Andrex

Andrex was originally developed in 1942 by paper manufacturer St Andrew Mills Ltd., as a disposable handkerchief.

[citation needed] The concept of two ply luxury paper had been inspired by the facial tissues used by American women, as witnessed by the man who created the name Andrex, Ronald Keith Kent.

St Andrew Mills was taken-over by Bowater in 1955, and in 1956, Bowater formed a joint venture with the Scott Paper Company, Bowater-Scott, that specialized in tissue products, including Andrex.

[10] They are known for having a popular TV ad that features a labrador retriever puppy trailing a toilet paper roll through a house.

However, the original idea in 1972 was for a young girl to run through a house trailing a roll of Andrex.

[9] Bowater-Scott's Marketing Director, Raymond Dinkin decided to use a Labrador puppy instead.