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Fortune Brands Home & Security (FBHS) Completes Riobel Acquisition; Will Form New Global Plumbing Group

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Fortune Brands Creates Global Plumbing Group (GPG) as a Foundation to Accelerate Plumbing Growth Opportunities, Announces Acquisitions of Luxury Brands

August 18, 2016 4:05 PM EDT

DEERFIELD, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. (NYSE: FBHS), an industry-leading home and security products company, today announced the creation of a new Global Plumbing Group (GPG), a strategic first step to accelerate growth opportunities and transform its plumbing business. Fortune Brands has completed its first acquisition under the GPG, Riobel, and has also signed an agreement to acquire ROHL and its brands.

The creation of the GPG platform provides the foundation to accelerate growth in our plumbing segment, providing the critical infrastructure to support a multi-brand, -channel and -geography... More