Windex
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.jpg) Current Iteration of Windex | |
| Product type | Window cleaner |
|---|---|
| Owner | S. C. Johnson & Son |
| Country | United States |
| Introduced | 1933 |
| Markets | United States, Canada, Germany, Australia, Sweden |
| Previous owners | Drackett Bristol-Meyers |
| Website | www.windex.com |
Windex is an American brand of glass and hard-surface cleaner that was invented by the Drackett Company in 1933 and has been marketed throughout the intervening decades[1]—originally in glass containers, later in plastic ones.
Drackett sold the Windex brand to Bristol-Meyers in 1965.[2] S. C. Johnson acquired Windex in 1993 and has been manufacturing it since.[3]
The original Windex was yellow . Today there are varieties marketed in several colors (ocean fresh blue, sunshine lemon and citrus orange) and fragrances (spring bouquet, ocean mist, lavender and tea tree), with a number of additives such as vinegar, lemon, lime, or orange juice.[4]
isopropyl alcohol ethylene glycol monobutyl ether sodium lauryl sulfate tetrasodium pyrophosphate water softener% ammoniaa dye solution perfume this formula was not only inexpensive to manufacture but allowed the product to be packaged in glass bottles and dispensed with a plastic sprayer solution.[5] The product was reformulated in 2006.[6] In 2009 S.C. Johnson started publishing ingredients for all its products including windeJohnson website lists windex's ingredientshexoxyethanolisopropanolaminesodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate lauramine oxide ammonium hydroxidefragrance and Liquitint sky blue dye
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References
- ^ Horstman, Barry (May 21, 1999). "Philip W. Drackett: Earned profits, plaudits". The Cincinnati Post. Archived from the original on December 5, 2005. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ^ "COMPANY NEWS; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS UNIT FOR SALE AT BRISTOL-MYERS". New York Times. July 30, 1992. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ^ "S. C. JOHNSON & SON WINS APPROVAL FOR DOW PURCHASE". The New York Times. January 24, 1998. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ^ "Windex.com". Retrieved February 10, 2019.
- ^ Lewis, Peter H. (August 8, 1989). "PERSONAL COMPUTERS; Cleaning Screens Safely". The New York Times. p. 9.
- ^ S.C. Johnson & Son (January 5, 2006). "SC Johnson Honored With Presidential Award for Corporate Leadership in Ceremony at the White House" (Press release). S.C. Johnson & Son. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
- "Don’t Let the Blue Fool You: New Logo on Windex® Bottle to Highlight Company's Greenlist™ Process", S.C. Johnson press release, Racine, Wisconsin, Thursday, January 17, 2008
- "Philip W. Drackett: Earned profits, plaudits" by Barry M. Horstman, Cincinnati Post, May 21, 1999.