KC Soap Plant's 100-year celebration will occur in 2005 !!!! Celebrating the Past...Embracing the Future...100 Years of Progress and Innovation.

KC SOAP

PLANT HISTORY

Joy

Ivory

Dawn

Products made in KC since 1905

Ace

Biz

Bold

Bonus

Camay

Cheer

Chipso

Clorox

Clean Quick

Dash

Dawn

Denver's Best

Dreft

Duz

Echo

Gain

Ivory

Joy

Kirk's

Lady Godiva

Lava

Lenox

Mr. Clean

P&G Naptha

Okay

Oxydol

Rub-No-More

Safeguard

Salvo

Selox

Spic 'N Span

Star Naptha

Thrill

Tide

Top Job

White Water

Zest

KANSAS CITY SOAP PLANT MANAGERS

FF Skillman, 1903 - ?

Henry Clay, here in 1918

?, ? – 1919

AK Schoepf

1919-1925

RZ Smiley, 4/1/25 - 7/1/30

Don Marshall, 7/1/30 - 7/1/32

RZ Smiley, 7/1/32 – 7/1/54

CC Brebner, 7/1/54 – 4/1/56

CF Carstarphen, 4/1/56 – 4/1/57

GS Holditch, 4/1/57 – 10/1/58

RW Seitz, 10/1/58 – 3/1/62

L.O. Haupt, 3/1/62 – 6/1/66

VM Husty, 6/1/66 – 9/1/69

SJ Fitch, 9/1/69 – 5/15/72

RA McIntire, 5/15/72 – 12/1/80

CI Johnson, 12/1/80 – 3/90

Merrel Miller, 3/90 – 8/94

MW Schneider, 8/94 – 3/98

MW Warrick, 3/98 - 6/04

Jaime Montoya

7/04 - 7/08

Jack Giessinger

7/08 - present

4/22/2005 100-Year Celebration

...to the Procter & Gamble Kansas City, Kansas, Soap Plant History homepage. Before we dig into our 100-year history, here's a little current information about our plant.

Plant Information

In 1904, our plant was the first Procter & Gamble manufacturing facility to be built outside Cincinnati, the location of our corporate headquarters. Soap plants in our location were a natural outgrowth of the packing house industry because some of the waste products from the meat packers were used in the production of soap and soap products. The midwest location and the nearby rivers were a natural fit for transportation of both raw materials and finished product. Of interest is the housing shortage at the time the plant was built, which caused many early employees to live in tents along the river until homes could be built.

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The plant is currently located on 64 acres along the Kansas River in Kansas City, KS. At our site, we manufacture liquid dishwashing detergents--IVORY, DAWN, JOY--and chemical intermediates for use in our own products and for sale to other companies.

Employee Information

Plant employees participate in profit-sharing, stock investment, and other benefit plans. P&G's profit-sharing plan was started in 1887 and is the oldest such plan in the United States. Employees are also covered by a tuition refund plan, group life insurance, disability income benefits, and generous vacation and holiday benefits, in addition to high quality health care insurance.

And now on to our 100-year history (and enjoy a little Kansas City jazz and blues along the way)...