Full Description

Jarden Corporation is a provider of a range of consumer products. The Company operates in three business segments: Outdoor Solutions, Consumer Solutions and Branded Consumables. Its segments manufacture or source, market and distribute a number of brands, including Outdoor Solutions, Abu Garcia, Adio, Berkley, Campingaz, Coleman, Fenwick, Gulp!, JT, K2, Marker, Marmot, Mitchell, Penn, Planet Earth, Rawlings, Shakespeare, Sevylor, Stearns, Stren, Trilene, Ugly Stik and Volkl; Consumer Solutions, Bionaire, Crock-Pot, FoodSaver, Health o meter, Holmes, Mr. Coffee, Oster, Patton, Rival, Seal-a-Meal, Sunbeam and VillaWare, and Branded Consumables, such as Ball, Bee, Bicycle, Crawford, Diamond, Dicon, First Alert, Forster, Hoyle, Java-Log, Kerr, Lehigh, Leslie-Locke, Loew-Cornell and Pine Mountain. In addition to the three business segments, its Process Solutions segment manufactures, markets and distributes a variety of plastic products, including closures, contact lens packaging, medical disposables, plastic cutlery and rigid packaging.

Its materials business produces specialty nylon polymers, conductive fibers and monofilament used in various products, including woven mats used by paper producers and weed trimmer cutting line, as well as fiberglass radio antennas for marine, citizen band and military applications. The Company is also a producer of products fabricated from solid zinc strip and is the supplier of copper plated zinc penny blanks to the United States Mint and a supplier to the Royal Canadian Mint, as well as a supplier of nickel, brass and bronze plated finishes on steel and zinc for coinage to other international markets. In addition, it manufactures a line of industrial zinc products marketed globally for use in the plumbing, automotive, electrical component and architectural markets.

Outdoor Solutions

The Outdoor Solutions segment manufactures or sources, markets and distributes consumer active lifestyle products for outdoor and outdoor related activities. Coleman is a brand for active lifestyle products, offering an array of products that include camping and outdoor equipment, such as air beds, camping stoves, coolers, foldable furniture, gas and charcoal grills, lanterns and flashlights, propane fuel, sleeping bags, tents and water recreation products, such as tow-behinds, boats and kayaks. The Outdoor Solutions segment also sells fishing equipment under brand names, such as Abu Garcia, All Star, Berkley, Fenwick, Gulp!, JRC, Mitchell, Penn, Pflueger, Sevenstrand, Shakespeare, Spiderwire, Stren, Trilene, Ugly Stik and Xtools.

Team sports equipment for baseball, softball, football, basketball, field hockey and lacrosse products are sold under brand names, such as deBeer, Gait by deBeer, Miken, Rawlings and Worth. Alpine and nordic skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing and in-line skating products are sold under brand names, such as Atlas, Full Tilt, K2, Line, Little Bear, Madshus, Marker, Morrow, Ride, Tubbs, Volkl and 5150 Snowboards. Water sports equipment, personal flotation devices and all-terrain vehicle gear are sold under brand names, such as Helium, Hodgman, Mad Dog Gear, Sevylor, Sospenders and Stearns. The Company also sells technical and outdoor apparel and equipment under brand names, such as Adio, Ex Officio, Marmot and Planet Earth.

The Company competes with Igloo Corporation, Newell Rubbermaid, Aero Products International Inc., Intex Corporation, VF Corporation, Kellwood Corporation, Worthington Industries, Eveready Battery Company, Inc., Proctor & Gamble Company, Spectrum Brands, Inc., Daiwa Corporation, EBSCO Industries, Inc., Rapala VMC Corporation, Shimano, Inc., W.C. Bradley Co., Zoom Bait Company, HO Mfg., Johnson Outdoors, Quiksilver, Inc., Sport Dimension Inc., Amer Sports Corporation, Burton Snowboards, Head NV, Rossignol and Tecnicagroup, Adidas Group, Amer Sports Corporation, Easton-Bell Sports Inc., Hillerich & Bradsby Company, Mizuno, New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc., Nike, Inc., Tecnicagroup and Wm. T. Burnett & Co.

Consumer Solutions

The Company’s Consumer Solutions segment manufactures, markets, and distributes a line of household products, including kitchen appliances, personal care and wellness products for home use, primarily to consumers through department stores, specialty retailers, and mass merchants. This segment maintains a portfolio of brands, including Bionaire, Crock-Pot, FoodSaver, Health o meter, Mr. Coffee, Oster, Patton, Rival, Seal-a-Meal, Villaware, Holmes and Sunbeam. Its principal products include clippers and trimmers for professional use in the beauty and barber and animal segments; electric blankets, mattress pads and throws; household kitchen appliances, such as blenders, coffeemakers, irons, mixers, slow cookers, toasters, toaster ovens and vacuum packaging machines; personal care and wellness products, such as fans, humidifiers, heaters and air purifiers, for home use; products for the hospitality industry, and scales for consumer use.

The Company competes with Conair Corporation, HWI Breville, NACCO Industries, Inc., Salton, Inc., Whirlpool Corporation, Microlife USA, Inc., HoMedics Inc., Conair Corporation., Andis Company, Conair Corporation, Wahl Clipper Corporation., DeLonghi America, Inc., Kaz, Incorporated, Hunter Fan Company, Ionic Pro, LLC., Lakewood Engineering and Manufacturing Company and Lasko Products, Inc.

Branded Consumables

The Branded Consumables segment manufactures or sources, markets and distributes a line of branded consumer products, consumable household staples, including arts and crafts paint brushes, children’s card games, clothespins, collectible tins, cordage, firelogs and firestarters, home safety equipment, home canning jars and accessories, kitchen matches, other craft items, plastic cutlery, playing cards and accessories, storage and workshop accessories, toothpicks and other accessories. This segment markets its products under the Aviator, Ball, Bee, Bernardin, Bicycle, BRK, Crawford, Diamond, Dicon, First Alert, Forster, Hoyle, Java-Log, KEM, Kerr, Lehigh, Leslie-Locke, Loew Cornell, Pine Mountain and Wellington brand names. The Company distributes these products through club, drug, grocery, hardware, mass merchant and specialty retail customers.

The Company competes with Kidde and Universal Security Instruments Inc. and Duraflame, Inc.