![]() Colman, which had been founded in 1814 when Jeremiah Colman began milling flour and mustard in Norwich, England, to become Reckitt & Colman Ltd. Harpic Lavatory Cleaners was acquired in 1932, and that same year, Dettol was launched. The firm was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1888. In 1886, Reckitt opened its first overseas business in Australia. He diversified into other household products and after his death in 1862, the business passed to his three sons. Reckitt & Sons started in 1840 when Isaac Reckitt rented a starch mill in Hull, England. Benckiser's other products included Vanish and Cillit Bang. Under Reimann's descendants the business grew rapidly in the latter half of the 20th century: it acquired Coty, Inc., a North American beauty products manufacturer, in 1992. Reimann opened a new chemical plant and, in 1858, moved it to Ludwigshafen. Benckiser died in 1851 and the business came under Reimann's ownership. Ludwig Reimann, a chemist, joined the business in 1828 and married Benckiser's daughter. Its core business was industrial chemicals. Johann Benckiser founded a business in Pforzheim, Germany, in 1823. ![]()
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