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Branded Consumables–An extensive portfolio of high quality, well regarded, affordable
consumable products with strong brand recognition that are used primarily in and
around the home.
Highlights
•2004 revenue of $473 million, an increase of 83% from the prior year.
•Record 2004 operating profit of $76 million.
•We expanded our already strong portfolio of highly recognized brands with the additions of Bicycle,
®Bee,
®Hoyle,
®Kem®
and Loew-Cornell®during the course of 2004.
•Our acquisitions of The United States Playing Card Company and Loew-Cornell established Jarden as the leading provider
of playing cards and expanded our presence in the growing arts and crafts market.
•We introduced over 40 creative, new products at retail in 2004.
Products and Brands
We develop, manufacture, market and distribute a broad array of branded products, many of which are consumable in nature,
including home canning jars, jar closures and related accessories, kitchen matches and related flame products, toothpicks,
plastic cutlery, a wide variety of rope, cord and twine, garage storage products, ornamental security doors and fencing, arts and
crafts paint brushes and playing cards, poker chips and poker sets, all marketed under an expanding portfolio of highly
recognized brands.
Distribution
Our leading market positions and array of consumable products enable us to penetrate a variety of sales channels, either by
selling directly to our customers, through select distributors or through sister company relationships. Our customers range in
size from small shops to major retailers across multiple channels including grocery stores, mass merchants, warehouse home
centers, club stores, department stores, drug stores, convenience stores, value retailers, hardware stores and craft stores.
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