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P&G To Buy Glide Detal Floss Business

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By: TOM BRANNA

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Procter & Gamble Co. said on Wednesday it agreed to buy the Glide dental floss business from W. L. Gore & Associates for an undisclosed sum, to expand its dental care business.Privately held W.L. Gore, which also makes Gore-Tex fabrics and Elixir guitar strings, will continue developing and manufacturing the fiber for the floss line, while P&G will market and sell it under the Glide and Crest brand names, Cincinnati-based P&G said in a release. Pending regulatory approval, th...

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