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THE GREAT BRITISH PHYSICIST AND MATHEMATICIAN, SIR ISAAC NEWTON, WAS ONCE ASKED BY AN ADMIRER HOW HE HAD COME TO MAKE DISCOVERIES IN ASTRONOMY THAT WENT FAR BEYOND ANYTHING ACHIEVED BY ANYONE BEFORE HIM. HE REPLIED, “BY ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT THEM.”
DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS, WE HAVE ALSO CHALLENGED OURSELVES TO CONTINUALLY KEEP OUR MINDS OPEN TO THE POSSIBILITIES OF WHAT OUR BUSINESS COULD BE, TO STRETCH OUR IMAGINATION. NOWHERE IS THIS MORE EVIDENT THAN IN THE EVOLUTION OF WHAT WE CALL OUR FULL-VALU/SPECIALTY GROUP.
IN 2002, OUR FORMER LINEAR PRODUCTS BUSINESS, PART OF OUR FULL-VALU PORTFOLIO, UNDERWENT A RADICAL TRANSFORMATION.