Procter & Gamble
Procter&Gamble became the world’s biggest producer and seller of consumer products thanks to the acquisition of Gillette in 2005.
The history of Procter&Gamble began in 1837, when the candle makers William Procter and James Gamble decided to join their effort and established the company Procter & Gamble.
The mission of Procter&Gamble is to provide products of superior quality and value that improve the lives of the consumers all over the world. This mission is one of the cornerstones of the company’s success.
The company was established in American State of Ohio, in the city of Cincinnati, where the company headquarters is up to the present day. After World War II the company started to expand into Europe and further to the rest of the world. Every day Procter & Gamble products touch the lives of more than 2 billion consumers around the world and help to improve the quality of their lives. We have one of the largest and strongest portfolio of quality brands, including laundry detergents Ariel, Tide, Bonux, Vizir, dish care products Jar and Fairy, diapers Pampers, feminine protection products Always, Alldays and Tampax, paper tissues and towels Tempo, Charmin and Bounty, hair care Pantene, Head and Shoulders, Clairol and Wella, deodorants Old Spice, Secret, Gillette, cosmetics Max Factor, Oil of Olaz, Laura Biagiotti, Hugo Boss, tooth paste Blend-a-med and Crest, dog nutrition Eukanuba and number of other world-known brands.
In 2005 Procter&Gamble operated on the markets of more than 160 countries and was employer for over 75 000 employees. The company has also several plants in Central and Eastern Europe. Besides the key producer of laundry detergents and liquid detergents Rakona, there are producers of similar product assortment in Romanian Temesvar and Russian Novomoskovsk; important producers of paper products are plants in Ukrainian Borispol, in Budapest and Warsaw.
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