headquarters torrance california key people frank yang ceo & founder products trash cans kitchen and bath tools organization tools number of employees 100 slogan tools for efficient living website www.simplehuman.com simplehuman is a privately owned designer and manufacturer of kitchen 1 bath and beauty tools based in torrance california . simplehuman s trash cans touch free soap pumps shower caddies and magnified sensor activated vanity mirrors are sold across the us and internationally both on its website and at various brick and mortar retail chains such as bed bath & beyond the container store crate & barrel and neiman marcus . simplehuman s trash cans are considered among the most high end cans on the market today due to their patented sensor technology and durability . 2 contents 1 history 2 products 3 awards 4 partners 5 references 6 external links history edit in 2000 simplehuman was founded by frank yang who immigrated in 1982 3 and later started the company with the idea of making a better trash can . 1 4 he showed his design and received his first orders at the international home and housewares show from retailers such as the container store and bed bath & beyond . 5 the company was originally called canworks due to its focus on trash cans but yang changed the name to simplehuman in 2001 when the company began to broaden its product line into other kitchen and bath tools such as touch free sensor pumps and shower caddies under the tagline tools for efficient living . 5 6 in 2003 simplehuman opened a uk subsidiary in oxfordshire england to serve the european market . 7 using sensor technology and the idea of touch free operation simplehuman introduced its first sensor soap pump in 2007 . and in 2010 it came out with the first of its line of motion sensor activated trash cans . in 2013 the company took this sensor technology into the beauty tools market with the introduction of its first sensor activated vanity mirror that uses led light technology . 8 products edit simplehuman focuses on five main product lines trash cans & liners sensor pumps & soap dishracks & other kitchen tools shower caddies & other bath tools sensor mirrors awards edit simplehuman s products and designs have won numerous prestigious awards including the housewares design award in 2013 for the semi round sensor can 9 the european consumer choice awards in 2011 for the steel frame dishrack 10 the european consumer choice awards in 2012 for the butterfly sensor can 11 partners edit simplehuman s products are sold both on their website and at various retail stores such as the container store 1 5 bed bath & beyond 1 5 williams sonoma 1 crate & barrel 1 references edit a b c d e f lowly trash can gets respect at frank yang s simplehuman usatoday.com . usatoday30.usatoday.com . retrieved 2016 05 21 . 45l semi round sensor can with liner pocket . simplehuman united states . retrieved 2016 05 21 . squarespace claim this domain . web.archive.org . 2015 02 17 . archived from the original on february 17 2015 . retrieved 2016 05 21 . cs1 maint unfit url link simplehuman llc private company information businessweek . investing.businessweek.com . retrieved 2016 05 21 . a b c d simplehuman founder frank yang on reinventing the trash can . open forum . 2012 04 02 . retrieved 2016 05 21 . hamilton william l. 2004 07 29 . design notebook ; trash trades up . the new york times . issn 0362 4331 . retrieved 2016 05 21 . simplehuman uk limited rg8 9aq goring on thames financial information . companiesintheuk . retrieved 2016 05 21 . man in the mirror simplehuman s sensor mirror . design bureau . retrieved 2016 05 21 . housewaresdesignawards.com simplehuman simplehuman semi round sensor can . www.housewaresdesignawards.com . retrieved 2016 05 21 . simplehuman steel frame dishrack test and reviews european consumers choice product reviews and tests . www.europeanconsumerschoice.org . retrieved 2016 05 21 . simplehuman butterfly sensor can test and reviews european consumers choice product reviews and tests . www.europeanconsumerschoice.org . retrieved 2016 05 21 . external links edit official website uk website canadian website french canadian website french website german website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title simplehuman & oldid 722283021 categories companies established in 2000companies based in torrance californiahidden categories cs1 maint unfit url 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 add links this page was last modified on 27 may 2016 at 02 34 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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