Henkel Laundry & Home Care Presents Awards to Outstanding Suppliers.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Jan. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- At the 2009 Soap and Detergent Association (SDA) Annual Meeting and Industry Convention, January 27 to 31, 2009 in Boca Raton, Fla., Henkel Laundry & Home Care awarded two prizes. The "Best Innovation Contributor 2008" went to Rohm and Haas for the best...

Huntsman and Zavod Sintanolov Partner to Develop Russian Personal Care and Detergent Markets.
Cooperation agreement will grow the two companies' surfactants businesses THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Huntsman Corporation and Zavod Sintanolov today announced that they have signed a cooperation agreement by which both companies will share know-how, expertise and resources to develop the Russian market for surfactants....

Go green with cost-efficient bio-based technology: tests conducted by Novozymes demonstrate that detergents reformulated with enzymes can significantly reduce the carbon footprint of washing.
SALES OF GREEN laundry detergent products have exploded with a 66% increase in the US in 2007, according to Information Resources Inc (IRI), Chicago, IL. (1) Today both consumers and retailers are driving the market toward more sustainable solutions. Consumers are more environmentally aware and mass market chains such...

The council's annual meeting, set for FEB. 24-27.
Jan. 14: Independent Cosmetic Manufacturers and Distributors (ICMAD) regular board meeting. More info: ICMAD, 847-9914499/800-334-2623. Fax: 847-991-8161. Web: www.icmad.org Jan 25-29: Ex-Tracts, Javits Convention Center, New York, NY. More info: www.nyigf.com/info/extracts.html Jan. 26-29: Vision 2009 Consumer Products Conference, Sheraton New Orleans Canal St., New Orleans,...

More liquid detergents for Japan.
* JAPAN: According to published reports, Kao Corp., Procter & Gamble Japan KK and Lion Corp. are increasing capacity for liquid laundry detergent by 20-50% as consumers switch away from powders. Liquid detergents accounted for 34% of all such detergents sold in the first nine months of this year,...

A natural progression in personal care: a look at the past, present and future of the natural and organic personal care category.
MOTHER NATURE is not only difficult to fool, she is also tough to ignore. As a 20 year veteran of the natural and organic products industry, I am still amazed at the level of growth sustained year after year, especially with regard to personal care and household products. In...

Spin cycle: as the dominant force in the U.S. laundry care market, P&G continues to push ahead with innovative technology that protects its coveted market share. Can economic concerns and environmental awareness help other players, including the newest--Sun Products Corp.--chip away at P&G's lead?
EVERYONE KNOWS THE moon affects the tide, but what about a sun? Sun Products Corp.--the newly merged operations of private label giant Huish and Unilever's former North American laundry care brands via Vestar Capital--is set to take on laundry behemoth Procter & Gamble, the maker of Tide,...

Cleansers.
The use of soap-like substances for cleansing dates back as early as 2,500 BCE, and soap itself is believed to have been invented between 600 and 300 BCE (Soap Technology for the 1900"s, Champaign, Ill., American Oil Chemists' Society, 1990, p. 1-47). Interestingly, though, the soap production...

Characterization and wash performance analysis of microbial extracellular enzymes from East Calcutta Wetland in India.
INTRODUCTION Currently enzymes have attracted the attention of the world over due to their wide range of industrial applications in many fields including organic synthesis, clinical analysis, pharmaceuticals, detergents, food production and fermentation. Enzymes are gradually replacing the use of harsh chemicals in various industrial processes. Since...

CSPA's Annual Meeting set for Dec. 7-11 in Florida.
Nov. 10-12: Sustainability in Cosmetics 2008, The Royal Plaza Hotel, Orlando, FL. More info: www.sustainability-in-cosmetics. com Nov. 12: Cosmetic Industry Buyers and Suppliers (CIBS), members only luncheon, Women in Beauty Series, Speakers: Isabel Ryan, Avon Products, Inc. and Ruth Sutcliffe, Coty, LLC. The Harvard Club, New York,...