Acquisition closed
SC Johnson acquires Ziploc (1998)
SC Johnson completed the acquisition of Ziploc in 1998 for $1.2 billion.[1][2]
S.C. Johnson & Son bought the DowBrands consumer products business from Dow Chemical in January 1998 for $1.2 billion, a sale on which Dow booked a pretax gain of $816 million. The business brought Ziploc, Saran, Scrubbing Bubbles and fantastik to SC Johnson in a single transaction. Only the year is recorded here.
Deal facts
- Announced
- Not recorded
- Closed
- Value
- $1.2 billion (enterprise value)
- Buyer
- SC Johnson
- Seller
- —
- Assets
- Ziploc
- Regulatory review
- None recorded
Ownership changes recorded from this deal
| Owner | Owned | Relationship | Stake | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC Johnson | Ziploc | owns | 100% | 1998-01-01 | present |
Who owns Ziploc today?
- Ziploc — owned by SC Johnson since 1998
Sources (2) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] The Dow Chemical Company Form 10-K for 1998, note C - sale of DowBrands — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 24 March 1999; retrieved 16 September 2026.
- [2] SC Johnson acquisitions - timeline of brands added to the portfolio — S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., Official document; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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