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Carmex is a brand of lip balm. It is sold in jars, sticks, and squeezable containers. ==History== Alfred Woelbing began experimenting with creating his own line of lip balm and other cosmetic products in the early 1930s in Wisconsin. These were the beginnings of Carma Laboratories, Inc. After experimenting with his products, Woelbing created Carmex on his family's stove top. He began by selling the product from the trunk of his car. Popularity increased through word-of-mouth. During this time Woelbing and his wife poured their lip balm into the now well-known yellow-capped jars. Then in 1957, the family business moved out of the kitchen and into a rented facility in the Milwaukee suburb of Wauwatosa. After doing business like this, in 1972 Woelbing discontinued making sales calls, which had mostly been in Wisconsin, Illinois and parts of Indiana. Woelbing's son Don joined the business in 1973 and introduced assembly lines to Carma Labs. In 1975,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Carmex History )〕 due to the product's success, a new production facility was built in the southwest suburb of Franklin; production at the same facility continues to the present day.〔 The company employs about 100 people. It remains under the ownership of the founding family.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 About Us )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Carma Laboratories, Inc. History )〕 Carma Labs began producing the product in squeezable tubes in 1988. In 1989 it began producing it in stick form which had been the longtime form factor for ChapStick and Blistex, Carma's major competitors in the lip balm market. After these expansions within the company's production, in 1993, it was estimated that 9% of the lip balm market was held by Carma Labs. Alfred Woelbing continued to drive to the offices every day until 1997 when he suffered a stroke.〔 He continued to come into the office at least once a week after this,〔 until he died in 2001 at age 100. The company continued further expansion under the management of Alfred's son Don and grandsons Paul and Eric.〔 In 2002, mint-flavored Carmex lip balm (SPF 30) joined original Carmex lip balm in the product line, and Carmex lip balm became available throughout North America, Australia, Europe, Asia and Africa. During 2006, Internet voters chose strawberry and cherry as the newest Carmex lip balm sticks. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Carmex」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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