Pritt
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Pritt is a brand of adhesives, tapes, KidsArt, correction, and fixing products designed and marketed by Henkel
Henkel
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA is an multinational company headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany.The company operates in three business areas: Home Care , Personal Care ,...

, an international company headquartered in Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...

, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. Pritt invented the world’s first glue stick
Glue stick
Glue sticks are solid adhesives in twist or push-up tubes. The user can apply glue by holding the open tube, thus keeping their fingers clean...

, also known as Pritt Stick, which is a twistable solid adhesive used in home, school and office environments.

History

1967: Henkel researcher Dr. Wolfgang Dierichs and his team came up with the idea for a glue stick that resembled a lipstick.
September 17 1969: Henkel accomplished to develop the world's first glue stick.
1971: The Pritt stick is available in 38 countries.
2001: The Pritt stick was successfully tested on board the International Space Station
International Space Station
The International Space Station is a habitable, artificial satellite in low Earth orbit. The ISS follows the Salyut, Almaz, Cosmos, Skylab, and Mir space stations, as the 11th space station launched, not including the Genesis I and II prototypes...

and was awarded Space Proof Quality.
2003: Launch of PowerPritt, KidsArt, correction roller.
2004: Launch of PowerPritt gel and PowerPritt stick.
2006: Launch of Pritt tape range.

On September 17 2009, the Pritt stick celebrated its 40th anniversary.
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