headquarters southborough massachusetts u.s. key people richard katzman ceo products small appliances humidifiers parent helen of troy website www.kaz.com kaz incorporated is a manufacturer of small home appliances including air cleaners humidifiers fans blood pressure monitors heating pads lawn & garden and healthcare products . the company was founded in ogdensburg ny in 1926 by max katzman who invented the world s first electric vaporizer . 1 the company remained in the katzman family until 2011 with max katzman s son lawrence katzman succeeding to the presidency in 1956 . lawrence katzman s son richard katzman was appointed president and chief operating officer in 1989 then ceo in 1998 . its products are marketed worldwide under the kaz honeywell stinger softheat vicks and other brands and sold through its web site drug stores and other retail outlets such as target corporation . in 2011 kaz became a wholly owned subsidiary of the helen of troy company and continues to be run from its global headquarters in southborough massachusetts and its regional headquarters around the world . references edit our company who we are kaz corporate website . accessed may 21 2009 . this united states manufacturing company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kaz incorporated & oldid 710352588 categories privately held companies based in massachusettshome appliance manufacturers of the united statescompanies based in massachusettscompanies established in 1926united states manufacturing company stubshidden categories all stub articles 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 16 march 2016 at 13 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