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1956
The company Absorbent Cotton Industries Ltd. was bought by the Anjarwalla family, manufacturing cotton wool products in Mombasa (Kenya's port)
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1960
The company changed its name to African Cotton Industries Ltd. maintaining the market leadership position in East & Central African in cotton wool production
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1972
African Cotton expanded into sanitary pads production with the launch of Medicott, the leading feminine care brand in Kenya and East Africa
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1999
Toilet tissue converting plant was installed and the launch Tena tissue range, the leading high quality tissue brand in Kenya
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2002
African Cotton set up distribution in Nairobi - Kenya's capital and East Africa's retail hub
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2005
African Cotton commissioned East Africa's first sanitary towels for wings manufacturing plant, a significant investment into it's feminine care category
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2008
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2010
African Cotton scaled it's operations in Nairobi and invested in a 5-acre production facility
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2012
African Cotton partnered with the Ministry of Education to launch the Sanitary Towels for Schoolgirl Program - the initiative of its kind globally to supply pads to half a million under privileged girls
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2015
African Cotton enters the baby care category with the launch of the Snuggles brand
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2016
African Cotton is selected to participate in Stanford Graduate School of Business Seed Transformation Program, with the aim of preparing a 5 year roadmap for scaling the organisation
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2017
African Cotton establishes a Strategic Advisory committee to help in driving it's transformation program
