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schülke Celebrates 130th Anniversary

Renewed longstanding commitment to innovation and protection.

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By: Christine Esposito

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Schülke is marking 130 years of innovation and protection.The company began in 1889, when Rudolf Schülke and Julius Mayr produced Lysol, the first branded disinfectant, which helped control a cholera epidemic raging in Hamburg a few years later. schülke continued to protect life in 1924 with the introduction of grotan, the first brand-name, industrial preservative worldwide. Now, 130 years later, the schülke name still stands for quality and performance in the area of disinfection and preserv...

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