Prior to the announcement, Gillette built plywood walls of stone around the production lines in its factory in Boston, in order to keep it a secret from many of its own employees.

[5] Gillette said its manufacturing plant was capable of producing 250 cartridges per minute.

[6] Steven Davis, a process controls engineer working for a Gillette subcontractor that designed the Mach3, stole information about the Mach3 and faxed it to Gillette's competitors, Warner-Lambert, Bic, and American Safety Razor.

[7] Davis pleaded guilty to five counts of stealing Gillette's trade secrets in January 1998.

[10] Gillette budgeted $300 million for a two-year advertising campaign for the Mach3 razor.