Conair
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| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1959 |
| Seat | East Windsor , New Jersey , United States |
| management | Ronald T. Diamond (CEO) |
| Number of employees | 3,546 (2011) |
| sales | 2.01 billion US dollars (2011) |
| Branch | Electrical appliances |
| Website | conair.com |
Conair is one of the world's largest manufacturers of small household appliances , textile care and wellness appliances , based in East Windsor , New Jersey .
history
Conair was founded in 1959 by self-made billionaire Leandro P. Rizzuto and his parents with US $ 100 as Continental Hair Products in a garage in Queens , New York . He is the sole owner of Conair to this day. The first product was a hair curler handcrafted by the Rizzuto family in their Brooklyn home. The company was renamed Conair in 1976. The company had been listed on the stock exchange since 1972 until it withdrew from the stock exchange in 1985 as part of a debt-financed takeover . In 1995, Conair was the first to retail hairbrushes in bulk. In 2002 Conair signed a license agreement with Weight Watchers , which allowed the company to sell scales under the Weight Watchers brand .
Acquisitions
In its company's history, Conair took over, among others:
- 1973 Jheri Redding Products specializes in shampoos and other hair care products for use in hair salons
- 1989 the American kitchen appliance manufacturer Cuisinart
- 1995 the French hair care device manufacturers BaByliss and Jilbère de Paris
- In 1996 Interblak, which specializes in oral care, was owned by the previous owner Bausch & Lomb
- 1998 the premium kitchen appliance manufacturer Waring
- 2002 the Pollenex brand , under which wellness shower heads and massage products are sold
- 2004 the Thinner Scales brand, which specializes in bathroom scales
- In 2006 he founded the Franzus Company , creating the Travel Smart by Conair brand, which includes products for travel needs, from bags to radio-controlled watches to voltage adapters
- 2007 the bag manufacturer Allegro
BaByliss
The subsidiary BaByliss was founded in Paris in 1961 and manufactures hair dryers for both private customers and those for professional use in hairdressing salons and was originally an independent company before it was taken over by Conair in 1995 together with Jilbère de Paris. In addition, BaByliss also produces hair removal and wellness products.
Brands
The brands of the Conair group include:
- BaByliss
- BaByliss Pro
- Conair
- Cuisinart
- Scünci
- RUSK
Trivia
About 95% of households in the US own at least one Conair product; in France around 80% of households own a product from the Conair subsidiary BaByliss.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b http://www.forbes.com/lists/2011/21/private-companies-11_Conair_TNZE.html
- ↑ http://www.forbes.com/profile/leandro-rizzuto/
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/03/nyregion/conair-founder-and-executive-pleads-guilty-to-tax-evasion-in-federal-court.html
- ↑ http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/conair-corporation-history/
- ↑ a b Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.cao.fr/actu/4562/BaByliss-se-fait-une-beaute-avec-Creo-de-PTC.html
