WebSite: www.americanstandard.com

Formed February 2008 from merger of 3 companies: American Standard Americas, Crane Plumbing, and Eljer> Privately held with major investment from Sun Capital and Bain Capital investment funds> CEO Donald C. Devine, previously president and CEO of American Standard America and of Jacuzzi Brands>, Products marketed under brand names such as American Standard®, Porcher®, Jado®, Crane® and Eljer®> Product lines include bathroom and kitchen faucets, fixtures and furniture with leading positions in toilets and number two position in bathroom fixtures in US and overall category leadership in Canada, Dominican Republic and Mexico> Origins partly derived from former American Standard Companies, which announced in February 2007 it would break up its three divisions: American Standards Americas (kitchen and bath division); WABCO, (vehicle controls division) and The Trane Company (subsequently sold effective June 2008 to Ingersoll Rand)> American Standard dates to 1881 founding of American Radiator in Buffalo, merged 1929 with Standard Sanitary to form American Radiator & Standard Sanitary, headquartered in NY City, later bought CF Church toilet seat company, grew to world's largest manufacturer of plumbing fixtures and products; also nations' leading supplier of central air conditioning equipment for commercial and institutional buildings; and leading supplier of electronic braking and control systems to the world's manufacturers of heavy-duty trucks and buses>  Relocated corporate headquarters to NJ 1995 as part of efforts to reduce costs> NJ operations include corporate headquarters in Piscataway> American Standard closed plumbing fixture plant located in Trenton in 2002.

Phone: (908) 221-2000

NJ Employees:           20,000

World's leading provider of IP-based communications services to businesses; also top US provider of wireless, high speed Internet access, Wi-Fi, local and long distance voice, and directory publishing and advertising services> Present company formed 2005 upon $16 billion acquisition by SBC Communications (former Southwestern Bell) to acquire AT&T, its former parent> SBC renamed itself AT&T following closing of transaction> American Telephone & Telegraph origins derived from 1876 invention of telephone by Alexander Graham Bell, who with two financial backers founded Bell Telephone Co. that becomes AT&T> Legal name of company changed 1984 from American Telephone and Telegraph Corporation to AT&T Corp.> Effective January 1984, Bell System ceased to exist in settlement reached to resolve federal antitrust action, AT&T spun off seven independent Regional Bell Operating Companies, with AT&T retaining its long distance telephone, manufacturing, and research and development operations> AT&T struggled following Bell system divestiture, suffered series of failed ventures in computers, data processing, cable TV, lost market share in traditional landline and long-distance business to new competitors, wirelesss providers> Once with over 50,000 jobs in NJ, now 12,000 employees, (reduced by over 30,000 jobs since 1995 as result of restructuring through spin-off of Lucent Technologies headquartered in Murray Hill at former AT&T Bell Laboratories headquarters (now unit of Alcatel-Lucent), series of downsizings and layoffs)> Formerly owned 35 buildings in NJ as of 2001, reduced number to under 20 by spring 2002, including sale of Basking Ridge administrative center for $200 million, with AT&T vacating facility November 2002 and consolidating staff at nearby NJ offices including 200-acre Bedminster Network Operations Center> Remaining AT&T facilities include AT&T Labs research centers in Middletown and Florham Park.

One of world's leading medical device firms, world's leading maker of single-use hypodermic needles and syringes, largest US intravenous catheter supplier, also produces diabetic care products, surgical equipment, diagnostic instruments, thermometers, laboratory equipment, ACE® brand bandages> Celebrated 100th anniversary in 1997 of founding of partnership 1897 in NY City by two salesmen, Maxwell W. Becton and Fairleigh S. Dickinson, Sr., to import medical thermometers, incorporated 1906 as NJ corporation amd opened first factory in East Rutherford 1907> Corporate headquarters in Franklin Lakes, regional sales office in Teterboro> Innovations include first disposable sterile blood donor kit for Red Cross, glass syringes> Announced November 1999 program to use ‘BD’ as new corporate identity and brand name for all products> Edward Ludwig named CEO effective January 2000, former executive vice president for strategic planning and chief financial officer> Nearly half of revenue from foreign sales, built plants in India, China seeking to increase presence in Asia> Both Becton and Dickinson instrumental in donation of property, funds for establishing Fairleigh Dickinson Junior College, now Fairleigh Dickinson University> Son of founder and former CEO Fairleigh Dickinson, Jr., served 1968-72 in NJ Senate from Bergen County, died 1996.

PO Box 4000