S. C. Johnson & Son

SC Johnson & Son, Inc. is an international company for cleaning, hygiene and personal care products as well as insect repellent, based in Wisconsin, United States.

History

The company was founded in 1886 in Racine, Wisconsin as Johnson's Prepared Paste Wax Company of Samuel Curtis Johnson, when he took over the Parkettpflege area of ​​Racine Hardware Company, and has since been owned by the family. Currently, Dr. Herbert Fisk Johnson III leads as CEO, the company in its fifth generation.

The company's products are sold in over 110 countries. Worldwide 12,000 people are employed at SC Johnson. The estimated annual turnover in 2009 amounted to 8 billion U.S. dollars. Popular brands include Mr Muscle, Glade by breeze, Oust, Toilet Duck, 00 zero zero, Pronto, Drano, drain free, mosquito repellent, Raid and steel fix. Among the international brands that are not available in Germany, among others: Toilet Duck, Baygon, Fantastik, Edge, Skinmate, Pledge, Shut, Shout, OFF, Scrubbing Bubbles, Saran, Ziploc, Windex, Glade, Lysoform and Bayfresh.

In the years 2003, 2004 and 2005, the company was awarded the Corporate Equality Index of the Human Rights Campaign for its efforts to good working conditions and non-discrimination for all its employees with a 100 % rating. 2005 also praised the Working Mothers Magazine the company as one of the ten best American employer for working mothers.

In Germany, the company operates under the name SC Johnson GmbH, headquartered in Erkrath.

The company Melitta holds a 65% stake in the company Cofresco, a joint venture of SC Johnson and Melitta.