premise: “Confidential Information” means confidential and proprietary information (regardless of whether such Confidential Information is in written, oral, visual or electronic form)  (a) that consists of Trade Secrets (as hereinafter defined), discoveries, technical, engineering, financial, pricing and/or other business data and documentation, sales information, inventions, know-how, manufacturing techniques and specifications, process technologies, business plans, all disclosed by the disclosing party in furtherance of the purpose set forth in Section 2; 