{"id":12220,"date":"2026-04-15T00:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T04:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/?p=12220"},"modified":"2026-04-21T22:35:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T02:35:27","slug":"clorox-completes-acquisition-of-gojo-industries-makers-of-purell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/suppliers\/clorox-completes-acquisition-of-gojo-industries-makers-of-purell\/","title":{"rendered":"Clorox Completes Acquisition of GOJO Industries, Makers of Purell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/GOJO-300x104.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"104\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2171\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/GOJO-300x104.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/GOJO-200x69.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/GOJO.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>GOJO<\/p>\n<p><strong>OAKLAND, CA<\/strong> &#8211; The Clorox Company (NYSE: CLX) announces the completion of its previously announced acquisition of GOJO Industries, expanding Clorox\u2019s product portfolio to include the Purell brand and GOJO\u2019s health and hygiene solutions. The combination brings together two companies with a shared commitment to making the world cleaner and healthier, leveraging complementary consumer brand-building expertise and B2B capabilities to deliver a more comprehensive product offering and both near- and long-term strategic value to Clorox.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday marks an important milestone as GOJO officially joins The Clorox Company,\u201d said Linda Rendle, chair and CEO of The Clorox Company. \u201cGOJO has incredible strength in the marketplace, and we are looking forward to\u202fcoming together to thoughtfully\u202fgrow the business.\u202fWe see strong opportunity ahead as we bring together our leading brands, talented organizations and complementary capabilities to deliver best-in-class health and hygiene solutions to consumers and institutional end users alike.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The GOJO business, now known as Clorox Purell, will be led by President Carey Jaros and will continue to be based out of its headquarters in Akron, Ohio with its current facilities remaining in Ashland, Cuyahoga Falls and Wooster, Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We could not be more excited to officially join The Clorox Company and realize the opportunity to exponentially scale our impact in the world. Together, we\u2019ll set new standards for health and hygiene and bring well-being to more people everywhere, creating long-term value with and for our partners and customers. Clorox Purell is a winning combination in every way,\u201d said Jaros.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>OAKLAND, CA<\/strong> &#8211; The Clorox Company (NYSE: CLX) announces the completion of its previously announced acquisition of GOJO Industries, expanding Clorox\u2019s product portfolio to include the Purell brand and GOJO\u2019s health and hygiene solutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[261],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12220"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12220"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12221,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12220\/revisions\/12221"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}