Where Were Wet Wipes Invented?

Dec 11, 2021

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Wet wipes are pre-moistened cloth or paper sanitary cleaning products. Wet wipes are often called wet wipes, and their main material is non-woven fabric or paper.

Arthur Julius

The world’s first wet wipes appeared at the Chicago National Catering Exhibition in 1960. Its inventor was Arthur Julius from the cosmetics industry, who later founded the famous PDI company (Professional Disposables International), which was produced by PDI. Wet wipes accounted for 1/3 of the global total, and monopolized 80% of the market share of medical wipes in the United States). At that time, the United States was in a golden period of rapid economic development. Americans’ demand for dining out surged. The emergence of sanitary wipes products solved the need for people to quickly clean their hands when dining out.

Wet wipes products provided by KFC in the early days

Soon afterwards, the wet wipes invented by Arthur Julius were widely used by the global fast-food chain giant KFC. The wipes allowed users to clean their hands well before and after eating fried chicken. Once launched, they were widely praised by KFC users. Other restaurants have also begun to follow suit, and people around the world have gradually developed the habit of using hygienic wipes for hand cleaning before and after meals.


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