Stories
Discover how we’re bringing innovation to life through our people, processes, and breakthrough products.
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Technology
How Do People Brush Their Teeth?
Almost everyone knows how to use a toothbrush. But, similar to our fingerprints, our brushing patterns are unique to us. Here’s how we’re discovering what’s most effective.
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Experience
Connected: The Story of the World’s Smartest Toothbrush
How an AI-enabled toothbrush was given a new life, new look, and a massive global reach with help from the innovative teams at Colgate.
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Sustainability
How Colgate-Palmolive Is Creating the Products of Tomorrow
With products in nearly two out of every three households in the world, Colgate-Palmolive’s products have the power to drive industry change.
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The challenge of this project was to re-engineer a tube in a way to remove the aluminum foil in order to achieve a tube that can ultimately be 100% recyclable.”
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Tom Heaslip
Former Worldwide Director of Global Category Packaging
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Technology
How Cutting-Edge Technology Enhances Our Products
To improve people’s lives, you need the right tools. The application of new and emerging technology ensures we’re always ahead of the curve.
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Discovery
Out of This World
In partnership with the ISS U.S. National Lab, Colgate launched missions to learn more about oral and skin care in microgravity.
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We understood that a healthy microbiome would result in healthy digestion. We set out to figure out how to feed that microbiome so that pets and their microbiome would be healthier.”
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Jennifer Radosevich
Worldwide Director of Research & Innovation at Hill’s
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Technology
How We’re Revolutionizing the Pet Microbiome
Hill’s has pushed the boundaries to create foods that improve pet health. ActivBiome+ is one of their latest breakthroughs.
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Sustainability
On Select Packaging Lines, We’ve Reduced Energy Usage by 15%. Here’s How.
Colgate-Palmolive has partnered with software, technology, and engineering leader Emerson to reduce wasted energy in our product packaging facilities.
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Experience
Developing Fragrances ‘Soft as a Mother’s Love’
At Colgate, we explore the science of flavors and fragrances to invoke strong emotions, memories, and experiences.
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Technology
A Big Commitment to Small Paws
Hill’s Pet Nutrition is fulfilling a mission to help enrich and lengthen the special relationships between people and their pets through our new innovative facilities.
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Community
How Colgate Creates Its Iconic Mint Flavor
To create and deliver the highest quality flavor experience for our oral health and wellness products, we’ve developed innovative partnerships with more than 200 mint farms across the U.S.
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Technology
How Could Protex Make Antibacterial Soaps Naturally Strong?
In Protex's new formula with flaxseed oil, nature works in harmony with science and your skin's natural biology to create a product that’s stronger by every measure.
