Company type | Private |
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Industry | Cleaning agents |
Founded | 1975 2008 (Sun Products) | (Huish Detergents Inc.)
Defunct | 2018 |
Fate | Acquired by Henkel North American Consumer Goods in 2016 Sun name retired in 2018 |
Headquarters | Wilton, Connecticut United States |
Area served | North America |
Key people | Jeff Ansell (CEO) |
Revenue | US$ 2.0 billion (2008)[1] |
Owner | Henkel North American Consumer Goods |
Number of employees | 3,400 (2008) |
Website | sunproductscorp.com |
The Sun Products Corporation (now Henkel North American Consumer Goods Inc.) was a United States–based manufacturer of laundry detergent, fabric softeners, and other household cleaning products. With annual sales of $2.0 billion, the company's brands included All, Wisk (discontinued), Snuggle, Sun, Surf, and Sunlight. Sun Products holds the second largest market share in the $10 billion North American fabric care market as of 2010. In addition, Sun Products was the manufacturing partner for many retailer brand laundry and dish products in North America.
Sun Products maintains manufacturing facilities in Bowling Green, Kentucky; Pasadena, Texas; Dyersburg, Tennessee; and Salt Lake City, Utah. It has research and development facilities in Trumbull, Connecticut; Salt Lake City, Utah; Bentonville, Arkansas, and Toronto, Ontario, Canada.