RSC Brands

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{{Infobox company

| name = RSC Brands

| logo = RSC Chemical Solutions logo.png

| type = Private

| traded_as =

| foundation = 1924

| founder = I.D. Blumenthal

| location = Charlotte, NC, U.S.

| area_served = North America

| key_people = Mike Guggenheimer
(President and CEO)
Alan Blumenthal
(Chairman)

| industry = Automotive
Rubber
Chemicals

| products =

| revenue = US$ 98.4 million

| operating_income = US$ 56.457 million

| net_income = US$ 43.834 million

| assets = US$ 178.998 million

| equity = US$ 56.575 million

| num_employees = 210

| homepage = {{URL|rscbrands.com}}

}}

RSC Chemical Solutions is a privately held automotive products company based in Charlotte, North Carolina, with a manufacturing headquarters in Indian Trail, North Carolina. 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.{{citation needed|date=September 2011}}

The firm is currently based in a {{convert|400000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} facility in Indian Trail. It has a total employment of approximately 250 people.{{cite web|last1=Elkins|first1=Ken|title=RSC Chemical Solutions profits, grows by going green|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/blog/outside_the_loop/2014/05/going-green-turns-into-the-black-for-rsc-chemical.html |work=Charlotte Business Journal |date=12 May 2014 |accessdate=18 March 2022}} Its current President and CEO is Mike Guggenheimer.{{cite news |last1=Elkins |first1=Ken |title=Mike Guggenheimer promoted to CEO at RSC Chemical Solutions|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/blog/outside_the_loop/2014/11/mike-guggenheimer-promoted-to-lead-rsc-chemical.html|work=Charlotte Business Journal |date=25 November 2014 |accessdate=18 March 2022}}

The company was founded as Radiator Specialty Company in 1924 by I.D. Blumenthal,{{cite news |last1=Stabley |first1=Susan |title=Radiator Specialty's greener shade of Gunk |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/print-edition/2011/06/17/greener-shade-of-gunk.html |work=Charlotte Business Journal |date=17 June 2011 |accessdate=18 March 2022}} who began marketing a product called Solder Seal to fix leaky car radiators. He was joined by his younger brother Herman Blumenthal in 1933.[http://www.historync.org/laureate%20-%20Herman%20Blumenthal.htm Laureate: Herman Blumenthal (1915 - October 28, 2001)"] at North Carolina Business Hall of Fame (accessed November 12, 2011).

RSC's makes Gunk, a line of degreasers,Philip H. Dougherty, [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1966/12/22/82547499.pdf "Advertising: Aiming Gunk at the Consumer"], The New York Times, December 22, 1966. Gunk, which has been described as an "instrument shampoo," was developed by Gunk Chicago Co.Teletype Cleaning, [https://books.google.com/books?id=MDw7AAAAMAAJ&pg=RA4-PA32 Railway Signalling and Communication] Vol. 53, No. 5 (May 1960); page 32. Originally, RSC was a regional distributor for Gunk.[http://oldadsarefunny.blogspot.com/2012/07/1962-ad-gunk-removes-grease-scourfully.html GUNK removes grease scourfully (advertisement)], appeared in [https://books.google.com/books?id=XDBHAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Gunk+removes+grease+scourfully%22&dq=%22Gunk+removes+grease+scourfully%22 Farm Journal], Vol. 86 (1962); pages 46 and 121.

RSC also produces Liquid Wrench, a line of lubricants marketed as "application-specific" competitors to WD-40.Andrew Adam Newman, [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/21/business/media/21adco.html "Which Grease for a Squeaky Wheel?"], The New York Times, April 20, 2010. The company adopted the name RSC Chemical Solutions in 2010.

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."Blumenthal Touched Charlotte With Charity. Longtime Queen City Philanthropist Died Sunday. He Was 86." Charlotte Observer, October 29, 2001.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3q8_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=31YMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5341,1934878&dq=blumenthal+performing-arts-center+radiator&hl=en "Friday Lends Name To Program"], The Robesonian, February 9, 1995.

In 2022, [https://solvewithb.com Blumenthal Holdings LLC] decided to sell all assets of [https://solvewithb.com/bbi/ Blumenthal Brands Integrated] to B'laster Holdings.{{Cite press release |last=LLC |first=Blumenthal Holdings |title=B'laster Holdings Acquires BBI Assets from Blumenthal Holdings, LLC |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/blaster-holdings-acquires-bbi-assets-from-blumenthal-holdings-llc-301556752.html |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=www.prnewswire.com |language=en}} B'laster Holdings will now acquire all products under GUNK, Liquid Wrench, and Titeseal brands.