American Girl Brands, LLC

NASCO offers more than 60,000 specialty science and education products for teachers, farmers and ranchers and health/laboratory customers throughout the world. Its products include arts and crafts materials, dissection materials, art supplies, games, farm home products, dairy supplies, science and math aids and pet and animal products. NASCO sells through its 23 catalogs and through its company web site. The company was established in 1941 and is located in Fort Atkinson, Wis. It has a mail-order division in Modesto, Calif.

Placon is one of the leading thermoformed packaging companies serving the food, retail and medical markets. It provides thermoformed packaging in markets throughout the world. Placon s main office and factory is located in Madison, Wis., and it has a presence in China as well. Placon has been a leader in sustainable packaging solutions since 1974. The company's in-house product development team provides high-performance custom packaging solutions to all aspects of the medical industry. It specializes in creative design solutions, rapid prototyping and advanced production tooling and manufacturing processing. The company also provides high-quality samples for its package testing and validation requirements in a broad range of materials.