| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Consumer Products |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Headquarters | Paris, France |
| Key people | Pierre le Tanneur, CEO |
| Products | Colour Catcher, Keep it White, Vim, Ballerina, Vigour, Eparcyl, Punch, Dylon |
| Revenue | ~€373 million |
| Employees | 400 |
| Website | www.spotlessgroup.eu |
Spotless Group SAS is a pan-European manufacturer of household cleansing and laundry products, based in Paris, France. Spotless Group has subsidiary operations in 8 European states, employing over 400 people in Ireland, Sweden, Hungary, United Kingdom, France, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands. The group is the no.1 independent company in the European consumer-goods market.[1]
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Spotless Group was established by AXA Private Equity in 2005, upon AXA's acquisition of French homecare company Eau Ecarlate.[2] The incumbent CEO of Eau Ecarlate, Pierre le Tanneur, assumed the presidency of Spotless.[3]
In 2006, the second year of its existence, Spotless Group acquired Bologna-based homecare company Guaber and Irish shoe-care manufacturer Punch Industries. The group made further acquisitions in 2007, of sewerage disposal company Eparcyl and the Unilever brand Ballerina.[4][5] In 2008, the company purchased Dylon International, the UK's leading dye producer, from the Mayborn Group. Spotless Group owns a total of 18 brands as of 2008.[6]
In 2010, AXA Private Equity sold its 65.6% stake in Spotless Group to British private-equity company BC Partners for a reported €600 million, according to Reuters.[7]
Spotless Group has subsidiaries in 8 European Countries:
Spotless Group owns the brand Colour Catcher, which is the market leader in washing machine colour protection. Other prominent Spotless Group brands include: