The Gillette Company - Introduction

Introduction

Prudential Tower Building, Suite 4800
Boston, Massachusetts 02199
U.S.A.
Telephone: (617) 421-7000
Fax: (617) 421-7123
Web site: http://www.gillette.com

Public Company
Incorporated: 1901 as American Safety Razor Company
Employees: 29,400
Sales: $9.25 billion (2004)
Stock Exchanges: New York London Frankfurt Zurich
Ticker Symbol: G
NAIC: 325620 Toilet Preparation Manufacturing

The Gillette Company is the world leader in the men's grooming product category as well as in certain women's grooming products. Although more than half of company profits are still derived from shaving equipment—the area in which the company started—Gillette has also attained the top spots worldwide in writing instruments (Paper Mate, Parker, and Waterman brands) and correction products (Liquid Paper), toothbrushes and other oral care products (Oral-B), and alkaline batteries (Duracell products, which generate almost one-fourth of company profits). Gillette maintains 64 manufacturing facilities in 27 countries, and its products are sold in more than 200 countries and territories, with more than 60 percent of sales occurring outside the United States.