gium, It aly
Pro file: IFT, Inc. is a full- service fra grance house, dedi cated to cre at ing fra grances, pro vid ing ex act ana lyti cal du pli ca tion of fra grances, and manu fac tur ing fra - grances. The firm doesn’t work off of the 300- 800% work- ups that are com - mon to this in dus try. It pro vides a 24- hour manu fac tur ing lead time ver sus the stan dard 10 days to four weeks turn around. IFT pays the freight on all or ders more than 200 pounds—FOB its cus tomer’s plant.
Prod ucts:
Fragrances for household and personal care products, sanitary supply, and plasticsSales
Con tacts: Perry Pellegrino, Vice-President Sales & Marketing
IN TER NA TIONAL HOME FOODS STORE BRANDS
NYSE: IHF
21340 Hayes Ave., Lakev ille, MN 55044, USA Tel: (612) 469-4981
Fax: (612) 469-5550 To tal Sales Vol ume: $265 Mil lion
Per cent age of Sales in Ex clu sive Brands: 75% Ex port Mar kets: N/A
Pro file: In 1998, Inter na tional Home Foods Store Brands was formed by the con soli da tion of Grist Mill Com pany, Crea tive Prod ucts Inc., Lib by’s brand canned meats, and ex - ist ing IHF store brands. The re sult ing prod uct line is one of the broad est in the store brand in dus try. IHF Store Brands prod ucts are manu fac tured in six plants lo cated through out the coun try. IHF Store Brands has a #1 or #2 store brand share po si tion in nine ma jor cate go ries. These in clude: fruit snacks, chewy gra nola bars, crisp rice bars, fruit & grain bars, gra ham cracker pie crust, marsh mal lows, canned pasta, canned meats, and cook ing spray.
Prod ucts:
Fruit snacks, marshmallows, chewy granola bars, ready-to-eat cereal, crisp rice bars, farina hot cereal, fruit & grain bars, canned meat, canned pasta, canned beans, cooking spray, canned chili, graham cracker pie crust, beef stew, spread cheese, spicy brown mustardSales Con tacts:
George Mik eta, Vice- President of Sales (Tel: 412- 788- 2510)
IN TER NA TIONAL TRAD ING CO., LTD. 3100 Ca nal Street, Hous ton TX 77003 USA
Tel: (713) 224- 5901
Fax: (713) 546- 1505
URL: www.it cusa.com
To tal Sales Vol ume: $180 Mil lion
Per cent age of Sales in Ex clu sive Brands: 85%
Ex port Mar kets:
Mex ico, Can adaPro file: Founded in 1950, In ter na tional Trad ing Co. (ITC) has evolved from a small im - ported foods com pany into a multi-
dimensional, proc essed meat manu fac - turer, pack ager, and im porter/ex porter. As part of its com mit ment to its cus tom - ers, ITC has in sti tuted pro cesses to en - sure qual ity through out the pro duc tion pro cess. The com pany has ex pe ri enced sig nifi cant growth through its dedi ca - tion in pro vid ing the high est level of qual ity in all its prod ucts and serv - ices,hus set ting and reach ing its goal to be come the first ham com pany in the United States to re ceive ISO 9001 cer ti - fi ca tion. ITC has the ma jor ity of its busi ness in pre- packaged, pre- sliced re - frig er ated meats, while pro vid ing bulk prod uct to food-serv ice and in sti tu tional ac counts.
Prod ucts:
Premium ham, turkey and chicken products. Manufactured, sliced & packaged for retail, food service, or industrial customers.Sales
Con tacts: Benjamin Warren, Director of Sales; Keith DeShazo, Director of Sales; Tom Hill, Director of Food Service; Claus J. R. Mercer, Director of Club and Export; Dave Gerle, Director of Business Development
THE IN VER GOR DON DIS TILL ERS
(Di vi sion of JBB (Greater Europe) PLC)
9-21 Sal man der Place, Leith, Ed in burgh, EH6 7JL SCOT LANDTel: +44 131- 554- 4404 Fax: +44 131- 554- 1531 To tal Sales Vol ume: N/A
Per cent age of Sales in Ex clu sive Brands: 45%
Ex port Mar kets:
Europe, United States, Can ada, Mid dle East, East Europe, Southest Asia, Pa cific RimPro file: In ver gor don Dis till ers is the world’s third larg est Scotch whisky pro ducer, of fer ing a ’l ibrary of whisky in stock.’ It also is the “world’s larg est pro ducer of cus tomer speci fied Scotch whisky.” Its prod ucts are sold in three ways in the value for money sec tor: su per mar kets,
pri vate la bel ac counts, and as high- market items, such as pre mium gifts. Parent JBB owns Jim Beam Brands Co., Deer field, IL, the sec ond larg est US dis tilled spir its com - pany (op er ated un der JBB World wide, Inc., which is owned by For tune Brands Inc.).
Prod ucts:
Scotch whisky, vodka, gin SalesCon tacts: Angus Bruce (France, Netherlands,
Scandinavia, U.S., Canada); Romana Findlay (Italy, Greece, Malta, Cyprus, Portugal); Peter Hepburn (France); Terry Magill (Spain, Latin America); Iain Gilchrist (Germany,
Switzerland, Austria, Southeast Asia); Nick Wright (Japan, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand); John Wright (Africa, Middle East, Thailand); Keith Geddes (Eastern Europe, Turkey); Clive Miquel, Marketing Controller
IN VER NESS MEDI CAL TECH NOL OGY* AMEX: IMA
51 Saw yer Rd.., Waltham, MA 02453 USA Tel: (877)696- 2525
Fax: (781) 647- 3939
URL: www.invernessmedical.com To tal 2007 Sales Vol ume: $839.5 Mil lion +48.7% Per cent age of Sales in Ex clu sive Brands: 25%
Ex port Mar kets:
CanadaPro file: Dur ing 2000, In ver ness Medi cal Tech nol - ogy be came the new name of Self care, Inc. This com pany traces its roots back to 1991, founded as a women’s health com - pany. It has evolved into a lead ing force within the medi cal tech nol ogy field with prod ucts for peo ple with dia be tes, such as its pro prie tary, elec tro chemi cal blood glu - cose test strips. In Feb ru ary 1998, the com pany ac quired Can- Am Care, a domi - nant player in the dia be tes pri vate brands busi ness; even tu ally, that op era tion was com pletely ab sorbed into the In ver ness busi ness, which now op er at es as a sin gle en tity. The com pany to day is po si tioned as the number one U.S. pro vider of store- name dia be tes-care and women’s fam ily
plan ning prod ucts. Its prin ci pal R&D and manu fac tur ing faci