WotD: band-aid/elastoplast

[muckefuck]

1. das Pflaster
2. de pleister
3. la tirita, la curita
4. la tireta
5. le pansement
6. y plastr
7. an greimlín
8. 반창고 (絆瘡膏)
9. 創可貼 chuāngkětiē

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A mediaeval German trade union

[ursine1.livejournal.com]

Close. Beiersdorf, the parent company based in Hamburg, used to sell "Curad" brand in the US, but sold that in 2007 to Medline Industries. Another product brand that Beiersdorf markets is Nivea.

Curiously, Band-Aid brand bandages are not sold here although Johnson & Johnson's presence is felt under the McNeil name.

Chuck, more than you wanted to know…

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Beiersdorf is headquarted in the "Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg", which no doubt influenced the brand name under which they brought to market their first self-adhesive bandage in 1922.

Growing up, I remember more Curad brand band-aids than Band-Aid brand band-aids in our house; must've been slightly cheaper.