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  King Camp Gillette - Tag der Erfinder - www.tag-der-erfinder.de
Schon in jungen Jahren beschloss er - genau wie seine drei älteren Brüder und der Vater - Erfinder zu werden.
Nie hatte er derweil freilich sein Ziel, ein großer Erfinder zu werden, aus den Augen verloren.
King Camp Gillette starb 1932 noch vor der Zeit elektrischer Rasierapparate.
www.tag-der-erfinder.de /de/King-Camp-Gillette.php   (669 words)

  
  King C. Gillette - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
King Camp Gillette (January 5, 1855 – July 9, 1932) was an American businessman, popularly, but incorrectly, known as the inventor of the safety razor.
Gillette was also a Utopian Socialist, publishing a book The Human Drift in 1894 advocating that all industry should be taken over by a single corporation owned by the public, and that everyone in the US should live in a giant city called Metropolis powered by Niagara Falls.
Gillette died in Los Angeles, California, and is buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/King_Camp_Gillette   (797 words)

  
 Gillette
Gillette se rase, pour la première fois, avec un rasoir à lame jetable.
Avec Gillette, vous avez "une peau douce comme du velour".
Le 15 novembre 1921, les droits exclusifs sur le rasoir Gillette arrivent à expiration.
www.prodimarques.com /sagas_marques/gillette/gillette.php   (3697 words)

  
 Safety Razors
Gillette learned that the path to fortune was to invent a product that was not intended to be re-used, but instead used once and disposed of, assuring a steady stream of buyers and repeat sales.
Once the king of all safety razors, this was the model that most of our fathers and grandfathers learned to shave with and the model that Gillette's fortunes were founded on.
Bearing in mind what King Gillette's original concept was based upon - his supplying the replacement blades, the double edge razor fell out of favor with Gillette when hundreds of other manufacturers both in the US and Worldwide began producing a wide variety of replacement blades that fit Gillette's razor.
www.classicshaving.com /articles/article/590351/5693.htm   (1583 words)

  
 AmericanHeritage.com / THE RAZOR KING
Gillette was a bottle-cap salesman and his friend was the company’s president, William Painter, who had invented the cork-lined bottle cap.
Gillette was proposing something new: a blade made from a thin piece of metal that would be thrown away and replaced when it got dull.
With “gentleness and patience” Gillette presented his ideas, but the men soon lost their tempers, said Sinclair, and “tore into the project with tooth and claws and before they got through they had perspiration standing out on the forehead of the man who was turning traitor to his class.
www.americanheritage.com /articles/magazine/it/1992/4/1992_4_40.shtml   (3859 words)

  
 KING CAMP GILLETTE
Gillette was a 21 year old traveling salesman for a company that made cork lined bottle caps, and an aspiring inventor when the owner of the company, William Painter, gave him the secret to making a fortune.
King Gillette was living in Boston at the time and visited MIT to discuss his idea of putting a sharp edge on a thin piece of sheet metal with the metallurgists there.
King Gillette never saw his dream for Utopia come true and his fortune was wiped out by the stock market crash of 1929.
www.freeenterpriseland.com /BOOK/GILLETTE.html   (907 words)

  
 Welcome to Cyrk
In 1901, King C. Gillette founded the American Safety Razor Company, which today is known as The Gillette Company.
Since the company was founded, more than 100 years ago, Gillette has focused on being a global leader in the consumer products marketplace seeking a competitive advantage in quality, value-added personal care and personal use products.
The awards for Gillette's top executives including the CEO were said to be, "impressive looking and were extremely well received by the recipients." Amy's customer was extremely pleased that Cyrk was able deliver the merchandise when they needed it without any complications.
www.cyrk.com /cyrk/casestudy.asp?cs=gillette   (633 words)

  
 KING.GILLETTE,Inventor Of Safety Razor:ROAD TO SUCCESS -STOP-LOOK-INSPIRATION   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Gillette was nicking his way through a painful shave when he had a brainstorm.
Gillette was sure the invention would work because it would be brought over by satisfied customers.
Gillette, who began his razor project when he was 40, was a millionaire by the time he was 55.
www.alphaimports.com /models/King.htm   (485 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Opinion / Editorials / Losing Gillette
In the 1980s, because Gillette feared that its cooling processes would be threatened, the state had to redesign its plan to run the third Harbor tunnel under the channel.
Gillette was later instrumental in protecting the immediate area for manufacturing as the city rezoned the South Boston waterfront for hotel, office, and housing.
The Gillette sale is good for the stockholders, who will get a premium price, but it is a reminder that razor manufacturing, and many banking transactions, are businesses that can be conducted anywhere in the world.
www.boston.com /news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2005/01/29/losing_gillette   (515 words)

  
 Inventor of the Week: Archive
Although his ancestors came to Massachusetts from England in 1630, King Camp Gillette was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin in 1855.
On the road, Gillette used to shave every morning with a Star Safety Razor: that is, a heavy, wedge-shaped blade fitted perpendicularly into its handle.
One morning in 1895, Gillette, now living in Boston, had a revelation: if he could put a sharp edge on a small square of sheet steel, he could market a safety razor blade that could be thrown away when it grew dull, and readily replaced.
web.mit.edu /invent/iow/gillette.html   (696 words)

  
 King of Shaves - K2 - XCD - HED - King of Deos - Fish - Ted Baker
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Here at shave.com you will also find shaving tips (no razor burn, razor rash or 'chicken neck' with King of Shaves shaving software), free samples of King of Shaves smooth pain-free shaving gels and oils, corporate info, worldwide store locations, the opportunity to sign up for our email updates and more!
www.shave.com   (314 words)

  
 Gillette Estate   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The most popular story about the house is that after the house was built; King Gillette died, leaving the house to his two sons.
Gillette then sold the house to a dentist who split the house into two the smaller houses and sold them.
Dale was known as the "King of the surf guitar." Dale owned the house from 1976 through 1981 when he lost it in bankruptcy.
www.talesofbalboa.com /arc2000/gillette.htm   (339 words)

  
 King C. Gillette - RSCI, The Science Classification Index   (Site not responding. Last check: )
King Camp Gillette (January 5, 1855 - July 9, 1932) developed and patented the safety razor.
Gillete died in Los Angeles, California, and is buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.
The Gillette Company continues to thrive and sells products under a variety of brand names including Gillette, Braun, Oral-B, and Duracell.
www.scienceindex.org /King_Camp_Gillette.html   (494 words)

  
 The Gillette Company - Employer Profile   (Site not responding. Last check: )
New faces are arriving at Gillette every day as we continue to attract, retain, and develop a workforce that represents the global makeup of the consumer markets we serve.
As a member of the Gillette team, you'll be part of a global organization that celebrates diversity, encourages innovation, rewards performance, and provides challenging work assignments as well as the opportunity to continually build new skills.
Gillette strives to create an inclusive work environment that gives all of our employees the tools and support structure they need to help them to achieve their professional goals.
www.black-collegian.com /issues/1stsem03/gillette2003-1st.shtml   (554 words)

  
 King C. Gillette | 20th Century American Leaders Database
Gillette invented the safety razor, creating a new U.S. industry.
In 1903, Gillette sold 51 of his razors and 168 blades.
Gillette grew his company through ingenious advertising and merchandising as he built eight plants in various parts of the world to manufacture his product.
www.hbs.edu /leadership/database/leaders/313   (68 words)

  
 Duchs.com » Blade Runner: Gillette versus the world   (Site not responding. Last check: )
King Camp Gillette was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin in 1855.
On November 15, 1904, a patent for a safety ‘razor’; was granted to King C. Gillette (for further information regarding the patent feel free to look it up under http://www.uspto.gov with the patent ID 775,134).
Even though one might assume that Mr Gillette was richly rewarded for his entrepreneurial courage, the truth is the contrary: The stock market crash of 1929 and lenghty patent battles ate away most of his personal fortune.
www.duchs.com /wp/2004/08/the-battle-for-the-razor-market   (845 words)

  
 Biography of King Gillette - Succeed through Studying Biographies
King Camp Gillette was born in 1855 in the small town of Fond du Lac in central Wisconsin.
Gillette worked for years as salesman, often trying his hand at various inventions to improve the products he sold.
Gillette suddenly had a flash of inspiration of a razor that would not need stropping and honing to sharpen it.
www.school-for-champions.com /biographies/gillette.htm   (1427 words)

  
 No. 738: King Camp Gillette
n 1895 King Camp Gillette was the salesman for the man who invented cork-lined bottle caps.
In the end Gillette's name attached to the invention, and his face rode on the razor blade wrapper.
This is what Gillette had in mind as the powerhouse for his Utopian community.
www.uh.edu /admin/engines/epi738.htm   (507 words)

  
 Double Edge Blades
It was the outcome of a 1930 patent battle between the Gillette Company and an inventor named Henry J. Gaisman.
Instead of having round pins in the cap, the razors had a pair of depressions that accepted the variously shaped studs that were on the guard.  There were eight different guard designs with differently shaped studs.  In addition, the cap had corner blade-alignment pins that nested into depressions in the guard.
Gillette decided that it would be easier to buy the AutoStrop Company rather than fight them in the courts.  Finally, in November of 1930, AutoStrop merged with Gillette.
www.geocities.com /safetyrazors/blades/DEBladePage.htm   (965 words)

  
 A close shave for the Gillette man. By Bryan Curtis
King Gillette was a turn-of-century archetype: half visionary, half crank.
Decades after King Gillette's death in 1932, the public face of the company assumed the visage of the Gillette man. At first, the Gillette man was a strapping guy-next-door, obsessed with self-betterment and team sports.
The Gillette business model, which was built around manufacturing high-quality razors, was rendered obsolete by the appearance of Bic's new disposable razors, which allowed you to throw away both the razor and the blade.
www.slate.com /id/2113313/fr/rss   (1367 words)

  
 Gillette Razor and Blade Dating and Feature Information
Gillette is one manufacturer for whom we have information on serial numbers and later date of manufacture codes that we can link to time.
This corresponds to the time King Gillette was directly associated with the business, and may have been at his insistence.
Gillette Blade Date Codes (and earlier lot systems) were imprinted on one side of the blade as a series of letters and/ or numbers, or on the cartridge.
www.geocities.com /safetyrazors/gil_ser2.htm#1960   (545 words)

  
 King Camp Gillette Biography / Biography of King Camp Gillette Biography
That changed when King Camp Gillette (1855-1932) founded the Gillette Safety Razor Company in 1901 and began selling his safety razors with disposable blades two years later.
Instead, he is recalled as the inventor of the safety razor, with its disposable blade and as the founder of the major American corporation that bears his name." One hundred years later, the Gillette Company and its name are known world-wide, and razors remain a necessary tool for maintaining personal grooming.
King Camp Gillette was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, on January 5, 1855, the son of George Wolcott Gillette and Fanny Lemira Camp.
www.bookrags.com /biography-king-camp-gillette   (228 words)

  
 King Camp Gillette   (Site not responding. Last check: )
King Camp Gillette, former traveling hardware and bottle cork salesman of Fond du Lac, WI, took the risk out of shaving with his new double-edged safety razor.
Reared in Chicago, Gillette was forced by his family's loss of possessions in the fire of 1871 to go to work, becoming a traveling salesman of hardware.
Gillette remained president of his company until 1931 but retired from active management in 1913.
www.gillette.net /Public/FamousGillettes/KingCamp.html   (438 words)

  
 Innovation Odyssey - The Technology Trail
Gillette thought a blade that could be thrown away after use would be a popular item.
Gillette was living in Boston, so he visited metallurgists at MIT who told him his idea of a sharp edge on a small square of sheet steel was impossible.
The Gillette Company, now an international company with a broad line of personal care products, is still headquartered in Boston's Back Bay where Gillette lived when he invented the safety razor.
www.innovationodyssey.com /gillette.htm   (342 words)

  
 King Camp Gillette
King Camp Gillette (1855-1932) made his fortune at the turn of the last century when he invented a razor with disposable steel blades and soon discovered that the real money was in selling the blades and not the razors.
Not content with causing millions of men to walk around in the morning with bits of toilet paper stuck to their faces, Gillette used his time and fortune to promote various utopian socialist ideas for a more efficient world run by engineers.
As part of his efficiency drive, Gillette recommended building a gigantic city in the vicinity of Niagara Falls made up of forty thousand buildings like these, which would hold the entire population of North America.
davidszondy.com /future/city/gillette.htm   (186 words)

  
 SHAVING ARTICLES
King Camp Gillette (January 5, 1855–July 9, 1932) developed and patented the safety razor.
In 1901, King Camp Gillette invented the safety razor with disposable blades.
Following in the footsteps of the ultra popular Gillette M3 Power for men, Gillette has introduced the first battery-powered razor for women.
www.razorsdirect.com /shavingarticles.html   (578 words)

  
 NOAA Honors Gillette’s David King for Weather Radio Support
King will receive the award at a June 3 ceremony in Washington, D.C. NOAA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
King was honored for promoting public awareness and use of NWR since the NOAA Weather Service activated a transmitter in Gillette in the fall of 2003.
King provided programmable NWR receivers so people in public buildings will know severe weather is approaching when they hear the tone alarm,” Sanders said.
www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov /releases2004/jun04/noaa04-r262.html   (568 words)

  
 The Gillette Company
Gillette is organized into five units: Gillette Blades and Razors, Duracell, Gillette Personal Care (including Right Guard and shaving gels), Braun, and Gillette Oral Care (including Oral-B).
King Gillette invented and patented the safety razor, bringing Americans and the world a revolution in personal grooming.
Gillette has extended his basic principles of innovative technology and top-notch marketing into all of its business areas.
www.jobweb.com /employer/matrix/gillette.htm   (734 words)

  
 Resources and Objectives of Gillette Co
King C. Gillette founded the Gillette Company in 1901 in Boston.
While other companies have to use valuable box space for legal reasons, Gillette has the luxury of having lots of free space to utilize as they wish.
The Gillette Sensor Excel for Women is the worldwide leader in female grooming.
oak.cats.ohiou.edu /~nk380297/EReport.htm   (1442 words)

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