BLACKSBURG, Va. , June 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Leading international customer items business Spectrum Brands, Inc., is honoring the 30th anniversary of its Blacksburg, Va., Global Pet Care making center this year, culminating in a weeklong event of the turning point later on this month.
The Blacksburg plant produces much of the business’s core aquatics and buddy animal items, consisting of liquids, fish tank filters and marine sea salt for brand names such as Nature’s Miracle®, FURminator®, Instant Ocean®, Marineland® and Tetra®.
“We’re pleased with our history in Blacksburg, and this anniversary is a testimony to all of our accomplishments here along with the staff member who make them possible,” said John Pailthorp, President of Spectrum Brands Global Pet Care. “We’re commemorating where we began, what we have actually accomplished and – simply as crucial – where we’re going. It’s actually pleasing to do that surrounded by many workers who have actually played a substantial function in our development and success.”
The Blacksburg center opened June 22, 1993, as the head office for U.S. operations for Tetra® fish tank items. More than 50 Tetra® items were made there for around the world circulation, assisting develop the brand name’s position as a premier international name in aquatics foods, equipment and care items for fish and reptiles. In 2005, Tetra Holding GMBH entered into the Spectrum Brands family of family pet specialized brand names. Today, the center produces more than 150 items in several sizes for a range of Spectrum Brands’ leading Global Pet Care lines, consisting of Nature’s Miracle®, FURminator®, Instant Ocean®, Marineland® and Tetra®.
During the Blacksburg plant’s three-decade life time, the building has actually grown from a production and warehouse center using about 50 individuals to a significant production center that plays a substantial function in item advancement and execution throughout the business’s Global Pet Care business.
The years of stable development at the Blacksburg complicated show the business’s custom of development and brand-new item advancement, together with its commitment to conference customer requires in a worldwide, vibrant market.
In 2017, Spectrum Brands invested more than $7 million to broaden and upgrade its Blacksburg plant, upgrading equipment, improving assembly line and re-training workers. Today, the complex utilizes more than 350 workers in a variety of functions, from Production and Safety to Product Marketing, Sourcing, R&D and Regulatory Compliance. The building’s footprint itself has actually grown to 208,000 sq feet, consisting of a different R&D annex that’s still broadening.
The center preserves close ties with the regional neighborhood and with neighboring research study university Virginia Tech, which provides special opportunities for item effectiveness screening, trainee work research study collaborations and distinguished clinical programs that draw in extremely certified graduates who frequently remain in the location. Last year, Montgomery County, Va., called Spectrum Brands the area’s leading company in the production classification as part of the county’s Best Places to Work program.
During the weeklong event beginning June 20, Spectrum Brands will acknowledge the Blacksburg center’s turning point with a variety of occasions, consisting of an event on June 22 for coworkers, visitors, friends and family. Eight long time workers will receive unique recognition for their thirty years of service going back to the building’s opening, and 21 extra staff member will be acknowledged for more than twenty years of service.
About Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.
Spectrum Brands Holdings is a home-basics business with an objective to make living much better at home. We concentrate on providing ingenious items and services to customers for usage around the home through our relied on brand names. We are a prominent provider of specialized family pet products, yard and garden and home bug control items, personal bug spray, shaving and grooming items, personal care items, and little household devices. Helping to satisfy the requirements of customers worldwide, Spectrum Brands provides a broad portfolio of market-leading, widely known and extensively relied on brand names consisting of Tetra®, DreamBone®, SmartBones®, Nature’s Miracle®, 8-in-1®, FURminator®, Healthy-Hide®, Good Boy®, Meowee!®, OmegaOne®, Spectracide®, Cutter®, Repel®, Hot Shot®, Rejuvenate®, Black Flag®, Liquid Fence®, Remington®, George Foreman®, Russell Hobbs®, BLACK + DECKER®, PowerXL®, Emeril Lagasse®, and Copper Chef®. For more info, please go to www.spectrumbrands.com. Spectrum Brands – A Home Essentials Company™
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Janette Ruark, Manager, Marketing Communications
Spectrum Brands, Inc. – Global Pet Care
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