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engineering and consulting. Earth Tech operates through a network of offices in the United States,
Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, Portugal, Sweden, China, Australia
and Thailand. Earth Tech competes with a number of international, national, regional and local
companies on the basis of price and the breadth and quality of services.
V. Tyco Plastics and Adhesives
Tyco Plastics & Adhesives consists of Tyco Plastics, A&E Products, Tyco Adhesives and Ludlow
Coated Products. With fiscal 2002 revenues of $1,878.3 million, our Plastics and Adhesives businesses
comprise approximately 5% of our total revenues from continuing operations. The group’s products
include:
• polyethylene film and film products such as flexible plastic packaging, plastic bags and sheeting,
coated and laminated packaging materials, tapes and adhesives; and
• plastic garment hangers, disposable dinnerware, and pipeline coatings for the oil, gas and water
distribution industries.
Tyco Plastics manufactures polyethylene-based film, packaging products, bags and sheeting in a
wide range of sizes, gauges, strengths, stretch capacities, clarities and colors. Tyco Plastics’ products
include: RUFFIES, a national brand consumer trash bag sold to mass merchants, grocery chains and
other retail outlets, and FILM-GARD, a leading plastic sheeting product sold to consumers and
professional contractors through Do-It-Yourself outlets, home improvement centers and hardware
stores. FILM-GARD products are produced in various sizes for a variety of uses, including painting,
renovation, construction, landscaping and agriculture. Additionally, in the United States, Tyco Plastics is
the largest producer of stretch film, the largest producer of can liners for the away-from-home market,
and a leading supplier of custom packaging products used for primary food packaging and the beverage
industries. Tyco Plastics sells its products directly to retailers for resale, to distributors for resale or
directly to end-users. Tyco Plastics competes with other nationally recognized brands as well as many
smaller regional producers on the basis of price, delivery, breadth of product line and specialized
product capabilities. Manufacturing facilities are located throughout the United States, Canada and the
United Kingdom to ensure superior customer service and competitive transportation costs.
A&E Products is the leading manufacturer of plastic garment hangers worldwide, operating from
over 50 distribution points in 30 countries. A&E Products also operates hanger-recycling facilities in the
United States and Europe. The reused hangers are purchased from various retailers and then sorted,
processed and packaged for sale back to the apparel market. A&E Products’ Catering division
manufactures and markets disposable dinnerware products to the retail and foodservice industries. The
Catering division markets their many product lines under brand names including SCROLLWARE,
PRESTIGE, LEGACY and their newest line, OPULENCE.
The Tyco Adhesives division manufactures and markets specialty adhesive products and tapes for
industrial applications, including external corrosion protection products for oil, gas and water pipelines.
Tyco Adhesives also produces duct, foil, strapping, packaging and electrical tapes and spray adhesives
for industrial and consumer markets worldwide, and manufactures cloth and medical tapes for Tyco
Healthcare and others. Products are sold under the MANULI tapes, POLYKEN, NASHUA tape,
RAYCHEM, BETHAM, NATIONAL and PATCO brand names.
Ludlow Coated Products produces a variety of specialty laminates and coated products principally
derived from paper, film, foil and fabrics. Ludlow markets its specialty laminates and coated products
through its own sales force and through independent manufacturers’ representatives. Ludlow competes
with many large manufacturers of laminates and coated products on the basis of price, service,
marketing coverage and custom application engineering, and sells its products to manufacturers,
producers and converters. It has various specialized competitors in different markets.
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