NBTY company was formerly known as Nature's Bounty, Inc. founded in 1971. It was officially renamed NBTY, Inc. in May 1990 and is headquartered in New York, USA. Since its development, NBTY has become a leading comprehensive company in the world engaged in R&D, production and sales of high-quality nutritional supplements. In 1992, NBTY was listed on NASDAQ, and later transferred to the New York Stock Exchange in 2003. In 2004, NBTY was selected as one of the fastest growing companies in the United States by Fortune Magazine. Today, NBTY's stock market value reaches US$3 billion, and its annual financial sales as of September 2007 exceed US$2 billion. It is the world's largest company in the professional nutritional supplements and functional food industry.
The company owns many well-known brands, including Nature's Bounty, Solgar, Sundown, Rexall, Good'N Natural, Osteo-Biflex, Ester-C, MET-Rx Engineered Nutrition, Worldwide Sport Nutrition, Pure Protein, Body Fortress, Vitamin World , UK GNC, Holland & Barrett; the company has rich products, with more than 3,000 varieties and more than 22,000 single products (SKUs). The categories include not only vitamins, minerals, herbal extracts, amino acids, sports nutrition products, food and other meals Supplements also include daily care, beauty and hair care and other daily chemical products. NBTY has 10,800 employees in more than 100 countries and regions around the world. Its products are sold to more than 120 countries and regions around the world, and are welcomed and trusted by consumers in these countries and regions.
Establishment time 1971 Headquarters Bohemia, New York, USA sales US$2 billion (fiscal year ended September 2007) product sales 120 countries and regionsProduct categories
Vitamins, minerals, herbs, amino acids, food,
Skin care products, daily care, sports supplements, etc.
In 2005, NBTY established a representative office in Beijing. In May 2006, NBTY global CEO, Scott Rudolph, and president of operations, Harvey Kamil, visited Beijing. In June 2006, NBTY officially appointed Xia Junbo, a former financial expert from Deutsche Bank, as the chief representative of the Beijing representative office and the managing director of China. In September 2006, the World's Strongest Man Competition sponsored by NBTY's sports nutrition brand MET-Rx was successfully held in Sanya, China, and was fully broadcast by China Central Television.
At the end of 2006, NBTY invested US$6.3 million (equivalent to RMB 50 million at the time) to establish a wholly-owned subsidiary in China, Nuo Tianyuan (China) Trading Co., Ltd., and officially landed in China. Nuo Tianyuan is responsible for the sales of NBTY's Nature's Bounty and MET-Rx Engineered Nutrition products in China.