cleaning agents founded 1975 huish detergents inc. 2008 sun products headquarters wilton connecticut united states area served north america key people jeff ansell ceo revenue us 2.0 billion 2008 1 owner henkel number of employees 3 400 2008 website sunproductscorp.com the sun products corporation is a north american provider of laundry detergent fabric softeners and other household care products . with annual sales of 2 billion the company s products are sold under brands that include all wisk snuggle sun surf and sunlight . sun products holds the second largest market share in the 10 billion north american fabric care market . in addition sun products is the manufacturing partner for many retailer brand laundry and dish products in north america . sun products maintains manufacturing facilities in bowling green kentucky ; pasadena texas ; dyersburg tennessee ; and salt lake city utah . sun products has research and development facilities in trumbull connecticut ; salt lake city utah ; bentonville arkansas and toronto canada . contents 1 history 2 products 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit sun products was formed in 1975 under the name huish detergents inc. which became a leading manufacturer of retailer brand laundry and dish products . the products wisk all surf sunlight and snuggle were acquired from unilever when its north american laundry detergents were divested in 2008 allowing huish to acquire them . after the acquisition of the unilever product portfolio the company s name was changed to sun products . 2 in 2012 sun products corporation sold white rain to high ridge brands . 3 on june 24 2016 henkel consumer goods inc. a subsidiary of henkel ag & co. kgaa henkel has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the sun products corporation sun products . the transaction is valued at 3.5 billion . 4 products edit all wisk snuggle sun surf sunlight see also edit private label references edit the sun products corporation company profile . yahoo finance . retrieved 2010 03 03 . unilever sells u.s. laundry business . retrieved 2016 06 24 . high ridge brands to acquire the white rain brand from sun products . pr newswire . june 26 2012 . retrieved april 3 2014 . henkel buys laundry care firm sun products in 3.6 billion deal . reuters . 2016 06 24 . retrieved 2016 06 24 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sun products & oldid 726801069 categories companies based in fairfield county connecticut 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 24 june 2016 at 13 44 . 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