Abstract

To be successful in today’s home care market, household solutions not only need to be easy-to-handle,convenient to use, and highly effective but also environmentally sound. Specialty chemical supplier Cognis helpsmanufacturers to serve these needs by offering a broad portfolio of ingredients based on natural, renewable rawmaterials. These range from a starch-based polymer additive for hard-surface cleaners, rinse-aid surfactants forphosphate-free automatic dishwashing products, to primary surfactants for laundry detergents and sugar surfactants forhard surface cleaners.