- NBTY
-
NBTY, Inc. Type Private Industry Retail Founded 1971 Headquarters Bohemia, New York Products Nutritional supplements Revenue $2.2 Billion (2008)
Owner(s) The Carlyle Group Website www.nbty.com NBTY, Inc., formerly known as Nature's Bounty, Inc., is a manufacturer of vitamins and nutritional supplements which are distributed under many third party brands in the United States and internationally. [1] Its name was changed from Nature's Bounty, Inc. to NBTY, Inc. in 1995.[2]
In 1999, NBTY became a supplier of nutritional supplements for Wal-Mart under the Nature's Bounty brand[3], and was named Wal-Mart's Supplier of the Year in 2002[4].
In May 2000, NBTY announced a large addition to its supply of products at Walgreens [5].
In 2003, CVS selected NBTY as its exclusive supplier for all existing vitamins and supplements [6].
On July 15, 2010 NBTY agreed to be acquired by The Carlyle Group in a $3.5B deal. [7].
NBTY also markets products to chain stores such as CVS and Target.
Contents
Origins
Nature's Bounty was founded in 1971 by Arthur Rudolph primarily as a mail order, catalog based company. Nature's Bounty is headquartered in Bohemia, New York.
Brands
Nature's Bounty distributes its products to supermarkets, drug store chains, mass merchandisers, club stores, and health food stores under various brand names, as well as selling direct-to-consumer. Some of their more recognizable brands include Puritan's Pride, Vitamin World, Osteo-Bi-Flex, Nutrition Warehouse, MET-Rx, and GNC (UK). Other brands owned by NBTY include Holland & Barrett (UK), Julian Graves (UK & Ireland), Rexall, Sundown, Ester-C, Solgar, Precision Engineered, WORLDWIDE Sport Nutrition, American Health, DeTuinen, LeNaturiste, Flexamin, Knox, Herbal Authority, and Doctor's Trust and Leiner Health Products (which was acquired in 2008).
See also
http://www.hoovers.com/company/NBTY_Inc/rcttif-1.html
External links
Aerospace & Defense Automotive & Transportation Allison Transmission · Diversified Machine, Inc. · Hertz · Metaldyne · TrenStar · United Components · United Road TowingConsumer & Retail Alliance Boots · American Achievement Corporation · Arabela · Babela's Kitchen · Britax Childcare · CVC · Chimney · China Pacific Life Insurance · Dio Coffee · Dunkin' Brands · Ellassay · Hao Yue · Harrah's Entertainment · iTour · Kaiyuan · Mattress Giant · Moncler · Natural Beauty · NeWorld · NBTY · Oriental Trading Company · Orizonia · Philosophy · Shari's Restaurants · Targus · Xtep · YashiliEnergy & Power 4Gas · Bottle Rock Power · CDM MAX · CDM Resource Management · CNAA · China Recycling Energy Group · Coastal Carolina Clean Power · Cobalt International Energy · Collingwood Ethanol · Ensus · Foresight Reserves · Green Earth Fuels · HongHua · Hudson Products · International Logging · Kinder Morgan · Legend Natural Gas II · Legend Natural Gas III · Moreno Group · Niska Gas Storage · Permian Tank & Manufacturing · Phoenix Exploration Company · Quorum Business Solutions · Red Technology Alliance · Stallion Oilfield Services · Targe Energy · Titan Specialties · Topaz Power Group · Vantage Energy · Voice ConstructionFinancial Services Healthcare Acufocus · Alliance Boots · BioReliance · Cellutions · Claris Lifesciences · Concord Medical Service · ConvaTec · eScreen · Forba · HCR Manor Care · Healthscope · LifeCare Hospitals · Marle · Medical Park · MultiPlan · NeoVista · PixelOptics · Proteus Biomedical · QualicapsIndustrial Anxin Flooring · AZ Electronic Materials · AvanStrate · China Agritech · China Forestry Holdings · CPIC Fiberglass · Coates · Comark · General Lighting · Goodman · H.C. Starck · HD Supply · Hawkeye · International Aluminum Corporation · John Maneely Company · Kito · RHI · Otor · PQ Corporation · Rising Sun Bio · Sinorgchem · Specialty Manufacturing · TVK Shipyard · Taylor-Wharton International · Veyance Technologies · Wastequip · Zodiac Marine & PoolInfrastructure Connecticut Service Plazas · ITS Technologies & Logistics · Illinois Central School Bus · SynagroReal Estate B&B HotelsTechnical & Business Services ACIS · AZ Electronic Materials · Air2Web · Allsec Technologies · Apollo Global · Applied Systems · Applus+ · Archive Systems · Arsys · Authentix · bigmouthmedia · Booz Allen Hamilton · Broadleaf · CPU Technology · Offshore Incorporations · Catapult Learning · Cellutions · Centrata · Sunco · Command Information · Companeo · CompuDyne · Covalent · Orienwise · eBis · Elitecore · eScreen · Flexcom · Freescale Semiconductor · Gemcom · Great Offshore · HDFC · Huaya Microelectronics · Infomax · KCS.net · LPL Financial · Ness · Newgen · NineYou · Nitride Semiconductor · Open Solutions · OpenLink Financial · Panasas · Personal & Informatik · Proteus Biomedical · Quorum Business Solutions · REVShare · RMI · Rhythm NewMedia · SS&C Technologies · SchoolNet · Solsoft · SuperCircuits · TOPIA · Talaris · TradeBeam · TrenStar · UC4 Software · Viator · ZComTelecom & Media AMC Theatres · Actelis Networks · bigmouthmedia · Com Hem · CommScope · Eastern Broadcasting Company · Focus Media · Hawaiian Telcom · HealthCentral · Hyundai Communications & Network · Insight Communications · kbro · The Mill · Nielsen · Numericable · REVShareCategories:- Carlyle Group
- Retail companies of the United States
- Companies established in 1971
- Companies based in Suffolk County, New York
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.