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It is a privately held company that is family-owned, based in Hickory, North Carolina, where it was originally founded in 1944 by Parks Underdown as the "Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company." [2] In May 2013, the firm announced it was being rebranded as "HSM." [1] The company operates 25 plants employing over 2,500 workers in 13 states. [1]
Head & Shoulders (H&S) is an American brand of anti-dandruff and non-dandruff shampoo produced by parent company Procter & Gamble. The active anti-fungal ingredient in Head & Shoulders is piroctone olamine [ 2 ] or zinc pyrithione , [ 3 ] with some "clinical strength" varieties also containing selenium disulfide .
HD Supply Holdings, Inc. (formerly Maintenance Warehouse) is an industrial distributor in North America. The company provides a broad range of products and value-added services to approximately 250,000 professional customers in maintenance, repair and operations, infrastructure and power and specialty construction sectors. [ 4 ]
HS Produkt was founded as IM Metal in 1991, after the first democratic election in the Republic of Croatia. [6] Since company founding its headquarters was situated in the town of Ozalj, Croatia, about 50 kilometers southwest of the capital Zagreb, [7] and its manufacturing facility was relocated to Karlovac in 2000.
The company was renamed RH, and trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol RH. [11] [12] In 2007, about 65% of the company's products were made outside the US, particularly from contract manufacturers in southern China. [13] The company is the largest importer of Belgian Linen in the United States. [14]
They were named co-presidents of D&H Distributing in 2008. [15] Since D&H Co-Presidents Michael Schwab and Dan Schwab took over day-to-day operations, the distributor has grown from a $1.45 billion company into a $4+ billion company. During that time frame, the value of the company’s Employee Stock Ownership Plan has grown 300 percent. [16]
In 1968, the company was acquired by the Leisure Group. A turbulent period followed, due to the passage of Gun Control Act of 1968. The company then relocated to East Hartford in 1977. In 1978, Clem Confessore, company president, led a management buyout of High Standard from Leisure Group. In December 1984, its assets were auctioned.
CHS Inc. is a Fortune 500 secondary cooperative owned by United States agricultural cooperatives, farmers, ranchers, and thousands of preferred stock holders. Based in Inver Grove Heights , Minnesota , CHS owns and operates various food processing and wholesale, farm supply, financial services and retail businesses.