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New Hand Soap and Sanitizer Clean Up with Aluminum Bottle

Hand soap company Hand in Hand packs its ‘sustainable suds’ in colorful, modern aluminum bottles, a move it says helped propel a growth in sales of 1,000% YOY.

The custom, 10-oz bottle with shapely, rounded shoulders, is printed in a range of bright colors that align with the company’s established color palette.
The custom, 10-oz bottle with shapely, rounded shoulders, is printed in a range of bright colors that align with the company’s established color palette.

Vibrant, colorful, and custom, new aluminum containers for hand-soap products and a sanitizer from Hand in Hand were among the first such bottles in the liquid hand-soap category when they were introduced in March 2020 and have played a major role in helping the brand expand distribution and grow 1,000% year-over-year.

Inspired by a social mission, Hand in Hand was co-founded by husband and wife Bill Glaab and Courtney Apple as a vehicle to address the lack of access to clean drinking water and soap by children in underprivileged areas. For each Hand in Hand personal care product sold—including bar soaps, lotions, scrubs, body and hand wash products, and sanitizer—Hand in Hand donates a bar of soap and a month of free drinking water to a child in need, with a focus on Haiti and Cambodia.


Watch video   Learn how specialty personal care brands are opting for aluminum over plastic.

Says CEO Glaab, “In 2011, my wife and I read an article that mentioned that 5 million children die each year from water-related illnesses. What was most striking was that if these children had access to soap and hygiene education, these childhood deaths could be cut in half. That was our ‘Aha moment’: How could we use business to get soap into the hands of these children? From there, Hand in Hand was born—buy a  bar, give a bar. To date, we have donated approximately 14.6 million bars.”

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