Gillette Co. purchased Paper Mate in 1995 and opened the manufacturing facility in 1997. Proctor & Gamble bought out Gillette in 2005 leaving them responsible for clean-up efforts at the site ...

The blades came in paper the color of money, with Gillette’s face printed on the wrapper, according to Fortune. But it was World War I that really put sales through the roof. Gillette struck a ...