 In 1982, Purex Industries, Inc. was acquired in a leveraged buyout by Gibbons, Green and van Amerongen Ltd., the predecessor of Leonard Green & Partners.In 1985, the household and consumer products business of Purex Industries, Inc. was acquired by Greyhound Corporation and was combined with Greyhound's Armour-Dial to form The Dial Corporation.By the 1990s, Purex would discontinue its bleach product to focus on laundry detergents.