METTLER TOLEDO is a global manufacturer and marketer of precisioninstruments for use in laboratory, industrial and food retailingapplications. The Company has strong worldwide leadershippositions. A significant majority of our instrument sales are insegments in which we are the global leader. In addition to a broadproduct offering, we have one of the largest global sales andservice organizations among precision instrument companies.We focus on the high value-added segments of our markets byproviding innovative instruments that often integrate varioustechnologies including application-specific solutions forcustomers. We design our instruments not only to gather valuabledata but also to facilitate the processing and transfer of thisdata into customers' management information systems.