Rubbermaid Inc.

Employing over 6,000 associates throughout North America, Rubbermaid manufactures and distributes a wide range of products designed to organize life, delight consumers, and ease household chores. Product lines include Home Organization (home storage, drawers, laundry & utility, wastebaskets), Kitchen & Bath (food storage, kitchen organization, bath), Cleaning (smallwares and stickgoods), Closet Organization (complete systems both free standing and mounted), and Hardware/Seasonal (refuse, outdoor & garage storage, insulated, hardware & tools, lawn & garden, mailboxes). Rubbermaid products can be found in mass retailers, hardware & home center stores, warehouse clubs, supermarkets, drug stores, department stores, specialty stores, and distributors.

In 1999, Rubbermaid joined the Newell family of companies to create a new entity: Newell Rubbermaid Inc., a global marketer of consumer products with 2000 sales of nearly $7 billion and a powerful brand family including Sharpie®, Paper Mate®, Parker®, Waterman®, Rubbermaid®, Calphalon®, Little Tikes®, Graco®/Century®, and Levolor®. The Corporation is headquartered in Freeport, Illinois and has 48,800 employees worldwide.