Church & Dwight

























































Church & Dwight Co, Inc.
Type
Public
Traded as
NYSE: CHD
S&P 500 Component
Industry
Dental, Medical
Founded
1847: as John Dwight and Company
1896: as Church & Dwight, Co.
Founder
John Dwight
Headquarters
Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.
Key people
Matthew T. Farrell, CEO
Products
Laundry detergent
Baking soda
Depilatories
Pregnancy tests
Revenue
$3.4 billion (2015) [1]
Number of employees
4,145 (as of 2015) [2]
Divisions
Arm & Hammer, Nair
First Response, OxiClean
Brillo
Website
www.churchdwight.com

Church & Dwight Co, Inc., is a major American manufacturer of household products that is headquartered in Ewing, New Jersey. While it manufactures many items, it is best known for its Arm & Hammer line which includes baking soda and a variety of products made with it. Church & Dwight was ranked #652 in the Fortune 500 listing of companies in 2017.[3]




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Historic products continuously available


  • 3 Notable brands


  • 4 See also


  • 5 References


  • 6 Further reading


  • 7 External links





History





Pepsodent toothpaste


The company was founded in 1846 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]


The Arm & Hammer logo, which dates back to the 1860s,[5] is often incorrectly claimed to have originated with tycoon Armand Hammer. Hammer was so often asked about the Church & Dwight brand, however, that he attempted to buy the company. While unsuccessful, Hammer's Occidental Petroleum in 1986 acquired enough stock for him to join the Church & Dwight board of directors.[6]


In 2001 the consumer product line of Carter-Wallace was sold to Church and Dwight and MedPointe bought the diagnostics and drug businesses.[7]


Church and Dwight acquired Orange Glo International, giving them OxiClean and Orange Glo in 2006.[8] Church & Dwight was ranked 723 in the Fortune 500 listing of companies in 2010.[9]


In 2017, MidOcean Partners agreed to sell Waterpik for $1 billion to Church & Dwight. At the time of the sale announcement, it was reported that Water Pik, Inc. had "$265 million of revenue in the fiscal year ended June 30, about 70% of which came from its water flosser products".[10]



Historic products continuously available




  • Arm & Hammer baking soda (1846)


  • Pepsodent toothpaste (1915)


  • Arrid deodorants (1935)


  • OxiClean stain remover (1999)



Notable brands





  • Aim Toothpaste (acquired in 2003 in the U.S. from Unilever)

  • Arm & Hammer


  • Arrid (acquired in 2001 from Carter-Wallace)

  • Batiste (Dry Shampoo and Hair Care)


  • Close-Up (licensing rights acquired in 2003 in the U.S. from Unilever)

  • Kaboom


  • Mentadent (acquired in 2003 in the U.S. from Unilever)


  • Nair (acquired in 2001 from Carter-Wallace)


  • 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)


  • Pepsodent (acquired in 2003 in the U.S. from Unilever)

  • RUB A535

  • Simply Saline


  • Trojan condoms

  • VitaFusion and Lil' Critters (vitamin supplements)


  • Waterpik shower heads, water flossers, and electric toothbrushes.




See also




  • Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (C)

  • List of companies of the United States

  • List of S&P 500 companies

  • List of S&P 400 companies

  • Occidental Petroleum



References





  1. ^ "Profile: Church & Dwight", NASDAQ


  2. ^ "Profile: Church & Dwight", Hoover's


  3. ^ "2017 Fortune 500 Ranking". Fortune.com. Retrieved October 31, 2017..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  4. ^ "History". Retrieved 13 March 2017.


  5. ^ "History of Product Names & Trademarks: Arm & Hammer Baking Soda". Retrieved 13 March 2017.


  6. ^ "The Straight Dope: Did tycoon Armand Hammer have anything to do with Arm & Hammer baking soda?". Retrieved 13 March 2017.


  7. ^ "Carter-Wallace's brands will be sold to 2 different companies for a total of $1.12 billion". Los Angeles Times. May 9, 2001. Retrieved 2011-09-26. Carter-Wallace, ending a yearlong process to find buyers for its many brands, will split its consumer brands—including Trojan condoms and Arrid deodorant—from its health business, after failing to attract a better offer for the entire company. For Church & Dwight, which owns the Arm & Hammer baking soda product line, the purchase of Carter-Wallace's deodorant and pet- care lines will help the firm expand internationally, it said. A 50- 50 venture Church has formed with Kelso will take the other consumer lines. MedPointe will get Carter-Wallace's diagnostics and drug businesses, which make the allergy medicine Astelin, the muscle relaxant Soma and Rynatan/Tussi cough and cold products. ...


  8. ^ Moore, Paula (2004-05-02). "OxiClean breathes new life into cleaning line".


  9. ^ "Fortune 500 listings", CNNMoney.com, 2010.


  10. ^ Vasquez, Justina, "Church & Dwight to Buy Water Pik for $1 Billion" (subscription required), Wall Street Journal, July 17, 2017. Retrieved 2017-07-17.




Further reading



  • Karas, David, "Church & Dwight picks new home in Ewing", New Jersey On-Line, Tuesday, August 23, 2011. (The Times, Trenton)


  • "Snapshot: Church & Dwight", CNNMoney.com



External links







  • Official website


    • Business data for Church & Dwight: Google Finance

    • Yahoo! Finance

    • Reuters

    • SEC filings










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