US consumer goods group with brands for household appliances, home & garden, and pet supplies
Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.
Middleton, Wisconsin (US)New on Amplifa
About Spectrum Brands
Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. is a US multinational consumer goods group headquartered in Middleton, Wisconsin. The company manufactures and distributes household appliances under the Remington, Black+Decker, George Foreman and Russell Hobbs brands, lawn and garden care products under Spectracide and Garden Safe, and insect repellents under Cutter and Repel. In the pet segment, the portfolio includes the aquarium brands Tetra, Whisper, Marineland and GloFish as well as pet brands such as FURminator, Dingo, Nature's Miracle and IAMS, bundled in the United Pet Group based in Cincinnati. Rayovac and, in 2005, Spectrum Brands emerged from the French Battery Company founded in 1906; after a Chapter 11 proceeding in 2009 followed mergers, headquarters relocations and divestitures of divisions such as the battery business to Energizer (2018) and the HHI segment to Assa Abloy (2021). Manufacturing, distribution and sales operate through locations in North and Latin America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.
- Site
- Middleton, Wisconsin
- Certificates
- ISO 50001
- Founded
- 1906 (as
- Industries
- Consumer goods, Home and garden products, Pet care (aquatics & pets), Household appliances / Personal Care
Locations
Middleton, Wisconsin
USHeadquarters (Corporate Headquarters)
Products and Brands
Inside the production
Industries
Quality and Compliance
Spectrum Brands maintains compliance policies on supply chain, conflict minerals and energy management; ISO 50001 (energy management) is maintained at selected production sites.
| Evidence | Middleton, Wisconsin |
|---|---|
| ISO 50001 |
History
- 1906
Founded as French Battery Company in Chicago by James Bowen Ramsay
- 1930
Renamed Ray-O-Vac (later Rayovac)
- 2003
Diversification through acquisition of Remington Products and United Pet Group
- 2005
Renaming of Rayovac to Spectrum Brands after acquisition of United Industries and Tetra
- 2009
Chapter 11 insolvency in February, exit in August 2009
- 2010
Merger with Russell Hobbs, Inc. (16.06.2010); relocation of headquarters back to Madison, WI
- 2013
Relocation of headquarters to Middleton, Wisconsin
- 2018
Sale of the Rayovac battery segment and the Auto Care segment (Armor All, STP) to Energizer; merger with HRG Group to form Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.
- 2021
Sale of the HHI segment (Hardware & Home Improvement) to Assa Abloy for USD 4.3 billion