. buy it for life . type subsidiary industry tba founded 1956 headquarters north olmsted ohio united states key people tba products faucets parent fortune brands home & security website moen moen is a product line of faucets and other fixtures started by inventor alfred m. moen that is now part of the fortune brands home & security company . the moen subsidiary is headquartered in north olmsted ohio . moen was originally part of ravenna metal products of seattle washington . in 1956 it became part of stanadyne which was in turn acquired by forstmann little & company in 1988 and then purchased by the consumer products holding company fortune brands . fortune brands then spun off its related product lines to form the fortune brands home & security company on october 3 2011 . faucet design edit most moen kitchen washbasin and bathtub shower faucets are of the single handle design and almost all have used the same basic water controlling cartridge since the 1960s . known as the moen 1225 it is a plastic older versions were brass cylinder approximately 4 inches long by 3 4 inches in diameter . as the engine in most moen single handle faucets it has undergone at least two revisions since its inception though newer versions remain compatible with older faucets . pulling up the stem of the cartridge opens the water supply ; rotating toward the left opens the hot water passages while rotating to the right opens the cold water passages using the standard north american convention of the hot water control on the left . later moen bathtub shower controls with single handles use a larger cartridge with a pressure balancing mechanism which compensates for sudden pressure changes in either the hot or cold water supply as caused by a toilet being flushed while someone is showering . the design goal is to maintain the temperature of the shower for safety and comfort reasons even if the volume of water is reduced . the cartridge is known as the 1222 . the operation is similar to the 1225 above though the cartridge is approximately 1 inch in diameter to allow space for the pressure balancing mechanism . marketing edit currently navi rawat is the spokeswoman for moen and narrates many of their commercials . external links edit cleveland ohio portal companies portal moen website show house by moen retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title moen company & oldid 743405577 categories companies based in clevelandfortune brands brandsplumbing materials companiesmanufacturing companies based in ohio navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 14 14 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view