Type: Public
On the web: http://www.jarden.com
Employees: 24,000
Employee growth: 20.0%

Jarden is beaming with consumer products for inside and outside the home. It makes a diverse set of branded consumer products, including Sunbeam and Oster appliances, Coleman outdoor gear, and First Alert home safety products. It also makes Ball canning jars, Diamond matches and plastic cutlery, Loew-Cornell art supplies, K2 snowboards, and Bee and Bicycle brand playing cards. Jarden sells its products primarily to retailers, such as Wal-Mart, Dick's Sporting Goods, and Target. It also supplies copper-plated zinc penny blanks to the US Mint and the Royal Canadian Mint. To further diversify its portfolio of products, Jarden acquired the Mapa Spontex baby care and home care businesses from TOTAL in 2010.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2010:
Sales: $6,022.7M
One year growth: 16.9%
Net income: $106.7M
Income growth: (17.1%)

Officers:
Chairman: Martin E. Franklin
CEO and Director: James E. Lillie
Vice Chairman and CFO: Ian G. H. Ashken

Competitors:
Amer Sports
NACCO Industries
VF Corporation

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