BNET Industries

Tom's of Maine Inc.

is in the Manufacturing Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$300.0M
  • Private
  • US
Dow Jones Description

To serve our customers by providing safe, effective, innovative natural products of high quality. To build relationships with our customers that extend beyond product usage to include full and honest dialogue, responsiveness to feedback, and the exchange of information about products and issues. To respect, value, and serve not only our customers but also our coworkers, owners, agents, suppliers, and community; to be concerned about and contribute to their well-being; and to operate with integrity so as to be deserving of their trust. To provide meaningful work, fair compensation, and a safe, healthy work environment that encourages openness, creativity, self-discipline, and growth. To contribute to and affirm a high level of commitment, skill, and effectiveness in the work community. To recognize, encourage, and seek a diversity of gifts and perspectives in our worklife. To acknowledge the value of each person's contribution to our goals and to foster teamwork in our tasks. To be distinctive in products and policies which honor and sustain our natural world. To address community concerns, in Maine and around the globe, by devoting a portion of our time, talents, and resources to the environment, human needs, the arts, and education. To work together to contribute to the long-term value and sustainability of our company. To be a profitable and successful company while acting in a socially and environmentally responsible manner...

Chief Executive Officer
Tom O'Brien
Number of Employees 175
Contact Information

302 Lafayette Ctr

Kennebunk, Maine 04043-0710

www.tomsofmaine...

(207) 985-2944

NAICS Code Soap and Other Detergent Manufacturing: 325611

News & Analysis

tom's of maine inc. - All News and Analysis

  • The Colgate, Tom's of Maine deal: did Tom's of Maine 'sell out' to a company out of sync with its core values?

    - 2006-05-01

    It seems that more often in this industry strange bedfellows end up together through mergers and acquisitions. Last month Tom's of Maine became another one of these stories, when it sold 84% of the company to Colgate-Palmolive for $100 million in cash. It wasn't long ago that Tom's of Maine...

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  • Colgate agrees to acquire Tom's of Maine

    - 2006-04-10

    NEW YORK -- Keeping with its strategy to focus on higher-margin products, Colgate-Palmolive Co. has struck a deal to pay $100 million in cash for an 84% stake in Tom's of Maine Inc. The deal is expected to close in the second quarter. Tom's, founded in 1970 by...

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  • Colgate buying Tom's of Maine

    - 2006-03-22

    PORTLAND, Maine -- Colgate-Palmolive Co. announced Tuesday it's buying Tom's of Maine, the leading maker of natural toothpaste, which used to tweak big toothpaste makers for putting artificial additives like saccharin in their products. The $100 million cash deal for privately owned Tom's of Maine, which got its...

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  • Tom's of Maine Facility to Use Wind Energy From Nebraska

    - 2006-02-10

    Tom's of Maine recently announced plans to use 100 percent renewable energy at its manufacturing and fulfillment facility in Sanford, ME. According to Tom's of Maine, all of the electricity used at the company's 100,000-square-foot building will be generated by the Ainsworth Wind Energy Facility in Nebraska. "One...

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  • Tom's of Maine Honored for Corporate Ethics

    - 2005-07-13

    News Advisory: Taking Action for Animals TAA, a conference sponsored by the leading animal advocacy organizations in the United States representing more than 11 million members, will give the FIRST Corporate Ethic Award to Tom's of Maine co-founder and CEO - Tom Chappell in recognition of the company's strong set...

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Tom O'Brien Chief Executive Officer
Bill McGonagle Chief Financial Officer
Kate Chappell Cofounder, Vice President
Barry Wilfand Director of New Business and Foreign Development
Chantal Bergeron Director of Research
Tom Beech Director of Sales
Tom Janenda Director, Communications
Danielle Smith Bruce Strategic Regional Account Manager, Drug Channel
Jill Schmidt Assistant Project Manager
Susan Dewhirst Manager, Media Relations
Bill Hetzel Purchasing Agent
E Eric Engelman Senior Scientist for Toothpaste
Ellen McDevitt Saksen Category Development Leader, Toothpaste
Fiona Russell Category Development Leader, Deodorant
Kate Bussell In, House Design Leader
Kate Debruyckere Graphic Designer
Mary Kluck Quality Control Team Leader
Mary Larkin Consumer Dialogue Representative
Patti Murphy Consumer Dialogue and Services Team Leader
Rob Robinson Partnership Leader
Tina Payeur Consumer Dialogue Representative
Tracy Eames Grassroots Team Leader, West

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Jon Evans Board of Directors
Kerry Maguire Board of Directors
Shawn Ingham Board of Directors

Organization Position Status
Tom's of Maine, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Current
Tom's of Maine, Inc. Chief Operating Officer Former

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Tom's of Maine, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Current
Tom's of Maine, Inc. Controller Former
University of Southern Maine Former

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Tom's of Maine, Inc. Cofounder, Vice President Current
Kate Chappell Art Space Current
Leadership Circle LLC Member Current
Cambridge Technology Partners Former
Peregrine Press Former
Hospice Volunteers Board of Directors Former
University of Southern Maine A.B. Former
Sorbonne University Former
Chatham College Former
Hospice Volunteers Member Former

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Tom's of Maine, Inc. Director of New Business and Foreign Development Current
Tom's of Maine, Inc. Board of Directors Current

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Tom's of Maine, Inc. Director of Research Current

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Tom's of Maine, Inc. Director of Sales Current

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Tom's of Maine, Inc. Director, Communications Current

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Tom's of Maine, Inc. Strategic Regional Account Manager, Drug Channel Current

Ms. Schmidt has a Bachelor of Science degree from the School of Health Studies at the University of New Hampshire. She joined Tom's of Maine in 1992. Ms. Schmidt serves the Consumer Care group by managing departmental data/information and the physical Research and Product Development laboratory. She is the principal party responsible for coordinating registration and compliance documentation with the federal government and other outside agencies.

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Tom's of Maine, Inc. Assistant Project Manager Current

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Tom's of Maine, Inc. Manager, Media Relations Current
Tom's of Maine, Inc. Media and Public Relations Leader Current

Working at Tom's of Maine was always a "wouldn't it be cool" dream job for Bill, who used to spend his summers at a Maine camp and had long been familiar with the company and its values. So when he and his wife decided to move to Maine, where their families lived, one of his first thoughts was to look into working for Tom's. With both a master's degree in chemical engineering and an MBA from MIT, he was a natural, but found himself turned away at first because the position for which he was qualified had been held by a longtime employee with no plans to retire. But Bill was persistent and it paid off when a new position in his area opened up after all.

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Tom's of Maine, Inc. Purchasing Agent Current

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Tom's of Maine, Inc. Senior Scientist for Toothpaste Current
GlaxoSmithKline Plc Former
University of Delaware Ph.D. in electro, analytical chemistry Former
University of Delaware Master's In Analytical Chemistry Former
Gettysburg College Bachelor's In Chemistry Former

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Tom's of Maine, Inc. Category Development Leader, Toothpaste Current

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Tom's of Maine, Inc. Category Development Leader, Deodorant Current

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Tom's of Maine, Inc. In, House Design Leader Current

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Tom's of Maine, Inc. Graphic Designer Current

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Tom's of Maine, Inc. Quality Control Team Leader Current

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Tom's of Maine, Inc. Consumer Dialogue Representative Current

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Tom's of Maine, Inc. Consumer Dialogue and Services Team Leader Current

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Tom's of Maine, Inc. Partnership Leader Current

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Tom's of Maine, Inc. Consumer Dialogue Representative Current

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Tom's of Maine, Inc. Grassroots Team Leader, West Current

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Tom's of Maine, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Tom's of Maine, Inc. Product Supply Team Member Current

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Tom's of Maine, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Staff Dentist Former
Tufts University associate professor Former
University of Massachusetts Medical School Former
University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center Degrees Former

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Tom's of Maine, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Tom's of Maine, Inc. Make Area Team Member, Handyman Current