COLGATE PALMOLIVE

Colgate-Palmolive

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  Colgate-Palmolive Company markets soaps, detergents, and oral hygiene products (including toothpaste and toothbrushes).
  
• Under its "Hill's" brand, it is also a manufacturer of veterinary
  

  products.
  

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  In 1806, soap and candle maker William Colgate opened up a starch, soap, and candle factory on Dutch Street in New York City under the name of 'William Colgate & Company'.
  
• In 1872, Colgate introduced Cashmere Bouquet, a perfumed soap. In 1873, the firm introduced its first toothpaste, an aromatic toothpaste sold in jars
  
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  The first toothpaste in a tube, Colgate Ribbon Dental Cream, was introduced in 1896
  
• In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the B.J. Johnson Company was making a soap entirely of palm and olive oil, the formula of which was developed by B.J. Johnson in 1898. The soap was popular enough to rename their company after it – 'Palmolive'.
  
• A Kansas based soap manufacturer known as the Peet Brothers merged with Palmolive to become Palmolive-Peet.
  
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  In 1928, Palmolive-Peet bought the Colgate Company to create the Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Company. In 1953 "Peet" was dropped from the title, leaving only 'Colgate-Palmolive Company', the current name.
  
• Today, Colgate has numerous subsidiary organisations spanning 200 countries, but it is publicly listed in only two, the United States and India.
  
• In 1890, Madison University in New York State was re-named Colgate University in honor of the Colgate family following decades of financial support and involvement.
  
• The Colgate-Palmolive Company sponsors an annual non-profit track meet open to women of all ages–the Colgate Women's Games held at Brooklyn's Pratt Institute. Finalists compete for trophies and educational grants-in-aid from Colgate-Palmolive Company at New York City's Madison Square Garden.
  
• Mennen is now a brand of the Colgate-Palmolive Company. Its most notable product, Mennen Speed Stick, with its fougere perfume and green wide stick, was the market leader among deodorants and antiperspirants for men for many years.
  
• William Mennen introduced the first American shaving cream tube in 1912.
  
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  In 1939, Dr. Mark L. Morris developed a pet food to help save a guide dog named Buddy from kidney disease.This breakthrough leads to the first Hill's Prescription Diet product.
  
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  In 1985, antibacterial protection Protex bar soap was introduced.
  
• In 1996, Colgate launched 'Bright Smiles, Bright Futures' oral health education program that now reaches over 50 million children annually
  
• Colgate® Smile Talk is the e-newsletter from Colgate Products
  

 

Oral care

• Kids Toothpastes: Dora the Explorer, SpongeBob SquarePants, Shrek Bubble Fruit. Shrek is a registered trademark of DreamWorks Animation. Dora the Explorer & SpongeBob SquarePants are trademarks owned by Viacom
  
• Sparkling White toothpastes: Mint Zing, CinnaMint, Caribbean Cool
  
• Ultra brite
  
• Colgate Bratz battery-powered character toothbrushes–Chloe, Yasmin, and Fianna
  

 

Personal care brands

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Irish Spring

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Softsoap

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Skin Bracer

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Speed Stick

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Lady Speed Stick

Home care brands

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Suavitel

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Ajax

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Palmolive

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Murphy oil soap