sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2007 learn how and when to remove this template message old remington logo remington products commonly known as simply remington is a worldwide personal care corporation which manufactures razors shavers epilators and haircare products for both men and women . it is a subsidiary of spectrum brands . contents 1 history 2 products 3 famous tv commercials 4 external links history edit the origins of the remington name date back to the formation of e. remington and sons a firearms maker founded in 1816 . e. remington & sons made occasional forays into products other than firearms such as sewing machines and farm implements but its most significant side venture was when inventor christopher sholes persuaded the firearms company to help him develop the typewriter with the qwerty keyboard which is still the standard today . in 1886 e. remington & sons sold the typewriter company which became remington typewriter company . this in turn merged with the rand kardex corporation in 1927 to become remington rand . remington rand branched out into making adding machines filing cabinets punched card tabulating machines and other office equipment to become a leading office equipment company . the origin of remington personal care products dates back to 1937 when remington rand began to branch out to electric shavers starting with the remington model e. in 1950 remington rand bought the pioneering eckert mauchly computer company . in 1955 it merged with sperry corporation developer of the automatic pilot amongst other devices . the combined company became the sperry rand corporation and continued to market shavers under the remington brand . in 1979 sperry rand sold off a number of its divisions including the consumer products . victor kiam bought the electric shaver company in a leveraged buyout . victor kiam s remington products company became very profitable branching out into other personal care small appliances buying clairol s personal care appliance business in 1994 . kiam sold controlling interest in remington to ike perlmutter prior to the clairol acquisition that same year . remington changed hands again on june 1996 when perlmutter and kiam sold controlling interest in the company to vestar capital partners . victor kiam died in 2001 . in 2003 the kiam family and vestar sold remington to the battery company rayovac . rayovac changed its name to spectrum brands and markets remington brand men s and women s electric shavers hair clippers beard and moustache trimmers nose and ear hair trimmers foot massagers make up mirrors heated hair rollers blow dryers and curling irons . remington also sells flat irons . products edit this section needs expansion . you can help by adding to it . june 2008 remington products product line include lady remingtons electric shavers for women . famous tv commercials edit the president of remington shavers in 1978 when my wife bought me a remington shaver i was so impressed i bought the company . victor kiam would often appear in television advertisements for remington shavers and say shaves as close as a blade or your money back external links edit official site remington store remington uk remington store russia history of shaving industry retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title remington products & oldid 715111058 categories hair removalmanufacturing companies of the united statespersonal care brandsshavinghidden categories articles lacking sources from december 2007all articles lacking sourcesarticles to be expanded from june 2008all articles to be expandedarticles using small message boxes 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 deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 13 april 2016 at 19 37 . 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