Northern Labs, founded in 1946 and located in Manitowoc, Wis., is a manufacturer of cleaning and polishing products. The laboratory manufactures various consumer products for supermarkets, drug stores, mass merchandisers, and automotive and hardware stores throughout the United States. The laboratory offers home products, such as laundry soap and cleaners, dishwashing detergents, furniture polishes, bathroom cleaners, paste and liquid metal polishes, floor waxes, and carpet and glass cleaners. It also provides automobile products, including car waxes, finish restorers, carpet and upholstery cleaners and protectants. Health and beauty products are also available that include shampoo and conditioners, hair styling gels, sprays, liquid soaps, bath foams, hand, body and facial lotions and cr mes, and liniments and external analgesics. The laboratory additionally offers industrial and institutional products, including degreasers, glass cleaners, disinfectants, bactericides and virucides.