EXHIBIT 21
 
                    SUBSIDIARIES OF FIRST BRANDS CORPORATION
 
     (Unless  otherwise noted,  the following  are wholly-owned  subsidiaries of
First  Brands  Corporation,   a  Delaware  Corporation.   The  state  or   other
jurisdiction of incorporation is provided in parentheses.)
 
Paulsboro Packaging, Inc. (New Jersey)
 
First Brands Properties Inc. (Delaware)
 
     First  Brands Acquisitions  Inc. (Delaware)  [wholly owned  by First Brands
     Properties Inc.]
 
        A & M Products Inc. (Texas)  [wholly owned by First Brands  Acquisitions
        Inc.]
 
Himolene Incorporated (Delaware)
 
STP Consumer Services Inc. (Delaware)
 
STP Products, Inc. (Delaware)
 
Forest Technology Corporation (Delaware)
 
Antifreeze Technology Systems, Inc. (Delaware)
 
Antifreeze Properties, Inc. (Delaware)
 
First Brands Funding Inc. (Delaware)
 
Polysak, Inc. (Connecticut)
 
First Brands International, Inc. (Delaware)
 
STP Corporation (Delaware)
 
First Brands Holdings Corporation (Canada)
 
     First  Brands (Canada)  Corporation (Canada) [wholly-owned  by First Brands
     Holdings Corporation]
 
     STP Scientifically Tested Products of Canada Ltd. (Canada) [wholly-owned by
     First Brands Holdings Corporation]
 
     Renaissance: A  Resource  Recovery Corporation  (Canada)  [wholly-owned  by
     First Brands Holdings Corporation]
 
     First  Brands Africa Holdings (Pty) Ltd  (South Africa) [82% owned by First
     Brands Holdings Corporation]
 
        First Brands  Africa (Pty)  Ltd (South  Africa) (wholly-owned  by  First
        Brands Africa Holdings (Pty) Ltd.)
 
           First Brands Zimbabwe (Private) Ltd (Zimbabwe) (wholly-owned by First
           Brands Africa (Pty) Ltd.)
 
        Multifoil Trading (Pty) Ltd (South Africa) (wholly-owned by First Brands
        Africa Holdings (Pty) Ltd.)
 
First Brands Asia Limited (Hong Kong)
 
     First  Brands  (Guangzhou) Ltd.  (China) [51%  owned  by First  Brands Asia
     Limited]
 
First Brands Mexicana, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico)
 
     Fabricante de Productos Plasticos, S.A.  de C.V. (Mexico) [wholly-owned  by
     First Brands Mexicana, S.A. de C.V.]
 
        PCM  International,  Inc.  (Delaware)  [wholly-owned  by  Fabricante  de
        Productos Plasticos, S.A. de D.V.]
 




     Comercial First Brands, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico) [wholly-owned by First Brands
     Mexicana, S.A. de C.V.]
 
     Distribuidora First Brands,  S.A. de C.V.  (Mexico) [wholly-owned by  First
     Brands Mexicana, S.A. de C.V.]
 
First Brands Philippines, Inc. (Philippines)
 
First Brands Puerto Rico, Inc. (Puerto Rico)
 
STP International (Australia) Pty. Ltd. (Australia)
 
First Brands Europe Limited (United Kingdom)
 
     STP First Brands Espana, S. L. (Spain) [wholly-owned by First Brands Europe
     Limited]
 
Comercial STP Ltda. (Brazil)
 
STP Corporation (Deutschland) GmbH (Germany) [in liquidation]
 
STP Products (New Zealand) Limited (New Zealand) [in liquidation]