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The Johnson Wax Headquarters is the corporate headquarters of the household goods company S. C. Johnson & Son in Racine, Wisconsin, United States. The original headquarters includes two buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright : the Administration Building, completed in April 1939, and the Research Tower, completed in November 1950.
In 1882, Johnson moved to Racine where he became a parquet flooring salesman for the Racine Hardware Manufacturing Co. In 1886, he purchased the flooring business from the company and renamed it Johnson's Prepared Paste Wax Company. A few years later he established his own factory for manufacturing floor waxes and wood finishes.
S. C. Johnson's line of wax-reliant products necessitated Herbert Fisk Johnson Jr.’s 1935 expedition to Fortaleza, Brazil, to find a direct sustainable source of wax. [11] From April 1935 until May 1950, the company was the sponsor for the Fibber McGee and Molly radio show, officially known as The Johnson Wax Program. [12]
Johnson Wax Professional had been a subsidiary of S. C. Johnson & Son until 1999, when it was spun off. [10] In November 2009, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice acquired 46 percent of JohnsonDiversey. [ 11 ] In March 2010, JohnsonDiversey changed its name to Diversey, Inc., with a new tagline, "for a cleaner, healthier future."
Here, the floor is polished with much finer grit in order to achieve the desired sheen level, such as matte, satin, semi-gloss, and high-gloss. In a matte finish, the objects reflected on the floor have a hazy appearance. In a satin finish, the reflection of objects have a low-luster appearance.
On the dance floor, an event staffer in a Grim Reaper costume shimmies past me, a prime example of how the event captures a tonal split in Johnson’s public persona—a dead seriousness about ...