Kaz Incorporated is a manufacturer of small home appliances including air cleaners, humidifiers, fans, blood pressure monitors, heating pads, lawn & garden, and healthcare products.

The company was founded in Ogdensburg NY in 1926 by Max Katzman, who invented the world's first electric vaporizer. The company has remained in the Katzman family, with Max Katzman's son Lawrence Katzman succeeding to the presidency in 1956. Lawrence Katzman's son Richard Katzman was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer in 1989, then CEO in 1998.

Its products are marketed worldwide under the Kaz, Honeywell, Stinger, Softheat, Vicks

Vicks

Vicks is a line of over-the-counter medications owned by the American company Procter & Gamble. Vicks manufactures NyQuil and its sister medication, DayQuil. The Vicks brand also produces Formula 44 cough medicines, cough drops, VapoRub, and a number of inhaled breathing treatments...

, and other brands, and sold through its web site, drug stores

Pharmacy

Pharmacy is the health profession that links the health sciences with the chemical sciences and it is charged with ensuring the safe and effective use of pharmaceutical drugs...

, and other retail outlets such as Target Corporation

Target Corporation

Target Corporation, doing business as Target, is an American retailing company headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the second-largest discount retailer in the United States, behind Walmart. The company is ranked at number 33 on the Fortune 500 and is a component of the Standard & Poor's...

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