Founded in 1985 by Jim Hangley Sr., Creaset, Inc. built its identity around making a garment’s crease last. The Long Beach company’s permanent-creasing system gained an early foothold in U.S. Army dress uniforms and remains used by uniform manufacturers and dry cleaners.
Eiseman-Ludmar Co., IncFounded in 1955 by Abraham Duke Eiseman and Joseph Ludmar, Eiseman-Ludmar Co., Inc. manufactures dress uniform accessories for America’s military, police, fire and other uniformed personnel. The company has expanded its Hicksville, New York facility to keep specialty manufacturing and embroidery in the United States, while its history includes producing the Polo/Ralph Lauren crest and managing Department of Defense contracts for decorative citation cords. Its hand-embroidered custom crests and New England-style police epaulettes reflect the detailed, small-run work that sets the company apart.HICKSVILLE, NY
Hoffman New YorkerBorn from tailor Adon J. Hoffman’s 1904 invention of a manual pressing machine, Hoffman New Yorker makes professional garment-pressing and finishing equipment for apparel manufacturers, laundries, and dry cleaners. The company took its current name after merging with New Yorker Pressing Machine Company in 1964 and now operates under UnityLab, with more than 120 years of experience and headquarters in Dushore, Pennsylvania.DUSHORE, PA
N.G. Slater CorpFounded in 1936 by Nathaniel George Slater as a specialist in lithographed metal advertising buttons, N.G. Slater Corp. is a family business that now produces custom-imprinted apparel and promotional merchandise for organizations worldwide. Its button-making history includes supplying campaigns for war bonds, civil rights causes and the space race, and the company says Nathaniel Slater’s 1972 yellow smiley-face button helped create an icon for a generation.NEW YORK, NY
RJ UniformRJ Uniform carries forward a Baltimore uniform-making tradition rooted in A. Jacobs and Sons, established in 1891, and F. and F. Uniform Company, founded in 1946 by World War II veterans Yale and Ralph Friedlander. The companies merged in 1957, and the resulting business now serves public-service agencies with uniforms, including custom-made military uniforms and agency-specific apparel.BALTIMORE, MD