S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc., previously known as SC Johnson Wax, is a global manufacturer of household cleaning supplies and other consumer chemicals based in Racine, Wisconsin. It has operations in nearly 60 countries and its brands are sold in over 100. It is the largest component of the Johnson Family of Companies , which also includes the Johnson Financial Group ; JohnsonDiversey, Inc. (formerly Johnson Wax Professional); and Johnson Outdoors. SC Johnson & Son employed approximately 9,500 and had estimated sales of $5.37 billion in 2003.

Unusual for a corporation of its size, SC Johnson is family-owned. The company began when patriarch Samuel Curtis Johnson purchased the parquet flooring business of Racine Hardware Company in 1886 and renamed it Johnson's Prepared Paste Wax Company. Management has since passed down through five generations of the Johnson family; the longevity of this dynasty is itself unusual.

In 1984, Cornell University renamed its business school the S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management in recognition of the Johnson family's long generosity to that institution.

Brand names

Among the brands owned by SC Johnson & Son are the following:

• Household cleaning and scent products
  • Drāno
  • Fantastik
  • Glade and Glade Candle Scents
  • Grab-it
  • Oust
  • Pledge
  • Scrubbing Bubbles
  • Shout
  • Vanish
  • Windex

• Household food storage
  • Saran Wrap
  • Ziploc

• Personal care
  • Edge
  • Skintimate

• Household pest control
  • Off!
  • Raid

• Car care
  • Tempo

Competitors

• Clorox
• Colgate-Palmolive
• The Dial Corporation
• The Glad Products Company
• Procter & Gamble
• Unilever

External links

• S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
• S. C. Johnson Brands