First Industrial Steam Sterilizer | Johnson & Johnson Our Story

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First Industrial Steam Sterilizer, 1894

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Based on the discoveries of German scientist Robert Koch, Johnson & Johnson pioneered industrial steam sterilization in 1890. Previously, the company sterilized products by hand, an arduous process. The revolutionary techniques not only sped up the company’s production of sterile surgical supplies but ensured that each product was uniformly germ-free.