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Jarden Branded Consumables is a leading provider of primarily niche, branded consumer products used in and
around the home. Many of our products are aordable and consumable household staples, including all natural
fresh preserving, arts and crafts, clothespins, cordage, re starters and re logs, matches and lighters, plastic cutlery,
playing cards, smoke and carbon monoxide alarm products, storage and workshop accessories, and toothpicks.
With a portfolio of trusted, authentic brands, some with over 100 years of heritage, we are category leaders in
many of the niche markets in which we serve. Certain aspects of our business have fared well despite the
challenging macro environment, including Ball® fresh preserving products, Bicycle® playing cards and First Alert®
safety systems. To manage through the macroeconomic volatility, we have focused on sharpening our cost
controls and leveraging the common platform of our businesses.
To ensure we are well positioned for long-term growth, we are actively pursuing organic growth opportunities
including product line extensions, channel expansion, licensing initiatives and international growth opportunities
in key areas such as Latin America and Japan. We are focused on continuing product innovation and new product
development, recent examples of which include Ball® “Make Jam in Your Freezer” products, which simplies the
canning process; Diamond® Renew® cutlery, which highlights “sustainability” packaging; and Cordzilla SecureLine®,
a cord with the strength of a rope and exibility of a bungee. Additionally, we are actively following sustainability
and legislation trends, and are creating products in response to those trends such as our “green” plastic cutlery and
non-radioactive isotope smoke detectors.
Our leading brands include Ball®, Bee®, Bernardin®,
Bicycle®, Crawford®, Diamond®, Dicon®, First Alert®,
Forster®, Hoyle®, Java-Log®, Kerr®, Lehigh®, Leslie-Locke®,
Loew Cornell®, Pine Mountain® and Tundra®.
Branded consumables
FY 2008 Sales $805 million
FY 2008 Segment Earnings $96 million
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