Lakeland Industries, Inc. · Ronkonkoma, NY United States ·(NASDAQ (GM): LAKE)

Lakeland Industries isn't your average haberdasher -- it's like a love child of the EPA and OSHA. The company manufactures protective clothing for on-the-job hazards. Lakeland uses DuPont specialty fabrics such as Kevlar, TyChem, and Tyvek, as well as its own fabrics, to make industrial disposable garments, toxic-waste cleanup suits, fire- and heat-resistant apparel (including Fyrepel turnout gear for firefighters), industrial work gloves, and industrial and medical garments. Lakeland manufactures its products in Brazil, China, India, Mexico, and the US. To read the full description, subscribe now.