S. C. Johnson Sons

The leading manufacturers in the poHsh categories are S. C. Johnson Son, Inc., Reckitt Coleman, Sara Lee, Scotts Liquid Gold, Turtle Wax, and Alberto Culver for furniture poHshes S. C. Johnson Son, Inc, and L F Products for household floor poHshes S. C. Johnson Son, Inc., Pioneer-EcHpse, Spartan Chemical, HiHyard Chemical Co., and Butcher Co. for industrial and institutional floor poHshes Turtle Wax, Armor AH, Eirst Brands, Kit Products of Northern Labs, Meguires, Blue Coral, and Nu-Finish for automotive poHshes and Kiwi for shoe poHshes (68—72). 

Current address S. C. Johnson Son, Inc., 1525 Howe Street, Racine, WI 53403... 

More that 5300 test samples have been studied in the Skintex system, including petrochemicals, agrochemicals, household products, and cosmetics. The reproducibility with standard deviations of 5-8% is excellent. New protocols applicable to very low irritation test samples and alkaline products have increased the applicability of this method. Skintex validation studies resulting in an 80-90% correlation to the Draize scoring have been reported by S.C. Johnson Son and the Eood and Drug and Safety Center. 

In 1992 Gleb sold off the Drackett household-goods business to S. C. Johnson Sons for 1.5 billion. But despite predictions in the business press of Bristol-Myers Squibb s sale of its OTC drug and nutritional lines (with a combined value of 6.1 billion) and of its toiletries and beauty aids (valued at 2.5 billion), the company continued to maintain these lines. So in 1994, 75 percent of sales derived from pharmaceuticals, divided as follows 58 from prescription drugs, and 17 from consumer health products. Of the remaining 25 percent of sales, 14 percent came from medical devices, and 11 percent from toiletries and beauty aids. 

In 1972 S.C. Johnson Son, Inc. launched Rain Barrel in the U.S. [1], This quaternary-based wash cycle fabric softener was intended for use with the consumer s choice of detergent. Because of their poor performance/cost ratio, this type of product never became very popular. 

This material is based on experimental work supported by S.C. Johnson Son, Inc., Philip Morris, Inc., Procter Gamble Co., Quaker Oats Company, and IIT Research Institute. Their support Is gratefully acknowledged. 

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