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PŪR (pronounced as "pure") is a division of Procter & Gamble that produces PŪR Water products. Pur products include water filter faucet mounts, pitchers, side taps, dispensers, coolers, and filtration systems for Kenmore refrigerators of Sears Holdings Corporation.

The PŪR brand was created and products invented by Minneapolis-based Recovery Engineering, Inc. which was sold to P&G in 1999 for approximately $213 million. Outdoor products under the PŪR brand were sold to Katadyn USA and the Minneapolis manufacturing plant for all PŪR products was closed in 2004. P&G maintained the household products and continues to manufacture and sell them.

PUR now distributes its products to countries as a from of humanitarian aid. Water cleansing solutions which work thus: 1) Pour provided mixture into water 2) Leave for 30min 3) Soluble dirt will become insoluble and settle at the bottom of container 4) Strain mixture through a 100% cotton cloth 5) Water should be drinkable

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Procter & Gamble Co.
Corporate Directors: Norman Augustine | Bruce Byrnes | R. Kerry Clark | Scott D. Cook | Joseph Gorman | A. G. Lafley | Charles R. Lee | Lynn M. Martin | W. James McNerney, Jr. | Johnathan Rodgers | John F. Smith, Jr. | Ralph Snyderman | Robert Storey | Margaret Whitman | Ernesto Zedillo
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Annual Revenue: $55.4 billion USD (10% FY 2005) | Employees: 110,000 | Stock Symbol: NYSE: PG | Website: www.pg.com
Procter & Gamble Co.

Public (NYSE:  PG )
Founded 1837
Headquarters One Procter & Gamble Plaza, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 45202

Industry Consumer goods
Products Consumer goods
Revenue US$76.476[1] billion (2007)
Net income US$10.
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A water filter is a device which removes impurities from water by means of a fine physical barrier, chemical processes and/or biological process. Filters are used to cleanse water for irrigation, drinking water, aquariums, and swimming pools.
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Kenmore may refer to:
  • Kenmore, Ontario, Canada
  • Kenmore, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
  • Kenmore, Highland, Scotland
  • Kenmore, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
  • Kenmore, Western Isles, Scotland
  • Kenmore, Akron, Ohio, USA
  • Kenmore, New York, USA

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refrigerator (often called a "fridge" for short) is a cooling appliance comprising a thermally insulated compartment and a mechanism to transfer heat from it to the external environment, cooling the contents to a temperature below ambient.
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Sears Holdings Corporation

Public (NASDAQ:  SHLD )
Founded 2005 (merger of Kmart and Sears, Roebuck and Company)
Headquarters Hoffman Estates, Illinois, USA

Key people Edward Lampert, Chairman
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Nickname: City of Lakes, Mill City
Motto: En Avant (French: 'Forward')
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Procter & Gamble Co.

Public (NYSE:  PG )
Founded 1837
Headquarters One Procter & Gamble Plaza, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 45202

Industry Consumer goods
Products Consumer goods
Revenue US$76.476[1] billion (2007)
Net income US$10.
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director is an officer (that is, someone who works for the company) charged with the conduct and management of its affairs. A director may be an inside director (a director who is also an officer or promoter or both) or an outside, or independent, director.
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Norman Ralph Augustine (born July 27, 1935) is a U.S. aircraft businessman. Born in Denver, Colorado, Augustine is an Eagle Scout, a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America and was the national president from 1994 to 1996.
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Alan George Lafley (born June 13, 1947) is an American businessman who serves as the CEO and the Chairman of the Board of Procter & Gamble. He joined P&G upon his graduation, in 1977. He assumed the CEO office in 2000 and the chairmanship in 2002.
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Lynn M. Martin is a former Professor at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University from 1993 until 1999 and Chair of the Council for the Advancement of Women and Advisor to the firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP for Deloitte's internal human resources and minority
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Walter James "Jim" McNerney, Jr., is an American businessman. On June 30, 2005 he was named the CEO of The Boeing Company. Prior to that, McNerney was the Chairman and Chief Executive of 3M. He had been a member of the Boeing board of directors since 2001.
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John Francis "Jack" Smith, Jr. (born April 6, 1938 in Worcester, MA) is currently the non-executive chairman of the board of directors of Delta Air Lines. Smith has been a member of Delta's board of directors since 2000.
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Ralph Snyderman, M.D., is the Chancellor for Health Affairs at Duke University, as well as President and CEO of Duke University Health System and James B. Duke Professor of Medicine.
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Margaret C. "Meg" Whitman (born August 4, 1956) has been the President and CEO of the online marketplace eBay since March 1998. Whitman joined eBay when the company had 29 employees and operated solely in the United States; eBay is now a global organization with over 11,000
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Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León (born December 27, 1951) was President of Mexico from 1994 to 2000. He is widely credited for laying the groundwork for free and fair elections that ended 7 decades of PRI rule with the ascension of Vicente Fox.
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A brand includes a name, logo, slogan, and/or design scheme associated with a product or service. Brand recognition and other reactions are created by the use of the product or service and through the influence of advertising, design, and media commentary.
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Always is a brand of feminine hygiene products, including maxi pads, pantiliners, and feminine wipes, produced by Procter & Gamble. It was released in 1983 and became the industry leading brand by 1985.
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Ariel is a marketing line of laundry detergents made by Procter & Gamble. It is the flagship brand in Procter & Gamble's United Kingdom portfolio.

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Ariel first appeared on the UK market circa 1969, and was a detergent with stain-removing enzymes.
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Aussie is a haircare brand including shampoo and conditioner as well as other hair styling products such as hair gel, hair spray, and hair detangler. It is marketed as a product related to Australia, its products are often labeled with a logo of a kangaroo, and its slogan is "Put
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Bounty is a brand of paper towel from Procter & Gamble. Its longtime slogan was "The Quicker Picker-upper," which changed in recent years to "The Quilted Quicker Picker-upper".
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Braun GmbH

Wholly owned subsidiary
Founded 1921
Headquarters Kronberg, Germany

Industry Small appliances
Products Electric razors
Electric toothbrushes
Coffeemakers, toasters, blenders
Parent Procter & Gamble
Website www.braun.
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Charmin (pronounced SHAR-min) is a brand-name of extra-soft toilet paper.

The Charmin name was first created in 1928 by the Hoberg Paper Company in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
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Cheer is the name of a laundry detergent on the market in the United States and Canada. It is manufactured by Procter & Gamble.

It was introduced sometime around 1951, and after a slight reformulation in 1952, was a highly successful follow up to P&G's Tide product from
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Clairol is a personal care products division of Procter & Gamble and was formerly the largest independent hair products company in the world. P&G-Clairol makes hair coloring, hair spray, shampoo, hair conditioner, and styling consumables.
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CoverGirl was founded in 1958 in Baltimore, Maryland, by the Noxzema Chemical Company (later called Noxell) and acquired by Procter & Gamble in 1989. The Noxell Company advertised this make-up line by allowing “cover girls,” fashion models that would appear on the front
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Crest is a brand of toothpaste made by Procter & Gamble and sold worldwide. In many countries in Europe, such as Germany, Ukraine, Russia, and Poland, it is sold as Blend-A-Med
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Mark blatant advertising for , using . Downy is a brand name of fabric softener produced by Procter & Gamble and sold in USA. It entered the U.S.
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