Reliance Trading Corp

Artistry Designs by Reliance has been the world s largest importer and manufacturer of Beautysilk permanent flowers and accessories for nearly half a century. The company offers an array of botanically correct artificial trees, plants, foliage and floral arrangements to the gift trade, department store and furniture store markets. The company was formed when Reliance Trading purchased Artistry Designs in 1995, a move that allowed the company to expand into the gift and home d cor industries. Headquartered in Blue Island, Ill., the company employs more than 750 people and maintains 150 acres of warehouse and manufacturing space in Bennettsville, S.C. It also has permanent showrooms in Great Neck, N.Y., Atlanta, High Point, N.C., Chicago, Dallas and Hong Kong.