| Jarden Corporation engages in the manufacture, sourcing, marketing, and distribution of consumer products in the United States and internationally. The companys product lines include outdoor solutions, consumer solutions, and branded consumables. The outdoor solutions product line comprises products for camping, backpacking, tailgating, outdoor cooking, and other outdoor activities; personal flotation devices, water sports products, and all-terrain vehicle equipment; fishing equipment; baseball, softball, football, basketball, and lacrosse products; Alpine and Nordic skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, and in-line skating products; and technical outdoor apparel and equipment. The consumer solutions product line includes coffee makers, bedding, home vacuum packaging machines, heating pads, slow cookers, air cleaning products, fans and heaters, and personal and animal grooming products, as well as related consumable products. The branded consumables product line consists of arts and crafts paint brushes, childrens card games, clothespins, collectible tins, firelogs and firestarters, home safety equipment, home canning jars, jar closures, kitchen matches, other craft items, plastic cutlery, playing cards and accessories, rope, cord and twine, storage and workshop accessories, toothpicks, and other accessories. The company also manufactures, markets, and distributes various plastic products, including jar closures, contact lens packaging, monofilament, plastic cutlery, refrigerator door liners, and medical disposables and rigid packaging, as well as zinc strip and fabricated zinc products. It sells its products through a range of distribution channels, including club, department store, drug, grocery, mass merchant, sporting goods, and specialty retailers, as well as direct to consumers. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Rye, New York. |