Ray-o-vac
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| Traded as | : SPB |
| Industry | Electric Housewares Mfg Artificial Plants Mfg Battery Mfg Pesticide Mfg Lighting Equipment Mfg |
| Predecessor | Rayovac Corporation |
| Founded | January 17, 1906 (as French Battery Company) Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Headquarters | Middleton, Wisconsin, U.S. |
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Key people
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David Maura, Chair Andreas Rouvé, CEO Doug Martin, EVP & CFO John Heil, President, Pet Supplies and Co-COO |
| Products | Rayovac & Varta batteries, Rayovac lighting, Remington personal appliances, Marineland aquariums, Tetra fish care, Dingo dog treats, Spectracide lawn care, Hot Shot home insecticides, Cutter & Repel insect repellents, Schultz plant care |
| Revenue | $3,187 M |
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Number of employees
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12,000 |
| Divisions | Global Batteries & Appliances Hardware & Home Improvement Home and Garden Global Pet Supplies Global Auto Care |
| Subsidiaries | United Industrial Corporation United Pet Group Armored AutoGroup |
| Website | spectrumbrands.com |
Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. is an American diversified company established in 2005 as the successor company to Rayovac Corporation. Rayovac had been located in Wisconsin since its conception as The French Battery Company in 1906. Rayovac, as a division of Spectrum Brands, remained headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, along with Remington even while the parent company, Spectrum Brands, was headquartered in Georgia. On April 15, 2010 Spectrum Brands announced that it would be moving Corporate Headquarters back to Madison, WI. Spectrum Brands moved its Headquarters to Middleton, WI in October 2013.
The company manufactures and markets batteries under the Rayovac and Varta brand names, home appliances under the Remington, Russell Hobbs and George Foreman brand names, lawn and garden care products under the Spectracide and Garden Safe brand names, insect repellents under the Cutter and Repel brand names. Spectrum owns several pet care companies both in the aquarium supply and companion animal trades. In the aquarium business, Spectrum owns Tetra, Whisper, Marineland, Perfecto, Jungle, Instant Ocean, Visi-Therm, and other product lines. Companion animal lines consist of Dingo, Lazy Pet, Wonderbox, and others. Both aquarium lines and companion lines are concentrated into Spectrum's United Pet Group based in Cincinnati, Ohio.
In 1906, the French Battery Co. was founded in Madison, Wisconsin, by James Bowen Ramsay (1869-1952), with Alfred Landau as its first president. In 1910, Landau was replaced by C.F. Burgess, and the company became profitable. After a fire destroyed the plant in 1915, Burgess left to found his own company. Production rose during the First World War, and by 1920, the French company had US$2.74 million in sales and 600 employees, and 1000 employees in 1931.
In 1930, the company name was changed to Ray-O-Vac, an allusion to the then-new technology of vacuum tubes and electron rays. In 1933, the company patented the first wearable vacuum tube hearing aid.
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