Newell Rubbermaid Inc. - NWL- Profile

Newell Rubbermaid Incorporated. The Group's principal activities are to manufacture and market branded consumer and commercial products. It operates through five segments: Cleaning & Organization, Office Products, Tools & Hardware, Home Fashions and Other. The product offering consists of indoor and outdoor organization, storage and cleaning products, stationery, art supplies, hand tools, power and industrial tool accessories, manual paint applicators, cabinet hardware, propane torches, drapery hardware and window treatments, aluminum and steel cookware, hair care accessory products and infant and juvenile products. The trademarks include Sharpie(R), Paper Mate(R), Parker(R), Waterman(R), Rubbermaid(R), Calphalon(R), Little Tikes(R), Graco(R), Levolor(R), BernzOmatic(R), VISE-GRIP(R), IRWIN(R) and LENOX(R). The Group majorly operates throughout the United States, Europe and Canada. Office Products, accounted for 33% of 2006 revenues; Cleaning & Organization, 32%; Tools & Hardware 20% and Home Fashions, 15%