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Shaklee History

1956-Present

1956	Founded as Shaklee Products in Oakland, California, by Dr. Forrest C. Shaklee, Sr., and his two sons, Forrest, Jr., and Raleigh.
1960	Basic-H, the first household product, phosphate-free, concentrated and biodegradable all-purpose cleaner introduced.
1962	Expanded facilities located on National Avenue, Hayward, California.
1964	First Shaklee Convention held at the Jack Tar Hotel in San Francisco.
1971	Forrest C. Shaklee Research Center established in Hayward, California.
1972	Shaklee Products, Inc., renamed as Shaklee Corporation. In the decade of growth in the 1970's, sales went from $20 million to over $320 million.
1973	Shaklee Corporation becomes a publicly held company.
1974	Shaklee Corporate Headquarters moves to Emeryville, California.
1976	Shaklee Japan and Shaklee Canada established.
1977	First listed on the New York Stock Exchange on 8/2/77.
1979	Grand Opening of the Norman Manufacturing Facility in Norman, Oklahoma. Closure of National Avenue and Corsair manufacturing facilities in Hayward.
1980	Corporate headquarters are moved to Shaklee Terraces in San Francisco.
1981	25th Anniversary observed with Silver Jubilee Year Celebration.
1984	Shaklee is the "Official Nutrition Consultant to the U.S. Ski Team" which wins more medals at the Winter Games in Sarajevo than any other competing country.
1986	Shaklee acquires Bear Creek Corporation.Shaklee products fuel the Voyager pilots in their record-setting first to fly round the world, non-stop, non-refueled.
1988	Daedalus Flight uses Shaklee Performance, a new maximum endurance sports drink, and sets world record for human powered flight.
1990	Shaklee is one of only seven corporations named as Official Sponsors of the 20th Anniversary of Earth Day; receives Family Circle magazine's "Green Chip" award as one of the nation's ten most environmentally conscious companies.
1992	Shaklee Mexico opens. Four Team Shaklee cyclists chosen to represent the U.S. at the Summer Games.
1994	Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the birth of Dr. Forrest C. Shaklee. Community Caretakers program founded in honor of Dr. Shaklee's continuing commitment to the greater good.
1996	Shaklee celebrates its fortieth anniversary as a leader in the multilevel marketing industry.Shaklee-sponsored athletes compete in the Centennial Games in Atlanta and earn 4 gold, 6 silver and 1 bronze medals.
1997	Shaklee and Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. break ground for new pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in Norman, Oklahoma. Shaklee and Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. officially open the state-of-the-art Yamanouchi Shaklee Pharma (YSP) Research Center located in the Stanford Research Park, Palo Alto, California.
1998	Shaklee introduces the Enfuselle Skin Care System with a clinically-tested product line featuring four patent-pending technology breakthroughs.
2000	Shaklee officially opens its environmentally state-of-the-art world headquarters in Pleasanton, California.
	Shaklee is certified as the nation's first Climate Neutral™ Certified Company by the Climate Neutral Network as a result of Shaklee's achievement of a net zero impact on the Earth's climate.Shaklee receives the Earth Day 2000 Environmental Business Leadership Award from Earth Day New York and the Business Environmental Network Award from Bay Area Action/Peninsula Conservation Foundation.