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Con tacts: Dr. Owen Harris, Vice-President Research & Development; Scott Hulvat, Senior Vice-Presidents, Sales & Marketing.
FAB RICA DE PA PEL SAN FRAN CISCO Blvd Lopez Mateos Km. 5.5, Mexi cali, BC, MEXICO Tel: (760) 357-0204
Fax: (760) 357-4853 URLl: www.sfpa per.com To tal Sales Vol ume: $60 Mil lion
Per cent age of Sales in Ex clu sive Brands: 5%
Ex port Mar kets:
United StatesPro file: This firm is po si tioned as the strong est pa per com pany in North west ern Mex - ico. The com pany traces its roots back to 1959, be gin ning as Pa per Con vert ing of Baja Cali for nia, pro duc ing Kraft pa - per bags. Then the com pany ex paned into nap kins and toi let pa per. In 1980, a tis sue mill plant was added, sig nal ling the start of Fab rica de Pa pel San Fran - cisco. This com pany now looks to en ter the South west ern mar ket of the United States.
Prod ucts:
Dry dog and cat pet food SalesCon tacts: Mario A. Garcia, Export Manager (e-mail: [email protected])
FARM LAND IN DUS TRIES, INC.
(Out of Busi ness)
10380 N. Ex ecu tive Hills Blvd., P.O. Box 7305, Dept. 121, Kan sas City, MO 64116- 0005 USA
URL: www.farm land.com To tal Sales Vol ume: N/A
Per cent age of Sales in Ex clu sive Brands: N/A
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N/APro file: In May 2002, Farm land In dus tries—the larg est ag ri cul tural co op era tive in the
U.S, rep re sent ing con soli dated net sales of $9.1 billion- - filed for Chap ter 11 bank - ruptcy pro tec tion. Di vest ments and sales fol lowed for this fi nan cially trou bled op - era tion. A slumping fer til izer busi ness and prob lems in pret roleum fu eled its de cline. Its beef proc ess ing busi ness was sold to U.S. Pre mium Beef, its pork proc ess ing business ($1.8 bil lion in sales) in Oc to ber 2003 went to Smith field Foods Inc., while other parts of its op era tion also dis ap - peared. Farm land was founded in 1929 as Un ion Oil Com pany and changed its name to Con sum ers Co op era tive As so cia - tion in 1935. Thirty years later, 1966, the as so cia tion as sumed its pres ent iden tity. Part of its busi ness in cluded Farm land Pet Food. Most of the 30 years his tory of that business in cluded pri vate la bel, to tal ling more than 75 dif fer ent pet food la bels at one time.
Prod ucts:
N/A SalesCon tacts: N/A
FEM PRO INC.
1313 Mi chaud, Drum mon ville, Que bec J2C 2Z5, CAN - ADA
Tel: (819) 475- 8912; (800) 649- 7813 Fax: (819) 475- 8925
URL: www.fempro.com
To tal Sales Vol ume: N/A
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N/APro file: This com pany was started two years ago, af ter Cas cades PSH of Mont real, Que bec, Can ada, a di vi sion of Cas cades, Inc. of Kingsey Falls, Can ada, was sold. The par - ent com pany con tin ues as a pro ducer of re cy cled pa per. Its adult in con ti nence busi ness went to SCA Molnlycke (Can - ada), owned by SCA Molnlycke of Swe - den. The femi nine hy giene busi ness be came Fem pro, which con tin ues with its brand, In cog nito, as well as de vel op ing its pri vate la bel busi ness. The com pany ac tu - ally traces its be gin ning to 1984, when the
French com pany, Kaysers berg, joined Cas cades Inc., to mar ket sani tary nap - kins un der the Va nia brand. That iden - tity was changed to In cog nito in 1990 and six years later, the com pany was re - or gan ized as a new pri vate en ter prise, un der Fem pro Inc. Re cently, the com - pany ex panded its pro duc tion fa cili ties.
Prod ucts:
Feminine hygiene pads (Sanitary Napkins--panty liners, ultra thin, maxi-thin, maxi); meat soaker Pads SalesCon tacts: Jean Louis Bouchard, Vjice-President, Commercialization; Michel Bourassa, Director of Exports
FEN TON, WE BER & JONES PACK AG ING 385 Cross point Pkwy., Getz ville, NY 14068 USA Tel: (716) 568-1290
Fax: (716) 568-1301
URL: www.fwjpack ag ing.com To tal Sales Vol ume: N/A
Per cent age of Sales in Ex clu sive Brands: 15%
Ex port Mar kets:
North and South Amer ica, Europe, Car ib beanPro file: This privately- held com pany, founded in No vem ber 1984 by Rus sell Fen ton and John Scott Jones, is po si tioned to pro vide cus tom and stock rigid plas tic pack ag ing to ma jor mar ket ers on a na - tional and in ter na tional ba sis. Its ca pa - bili ties cover con cept to com ple tion, de sign, en gi neer ing and proc ess ing by ex tru sion blow mold ing, in jec tion blow mold ing, in jec tion mold ing, in jec tion stretch blow mold ing and multi- layer. A va ri ety of sec on dary deco rat ing op tions and as sem bly is avail able as well. The com pany is a leader in de odor ant and an ti per spi rant pack ag ing. Its seal ing sys tems are de vel oped in roll- on pack - ages, de signed to pre vent leak age in difficult- to- hold for mu las. Over the past 10 years, the com pany has av er aged a 35% growth rate. The firm’s manu fac - tur ing fa cili ties are audited to com ply
with strin gent qual ity and proc ess ing stan - dards, while sta tis ti cal pro cess con trol and meth ods of qual ity im prove ment are used on most proj ects.
Prod ucts:
Packaging for pharmaceutical, personal care, OTC, toiletries and cosmetics. Leaders in roll-on dispensing systems and oval stick deodorants and antiperspirants. SalesCon tacts: Russell Fenton, COO, Sales & Marketing or Phone/fax for one of five offices—New Jersey, Florida, Buffalo (NY), Chicago, or Los Angeles
FER RA NIA TECHNOLOGIES* 6063 Hud son Road, Ste. 121, Wood bury, MN 55125 USA Tel: (651) 704-3503; (888) 846-2846 Fax: (651) 734-6625
URL: www.fer ra ni ait.com To tal Sales Vol ume: N/A
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Europe, South east Asia, South Amer ica—up to 60 coun triesPro file: In August 1999, Ima tion Corp. sold its Photo Color Sys tems busi ness; and Fer ra - nia Im ag ing Tech nolo gies was formed as an in de pend ent, privately- held com pany. In July 2005, how ever, own er ship was trans ferred to FI TRA In ves ti menti Spa, a con sor tium of top Ital ian in dus tri al ists. Their in terest, which cover mari time trans por ta tion, the steel in dus try, gen eral con struc tion, and en ergy pro duc tion, also in cludes high- tech products- - an area that Fer ra nia pro vides as so ci ated prod ucts. Fer ra nia to day, based in It aly, has been build on a busi ness started some 80 years ago and now cov er ing pho tog ra phy, health care and graphic arts. Ad di tion ally, the com pany claims to be the world leader in pri vate la bel pho to graphic prod ucts, such as: color film, single- use cam eras and photo-qual ity ink jet printer pa per for the con sumer mar ket. In the U.S., 75% of its pho tog ra phy sales are in pri vate la bel,
while in in jet prod ucts, its’s about 40% pri vate la bel. Lately, the com pany has ex panded its se lec tion of ready- to- use, color 35 mm cam eras, in clud ing one that con tains black- and- white film (its So laris brand film) and a Go- Digital 35mm cam era (packed with post age paid pho tof in ish ing en ve lope). Also, its ink jet car tridges and pa per of fer ing (iden ti fied un der the Op tiJet brand) has been ex panded, the car tridges com pati - ble with a va ri ety of name brand desk - top print ers. Late in 2004, the com pany in tro duced a highly ad vanced tech nol - ogy, Per Dura, which pre vents gas fad - ing of ink jet printed full- color pho tos. Glossy po rous ink jet pa per has a sur - face that al lows ozone to at tack the dye- based ink, thus caus ing up to 70% of color den sity loss in just half a year. The Per Dura tech nol ogy pre vents this gas- fading prob lem by using radi cal scav en - ger and an ti oxi dant at the mo lecu lar level, which re pel the ozone at tacks, thus pro tect ing the color of the printed im - age. Fer ra nia op er ates through two manu fac tur ing, re search and de vel op - ment, and dis tri bu tion fa cili ties in It aly and in the U.S., while also main tain ing sales of fices in six coun tries. Its head - quar ters: Fer ra nia S.p.A., Sede Le gale: Vi ale della Lib erta, 57, Fra zi one Fer - rani, 117014 Cairo Mon tenotte (SV). Tel: +39 019522.1; Fax: +39
0195220412.