Church and Dwight

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Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE: CHD) 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. The company was founded in 1896 to unify two companies created by John Dwight of Massachusetts and his brother-in-law, Dr. Austin Church of Connecticut. Their partnership had begun in 1846 with the two founders selling bicarbonate of soda (also known as baking soda) that they refined in Dwight's kitchen.^[1]

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.

[edit] Brands

Church and Dwight's brands include:

Answer
Arm & Hammer
Arrid (acquired in 2001 from Carter-Wallace, Inc.)
Brillo
Cameo
Carter's Laxative
Close-Up (licensing rights acquired in 2003 in the US from Unilever)
Crest Spin-Brush(Spin-Brush owned by Church & Dwight, Crest name Licensed by Procter & Gamble)
Delicare
Elexa
First Response (acquired in 2001 from Carter-Wallace, Inc.)
Kaboom, a tile cleaner
Lady's Choice
Lambert Kay (acquired in 2001 from Carter-Wallace, Inc.)
Mentadent (acquired in 2003 in the US from Unilever)
Nair (hair removal) (acquired in 2001 from Carter-Wallace, Inc.)
Nice'n Fluffy (through merger in 2001 with USA Detergents)
Orange Glo
OxiClean (through merger in 2006 with Orange Glo International)
Parsons
Pearl Drops
Pepsodent (acquired in 2003 in the US from Unilever)
Rain Drops
Rigident
RUB A535
Scrub Free
SnoBol (toilet cleaner)
Trojan Condoms (acquired in 2001 from Carter-Wallace, Inc.)
Xtra laundry detergent (through merger in 2001 with USA Detergents)