The Scott Paper Company was the world's largest manufacturer and marketer of
sanitary tissue products with operations in 22 countries. Its products were sold under a variety of well-known brand names, including ''Scott Tissue'', ''
Cottonelle'', ''Baby Fresh'', ''Scottex'' and ''Viva''. Consolidated sales of its consumer and commercial products totalled approximately $3.6 billion in 1994.
The company was acquired by the
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Kimberly-Clark Corporation is an American multinational personal care corporation that produces mostly paper-based consumer products. The company manufactures sanitary paper products and surgical & medical instruments. Kimberly-Clark brand na ...
in 1995.
History
Scott Paper was founded in 1879 in
Philadelphia
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by brothers
E. Irvin and Clarence Scott, and is often credited as being the first to market
toilet paper
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sold on a ''roll''. They began marketing
paper towels
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in 1907, and
paper tissues in the 1930s.
In 1927, Scott purchased a Nova Scotian
pulp mill, and thus began a long series of acquisitions. It joined with The Mead Corporation in 1936 to form Brunswick Pulp & Paper Company, which used their pulp mill in
Georgia to supply both Mead and Scott. The company then bought mills in
New York and
Wisconsin
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, and during the 1950s Scott merged with Soundview Pulp Company and
Hollingsworth & Whitney Company, which provided timberlands and mills in
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,
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, and
Maine
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.
Scott enjoyed success throughout the 20th century due to their advertising methods, which can be traced back to Arthur Scott, the son of E. Irvin Scott. Scott's hard-sell magazine advertisements of the 1930s focused on warnings that using harsh toilet paper would lead to painful rectal trouble.
In December 1994, Scott sold its printing and publishing papers business, consisting of its wholly owned subsidiary, S.D. Warren, for approximately $1.6 billion.
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Acquisition by Kimberly-Clark
In 1995, Scott Paper was acquired by Kimberly-Clark, which continues to use the Scott brand. Scott Paper Limited, its subsidiary
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in Canada
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, was sold and became Kruger Inc.
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As part of the sale of the company, the ''Baby Fresh'' baby wipes brand was sold to Procter & Gamble
The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) is an American multinational consumer goods corporation headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, founded in 1837 by William Procter and James Gamble. It specializes in a wide range of personal health/consumer he ...
and is now sold under the Pampers brand.
The '' Scotties'' facial tissue brand in the United States was sold to Irving Tissue. Other divested brands include ''Cut-Rite'', a brand of waxed paper, which was sold to Reynolds Metals in 1986.
Headquarters
The headquarters of the company for many years was located at International Plaza (known then as Scott Plaza) in Tinicum Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
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, in Greater Philadelphia. The complex at that time consisted of three buildings known as Plaza I, Plaza II, and Plaza III. Plaza I was completed in 1961. Plaza II was completed after 1961. Plaza III was completed in 1969.[United States Environmental Protection Agency Region III Statement of Basis former Scott Paper Research Facility Tinicum Township, PA EPA ID No. PAD001287879 Prepared by Office of Pennsylvania Remediation Land and Chemicals Division]
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''. September 16, 2002
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Retrieved on September 6, 2012.
See also
* Albert J. Dunlap
* Kleenex
* Kimberly-Clark
References
External links
Kimberly Clark's Scott Products website
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Manufacturing companies based in Pennsylvania
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Manufacturing companies established in 1879
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