Profile: Alesco Corporation Limited (ALS.AX)

Alesco Corporation Ltd is an industrial brands business. It connects industrial trade customers with branded industrial products and services in the new housing, renovations, general commercial and infrastructure markets across Australia and New Zealand. Its businesses are managed through four divisions: Construction & Mining, Functional & Decorative Products, Garage Doors & Openers, and Water Products & Services, each servicing their own distinct market channels. The Functional & Decorative Products business markets a range of domestic and global product brands, including Robinhood, Parbury, Wilsonart, Blum, Assa Abloy, 3M and Dow Corning. Garage Doors & Openers division manufactures and markets a range of garage doors for domestic and commercial use under brands, including B&D Doors, Garador, Dominator and Automatic Technology across Australia and New Zealand. In April 2009, the Company sold its Scientific & Medical division.