Marie Graul

The Group's principal activity is to design and supply gift, collectibles and home and garden decorative products to retailers, department stores, mass marketers and other direct distributors. The product include diverse lines of branded porcelain bisque, cold cast and resin figurines, cottages, ornaments, plush animals, waterballs, tableware and general home accessories. The Group has approximately 44,000 customers worldwide including independent gift retail customers. The products are sold to national card and gift chains, mass merchants, home television shopping, jewellery and department store. The Group operates mainly in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia. The Group's product lines include some of the world's most recognizable brands including Heartwood Creek by Jim Shore, Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney Classics Collection, Pooh & Friends, Nickelodeon, Bratz and Halcyon Days.

Enesco LLC designs, manufactures and markets giftware products. It distributes its products to card and gift retailers, home decor boutiques, mass-market chains and direct mail retailers. The company was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Itasca, IL.

SmartSignal Corp. offered software and services for preventive diagnosis of unforeseen equipment failures. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Lisle, IL.

Patron Systems, Inc. provides enterprise software for creating, managing and sharing electronic forms and messages. It provides solutions for email policy management, email retention policies, archiving and eDiscovery, proactive email supervision, and protection of messages and their attachments in motion and at rest. The company was founded in April 2002 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Bernard Technologies, Inc. provides consumer, healthcare, medical and agricultural products. The company is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Schawk, Inc. provides global brand development and brand deployment services. Its services are focused on packaging, point of purchase, point of sale, digital, catalog, photography, advertising, circulars, direct mail, video, marketing collateral, continuous improvement and outsourcing. The company was founded by Clarence W. Schawk in 1953 and is headquartered in Des Plaines, IL.

NTE Electronics, Inc. supplies semiconductors, capacitors, resistors and led products. Its products include fluxed solder ring, sealed connectors, bridge rectifiers, and chasing wire. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Bloomfield, NJ.