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Société BIC
 PROFILE
You can flick a BIC; you can write with a BIC; you can even "shave" with a BIC. Société BIC, the French consumer products company, makes the ubiquitous pens (about 20 million sold a day), lighters, and shavers. BIC products, including highlighters, mechanical pencils, and Wite-Out correction fluid, are sold in more than 60 countries on five continents. The company also sells the more upscale line of Sheaffer writing instruments and sells surfboards through BIC Sport. Its Guy Laroche clothing line, a perennial money-loser, represents less than 1% of sales. Founder Baron Marcel Bich launched the BIC ballpoint pen in 1949. The Bich family owns 34% of BIC's stock and controls just under 50% of its voting power.

 COMPETITION
American Safety Razor Company (dossier)
The Gillette Company (G)
Pfizer Inc (PFE)

 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: December
2000 Sales (mil.): 1,439.00
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 7.3%
Employees: 9,743
Revenue per employee: $147,695.78

 KEY PEOPLE
• Bruno Bich
    CEO
• Blythe J. McGarvie
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
14 rue Jeanne d'AsniEres
92611 Clichy Cedex, France
Phone: 33-1-45-19-52-00
Fax: 33-1-45-19-52-99
Online: Web Site

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