Company Grupo Vasconia, S.A.B.

Grupo Vasconia SAB is a Mexico-based company engaged in the manufacture and sale of steel and aluminum goods for the household use. The Company’s activities are structured in two business divisions: Kitchen Products and Flat Aluminum. The Company's products portfolio comprises such items as pressure cookers, pans, griddles, cooking pots, utensils, specialty aluminum pancake pans, aluminum ladles and beakers, multifunction pans, baking molds, scales, knives and chopping boards, among others. The Company’s products are marketed under the Ekco, Presto, Regal, Wallace, Towle, Melannco, Pfaltzgraff, Pedrini and Thermos brands. As of December 31, 2011, the Company owned such subsidiaries as Ekco Queretaro SA de CV, La Vasconia (Espana) SA, Fomento Productivo SA de CV, Vasconia Housewares LLC, Industria Mexicana del Aluminio SA de CV and Industrias Ekco SA de CV, and LTB de Mexico SA de CV which was its major shareholder with 29.9% of its interest.

Number of employees: 1,333