Our professional stone care
line offers solutions for stain
protection, cleaning,
maintenance, polishing and
restoration of a variety of
natural stone floors.
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Despite ongoing political and economic
uncertainties, the Latin America business had
an excellent year. The region achieved 13%
sales growth and improved earnings through
robust growth in Institutional, Food &
Beverage and Pest Elimination segments
across all regions.
Strengthened Institutional sales through
the launch of its LaunderCare line,
providing significant energy, water and
labor savings for customers such as hotels
and commercial laundries.
Continued its successful penetration of the
retail supermarket segment with the crossdivisional
MarketGuard program, which
combines services and solutions from Pest
Elimination, Kay and Professional Products.
Began rolling out its new natural stone care
line, which offers easy, cost-effective
maintenance and restoration of marble,
granite and limestone floors for hospitality,
retail and commercial customers.
Expanded geographic coverage by
realigning Export businesses in Peru,
Ecuador and Bolivia.
Latin America foresees continued strong
growth in 2005 as it launches an array of new
products and aggressively expands into new
markets and new geographies. As tourism
markets rebound, Institutional will benefit
from new product launches in its laundry,
housekeeping and retail segments. Food &
Beverage will emphasize corporate account
gains and new product penetration in the
beverage, brewery and food markets. Pest
Elimination will continue its rapid growth
through geographic expansion and ongoing
cross-divisional efforts.
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