Our corporate development programs have achieved outstanding results and a great return on investment for core and non-core growth initiatives:

• Diversified into new high growth category through company and technology acquisitions
• Acquired breakthrough technology platform which resulted in a new product line
• Identified new, protectable products with significant competitive advantages
• Entered major new business through category innovation and acquisitions
• Executed strategic venture investments to capture new technologies and build an alliance
• Added new products and product lines based on new technologies
• Determined the best contract manufacturing partner to rapidly launch a new product
• Acquired new technology that rejuvenated an old product category