United Industries Corporation | Introduction
Introduction
2150 Schuetz Road
St. Louis, Missouri 63146
U.S.A.
Telephone: (314) 427-0780
Fax: (314) 253-5978
Web site: http://www.spectrumbrands.com
Private Company
Incorporated: 1969
Employees: 900
Sales: $536.1 million (2003)
NAIC: 325320 Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing.
United Industries Corporation is a St. Louis, Missouri-based company with its business divided among three operating divisions. Operating under the Spectrum Brands name, the Home and Garden division offers household insecticide and insect repellent products, insect control products, and lawn and garden fertilizer and organic growing media products. The Canada division operates as Nu-Gro, offering a variety of home and garden products, including fertilizers and controlled nitrogen release products. United Pet Group, United Industries' pet division, offers a wide range of pet supplies for cats, dogs, birds, fish, and small animals. United Industries is highly dependent on three major customers—The Home Depot, Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse, and Kmart—which account for nearly 75 percent of all sales. The private company is majority owned by The Thomas H. Lee Equity Fund IV, which has a 84.3 percent stake in the business, and is expected to eventually cash out through a sale or public offering of stock. Current management owns 7.9 percent and the previous owner and management 7.8 percent.