Prestige Brands
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Prestige Brands, Inc. 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
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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.
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and revitalize leading, neglected but healthy brands that were discontinued by major consumer products companies that originally made them.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.
Irvington, New York
Irvington, sometimes known as Irvington-on-Hudson, is an affluent suburban village in the town of Greenburgh in Westchester County, New York, United States. It is located on the eastern bank of the Hudson River, north of midtown Manhattan in New York City, and is served by a station stop on the...
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Brands owned by Prestige Brands include Cutex nail products, Chloraseptic
Chloraseptic
Chloraseptic is an American brand of oral analgesic produced by Prestige Brands Inc, used for the relief of minor sore throat and mouth pain. Its active ingredient is phenol, a compound whose antiseptic properties were discovered by Sir Joseph Lister....
sore throat products, Compound W wart
Wart
A wart is generally a small, rough growth, typically on a human’s hands or feet but often other locations, that can resemble a cauliflower or a solid blister. They are caused by a viral infection, specifically by human papillomavirus 2 and 7. There are as many as 10 varieties of warts, the most...
remover, and the Comet
Comet (cleanser)
Comet is a powdered cleaning product sold in North America and distributed in the United States by Prestige Brands. Scratch Free Comet with Bleach Disinfectant Cleanser contains 1.2% sodium dichloro-s-triazinetrione dihydrate and 98.8% "other" ingredients...
and Spic and Span
Spic and Span
Spic and Span is a major U.S. brand of all-purpose household cleaner, invented by housewives Elizabeth "Bet" MacDonald and Naomi Stenglein in Saginaw, Michigan, in 1933. The women experimented until they came up with a formula that included equal parts of ground-up glue, sodium carbonate, and...
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
Denorex
Denorex Shampoo is used for treating and preventing itching, flaking, and scaling of the scalp caused by dandruff or seborrhea ....
and Prell
Prell
Prell is a viscous, pearl green shampoo and conditioner product manufactured by Ultimark Products that according to its maker "...contains a unique 'rinse clean' formula that provides a thick, rich lather for clean, healthy hair."-History:...
brands of shampoo.
It had recently acquired Blacksmith Brands.