Collins, Glenn (18 July 1995). "Kimberly-Clark to Buy Scott Paper, Challenging P.& G." The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 27 September 2019. Andrex was originally developed in 1942 by paper manufacturer St Andrew Mills Ltd., as a disposable handkerchief. Harrods department store in London sold the handkerchiefs exclusively. Before Andrex, brands such as Bronco and Izal produced products that were harsher. They were mainly sold through chemists and known as “shinies”. [9] In Australia, the puppy is known as the "Kleenex Puppy" and Kleenex is a partner and supporter of Guide Dogs Australia. Hall, Steve. "Cottonelle Wants to Be Kind to Your Behind". www.adrants.com . Retrieved 27 September 2019.

conditions and to reduce emissions. Woven Fabrics Woven textiles are also used in the construction of St Andrew Mills was taken-over by Bowater in 1955, and in 1956, Bowater formed a joint venture with the Scott Paper Company, Bowater-Scott, that specialized in tissue products, including Andrex. [10] Andrex is a British brand of toilet roll. It is owned by the American company Kimberly-Clark. [2] The "Andrex Puppy", a Labrador Retriever puppy that appears on the company's television advertisements, is synonymous with the brand.In 2004, Andrex replaced its advertising slogan “Soft, Strong and very very Long”, with “Tuggable, Huggable softness”, and changed to “Be Kind To Your Behind” in 2008. [13] By 2015, it was using the slogans “Andrex clean” and “How Andrex do you feel?” [14] and without PTFE membranes for high temperature dust control. Liquid Filter Bags & Cloths We manufacture filter bags for liquid strainer

Airmaster, DEI, ECS, Filtex, Dustair, Spencer Halstead, Mardon and many more. Dust Extraction Filter Sleeves We manufacture dust extraction filter sleeves for pulse jet, reverse air & shaker type dust collectors such R.P.T. Davenport-Hines; Geoffrey Jones (28 June 2005). Enterprise, Management and Innovation in British Business, 1914-80. Routledge. p.80. ISBN 978-1-135-77870-5. Kimberly-Clark Combines Brands to Create Kleenex Cottonelle Bathroom Tissue". The Free Library. Archived from the original on 9 May 2020 . Retrieved 23 February 2014. They are known for having a popular TV ad that features a labrador retriever puppy trailing a toilet paper roll through a house. However, the original idea in 1972 was for a young girl to run through a house trailing a roll of Andrex. The television regulators did not approve this as they felt it encouraged children to be wasteful. [9] Bowater-Scott's Marketing Director, Raymond Dinkin decided to use a Labrador puppy instead. Since then there have been 130 different adverts featuring various puppies eponymously known as "the Andrex puppy".

The name Andrex comes from St Andrew Mill, on St Andrews Road in Walthamstow, where the toilet tissue was first made. [ citation needed] The concept of two ply luxury paper had been inspired by the facial tissues used by American women, as witnessed by the man who created the name Andrex, Ronald Keith Kent. It was the first two-ply tissue. All Andrex mainstream is made in Northfleet. Factories in Flint and Barrow in Furness supplement production on the mainline product, along with the Puppies on a Roll, Aloe Vera and Quilts variations. [ citation needed] See also [ edit ] The brand Andrex is also used by Kimberly-Clark in the Hong Kong market, with products from their Taiwanese factories (though wet wipes are imported from South Korea), [3] [4] along with the brands Scott, Kleenex and Scotties. Shufflebotham, Bethan (27 June 2022). "Asda, Waitrose, Tesco and Morrisons join Aldi and M&S in making important update to toilet roll". The Independent . Retrieved 28 November 2022. Brand History, Andrex , retrieved 11 March 2015, Andrex® are always trying to be a forefront of toilet tissue innovation, and in 1992 were the first to launch moist tissues.