Garan was founded in 1941 and is a global manufacturer and importer of branded and private label apparel, mainly newborn, inf ... ants', toddlers', girls', boys', men's, and women's, with over 4,000 employees worldwide. Garan's personnel are involved end-to-end from market trend research through design/development to production and shipping apparel to customers. Garan's most well-known brand, GARANIMALS®, originated in 1972. In addition to producing and selling newborn through pre-school sizes in GARANIMALS®, Garan also licenses GARANIMALS® for other apparel and non-apparel products. From 1961 until 2002, Garan was publicly traded on the American Stock Exchange. In 2002, Garan became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. ("Berkshire"). read more