MeadWestvaco

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MeadWestvaco Consumer & Office Products’ Sidney facility has long lasting strategic partnerships with customers in office superstores as well as independent office supply stores. Their established brands are held in high regard by the industry. These factors – plus their dedicated employees –position the facility for continued leadership in the office products category.

The Sidney facility has been operating in Delaware County for over 60 years, and is one of the county’s largest employers. The company relocated to downtown Sidney in 1946 and moved to its present location in 1970. Once known as Keith Clark and then AT-A-GLANCE, the company was acquired by the Mead Corporation in 1999 and received its current name in January 2002 when Mead and Westvaco merged.

The Sidney Office Products Group is housed in a 750,000 square foot facility that extends more than one-half mile from end-to-end .It produces and distributes in excess of 100 million calendars and related products annually – including established brands such as AT-A-GLANCE®, Standard Diary®, Day Minder® and Day Runner® – which are sold through independent office supply stores and national chains such as Office Max, Office Depot and Staples. Approximately 1,200 employees in the facility work in departments that include sales and marketing, prepress, customer service and many different manufacturing and shipping operations, including printing, bindery, finishing and distribution. The plant operates 3 shifts per day, 5 days per week.

More on the Sidney facility:

• North America’s largest manufacturing and distribution center for time management and organizational products.

• Product concept to design, production, shipment and marketing, all in one location – permits fast turnaround and flexible response to market demands

• Over 800,000 customer orders will leave the plant in 2007, compared to just 271,000 orders only 10 years ago.

• Recently introduced AT-A-GLANCE® Outlink™, new revolutionary business planning tools that allow the flexibility to switch between paper and software

• Also market Cambridge®, Mead® and Columbian® office products

• The Promotional Products Group produces Ready Reference® and Old Farmer’s Almanac® branded products for the Promotional Products/Advertising Specialty markets and is the U.S. supplier of high-end, Italian-made Castelli planning products

• Over 800 visitors from the community enjoyed Earth Fest 2007, which included a demonstration of birds of prey, as well as short presentations highlighting local environmental resources and forest management

The Sidney facility is a generous supporter of area arts groups, scout troops, schools and other non-profit organizations. For example, the facility has provided a significant portion of the development and ongoing support for the National Soccer Hall of Fame in Oneonta and the Keith Clark Park in Sidney.

“Our employees are committed to safety and working hard to deliver ‘world-class’ products and services to our customers,” said David Williamson, executive vice president and general manager. “We are viewed by customers, consumers and employees alike as an indispensable, premier supplier of quality brand-name products for planning, organizing, record-keeping and communicating. We’re proud to be known for our innovation, service excellence and ‘added value’ in every aspect of our business.”

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