Blount International, Inc. (Blount) is an international industrial company with one business segment: Outdoor Products. The Company also wholly owns and operates a manufacturer of gear-related products. Blount’s products are sold in approximately 100 countries and approximately 66% of its sales, during the year ended December 31, 2008, were outside of the United States of America. The Company has manufacturing operations in the United States, Canada, Brazil and the People's Republic of China. It also operates marketing, sales and distribution centers in other parts of the world. On May 2, 2008, the acquired Carlton Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries (Carlton), a manufacturer of cutting chain for chainsaws.