About Varitronics

Varitronics, A Brady Business, provides education technology products and solutions that help improve student achievement, reinforce student engagement, enhance professional development, and support fundraising initiatives. Varitronics' customer base includes more than 30,000 early childhood centers, elementary schools, secondary schools, and post-secondary institutions throughout North America. Varitronics' latest product suite, the VariQuest Visual Learning Tools, includes the Cutout Maker, Poster Maker, Awards Maker and Design Center, and is powered by proprietary VariQuest Software featuring thousands of curriculum-aligned templates and graphics designed specifically for schools. The tools allow students and teachers the ability to quickly and easily create visual supports that help bring their lessons, activities and key messages to life.

Varitronics was founded in 1983 in Minneapolis, MN. Brady Corporation is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI and acquired Varitronics in 1996.

About Brady Corporation

Brady Corporation was founded in 1914 as W.H. Brady Co. and renamed Brady Corporation in 1998. Headquartered in Milwaukee, WI, Brady Corporation (NYSE: BRC) is an international manufacturer and marketer of complete solutions that identify and protect premises, products and people. Its products include high-performance labels and signs, safety devices, printing systems and software, and precision die-cut materials. Brady's fiscal 2009 sales were approximately $1.2 billion. More information is available at www.bradycorp.com.

Giving Back

Brady Corporation Foundation

The Brady Corporation Foundation, supporting leadership development in the communities in which Brady does business, manages and administers Brady's charitable giving. Believing that education is the foundation for continuous improvement and success, Brady Corporation reaches out to the community through a Corporate Contributions Program focused on education. Through partnerships with area schools, Brady has provided computers and printers, science and graphic arts equipment, books and other learning materials, as well as consulting to improve curriculum and strategic planning to help schools keep pace with changing technologies and changing workplace demands.

In 2009, Brady Corporation Foundation donated $264,000 in VariQuest products to

Boys & Girls Clubs in 12 cities across the U.S. Read more >

Academic All-Stars

The Brady Corporation Academic All-Stars program originated in 1990 in Milwaukee, WI to recognize student achievement at secondary schools in the Greater Milwaukee area. In its history, the program has honored more than 2,000 students and awarded more than $600,000 in college scholarships. In 2006, the program expanded to the Greater Buffalo, NY area, home of Emedco, another Brady business. The program is lauded by educators, students, parents and school administrators. More info >