Operations
The company is headquartered in Pasadena, California. As of 2008, it ranked number 376 in the annual Fortune 500 list with total sales of $6.7 billion. Its pivotal line of products are found in its Pressure-Sensitive Materials segment, responsible for 54 percent of sales. The company employs 36,000 people worldwide, with manufacturing and distribution facilities in over sixty countries. Its first overseas subsidiary was established in the Netherlands in 1955.
The company operates through four segments:
- The Pressure-Sensitive Materials segment manufactures and sells pressure-sensitive roll-label materials, films for graphic applications, reflective highway-safety products, performance polymers, and extruded films.
- The Office and Consumer Products segment manufactures and sells various office and consumer products, including labels, binders, dividers, sheet protectors, and writing instruments. It was announced January 3, 2012, that this division was being purchased by 3M for $550 million.
- The Retail Information Services segment designs, manufactures, and sells various price-marking and brand-identification products, including tickets, graphic and barcode tags and labels, woven and printed labels, and related supplies and equipment.
- Other Specialty Products segment provides automotive and industrial products, radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags and inserts, specialty tape, security printing and performance films.
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