes of Boots and ASDA. Looking to lighten its load, IWP sold its Royal Sanders scent to G&I Alliance in June 2007. It also sold off its household products subsidiary and its self-adhesive label division. IWP markets its products in Europe.

Essilor of America, Inc. company makes and distributes optical lenses under the Airwear, Crizal, DEFINITY, Transitions, and Varilux brand names, among others. Its Essilor Laboratories of America business, a wholesale laboratory network, provides services and a variety of lens brands to opticians, optometrists and ophthalmologists across the US. Essilor of America is a subsidiary of Paris-based Essilor International, which operates about 250 prescription laboratories that manufacture corrective lenses worldwide. The company has been expanding its operations through acquisitions in recent years.

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