sunshine products inc. headquarters in lehi utah type public traded as nasdaq natr industry multi level marketing founded 1972 founder gene hughes kristine hughes headquarters lehi utah united states area served worldwide key people gregory l. probert chairman and chief executive officer steve bunker executive vice president chief financial officer and treasurer products dietary supplements revenue us 324.705 million 2015 operating income us 13.872 million 2015 net income us 13.656 million 2015 number of employees 901 2015 website www.naturessunshine.com nature s sunshine products incorporated nasdaq natr also known as nsp is a manufacturer and multi level marketer of encapsulated natural health supplements including herbs vitamins minerals chinese ayurvedic and homeopathic remedies cookware natural personal care and cleaning products etc. it is based in lehi utah with a manufacturing facility in spanish fork utah . contents 1 history 2 products and manufacturing 3 sec charges settled 4 old logo 5 references 6 external links history edit hydrate bentonite from nature s sunshine products nature s sunshine was founded in 1972 by the hughes family who started encapsulating capsicum in their home kitchen . the company employs a multi level marketing business model in which their products are primarily sold to the consumer by independent distributors who receive commissions based on their own sales as well as sign up bonuses and commissions based upon the sales of any distributors they may have recruited . the company is divided into various segments in the u.s. including a u.s. sales division a spanish language division and an international division which oversees the corporation s foreign subsidiaries . nsp also owns synergy worldwide a multi level marketing company that also sells nutritional supplements . products for both companies are manufactured in a production and research facility located in spanish fork utah . products and manufacturing edit nature s sunshine manufacturing processes are compliant with nsf ansi standards . sec charges settled edit on july 31 2009 the company agreed to pay 600 000 in fines after being charged by the sec with having bribed brazilian officials with more than 1 000 000 in 2000 and 2001 . this was done so it could import unregistered nutritional products into the country and then falsified its books to hide the payments . 1 2 old logo edit references edit grace leong . nature s sunshine pays 600k to settle bribery charges . daily herald august 1 2009 harvey tom july 31 2009 . sec fines nature s sunshine for bribing brazilian officials . the salt lake tribune . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title nature % 27s sunshine products & oldid 743002580 categories companies based in utah county utahcompanies listed on nasdaqhomeopathic organizationsmanufacturing companies established in 1972multi level marketing companies based in utahspanish fork utahmulti level marketing companieshidden categories use mdy dates from may 2016pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters 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 7 october 2016 at 04 50 . 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