Cutter® Insect Repellents Starts Producing and Donating Hand Sanitizer to Help During COVID-19 Crisis
April 03 2020 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
Products will support employees, local
organizations across Spectrum Brands network
Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPB; “Spectrum Brands”), a
leading global branded consumer products company committed to
delivering strong brands and exciting innovation whose Home &
Garden business unit supplies Cutter® Insect Repellents, today
announced it has shifted production in its Blacksburg, Va.,
manufacturing plant to produce hand sanitizer. The hand sanitizer
is being produced during the COVID-19 pandemic to support the
company’s facilities, U.S. employees, and several local
organizations in communities where the company operates.
This press release features multimedia. View
the full release here:
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200403005071/en/
Hand Sanitizer from the makers of Cutter®
Brand. (Photo: Business Wire)
In two short weeks, the Blacksburg team formulated and pivoted
manufacturing to produce hand sanitizer, a much-needed product
during this unprecedented pandemic. The team then began supplying
the hand sanitizer to all 15 Spectrum Brands facilities and offices
across the U.S. to promote the safety of the organization’s
employees.
In addition to supplying hand sanitizer to employees and
facilities, Cutter™ brand will donate hand sanitizer to local
organizations across the communities in which Spectrum Brands has
operations. Cutter® mosquito and tick repellent products have been
protecting families for over 50 years as one of the leading
repellent brands in the U.S.
“It’s a natural extension of the brand portfolio to expand the
Cutter™ line beyond insect protection to fight germs as well,” said
Steve Schwallie, Division Vice President of Marketing at Spectrum
Brands. “We are pleased to be able to move into this segment and
provide these products for our community partners.”
While the team continues to identify community partners,
Carilion Clinic, a not-for-profit health care organization based in
Roanoke, Va., and the St. Louis Area Foodbank are among the first
organizations to receive Cutter™ hand sanitizer donations. The St.
Louis Area Foodbank will distribute the donated sanitizers to its
network and use them within its facility.
“We are so grateful for our ongoing partnership with Cutter™
brand and for this donation of hand sanitizers,” said Meredith
Knopp, President and CEO for the St. Louis Area Foodbank. “Proper
sanitation is critical for us to continue serving those in need in
the St. Louis community. Cutter™ brand has been a longtime partner
of ours, and this donation will go a long way – for our network and
the individuals in need of assistance in our community.”
Cutter™ hand sanitizer will also be available to consumers in
the coming weeks.
About Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.
Spectrum Brands Holdings, a member of the Russell 1000 Index, is
a leading supplier of residential locksets, residential builders’
hardware, plumbing, shaving and grooming products, personal care
products, small household appliances, specialty pet supplies, lawn
and garden and home pest control products, and personal insect
repellents. Helping to meet the needs of consumers worldwide,
Spectrum Brands offers a broad portfolio of market-leading,
well-known and widely trusted brands including Kwikset®, Weiser®,
Baldwin®, National Hardware®, Pfister®, Remington®, George
Foreman®, Russell Hobbs®, Black+Decker®, Tetra®, Marineland®,
Nature’s Miracle®, Dingo®, 8-in-1®, FURminator®, IAMS® and
Eukanuba® (Europe only), Digest-eeze™, Healthy-Hide®, Littermaid®,
Spectracide®, Cutter®, Repel®, Hot Shot®, Black Flag® and Liquid
Fence®. For more information, please visit
www.spectrumbrands.com.
About Cutter® Products
Wherever your outdoor adventures take you, Cutter® products keep
your family covered. For more than 50 years, the Cutter brand has
been a trusted name in insect repellents, with a range of
formulations available that make it easy to pick the right product
to ward off mosquitoes and ticks. With the brand’s expansion into
the personal care category with hand sanitizer and insect bite care
products, now there are more Cutter options available than ever to
protect what you love most. For more information about Cutter
products, visit www.cutterinsectrepellent.com.
About the St. Louis Area Foodbank
The St. Louis Area Foodbank began its service to the community
in 1975. Since that time, the organization has grown to become the
bi-state region’s largest nonprofit 501c3 food distribution center
dedicated to feeding individuals in need. Through a robust network
of community partners and programs throughout 26 counties in
Missouri and Illinois, the Foodbank helps provide 37 million meals
annually. More than 392,000 people in the bi-state region rely on
the Foodbank for assistance each year. For 45 years, the St. Louis
Area Foodbank has been there for people dealing with crisis, be it
a natural disaster, a global pandemic, or the everyday crisis of
hunger. For more information on Foodbank’s COVID-19 relief and
response efforts and how people can access resources near them,
visit https://STLFoodbank.org/covid19.
View source
version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200403005071/en/
Media Contact: Connie Caldwell, Communications/Creative
Services Spectrum Brands, Inc. – Global Pet Care/Home & Garden
connie.caldwell@spectrumbrands.com
Spectrum Brands (NYSE:SPB)
Historical Stock Chart
From Mar 2024 to Apr 2024
Spectrum Brands (NYSE:SPB)
Historical Stock Chart
From Apr 2023 to Apr 2024