Buffalo became the Mentholatum Company�s most important production site in 1919, when an 80,000 square foot factory, the nominated building, was built at 1360 Niagara Street. The factory produced Mentholatum for most of the Western Hemisphere and in the 1940s, it became corporate headquarters for the company in addition to serving as the main production site. In 1988, a century after the company's inception, the Mentholatum Company was bought by the Japanese pharmaceutical company Rohto Pharmaceutical. The Mentholatum Company is now a subsidiary of Rohto Pharmaceutical and continues to provide its traditional line of menthol infused products.
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Buffalo became the Mentholatum Company�s most important production site in 1919, when an 80,000 square foot factory, the nominated building, was built at 1360 Niagara Street. The factory produced Mentholatum for most of the Western Hemisphere and in the 1940s, it became corporate headquarters for the company in addition to serving as the main production site. In 1988, a century after the company's inception, the Mentholatum Company was bought by the Japanese pharmaceutical company Rohto Pharmaceutical. The Mentholatum Company is now a subsidiary of Rohto Pharmaceutical and continues to provide its traditional line of menthol infused products.
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