Jarden Corporation · Rye, NY United States ·(NYSE: JAH)

Jarden is beaming with consumer products for inside and outside the home. It makes a diverse set of branded consumer products, including Sunbeam appliances, Coleman outdoor gear, and First Alert home safety products. It also makes Ball home canning products, Diamond matches and plastic cutlery, Crawford home storage products, Loew-Cornell artist supplies, and Bicycle playing cards. Jarden sells its products primarily to retailers, such as Wal-Mart, Dick's Sporting Goods, and Target. It also makes plastic and zinc products for other companies and supplies copper-plated zinc penny blanks to the US Mint and the Royal Canadian Mint. It bought outdoor products maker K2 for about $1.2 billion in 2007. To read the full description, subscribe now.