| 1946 |
GOJO founded by Goldie and Jerry Lippman. Invented GOJO® Hand Cleaner, the first waterless hand cleaner to effectively clean and rinse off easily. |
| 1952 |
Invented and patented the world's first portion-control hand cleaner dispenser to solve the customer-identified problem of product waste. |
| 1965 |
Created GOJO Hand Cleaner with Pumice, a formula that helps clean hands faster. |
| 1983 |
Entered the commercial hand cleaning business with liquid soaps in dispensing systems using GOJO SANITARY SEALED™ refills, a more hygienic alternative to bar soap or bulk soap dispensers. |
| 1988 |
Invented PURELL® Instant Hand Sanitizer for use in foodservice as part of a wash/sanitize regimen and in healthcare to supplement handwashing in emergency situations where employees were unable to get to soap and water. |
| 1989 |
Introduced PROVON®, a line of specialized soaps and skin care products specifically formulated for care givers and recipients of care in the the healthcare industry. |
| 1991 |
Expanded into the European market. Founded GOJO Europe. |
| 1991 |
Formulated a specialized line of hand cleaners and skin care products for the manufacturing market, which included durable dispensing systems and refills that utilized GOJO SANITARY SEALED™ refill technology. |
| 1996 |
Introduced tools to build hand hygiene compliance in critical industries like healthcare and foodservice, where lack of handwashing was identified as a serious health risk. Tools included the SIGNOL™ Handwash Counter, a device installed inside GOJO dispensers to measure handwash frequency. |
| 1996 |
Entered Japanese market. Founded GOJO Japan. |
| 1997 |
Launched PURELL Hand Sanitizer as a consumer product. It soon became a household name and America's #1 hand sanitizer. |
| 1997 |
Introduced a skin care regimen for workers in the automotive and industrial markets that not only got hands clean, but is guaranteed to improve skin condition with two weeks of regular use. The regimen involves combining the least aggressive hand cleaner with GOJO HAND MEDIC® Professional Skin Conditioner. |
| 1998 |
Introduced HEALTHY HANDS. HEALTHY KIDS.®, a comprehensive education curriculum focused on teaching children about hand hygiene in order to establish healthy habits to last a lifetime. |
| 1999 |
Entered the Latin America market. Founded GOJO Latina America. |
| 2001 |
Introduced GOJO NXT®, a line of high capacity liquid soap dispensers that minimize wall space. |
| 2002 |
Launched the PURELL PORTAL Program to guide healthcare professionals on strategic placement of PURELL dispensers to make hand hygiene easily accessible, thereby helping to reduce the spread of infection. |
| 2002 |
Introduced GOJO FMX™, a system combining luxury foam soaps with advanced dispensing technology. |
| 2005 |
Introduced PURELL package designs to meet special needs for military use, specialized formulas for foodservice, food processing and healthcare, and hand sanitizing wipes. |
| 2005 |
Launched hand hygiene programs for food processing, foodservice and health & fitness markets. |
| 2006 |
Developed PURELL Surgical Scrub, providing a fast, effective way for healthcare professionals to prep for surgery. |
| 2006 |
Expanded dispensing system portfolio to include touch-free wall-mount and counter-mount systems. |
| 2006 |
Introduced GOJO Green Certified Hand Cleaners, the first to be certified by both Green Seal™ and EcoLogoCM as meeting their joint standard (GS-41/CCD-104) for hand cleaners and hand soaps. |
| 2008 |
Created new dispensing options and programs to allow PURELL hand sanitizer placement anywhere, including freestanding dispensers for public settings, wipes dispensers for grocery stores and high-capacity wipes dispensers for health clubs. |