History
During World War II in the 1940's, B-29 Navigators in the Army Air
Force had trouble with dirty buildup on their gunner sights. A heavy-duty
formulation was developed to clean the plastic without streaking,
smearing and residue left behind by lesser cleaners.
After the war, A.J. Funk acquired the formula for this special
cleaner and hired a local retiree to make it in the back room
of his paper company on North State St. in downtown Elgin, Illinois.
At first, the mixing was done by hand and the bottles were filled
one gallon at a time. The purple formula called "Sparkle"
caught on fast as word spread in the Fox Valley area of Illinois
where its distribution began, mainly through a network of paper
salesman.
A.W. Funk, son of the founder, managed the company's growth over
the years and now A.J. Funk & Co. manufactures millions of
gallons per year of its famous Sparkle Glass Cleaner in addition
to its Auto Glass Cleaner and PC Screen Glass Cleaner. Celebrating
its 60th year of business in 2006, Sparkle is keeping up with
the times with the release of this E-commerce web site which allows
customers all over the world to buy Sparkle products, 24 hours
per day, 365 days per year.
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