ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
The following lists our principal owned or leased administrative, manufacturing and distribution facilities for continuing operations at September 30, 2017:
Corporate & Administrative
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Location | | Function / Use | | Owned / Leased |
U.S. Locations | | | | |
Middleton, Wisconsin | | World Headquarters | | Leased |
Danbury, Connecticut | | GAC Headquarters | | Leased |
Earth City, Missouri | | Pet, Home & Garden Headquarters | | Leased |
Lake Forest, California | | HHI Headquarters | | Leased |
Non-U.S. Locations | | | | |
Sulzbach, Germany | | Europe Headquarters | | Leased |
Mississauga, Canada | | Canada Headquarters | | Leased |
Shared Operations & Sales Offices
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Location | | Function / Use | | Owned / Leased |
U.S. Locations | | | | |
Alpharetta, Georgia | | Platform sales | | Leased |
Bentonville, Arkansas | | Platform sales | | Leased |
Mooresville, North Carolina | | Platform sales | | Leased |
Non-U.S. Locations | | | | |
Concord, Canada | | Distribution | | Leased |
Wolverhampton, England | | Distribution | | Owned |
Shenzhen, China | | Distribution | | Leased |
Home & Hardware Improvement (HHI)
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Location | | Function / Use | | Owned / Leased |
U.S. Locations | | | | |
Charlotte, North Carolina | | Distribution | | Leased |
Edgerton, Kansas | | Distribution | | Leased |
Houston, Texas | | Manufacturing & Distribution | | Leased |
Lititz, Pennsylvania | | Manufacturing & Distribution | | Leased |
Denison, Texas | | Manufacturing | | Leased |
Birmingham, Alabama | | Distribution | | Leased |
Dallas, Texas | | Distribution | | Leased |
Denison, Texas | | Distribution | | Owned |
Elkhart, Indiana | | Distribution | | Leased |
Mira Loma, California | | Distribution | | Leased |
Non-U.S. Locations | | | | |
Mexicali, Mexico | | Manufacturing & Distribution | | Leased |
Chia-Yi, Taiwan | | Manufacturing | | Leased |
Nogales, Mexico | | Manufacturing | | Owned |
Subic Bay, Philippines | | Manufacturing | | Owned |
Xiamen, China | | Manufacturing | | Leased |
Xiaolan, China | | Manufacturing | | Leased |
Brockville, Canada | | Distribution | | Leased |
Global Pet Supplies (PET)
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Location | | Function / Use | | Owned / Leased |
U.S. Locations | | | | |
Blacksburg, Virginia | | Manufacturing | | Owned |
Bridgeton, Missouri | | Manufacturing | | Leased |
Noblesville, Indiana | | Manufacturing | | Owned |
St. Louis, Missouri | | Manufacturing | | Leased |
Edwardsville, Illinois | | Distribution | | Leased |
Riverview, Florida | | Research & Development | | Leased |
Non-U.S. Locations | | | | |
Bogota, Colombia | | Manufacturing & Distribution | | Leased |
Melle, Germany | | Manufacturing & Distribution | | Owned |
Ambato, Ecuador | | Manufacturing | | Leased |
Coevorden, Netherlands | | Manufacturing | | Owned |
Leon, Mexico | | Manufacturing | | Leased |
Phnom Penh, Cambodia | | Manufacturing | | Leased |
Home & Garden (H&G)
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Location | | Function / Use | | Owned / Leased |
U.S. Locations | | | | |
St. Louis, Missouri | | Manufacturing | | Leased |
Edwardsville, Illinois | | Distribution | | Leased |
Global Auto Care (GAC)
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Location | | Function / Use | | Owned / Leased |
U.S. Locations | | | | |
Dayton, Ohio | | Manufacturing & Distribution | | Leased |
Non-U.S. Locations | | | | |
Ebbw Vale, Gwent, Wales | | Manufacturing & Distribution | | Leased |
We also own, operate or contract with third parties to operate distribution centers, sales and other administrative offices throughout the world in support of our business. We believe that our existing facilities are suitable and adequate for our present purposes and that the productive capacity in such facilities is substantially being utilized or we have plans to utilize it.