Johnson_And_Johnson

Johnson And Johnson Robert Wood Johnson joined his two brothers, James Wood and Edward Mead Johnson who had formed a partnership in 1885. Operations began in New Brunswick, N.J. in 1886 with 14 employees on the fourth floor of a small building that once was a wallpaper factory. By 1887 the company was incorporated as Johnson & Johnson. Some of the first products included medicinal plasters containing medical compounds mixed in an adhesive and surgical dressing that could be mass-produced and shipped in quantities. In 1924 Johnson & Johnson became an international company with the creation of its first overseas affiliate in Great Britain. Also during the 1920’s developed on of their best-known products the BAND-AID. As time went on the company continued to grow and as new individual portions of the company grew they were characteristically organized as individual divisions or subsidiaries. Today Johnson & Johnson has become a worldwide family of 197 companies, marketing health care products in more than 175 countries. Johnson & Johnson is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly based manufacturer of health care products as well as a provider of related services, for the consumer, pharmaceutical and professional markets. The income statement shows a 10.6% increase johnson, company, cash, 2001, securities, products, marketable, increase, due, changes, came, billion, year, worldwide, wood, statement, sheet, sales, remains, purchase, operations, notes, notable, new, individual, income, health, first, few, expense, equivalents, dropped, drop, current, consecutive