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Alltrista consumer products currently
manufactures, markets and distributes
a broad line of home food preserva-
tion and preparation products that
include Ball®, Kerr®and Bernardin®home can-
ning jars as well as jar closures and related
food products (including fruit pectin, Fruit-Fresh®
brand fruit protector, pickle mixes and tomato
mixes). We believe that over half of all U.S. house-
holds use our canning supplies. We purchase glass
jars under a long-term supply agreement and manu-
facture our own jar closures principally from decorated
tin-plated steel sheet. Sales have been aided in
recent years by trends such as increased health
consciousness and organic eating habits. In addition,
the industry is characterized by a stable demand
pattern and historically has not been negatively
impacted by underlying macroeconomic conditions.
We market our products through approximately
1,800 grocery, mass merchant, hardware, and special-
ty retail customers. Some of our large customers
include Albertson’s, Kroger, SuperValu, True-Serve
and Wal-Mart Stores.
Alltrista is a leading provider of niche consumer
products used in home food preservation. With
the planned acquisition of Tilia, the Consumer
Products Group will consist of Alltrista Consumer
Products, the leading provider of home canning and
related products in North America and Tilia, the lead-
ing provider of home vacuum packaging systems for
household use in the United States.
consumer products group
Tapper Jars and Natural Fruit
Pectin Products
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