Church & Dwight
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| Type | Public NYSE: CHD |
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| Industry | Dental, Medical |
| Founded | 1847: as John Dwight and Company 1896: as Church & Dwight, Co. |
| Founder(s) | John Dwight |
| Headquarters | Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Key people | James R. Craigie, CEO Matthew T. Farrell, CFO Bruce F. Flemming, CMO |
| Products | Laundry detergent Baking soda Depilatories Pregnancy tests |
| Revenue | $2.6 billion (2011) [1] |
| Employees | 3,600 (as of 2010) [2] |
| Divisions | Arm & Hammer, Nair First Response, Oxyclean Brillo |
| Website | churchdwight.com |
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. is a major U.S. manufacturer of household products that is based in Princeton, New Jersey. While it manufactures many items, it is by far best known for its Arm & Hammer line which includes baking soda and many other items made with it.
Church & Dwight was ranked 723 in the Fortune 500 listing of companies in 2010.[3]
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History [edit]
The company was founded in 1896 to unify two companies created by John Dwight of Massachusetts and his brother-in-law, Austin Church of Connecticut. Their partnership had begun in 1846 with the two founders selling sodium bicarbonate (also known as baking soda) that they refined in Dwight's kitchen.[4]
While the brand name was not based on his name, the late Armand Hammer was a minority shareholder in Church and Dwight in his later years and served on the company's board of directors.
The company's UK arm is based in Folkestone, Kent.
Brands [edit]
Church and Dwight's brands include:
- Aim Toothpaste (acquired in 2003 in the U.S. from Unilever)
- Answer
- Arm & Hammer
- Arm & Hammer Spinbrush (known until 2009 as Crest Spinbrush; acquired in 2006 from Procter & Gamble)
- Arrid (acquired in 2001 from Carter-Wallace)
- Auro-Dri (acquired in 2008 from Del Pharmaceuticals)
- Cameo
- Carter's Laxative (originally known as Carter's Little Liver Pills and later as Carter's Little Pills, acquired in 2001 from Carter-Wallace)
- Close-Up (licensing rights acquired in 2003 in the U.S. from Unilever)
- Delicare
- First Response (acquired in 2001 from Carter-Wallace)
- Gentle Naturals (acquired in 2008 from Del Pharmaceuticals)
- Kaboom, a tile cleaner (through merger in 2006 with Orange Glo International)
- Lady's Choice
- L'il Critters
- Mentadent (acquired in 2003 in the U.S. from Unilever)
- Nair (acquired in 2001 from Carter-Wallace)
- Nice'n Fluffy (through merger in 2001 with USA Detergents)
- Orajel (acquired in 2008 from Del Pharmaceuticals)
- Orange Glo (through merger in 2006 with Orange Glo International)
- OxiClean (through merger in 2006 with Orange Glo International)
- Parsons
- Pearl Drops (acquired in 2001 from Carter-Wallace)
- Pepsodent (acquired in 2003 in the U.S. from Unilever)
Pepsodent toothpaste
- Rain Drops
- Rigident
- RUB A535
- Scrub Free
- Sedomy Lite
- SnoBol (toilet cleaner)
- Trojan Condoms (acquired in 2001 from Carter-Wallace)
- Vitafusion
- Xtra laundry detergent (through merger in 2001 with USA Detergents)
References [edit]
Further reading [edit]
- Karas, David, "Church & Dwight picks new home in Ewing", New Jersey On-Line, Tuesday, August 23, 2011. (The Times, Trenton)
