- Prestige Brands
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Prestige Brands, Inc. Type Private Industry TBA Founded 1999 Headquarters Irvington, New York, U.S. Products HABA, cleaning supplies Revenue homepage = www.prestigebrandsinc.com Prestige Brands, Inc. NYSE: PBH is a company that manufactures personal care and home cleaning products. It was formed by the merger of Medtech Products, Inc., Prestige Brands International, and The Spic and Span Company. The company is headquartered in Irvington, New York.
Brands owned by Prestige Brands include Cutex nail products, Chloraseptic sore throat products, Compound W wart remover, and the Comet and Spic and Span cleaning products.
The company's CEO and Chairman is Matthew M. Mannelly.
History
Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc., was originally formed in 1996, as a joint venture of Medtech Labs and The Shansby Group, to acquire over-the-counter drug brands from American Home Products.
Prestige Brands International was organized in 1999 to acquire and revitalize leading, neglected but healthy brands that were discontinued by major consumer products companies that originally made them.
In 2009, Prestige sold its Denorex and Prell brands of shampoo.
It had recently acquired Blacksmith Brands.
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