Water Pik, Inc. (also Waterpik) is an American oral health products company that produces personal and oral health care products such as oral irrigators and pulsating shower heads. It is based in Fort Collins, Colorado and is a subsidiary of Church & Dwight.[1]
Until 2013, Water Pik Technologies, Inc. was a manufacturer of personal care products as well as swimming pool products, which it marketed under the Water Pik, Jandy and Air Energy brands. The pool products division, with the Jandy brand, was retained by the Carlyle Group within the "Pool Care" division of Zodiac Marine & Pool, now Zodiac Pool Solutions.
History
Waterpik began in 1962 as Aqua Tec Corporation. with the invention of the oral irrigator. It was acquired by Teledyne Inc in 1967 and was spun off as a public company, Water Pik Technologies, in 1999.
It was then bought by the private equity firm Carlyle Group and French company Zodiac in 2006 in a deal valued at $380 million.[2][3][4] At this point Water Pik had six major facilities in the US and Canada.[5]
In 2007, Water Pik's pool equipment division was merged by the Carlyle Group and Zodiac with its marine and pool division to form a new entity called Zodiac Marine & Pool, headquartered in Paris, France.
References
- About Water Pik, Inc. www.waterpik.com^
- The Carlyle Group Announces Agreement to Acquire, Together With Zodiac, Water Pik Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: PIK); Water Pik Technologies Stockholders to Receive $27.75 per Share in Cash; Transaction Equity Valued at $380 Million www.carlyle.com, retrieved 2025-03-08^
- Water Pik Technologies sold