Type Subsidiary Website diversey.com Founded 2002 | Revenue ~$3.2 billion Number of employees 11,000 Parent organization Sealed Air | |
Industry Chemicals, Hygiene, Sanitization Products Cleaning, food safety, business-to-business products and services Headquarters Charlotte, North Carolina, United States CEO Jerome Peribere (1 Mar 2013–) Subsidiaries JohnsonDiversey Canada Inc | ||
Diversey, Inc., formerly JohnsonDiversey, Inc., is a Racine, Wisconsin provider of cleaning and hygiene products to the institutional marketplace, serving lodging, food service, retail, health care, food and beverage companies, as well as building service contractors worldwide. Diversey is a brand of Sealed Air Corporation under its Diversey Care Division.
History
Diversey Corporation was founded in Chicago in 1923. In 1978, it was acquired by Molson. In 1996 it was acquired from Molson by Unilever, who merged it with its professional cleaning arm to form DiverseyLever. Johnson Wax Professional acquired the company from Unilever in 2002, and it became known as JohnsonDiversey, Inc. Johnson Wax Professional was a subsidiary of S. C. Johnson & Son until 1999, when it was spun off. In November 2009, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice acquired 46 percent of Diversey, Inc.
In February 2010, Curt Johnson stepped down as the head of Diversey, Inc. following allegations of repeated sexual assault of a child. In March 2010, the name changed again to Diversey, Inc., with a new tagline, “for a cleaner, healthier future.” In June 2011, Sealed Air announced that it was purchasing Diversey Holdings for $4.3 billion (9.5x 2010 Adj. EBITDA of $452mm) and the deal was completed in October that year. Diversey President and CEO Edward Lonergan continued to lead Diversey after the Sealed Air acquisition. The Carlyle Group bought Diversey G.K., “Diversey Japan” (an indirect subsidiary of Diversey, Inc.) in November 2012.
Riley Construction named Diversey’s headquarters a LEED-Gold Certified green building.