Ranir LLC

I'll research this company before writing the profile.

Let me verify current ownership and the case context.

One more check on current ownership status.

Ranir LLC (commonly "Ranir") is a Michigan limited liability company headquartered at 4701 East Paris Avenue SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Founded in 1979, it is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Perrigo Company plc (NYSE/TASE: PRGO), the Dublin-based consumer self-care group, which acquired it (then Ranir Global Holdings LLC) on July 1, 2019 for $750 million in cash. Ranir reported calendar-2018 net sales of $287 million and roughly 650 employees at the time of the deal; prior owners were Camden Partners and Beringea. Perrigo has disclosed an ongoing strategic review of its Oral Care business, which houses Ranir.

Operations. Ranir is an operating company — a private-label/store-brand and value-brand oral care manufacturer. Its lines include manual toothbrushes, power toothbrush handles and heads, whitening strips, dental floss and flossers, interdental brushes, dentures and travel kits, marketed under the Plackers and REMBRANDT brands. Whitening strips are sold under retailer brands including Walmart's Equate, CVS Health, Walgreens, Kroger and Meijer. Perrigo has described the portfolio as 300-plus oral care solutions sold into more than 50 countries, with North American manufacturing concentrated in Grand Rapids.

Patent-litigation posture. Ranir appears once in the tracked data, as plaintiff in Ranir LLC v. CAO Group Inc. (No. 2:24-cv-00498-RJS, D. Utah, filed July 16, 2024), with zero appearances as a defendant. The complaint seeks declaratory judgment of non-infringement and invalidity of five CAO-owned patents (US 10,603,259; 10,646,419; 11,219,582; 11,826,444; 11,826,445), making Ranir functionally the defensive party despite the plaintiff caption. This is a single, product-specific dispute, not an assertion campaign; venue is CAO's home district in Utah rather than a plaintiff-friendly forum such as the Eastern District of Texas.

Context. The dispute centers on teeth-whitening strip technology; the complaint states Ranir has used its whitening "oral care layer" formulation since 2002. Ranir's oral care assets sit within Perrigo's oral care portfolio, which also includes the REACH, Dr. Fresh and Firefly brands acquired from High Ridge Brands in 2020.