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BIC Company. By: Graham Davis. Table of Contents. Company History Product Mix Stock Information Company Financials Financial Charts (Euro/USD) BIC Disposable Lighter (history) Product Breakdown Product Financials. Company History. Founded in 1945 (Clichy, France) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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BIC Company
By: Graham Davis
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Table of Contents
• Company History• Product Mix• Stock Information• Company Financials
• Financial Charts (Euro/USD)
• BIC Disposable Lighter (history)• Product Breakdown• Product Financials
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Company History
• Founded in 1945 (Clichy, France)• Founders: Marcel Bich and Edouard Buffard• Originally manufactured fountain pen and
mechanical pencil parts• Products are: Simple, Inventive, Reliable, and
for Everyone, Everywhere• Total Employees: 10,455
• 9,198(Full-Time) 1,257(Part-Time)
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Product Mix
• Stationary• Ballpoint Pens, Pencils, Highlighters, Ect.
• Lighters• Classic, Electronic, Multipurpose, Cases
• Shavers• Men and Women's Disposable Razors
• Other Products/Promotional Products• Batteries, BIC Phone, Pantyhose
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Stock Information
• Outstanding Shares: 48,245,532 (2012)• 48,341,785 (2010) 47,565,299 (2011)
• Net Income per Share: $4.29, $5 (2010,2011)
• Dividend Per Share: $1.90, $2.20 (2010,2011)
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Financial Information (USD)(2010/2011/2012 9 Months)
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Financial Chart (Mil. Euro)
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Financial Chart (Mil. USD)
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Net Sales Geographic
• Europe• 29% (2010) 28% (2011)
• North America• 42% (2010) 40% (2011)
• Developing Market• 29% (2010) 32% (2011)
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Net Sales By Category
• Stationary• 32% (2010-12)
• Lighters• 26% (2010) 28% (2011) 28% (2012)
• Shavers• 17% (2010) 18% (2011) 18% (2012)
• Other• 5% (2010-12)
• Advertising/Promo• 20% (2010) 17% (2011) 17% (2012)
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Net Sales By Category
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BIC Disposable Lighter• Started 1972
• Uses high-tech manufacturing process
• It produces lighters in four factories located in France, Spain, the United States and Brazil.
• 5 Million lighters manufactured daily
• Each lighter undergoes more than 50 automated quality and security test
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BIC Factory
• BIC factory operatione– Manufacturing of primary parts– Sub-assembly– Automatic gas filling– Assembling, Controlling, and packaging
• 3 Principles of Lighter Design• Saftey&Quality, Consumer Friendliness, Value for money
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Lighter ComponentsGas Reservoir• 1)Body-plastic• 2)Base-plastic• 3)Ball-metalLighting mechanism• 4)Flint spring• 5)fork spring• 6)valve-steel• 7)jet-steel• 8)flint-flint• 9)Fork-pastic/steel• 10)Spark Wheel-serrated steelSafety• 11)Hood-steel• 12)Guard-steel
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Raw Materials Used/Cost %
• Plastics- 39%• Delrin is a high grade plastic resin
• Metals-23%
• Ink and Solvents-6%
• Packaging and Other-32%
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Lighter Financial Information
• Total Units Produced (Billions):• 1.224 (2010) 1.318 (2011)
• Sales Revenue (Million USD):• 612.78 (2010) 651.01 (2011) 518.98 (2012)
• Variable Cost (Million USD)• 391.52 (2010) 396.37 (2011) 316.71 (2012)
• Total Contribution Margin (Million USD)• 221.25 (2010) 254.65 (2011) 202.26 (2012)
• Contribution Margin %• 36.1% (2010) 39.1% (2011) 38.97%
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Per Unit Breakdown 2011
• Revenue Per Unit: .4939
• Variable Cost Per Unit: .3007Materials-40% (.12028)Labor-25% (.075)Manufacturing Overhead-35% (.105)
• Profit Per Unit: .1932
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Materials Cost Per Unit
• Plastics: .047
• Metal: .028
• Ink: .007
• Packaging: .038
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Overview
BIC lighters account for28% of the companies revenue
Post a consistent 30-40% Contribution margin as percent of sales
Gross Profit for lighters 2011: 199.8 Million Euro
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Refrences
• http://www.bicworld.com/
• http://www.bicworld.com/en/finance/index/