They first developed a product called GOJO Hand Cleaner, which is that industrial orange-smelling stuff you still see in auto repair shops and other places where people get grease on them. It is a cleaner, not a sanitizer, and based with petroleum. Jerry Lippman patented a few dispensers over the next couple of decades. In , thanks to the oil embargo, the price of the raw materials required by GOJO Hand Cleaner spiked, and the company began looking into other possibilities.
The origin of this claim appears to be a article in The Guardian ; all other mentions of Lupe Hernandez came after that article and provide no other information. Facts about Lupe Hernandez are nonexistent: no patent under that name was filed, nor was any hand-sanitizer-related patent under any other name for a decade on either side.
There had been alcohol-based hand sanitizers prior to Purell; in Germany, a product called Sterillium was invented in But without that thickener, alcohol-based hand sanitizers were messy and annoying. The product was launched to the consumer market in —before then, it was used internally and by a few businesses for themselves—and slowly began picking up steam.
Wegmans, the beloved upstate New York supermarket chain, was an early purchaser. Along with running her business, Mamie is a Gojo board observer and attends board meetings, a spokesperson for the company told Business Insider. She also provides organizational development support to Gojo as a consultant. She's also involved in both of the family foundations. She and her husband live in Brooklyn with their two children.
The other Kanfer sister, Ketti, is a "busy stay-at-home mother and community volunteer," a spokesperson for Gojo told Business Insider. For you. World globe An icon of the world globe, indicating different international options.
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The hand sanitizer has been selling out on Amazon and at some Walmarts and Targets as fears of the virus grow. Gojo Industries, the company that makes Purell, is a family-owned business that was founded by Jerry and Goldie Lippman in Akron, Ohio, in Today, the company is run by Marcella Kanfer Rolnick , the executive chair and a third-generation member of the Kanfer-Lippman family.
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Product Catalog. The men who had worked in the rubber factories before the war had dipped their hands in chemicals like kerosene and benzene at the end of a shift in order to remove the graphite and carbon black. This kindled the spirit of innovation that led to the founding of GOJO in Jerry knew he needed help solving this important human problem.
So he visited the chemistry department at Kent State University in search of a chemist to help him develop a hand cleaner that would be effective against difficult soils and safe for skin. Soon, Goldie and Jerry were building a growing company. Jerry was a natural innovator with unquenchable curiosity, a can-do attitude, a passion for their customers, and a way with people. In the earliest days, while Goldie managed the one-person office, Jerry mixed batches of product in their basement.
Through his conversations with customers, Jerry learned that workers were using too much of the much-loved heavy-duty hand cleaner, even scooping it out of its cans to carry home in their lunch pails to use at night, after working on their cars. Never deterred and always the inventor, Jerry came up with the first-ever portion-control dispenser, for which he was granted a patent in This creative solution was a win-win, and served as the foundation for us to become the leader in heavy-duty hand cleaner across the country in the automotive after-market and industrial markets.
Every soap dispenser on the wall today, anywhere in the world, is a descendant of that first dispenser Jerry invented! Over the following decades, we expanded into broader skincare solutions for virtually every away-from-home market, from foodservice establishments to healthcare facilities, from cruise ships to schools. In , we introduced a revolutionary line of touch-free wall- and counter-mount dispensing systems that made washing and sanitizing hands the most convenient yet.
This new formula kills more than Leadership at GOJO has always been team-based. From our earliest days, our leaders have always come from inside the founding family and beyond, combining complementary strengths and a shared passion for the GOJO Purpose that have helped propel GOJO to success.
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