1969

Pritt

has the right twist
Black and white photo from the Pritt packaging plant. Two women are sitting opposite each other at a conveyor belt on which Pritt glue sticks are arranged in rows. Next to each woman is a box full of more Pritt glue sticks.
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Pritt packaging plant (1969)

Black and white photo of hands holding an open Pritt glue stick. The right hand holds the lid while the left hand holds the part with the twist mechanism.
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Pritt glue stick (1969)

The changing packaging of the Pritt glue stick. A total of eight different versions from the years 1969 to 2000 can be seen. All the glue sticks have the familiar red coloring with the Pritt brand name in black letters on a white background. While the first Pritt glue sticks were still designed with a white bar, this developed into an increasingly narrow, broad arrow pointing upwards. It is also noticeable that the product name under the brand name was shortened over time from “Klebestift” to “Stift” and then changed to “Stick”.
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Pritt 1969 to 2000

Photo of a chimney on the Henkel factory premises in Düsseldorf-Holthausen, which was covered in the middle with a canvas cover in the shape of a giant Pritt stick.
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Pritt chimney on the Düsseldorf-Holthausen site (1999)

1961 sees the premiere of Pritt, the first glue stick in the world.

To develop Pritt, Henkel studies the rotary mechanism and application of lipsticks. From this moment on, consumers have a clean…