Stearns and Lehman Inc  stock certificate specimen

Nice color piece with a photo vignette of the company's products - coffee and drink flavorings.  Interesting name but unrelated to the former financial organizations. Specimen (sample) certificate.

Stearns & Lehman, Inc. is an Ohio corporation organized on March 14, 1988. Currently, the company is engaged in the business of manufacturing and marketing specialty food products, focusing its efforts on beverage flavorings, Italian-style syrups, granita syrups, sugars, and toppings for the beverage and specialty coffee industries. As these industries continue to grow, Stearns & Lehman strives to build on its reputation as innovators, setting the standard for the competition.

Known within the industry as a private-label expert, Stearns & Lehman has become one of the largest flavoring syrup manufacturers in the world, and the leading private label manufacturer of Italian-style syrups in North America, Europe, and the Pacific Rim. Stearns & Lehman offers the most complete private-label programs available, from label design to custom blending. Each program is designed to meet the specific needs of individual customers, along with unique product and packaging concepts to accent each program's benefits.

Headquartered in Mansfield, Ohio, the company has two fully staffed manufacturing facilities in the United States. Corporate headquarters is a custom-built 50,000-square-foot facility housing corporate offices and a high-speed state-of-the-art production facility. The western facility, located in Kent, Wash., offers customers the opportunity to purchase the freshest product at the most cost-effective landed cost. The company's third facility is located in British Columbia, Canada, in a 18,685-square-foot manufacturing facility. With fully staffed R&D and QC departments, Stearns & Lehman Inc. is HACCP compliant and performs in-house micro testing and other quality control measures. Stearns & Lehman continues to expand, distributing products through a world-wide network of distributors, including ones in Australia, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Israel, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, and the United Kingdom.