{{Short description|Brazilian manufacturer of cleaning products}} {{Infobox company | name = Bombril | logo = Logotipo da Bombril.svg | type = | industry = Household goods | fate = | predecessor = <!-- or: | predecessors = --> | successor = <!-- or: | successors = --> | founded = {{Start date and age|1948|1|14}} in São Paulo, Brazil | founder = Roberto Sampaio Ferreira | defunct = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | hq_location_city = | hq_location_country = | area_served = <!-- or: | areas_served = --> | key_people = | products = Steel wool, detergent, scouring powder | owner = <!-- or: | owners = --> | num_employees = | num_employees_year = <!-- Year of num_employees data (if known) --> | parent = | website = {{URL|bombril.com.br}} }} '''Bombril''' is a Brazilian manufacturer of household cleaning agents. Their main product is a fine-grade steel wool marketed with the brand "Bom Bril". The company at one point had 90% share of the Brazilian market for that product, and the brand name is, to this day, used in the country as a metonymy to steel wool in general, although the company manufactures other products as well.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa |trans-title=Portuguese Language Dictionary |url=https://dicionario.priberam.org/bom%20bril |access-date=2023-12-27 |language=pt-br}}</ref>
The company was created on 1948-01-14 at the Brooklin Paulista borough of São Paulo, by entrepreneur Roberto Sampaio Ferreira,<ref>{{Cite book|title=O livro das invenções|last=Marcelo.|first=Duarte|date=1997-01-01|publisher=Companhia das Letras|isbn=8571647100|oclc=684145268}}</ref> with the name '''Abrasivos Bombril Ltda'''. The name was a contraction and shortening of the Portuguese words ''bom brilho'', meaning "good shine".
Besides the Bom Bril steel wool, the company markets several other products such as the "Limpol" brand of dishwashing detergent, the "Pinho Bril" scented disinfectant detergents, and the "Radium" scouring powder.
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==External links== * [http://www.bombril.com.br Official site]
Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1948 Category:Companies listed on B3 (stock exchange) Category:Manufacturing companies based in São Paulo Category:Brazilian brands Category:Brazilian companies established in 1948 Category:Personal care companies
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