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Tampax (a portmanteau of tampon and packs) is a brand of tampons currently owned by Procter & Gamble. It was based in White Plains, New York , US until its sale to Procter & Gamble in 1997. [ 2 ] It is a subsidiary of P&G's Always brand and is sold in over 100 countries.
Rely, super-absorbent tampons in production from 1976 to 1980. It was pulled off the market during the TSS crisis of the early 1980s. Salvo, first concentrated tablet laundry detergent, which was discontinued c. February 8, 1974; later a dish detergent (sold in the U.S. 2004-2005; it is still sold in Latin America)
Radiant Tampons. Tampax offers a lot of options whether it comes to absorbency (like light, regular, super, super plus and ultra) and there are different kinds (Pearl, Radiant, Pocket Radiant ...
Earle Haas, D.O. (1888–1981) was an osteopathic physician and inventor of the tampon with an applicator, marketed as "Tampax". He graduated from the Kansas City College of Osteopathy in 1918 and spent 10 years in Colorado as a country general practitioner , then went to Denver in 1928.
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A tampon shortage caused by supply chain issues is making tampons harder to find, but Tampon companies have pledged to fix the issue. Experts break down what’s going on and what to do if you ...
Playtex-branded tampons were introduced in the 1960s and became the primary competition to incumbent Tampax. Playtex invented the plastic tampon applicator in 1973. It was one of the tampon manufacturers that were sued for aggressively advertising over-absorbent tampons that led to toxic shock syndrome.
Women have improvised tampons and sanitary napkins for centuries, but the first modern commercially produced tampons were those marketed in the United States by Tampax from 1936. [2] These were based on prototypes developed by Earle Haas , which used a tube-within-a-tube cardboard applicator.