York-based E.S. Originals Inc., whose particular product focus is fashion flip-flops and canvas shoes. MidOcean Partners, a New York based private equity firm targeting investments in the middle market, acquires Totes Isotoner in January 2007 in a $288 million deal. MidOcean helps the company to expand its product offerings globally completing five acquisitions, including Northern Cap and Glove, Acorn Products, Manzella, Just Sheepskin and Grandoe. 2010s In 2014, MidOcean agrees to sell Totes Isotoner to Investcorp and Freeman Spogli & Co. The deal values Totes Isotoner at between $500 million and $600 million. Freeman Spogli fully exits its investment in Totes in 2019. In April 2019, Totes Isotoner registers the trademark "Totes Cirrus" for the purpose of launching in the final months of the year a lightweight and virtually compression-proof rainboot billed as "tough as boots, light as clouds" and using proprietary Everywear™ compound technology. In February 2020, Totes Isotoner uses the same technology to market "Sol Bounce" flip flops, slides and water shoes. The Everywear™ technology is also built in a new comfort footwear line from Isotoner, "Zenz," offering incredible comfort and lightness in a slip-on "you'll never want to take off." By 2020, totes UK confirms their bid to a more sustainable and environmentally friendly future, launching with a range of vegan slippers. Gallery Controversy In 1933, 32-year-old Perfect Manufacturing Company rubber-cement mixer Thomas Estees was found dead after inhaling rubber-cement fumes as he worked the night shift in an unventilated room whose extractor fan had stopped operating. Police were told that rubber-cement fumes would kill a person within ten minutes. In 1962, an estimated $100,000 damage was done to the So-Lo Marx Rubber Company by a fire and explosion in which one person was injured. A gas tank being welded suddenly exploded, setting chemicals in the area on fire, blasting out a wall and shattering windows up to half a mile away. In 1997, Isotoner Gloves allegedly worn by O. J. Simpson were presented by the prosecution in the Trial of Orenthal James Simpson. In 2009, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled in favor of Totes Isotoner Incorporated in a high-profile discrimination case filed by LaNisa Allen, a former employee. Allen had been terminated for taking unauthorized breaks to pump breast milk. See also Umbrella References External links Totes»ISOTONER (company web site) Manufacturing companies based in Cincinnati Private equity portfolio companies Shoe companies of the United States Umbrella