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Valmor was founded in 1926 as Valmor Products Co. by husband and wife team Rose and Morton Neumann. [2] Morton Neumann (1898–1985) was a Jewish Hungarian-American chemist from Chicago. [ 3 ] He created Valmor when he realized that there was an untapped market for African American-focused cosmetics.
JC Whitney is a retailer of aftermarket automotive parts and accessories. as well as an automotive content platform via JCWhitney.com and the JC Whitney print magazine It was acquired by CarParts.com (formerly U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc.), a publicly traded American online provider of aftermarket auto parts in 2010.
[11] [12] Ivax Corp purchased the company in 1993 and merged it with its line of skin care and cosmetic products for black women, Flori Roberts. [4] The sale ended its control by African American investors. [12] The company was bought by Procter & Gamble in 2004 and its products were marketed as part of the P&G portfolio. In March 2009, a ...
By the 1920s, the firm had moved to 1528 W. Adams Street, Chicago, Illinois. In 1929 it claimed to be the oldest firm of its kind in existence and, with 52,000 square feet (4,800 m 2) of office and factory space, the largest factory in the world engaged in the exclusive manufacture of the types of products for which it was known.
Canfield's 50/50 was a grapefruit- and lime-flavored soft drink [7] [8] [9] In the late 1980s-early 1990s the 50/50 soft drink brand was bottled at Laurel Packaging, Inc. (now Pepsi Bottling Group), Johnstown, PA, and was distributed by the Will G. Keck Corporation (Kecksburg, PA) and also by D & M Management, Inc. (Davidsville, PA), an independent beverage distribution firm, in the West ...
Dude Wipes were invented by founders and childhood friends Sean Riley, Brian Wilkin, Ryan Meegan, and Jeff Klimkowski from their apartment in Chicago, Illinois in 2010. [4] [5] [6] It was marketed as a flushable personal wipe specifically for men, as an alternative to traditional baby wipes.
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Wieboldt's celebrated 100 years in business in April 1983. An advertisement in the Chicago Sun-Times stated "Building for a New Tomorrow". "An important part of Chicago's past, we look to the future with confidence and enthusiasm. The dream of yesterday is the promise of tomorrow. Chicago, Wieboldt's. Tomorrow begins today." [1]