Detergents - Overview
Dry blending of granular additives to laundry product formulations saves manufacturers
time, effort and money. Powder agglomerates, containing active components, are the
building blocks of modern day laundry products. AMCOL Detergent Specialties offer
a range of granular additives designed to provide functional performance via simple
dry blending.
Ease of Incorporation
ADS granules are easy to incorporate into formulations by direct dry addition. This
reduces the need for short runs of speciality products on your plant. It minimises
multiple clean-downs and improves efficiency of both plant utilisation and raw materials.
Increased Control of Addition Levels
Dry blending gives excellent control of dose levels, reducing wastage of expensive
active chemicals. Granules are available in carefully defined particle size distributions
to reduce the likelihood of segregation during formulation, storage, packing and
shipping.
 Ease of Handling
ADS active granules reduce handling problems associated with conventional powder
additives. Granules are low dust and free flowing, which is important in feeding
post addition systems for all processes.
Product Differentiation for Consumers
Consumers identify product quality with distinctive product characteristics. Coloured
speckles (visual cues) and fragrant perfumes boost consumer brand loyalty. You can differentiate
your product simply and effectively by adding ADS coloured and/or
perfume granules.
Performance Benefits for Consumers
ADS can produce to order additive granules including many other performance enhancers,
zeolites, brighteners, photo bleaches, etc.
In addition to the granules, ADS is able to offer stable, high solid content bentonite
slurries that provide long term fabric care for consumers. Furthermore, bentonite
slurry can stabilise liquid based formulations.
 Company Background
AMCOL Detergent Specialties is a division of AMCOL Minerals Europe Ltd, a subsidiary of AMCOL International Corporation. AMCOL is the world leader in bentonite production with facilities throughout the Americas, Europe, India, and North Africa. AMCOL also has facilities located in Australia, throughout Asia including Thailand, South Korea, and two Chinese locations. The ADS plant in Winsford has been operating as a processing site for over 100 years. The ADS plant in Thailand was commissioned
in January 2006, and the plant in China was commissioned in January 2007. Continued research into agglomeration techniques and regular investment in the most up to date facilities puts ADS at the forefront of process technology. With detergent intermediate production capacity in excess of 100,000 metric tones each year, ADS is able to combine process efficiency and product quality.
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