Avery Dennison
Avery Dennison helps make brands more inspiring and the world more intelligent. For 75 years the company has been a global leader in pressure-sensitive technology and materials, retail branding and information solutions, and organization and identification products for offices and consumers. A Fortune 500 company with sales of $6 billion in 2009, Avery Dennison is based in Pasadena, California and has employees in over 60 countries.
Eder Brothers Inc.
Eder Brothers Inc. is a family owned wine and spirits distributor located in West Haven, CT.
LIR Chocolates
Lir was created in Dublin in 1987 by Connie Doody and Mary White and began on Connie’s kitchen table with a food mixer and a bowl. Those early days instilled a spirit of creativity and attention to detail that are still integral to Lir Chocolates today.
Through the years, that spirit of adventure has made Lir Chocolates a leading provider of premium chocolates to major retailers both at home and abroad.
Zertus
Zertus has been a food entrepreneur since 1826. Zertus, one of the oldest family companies in Germany, is headquartered in Hamburg, where it operates as a holding company for four market units with twelve subsidiaries in Germany and abroad, which produce and market high-quality foods and beverages. The Group’s product focus lies in the areas of Gourmet, Functional Nutrition, Custom Sweets and Snacking & Chocolate. In doing so, Zertus is targeting a leading position in growing strategic niche markets: International premium delicacies, sports and brain food, healthy & enjoyable fruit & nut snacks, plant-based & vegan food, vegan & premium chocolate.
With its own product development and production, professional quality management, a state-of-the-art distribution center and administration in Hamburg, the Group today employs a workforce of around 2,300 people.
