Church & Dwight
| Church & Dwight Co., Inc. | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Inc. |
| ISIN | US1713401024 |
| founding | 1846 |
| Seat |
Ewing , New Jersey United States
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| management | Matthew T. Farrell (President and CEO) |
| Number of employees | 4700 |
| sales | 3.78 billion US dollars |
| Branch | Housewares |
| Website | churchdwight.com |
| As of December 31, 2017 | |
Church & Dwight is an American manufacturer of housewares. The company was founded by Austin Church and his brother-in-law John Dwight, who from 1846 together filled and sold baking soda into paper bags by hand. As early as the 1860s, small recipe books that indirectly advertised the two founders' baking soda were distributed across the country via mass mailings . The logo of the brand "Arm & Hammer", which still exists today, was introduced as early as 1867 and was intended to remind of the Roman god Vulcanus . Other products such as detergents and toothpaste expanded the company's offering over the next century. When the Statue of Liberty in New York was to be restored in 1986 to celebrate its 100th anniversary , the protective layer of coal tar on the inside of the structure was removed using the sodablasting method . On this occasion the company donated 100 tons of baking soda. Church & Dwight has been using the Pepsodent toothpaste brand in the United States and Canada since 2003 . Together with the oil company Occidental Petroleum , Church & Dwight has operated the "Armand Products" joint venture since 1986 for the production of potassium carbonate and potassium hydrogen carbonate .
Trivia
The American industrialist and later CEO of Occidental Petroleum, Armand Hammer , was himself a major shareholder in Church & Dwight and, due to a large block of shares held by Occidental in Church & Dwight, held a board position in the company. In his autobiography Armand Hammer stated that his speaking name could be read as "Arm and Hammer". However, there is no direct relationship to the Church & Dwight brand of the same name, the Arm & Hammer brand already existed 31 years before Hammer was born, rather his father, an avowed communist, chose the name as an allusion to a symbol of the labor movement. This shows an arm gripping a hammer. According to a further explanation, the first name of the main character comes from " The Lady of the Camellias ", Armand Hammer's father's favorite novel. Allegedly, Hammer decided to buy shares in Church & Dwight because he was frequently asked about a possible connection between his proper name and the brand name Arm & Hammer.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Church & Dwight: Annual Report 2017, accessed January 27, 2019
- ↑ Church & Dwight: Our History. Retrieved January 27, 2019
- ↑ Armand Products: About, accessed January 27, 2019