RSC Brands

Radiator Specialty Company is a privately held automotive products company based in Charlotte, NC with manufacturing headquarters in Indian Trail, NC. It is one of the nation's top automotive products producers and the second-largest producer of ancillary radiator products in the United States and Canada.

RSC Brands
TypePrivate
IndustryAutomotive
Rubber
Chemicals
Founded1924
FounderI.D. Blumenthal
HeadquartersCharlotte, NC, U.S.
Area served
North America
Key people
Mike Guggenheimer
(President and CEO)
Alan Blumenthal
(Chairman)
RevenueUS$ 98.4 million
US$ 56.457 million
US$ 43.834 million
Total assetsUS$ 178.998 million
Total equityUS$ 56.575 million
Number of employees
210
WebsiteOfficial Website

The firm is currently based in a 80,000-square-foot (7,400 m2) facility in Indian Trail, NC. It has a total employment of approximately 250 people.[1] Its current President and CEO is Mike Guggenheimer.[2]

The company was founded as Radiator Specialty Company in 1924 by I.D. Blumenthal,[3] who began marketing a product called Solder Seal to fix leaky car radiators. He was joined by his younger brother Herman Blumenthal in 1933.[4]

RSC's makes Gunk, a line of degreasers,[5] Gunk, which has been described as an "instrument shampoo," was developed by Gunk Chicago Co.[6] Originally, RSC was a regional distributor for Gunk.[7]

RSC also produces Liquid Wrench, a line of lubricants marketed as "application-specific" competitors to WD-40.[8] The company adopted the name RSC Chemical Solutions in 2010.[3]

The Blumenthal family have been responsible for significant philanthropic efforts in North Carolina, including substantial funding for the North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center in Charlotte.[4][9][10]

References
  1. Elkins, Ken. "RSC Chemical Solutions profits, grows by going green". bizjournals.com. Charlotte Business Journal. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  2. "Mike Guggenheimer promoted to CEO at RSC Chemical Solutions". Charlotte Business Journal. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  3. Susan Stabley, "Radiator Specialty's greener shade of Gunk", Charlotte Business Journal, June 17, 2011.
  4. Laureate: Herman Blumenthal (1915 - October 28, 2001)" at North Carolina Business Hall of Fame (accessed November 12, 2011).
  5. Philip H. Dougherty, "Advertising: Aiming Gunk at the Consumer", The New York Times, December 22, 1966.
  6. Teletype Cleaning, Railway Signalling and Communication Vol. 53, No. 5 (May 1960); page 32.
  7. GUNK removes grease scourfully (advertisement), appeared in Farm Journal, Vol. 86 (1962); pages 46 and 121.
  8. Andrew Adam Newman, "Which Grease for a Squeaky Wheel?", The New York Times, April 20, 2010.
  9. "Blumenthal Touched Charlotte With Charity. Longtime Queen City Philanthropist Died Sunday. He Was 86." Charlotte Observer, October 29, 2001.
  10. "Friday Lends Name To Program", The Robesonian, February 9, 1995.
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