The handling and storage of raw materials for soaps and detergents

Conclusion No laboratories are deeper in research than those of the soap and synthetic detergent manufacturers. W. L. Sims, president of Colgate-Palmolive Company, was quoted recently in the New York press as follows: “probably 70% of the volume in our business today comes from products that didn’t exist 10 years ago. The same thing will be true 10 years from now.” This statement bears out the ever-changing dynamics of the industry. Much of the equipment and many of the materials covered in this presentation did not exist a few years ago, and as research and engineering create new and improved products and new and improved automated equipment, our means of handling these and other raw materials, even though they represent the best available today, will be replaced by even more efficient methods and equipment.