Evenflo Company is a manufacturer of infant and toddler car seats, gates, and bathing products.

Headquarters in Miamisburg, Ohio

Miamisburg, Ohio

Miamisburg is a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. The population was 20,181 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area...

, the company was founded in 1920. The company is owned by Harvest Partners

Harvest Partners

Harvest Partners is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout and growth capital investments in middle market industrial, business services, consumer and retail companies....

, a private equity firm.

History

Evenflo traces its roots back to the 1920 founding of the Pyramid Rubber Company in Ravenna, Ohio

Ravenna, Ohio

* Chris Bangle; automobile designer* Bill Bower, last surviving pilot of the Doolittle Raid* David D. Busch; best-selling author* William Rufus Day; U.S. Supreme Court justice* Calvin Hampton; Classical organist* Robert B...

. Initially, the company was a manufacturer of products related to baby feeding. In 1995, Evenflo Company, Inc. was created through the merger of Evenflo Juvenile Products and Evenflo Juvenile Furniture Company (formerly known as Questor Juvenile Furniture Company).

The company was acquired by private equity

Private equity

Private equity, in finance, is an asset class consisting of equity securities in operating companies that are not publicly traded on a stock exchange....

 firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.

KKR & Co. L.P. is an American-based global private equity firm, specializing in leveraged buyouts, based in New York. The firm sponsors and manages private equity investment funds. Since its inception, the firm has completed over $400 billion of private equity transactions and was a pioneer in...

, together with Spalding

Spalding (sports equipment)

Spalding is a sporting goods company founded by Albert Spalding in Chicago, Illinois, in 1876 and now headquartered in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The company specializes in the production of balls for many sports, but is most-known for its basketballs...

 in 1996 and again in 1997 by Gerry Baby Products Company, a division of Huffy Corporation. In 2004, Harvest Partners

Harvest Partners

Harvest Partners is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout and growth capital investments in middle market industrial, business services, consumer and retail companies....

 another private equity firm, acquired the company.

Products

Evenflo manufactures a variety of baby care and other products for children. The company's core products include a line of car seat

Car seat

A car seat is the chair used in automobiles. Most car seats are made from inexpensive but durable material in order to withstand as much use as possible.-Ergonomy: Lumbar and thigh support:...

s, stroller

Stroller

Stroller may refer to:*A form of baby transport*Stroller , men's daytime semiformal wear*Stroller , showjumping champion...

s, portable play yards. The company produces a line of products related to baby feeding, including breast pump

Breast pump

A breast pump is a mechanical device that extracts milk from the breasts of a lactating woman. Breast pumps may be manual devices powered by hand or foot movements or electrical devices powered by mains electricity or batteries.- History :...

s, nursing pads and storage products for breast milk.

Among the company's other products are pacifiers, baby cups and high-chairs as well as bed and bath products and playtime products (i.e., doorway jumpers, swings, gates.

External links

• Evenflo Company (company website)
• Evenflo Profile