For 129 years, five generations of the Johnson family have led SC Johnson. Each has brought new ideas, adventures and inspirations. But each has also held true to the values that guide us values like integrity, respect, fairness and trust.

As a family company, we put these values above everything else. We choose the best ingredients for our products, not just the most economical. We do whats right for the business and the planet, not put one before the other. We focus on the next generation, not the next quarters earnings report.

SC Johnson was built by people who understood that what we do every day has lasting consequences. And so we continually ask ourselves: What do we do with the lessons from the past? And what will we do to make the world a better place in the future?

These are questions every family explores. And our answer is what the strongest families conclude: Well find our path together.

Like any family, the challenges we tackle make us stronger. The wins we enjoy bring us closer together. And in everything we do, we consider our children and the generations to come.

Since 1886, SC Johnson has grown from a small parquet flooring company in Racine, Wisconsin, to a thriving global enterprise with products in virtually every country around the world. Here are a few steps along the way

1886Company founder Samuel C. Johnson purchases a flooring business and starts his own company in Racine, Wisconsin.

1888Samuel C. Johnson develops his first paste wax floor care product, to help consumers care for and protect their homes.

1900SC Johnson starts offering paid vacations, establishing itself from its very beginnings as a great place to work.

1906Herbert F. Johnson Sr., son of Samuel C. Johnson, becomes a partner and SC Johnson becomes a family company.

1914SC Johnson establishes its first international company, in Britain.

1915Samuel C. Johnson lays the cornerstone for the Racine YMCA, setting a standard for community leadership by the company.

1917SC Johnson becomes one of the first companies in the United States to offer profit sharing for all employees.

1917SC Johnson Australia founded.

1920SC Johnson Canada founded.

1922Herbert F. Johnson Sr. founds a community fund to unite volunteer agencies - the precursor to the United Way of Racine.

1922SC Johnson establishes the Johnson Mutual Benefit Association, which supports employee benefits, activities and more.

1927In a speech, Herbert F. Johnson Sr. summarizes our principles: "The goodwill of people is the only enduring thing in any business."

1934Despite the Great Depression, SC Johnson establishes a pension plan for employees - it's among early companies to do so.

1935H.F. Johnson Jr. leads the Carnauba Expedition 15,000 miles to Brazil in search of a sustainable source of wax for our products.

1937SC Johnson Brazil founded.

1939SC Johnsons Frank Lloyd Wright-designed headquarters building opens in Racine, Wisconsin.

1945Around 200 employees serve in World War II and the company produces millions of units of product for the war effort. Jobs were held for anyone who wanted to come back.

1946SC Johnson Belgium and SC Johnson France founded.

1950SC Johnsons Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Research Tower building opens in Racine, Wisconsin.

1950sSC Johnson operations founded in Argentina, Germany, Mexico, the Philippines and Venezuela.

1956-58The Raid, Glade, OFF! and Pledge brands launch and go on to become trusted, household names.

1959The SC Johnson Fund, Inc. is established to provide grants that support people, communities and the environment.

1960sSC Johnson operations founded in Chile, Costa Rica, Ghana, Greece, Hong Kong, Italy, Kenya, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Thailand.

1964As part of SC Johnsons sponsorship of the 1964 Worlds Fair, the company creates the Academy Award-winning documentary filmTo Be Alive!

1968SC Johnson opens what will become the world's largest private, urban entomology research center to combat bugs and the diseases they can carry.

1970sSC Johnson operations founded in the Caribbean, Colombia, Egypt, Indonesia, Korea, Nigeria, Portugal and Taiwan.

1975SC Johnson voluntarily and unilaterally eliminates chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) from our aerosol products, three years before the U.S. mandate.

1976SC Johnson formally states our values in "This We Believe," which gives all employees a common understanding of our principles.

1979After more than 40 years of doing so, SC Johnson formalizes its commitment to donate 5% of pre-tax profits to charitable causes.

1979SC Johnson helps bring to life the documentaryLiving Planet,which exposes people to the beauty of the natural world and the need to preserve it.

1980sSC Johnson operations founded in China, Cyprus, Ecuador, Japan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.

1980sSC Johnson continues operating in South Africa, becoming one of the first signatories of the Sullivan Principles.

1985SC Johnson opens one of the first corporate childcare centers in the U.S.; and it expands continually to ensure there's never a waiting list for employees' children.

1988"People Who Care" launches and becomes a model organization for encouraging and arranging employee volunteerism.

1990sSC Johnson operations founded in Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Ukraine, Uruguay and Vietnam.

1990sSC Johnson leads a national grassroots coalition to promote steel can recycling, resulting in over 5,600 communities recycling empty aerosol cans.

1992SC Johnson acquires The Drackett Company, bringing Windex, Vanish and Drano into our family of brands.

1998SC Johnson helps The Nature Conservancy protect two reserves in Brazil's Caatinga ecoregion and create a local conservation organization.

1998SC Johnson acquires the DowBrands business, adding Ziploc, Saran, Scrubbing Bubbles and fantastik to our family of brands.

1998Sam, Fisk and Curt Johnson retrace the 1935 Carnaba Expedition, reaffirming the companys commitment to sustainability and adventure.