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The Clorox Company engages in the manufacture and marketing of consumer products. The company offers household products, which include plastic bags, wraps, and containers; home care cleaning products, such as disinfecting sprays and wipes, toilet bowl cleaners, spray and gel household cleaners, glass and surface cleaners, carpet cleaners, reusable cleaning cloths, drain openers and septic-system treatments, steel-wool soap pads and scrubber sponges, mildew removers, soap scum and bathroom cleaners, daily shower cleaners, and premoistened towelettes; laundry products, including liquid bleaches, laundry stain removers, and dry and liquid color-safe bleaches; and water filtration systems and filters. Its specialty products include auto care products, such as protectants, cleaners and wipes, tire-and wheel-care products and washes, automotive fuel and oil additives, and appearance products; cat litter products, including clumping cat litter, and scoopable and silica-gel crystals cat litter; food products, such as salad dressings and dip mixes, as well as seasoned mini croutons, seasonings, sauces, and marinades; seasonal products, which include charcoal briquets, charcoal lighter and wood chips, and insecticides; and products for institutional markets, including bleaches, toilet bowl cleaners, disinfectants, disinfecting sprays and wipes, dilutable cleaners, insecticides, cleaners, food storage bags, wraps, trash bags, dressings, barbecue sauces, charcoal briquets, clog removers, cleaners, steel-wool soap pads, mild abrasive liquid cleansers, mildew removers, soap scum removers, and bathroom cleaners. The company sells its products in the United States to grocery stores and grocery wholesalers, primarily through a network of brokers, as well as to mass merchandisers, warehouse clubs, military, and other retail stores, through direct sales force. It sells its products internationally, primarily in Latin America and Asia Pacific through subsidiaries, licenses, distributors, and joint venture agreements. The company was founded in 1913 as the Electro-Alkaline Company and changed its name to Clorox Chemical Corporation in 1922. It changed its name to Clorox Chemical Co. in 1928 and finally to The Clorox Company in 1957. The company is headquartered in Oakland, California.
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