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Global Gillette is a business unit of Procter & Gamble. It is the successor of The Gillette Company, which was founded by King C. Gillette in 1901 as a safety razor manufacturer. It was based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. more...

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On October 1, 2005, Procter & Gamble finalized its purchase of The Gillette Company. As a result of this merger, the Gillette Company no longer exists. Its last day of market trading - symbol G on the New York Stock Exchange - was September 30, 2005. The merger created the world's largest personal care and household products company.

Before the merger, Gillette had grown to become a leading global supplier of products under a variety of brands. In addition to Gillette, the company marketed under Braun, Duracell and Oral-B, among others.

In July 2007, Global Gillette was dissolved and incorporated into Procter & Gamble's other two main divisions, Procter & Gamble Beauty and Procter & Gamble Household Care. Gillette's brands and products were divided between the two accordingly.

Gillette firsts

Since the companies inception, Gillette has introduced a number of technologies that are now a part of nearly every razor.

Safety razor (Gillette Safety Razor invented in 1895 and patented in 1904); Razor marketed specifically to women (Milady Décolletée, 1916); Razor dispenser (1946); Stainless Steel blades (Super Stainless, 1963); Double-blade razor (Trac II, 1971); Disposable double-blade razor (Good News!, 1971); Razor with a pivot point (Atra, 1977); Razor with a lubricating strip (Atra Plus, 1985); Razor with spring-loaded blades (Sensor, 1990); Razor with microfins (Sensor Excel, 1995); Razor with three blades (Mach3, 1998); Manual Razor with battery power (M3Power, 2004); Razor with five blades (Fusion, 2007); Razor with rear trim blade (Fusion, 2007);

Early Gillette Products

The Gillette Super Speed razor became very popular among those who use the safety razor, and many still consider it to be the best razor ever made. The Super Speed is known for its butterfly doors on the top and a knob on the bottom that needs to be twisted to open the doors on the top. Although it is hardly the only razor where the bottom knob is twisted to open, often referred to as a Twist to Open (TTO) design (the Gillette Aristocrat also has a TTO design), it is the most famous of all the TTO designed razors. Even to this day the Super Speed is considered to be Gillette's claim to fame. Although it is no longer made, the Super Speed is still available on eBay. A German company, Merkur, makes its own version. The Super Speed was made for many years starting in 1940 and continuing straight through 1970. A letter in the upper right corner, referred to as the date code, indicates the date the razor was made as well as the model.

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