Zep Inc. Expands Relationship with Lowe’s

Published on Friday, 27 January 2012 14:04 Written by TradersHuddle Staff

ATLANTA-( Business Wire )-

Zep Inc. (NYSE:ZEP), a leading producer and marketer of a wide range of cleaning and maintenance solutions, today announced that 50 Zep Commercial^® products will soon be offered in 1,360 Lowe's stores across the United States and on Lowes.com. The additional line of Zep branded professional strength solutions will be available to Lowe’s customers by March, 2012.

“We are very excited to make the broad range of Zep Commercial products – and the professional results they deliver – available to our customers through Lowe’s,” said Joe Seladi, Group President, Amrep, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Zep Inc. “This agreement reinforces our decade-long relationship with one of the leading home improvement retailers worldwide, and comes in direct response to customer demand for wider availability of our high-efficacy solutions. The Zep Commercial brand provides an ideal solution for Lowe’s as they move to enhance their cleaning and maintenance chemical category.”

The Zep Commercial line provides professional strength cleaning and maintenance solutions to small businesses and to homeowners who want to clean like a professional. Zep Commercial products have won industry-wide recognition, including the Golden Hammer Award from Home Channel News magazine.

Lowe’s will offer 50 items in the Zep Commercial line, including All Purpose Cleaner-Degreaser, Oxy Carpet and Upholstery Cleaner, Hardwood Floor Cleaner, and High Traffic Floor Cleaner. The products will begin appearing on shelves in time for spring cleaning season. Lowe’s also carries Zep Inc.’s Enforcer^® brand of insecticide, herbicide and rodenticide products.

About Zep Inc.

Zep Inc., with fiscal 2011 net sales of over $646 million, is a leading producer and marketer of a wide range of cleaning and maintenance solutions for commercial, industrial, institutional, and consumer end-markets. Zep Inc.'s product portfolio includes anti-bacterial and industrial hand care products, cleaners, degreasers, deodorizers, disinfectants, floor finishes, sanitizers, and pest and weed control products, as well as high performance products and professional grade chemical products for the automotive, fleet maintenance, industrial/MRO supply, institutional supply and motorcycle markets. We market these products and services under well recognized and established brand names, such as Zep^®, Zep Commercial^®, Zep Professional^™, Enforcer^®, National Chemical^®, Selig^™, Misty^®, Next Dimension^™, Petro^®, i-Chem^®, TimeMist^®, TimeWick, MicrobeMax^™, Country Vet^®, Konk^™, Niagara National^™ and a number of private labeled brands. Some of Zep's brands have been in existence since the Company's 1937 founding. Zep Inc. is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Visit our website at www.zepinc.com.

About Lowe’s

With fiscal year 2010 sales of $48.8 billion, Lowe’s Companies, Inc. is a FORTUNE^® 50 company that serves approximately 15 million customers a week at more than 1,725 home improvement stores in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Founded in 1946 and based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe’s is the second-largest home improvement retailer in the world. For more information, visit Lowes.com. To plan and manage all things home, visit Lowes.com/MyLowes.

Investor Contact:Zep Inc.Tony Mezza, 404-603-7762orMedia Contact:Fleishman-HillardMichael Ares, 404-739-0133