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7
Industrial
Textron’s industrial segment is com-
posed of four businesses that manu-
facture and market branded industrial
products worldwide.
E-Z-GO is a leading manufacturer of light-
transportation products, including golf
cars, utility vehicles, personnel carriers
and recreational vehicles. Greenlee is a
leader in wire and cable installation sys-
tems and also develops test instruments
for the data communications, telecom-
munications and fi ber optics markets.
Jacobsen manufactures a full range of
turf maintenance equipment and utility
vehicles for the golf course, sports fi eld
and municipal turf markets. Kautex is
a leading global automotive supplier of
plastic fuel systems, selective catalytic
reduction systems, and windshield and
headlamp cleaning systems.
Textron Systems
Textron Systems provides innovative
solutions to the defense, homeland
security and aerospace communities.
The businesses of Textron Systems are
known for precision smart weapons,
intelligent battlefi eld systems, surveil-
lance systems, intelligence software
solutions, aircraft control components,
piston engines, armored vehicles and
unmanned aircraft systems.
Textron Systems includes: AAI, HR
Textron, Lycoming Engines, Overwatch
Geospatial Systems, Overwatch
Tactical Operations, Textron Defense
Systems and Textron Marine & Land
Systems.
Finance
Textron is executing a new strategic
direction for Textron Financial Corpora-
tion (TFC). At the end of 2008, we
announced our exit from all of TFC’s
commercial fi nance business, with the
exception of fi nancing for customer
purchases of Textron-manufactured
products.
Prior to this announcement, TFC
functioned as a diversifi ed commercial
fi nance company, with core opera-
tions in: Aviation Finance, Asset-Based
Lending, Distribution Finance, Golf
Mortgage Finance, Resort Finance and
Structured Capital.
WITH CORE BUSINESSES SHOWING EXCELLENT
LONG-TERM PROSPECTS, TEXTRON IS WELL-
POSITIONED FOR STRONG GROWTH WHEN THE
ECONOMY RECOVERS.
New for 2009,
Jacobsen’s Eclipse 322
features a battery-
powered system that
reduces noise,
maintenance needs
and fuel consumption.
Even during
transition, excellent
customer service
remains Textron
Financial’s hallmark.
The Shadow,
developed by Textron
Systems’ AAI, is the
tactical Unmanned
Aircraft System
of choice for the
U.S. Army and U.S.
Marine Corps.