Colgate Palmolive-209 years of oral health care
(Record) The Colgate-Palmolive Company is an American multinational consumer products company focused on the production, distribution and provision of household, health care and personal products, such as soaps, detergents, and oral hygiene products (including toothpaste and toothbrush)
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Colgate-Palmolive Company, American diversified company that manufactures and distributes household and commercial cleaning products, dental and other personal-care products, and pet foods in the United States and in more than 200 other countries and territories worldwide. Headquarters are in New York City
Colgate-Palmolive’s history traces back to the early 19th century when William Colgate, a soap and candle maker, began selling his wares in New York City under the name William Colgate & Company. After his death in 1857, the company was run by his son, Samuel Colgate, under the new name Colgate & Company. In 1890 Madison University in Hamilton, N.Y., was renamed Colgate University in recognition of the Colgate family’s longtime financial support. The current corporate name was adopted in 1953.
Colgate & Company sold the first toothpaste in a tube, Colgate’s Ribbon Dental Cream, in 1896. In 1928 the firm was bought by Palmolive-Peet Company, whose founder, B.J. Johnson, had developed the formula for Palmolive soap in 1898. At the turn of the 20th century, Palmolive—which contained both palm and olive oils—was the world’s best-selling soap.
In 1955 Colgate-Palmolive lost its number-one ranking in the toothpaste market when the rival consumer-goods manufacturer Procter & Gamble Co. began selling Crest, the first toothpaste with fluoride. Colgate-Palmolive added MFP fluoride (sodium monofluorophosphate), an enamel strengthener and cavity reducer, to its toothpaste in 1968. Colgate Total, a line of toothpaste designed to protect against a number of conditions including gingivitis, was introduced in Europe in 1992 and in the United States in 1997.
In addition to toothpaste, Colgate-Palmolive manufactured a number of successful personal-care and household products in the United States and other countries, including Palmolive dishwashing liquid and Irish Spring bar soap. The firm’s acquisition of a variety of companies from the 1960s onward enabled it to expand both its market share and its product lines in the United States, Latin America, Europe, and East Asia. In 1976 Colgate-Palmolive acquired Hill’s Pet Nutrition, a worldwide leader in veterinary and pet-nutrition products, and in 1987 it purchased Softsoap liquid soap. From the 1990s Colgate-Palmolive was a major producer of all-purpose cleaners, wipes, and sprays.
After years of criticism and boycotts by animal-rights groups, Colgate-Palmolive established a moratorium on animal testing for its adult personal-care products in 1999. Major product categories remain toothpastes and mouthwashes, toothbrushes, deodorants, bar soaps and liquid soaps, dish soaps and dishwasher detergents, floor- and surface-cleaning products, and pet food.
Source: Britannica.com
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Mitsubishi, 145 year of Japanese Symbol.
(Records)The origin of Mitsubishi goes back to 1870, when the founder, Yataro Iwasaki, started a shipping firm with three aging steamships. Yataro's brother, son and nephew expanded the business into various fields during their respective terms as president and set the foundation of the Mitsubishi companies.
Eastman Kodak - The company with 127 years of history 
(Records.vn) Eastman Kodak Company, commonly known as Kodak, is an American technology company focused on imaging solutions and services for businesses. The company is headquartered in Rochester, New York, United States and incorporated in New Jersey. It was founded by George Eastman in 1888.
Unilever - 85 years
Unilever (Euronext: UNA, LSE: ULVR) is an Anglo–Dutch multinational consumer goods company co-headquartered in London, England and Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Its products include food, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products. It is the world's third-largest consumer goods company measured by 2012 revenue, after Procter & Gamble and Nestlé. One of the oldest multinational companies, its products are available in around 190 countries.
Louis Vuitton - 160 years
Louis Vuitton Malletier, commonly referred to as Louis Vuitton, or shortened to LV, is a French fashion house founded in 1854 by Louis Vuitton.
Lego - 65 years
Lego is a popular line of construction toys manufactured by The Lego Group, a privately held company based in Billund, Denmark. The company's flagship product, Lego, consists of colourful interlocking plastic bricks and an accompanying array of gears, minifigures and various other parts. Lego bricks can be assembled and connected in many ways, to construct such objects as vehicles, buildings, and even working robots. Anything constructed can then be taken apart again, and the pieces used to make other objects.
McDonald's - 74 years
McDonald's restaurants are found in 118 countries and territories around the world and serve 68 million customers each day. McDonald's operates over 35,000 restaurants worldwide, employing more than 1.7 million people. The company also operates other restaurant brands, such as Piles Café.
St Bartholomew's Hospital - 891 years
St Bartholomew's Hospital, also known simply as Barts, or more formally as The Royal Hospital of St Bartholomew is a hospital in Smithfield in the City of London.
Harvard University - 378 years
The Harvard University Library is the oldest library system in the United States, the largest academic and the largest private library system in the world.
Coca-Cola: "Open Happiness" - 138 years
Originally intended as a patent medicine when it was invented in the late 19th century by John Pemberton, Coca-Cola was bought out by businessman Asa Griggs Candler, whose marketing tactics led Coke to its dominance of the world soft-drink market throughout the 20th century.
