Type: Public
On the web: http://www.churchdwight.com
Employees: 3,600
Employee growth: (2.7%)

Whether you call it saleratus (aerated salt), sodium bicarbonate, or plain old baking soda, Church & Dwight is a top maker worldwide of the powder. Church & Dwight's ARM & HAMMER baking soda, first marketed in 1846, is used as leavening, a deodorizer, a cleaner, and a swimming pool pH stabilizer. While laundry detergent represents Church & Dwight's top consumer business by sales, the company also makes a variety of other products: bathroom cleaners, carpet deodorizer, air fresheners, toothpaste, antiperspirants, Trojan condoms, industrial-grade carbonates, cat litter, and animal nutrition. It operates in North America, as well as in Australia, Brazil, China, France, and the UK.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2010:
Sales: $2,589.2M
One year growth: 2.7%
Net income: $270.7M
Income growth: 11.2%

Officers:
EVP Global Operations: Mark G. Conish
EVP Finance and CFO: Matthew T. Farrell
EVP and Chief Marketing Officer: Bruce F. Fleming

Competitors:
Clorox
Procter & Gamble
Sun Products

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