IKEA making it one of the largest users of wood in the retail sector. Most of IKEA's stores and factories were previously owned by INGKA, a holding company controlled by the Stichting INGKA Foundation, one of the 40 wealthiest foundations in the world. Ingvar Kamprad founded IKEA in 1943 as a mostly mail-order sales business. It began to sell furniture five years later. The first Möbel-IKÉA store was opened in Älmhult, Småland, in 1958 (Möbel means "furniture" in Swedish). The first stores outside Sweden were opened in Norway (1963) and Denmark (1969). The stores spread to other parts of Europe in
Kutol Products Company Kutol Products Company Kutol Products Company, Inc. is a privately held manufacturer of cleaning products founded in 1912 and headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. Kutol specializes in hand soaps, hand sanitizers, hair and body washes, industrial hand cleaners, specialty skin care products and dispensing systems. It distributes throughout the United States. Kutol (pronounced cut-all) began business as a manufacturer of wallpaper cleaner. This pliable, putty-like flour-based material was the foundation for Play-Doh, created in 1955. In 1956, the Rainbow Crafts Company was created to make and sell Play-Doh, and Kutol continued to focus on its core business of powdered hand cleaners.