Colgate-Palmolive
- Industry: Household/Personal Care
- Founded: 1806
- Country: United States
- Colgate-Palmolive Company (Colgate) is a consumer products company.
Colgate's products are marketed in over 200 countries and territories
worldwide. It operates in two product segments: Oral, Personal and Home
Care; and Pet Nutrition. Colgate's Oral Care products include Colgate
Total, Colgate Sensitive Pro-Relief and Colgate Max Fresh toothpastes,
Colgate 360? manual toothbrushes and Colgate and Colgate
Plax mouth rinses. Colgate's Oral Care business also includes dental
floss and pharmaceutical products. Its Personal Care products include
Palmolive, Softsoap and Sanex brand shower gels, Palmolive, Irish Spring
and Protex bar soaps and Speed Stick, Lady Speed Stick and Sanex
deodorants and antiperspirants. The Company's Personal Care business
outside the United States also includes Palmolive and Caprice shampoo
and conditioners. In December 2012, Godrej Consumer Products Limited
announced that, Keyline Brands Limited, its subsidiary acquired the Soft
& Gentle brand from Colgate.