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New Emery headquartersThl. II an ar1isl's rendering 01the new three-story, 75,~squant-foot headquarters offices lor Emery Group that Henkel Corporationpl.n. to build adjacent to Emery manufacturing facilities on Esle Avenua In Cincinnati, Ohio. Completion is expected In the spring 011995. Emery administrative offices presently are In subUrban Clnclnnall; approxlmalely 175 employees will be .sslgned 10 lhe newfacility whef11t opens.

Novo Nordisk to build plant in China

Novo Nordisk expects to breakground during 1995 for amajor manufacturing facility

in China, near the coastal city of Ttan-jin, about 100 miles from Beijing.

The company will manufacture itsfull line of industrial enzymes used inthe soap and detergent industry andthe brewing, starch. and textiles indus-tries. said Novo's Lars R. Sorensen.who handled negotiations for the16.000 square-meier site. "In the firstphase we intend to invest U.S. $210million over eight to len years inChina:' Sorensen said.

Products will eventually be marker-ed throughout Asia. The site is largeenough to accommodate an additionalfacility for pharmaceutical manufac-turing. depending on market demands.

Novo also will open a Iacifiry inBeijing to house research and devel-

opmenr. administration and marketingoperations. "We will have two mainsites in China, plus informationoffices and sales representatives indifferent pans of the country," Soren-son said.

The process of obtaining a businesslicense was in progress this past July.

"We expect to be in China in thefall of 1994 and to have groundbreak-ing in the spring of 1995:' Sorensensaid. Capacity estimates were not pro-vided.

"From our point of view. this isonly the first phase of a major invest-ment. We would expect 10 have fur-ther expansion so we end up withChina being as important as Denmarkand the United States in our manufac-turing strategy." he said.

The company's announcement saidthe first plant is expected to employ

approximately 300 people.Sorensen has said there is broad

ownership of washing machines inurban, coastal households and a fast-growing demand for household deter-gents in China. Approximately 1.5million metric Ions of detergents weresold in China during 1991. accordingto data from China's Ministry of LightTrade. which Sorenson cited. Theministry projects sales of 2.3 millionIons by 1995 and 3.4 million tons by2000. Sorenson said thai the Chinesedetergent field is Novo Nordisk's pri-mary market for industrial enzymes.

"With a population of 1.2 billionand major industry sectors devoted todetergents, brewing. alcohol and tex-tiles. China holds great potential as amarket for Novo Nordisks enzymeproducts:' the company's announce,ment said.

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Henkel acquiresSteinfels consumer lineHenkel of Dusseldorf. Germany, haspurchased the consumer productsbusiness of F. Sreinfels AG of Zurich,Switzerland. No purchase price wasannounced.

Products include laundry and dish-washing detergents and drycleaningproducts sold in the Swiss market.Brand names include Mega. Niaxaand Dish-Lav. Sales totaled 24 millionSwiss francs during 1993. Steinfelswill continue operating its industrialcleaning products business.

Production of the former Steinfelsbrands will be at Henkel's facility inPraueln. Switzerland; Steinfels' pro-duction at wetzikon, Switzerland. is tobe discontinued.

Eastman Kodak to sellseveral divisionsEastman Kodak has announced plans10 sell its personal-care and household

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Chemithon Engineers Ltd. of Bombay. india. also willprovide Penta four with other process equipment. projectengineering, personnel training and plant commissioning inthe $5.5 million arrangement. Commercial production ofPentafour's anionic surfactants. with an annual capacity of15.000 tons per year. is scheduled to begin in January1995.

Cbernuhon's new Turbo Tube dryingtechnology to produce concentrateddetergent actives in granular or "noo-dle" fonn is being installed in a newfacility that is being built forPenrafour Group in southern India.

The new dryer. which eliminatesthe need for spray lowers, is designedto be more compact than wiped filmevaporators and to use less energy. thecompany's announcement said.

in the unit. anionic detergent pastesto be dried are injected under highpressure into a horizontal chamberthat has been injected with steam. From nrc chamber. ahigh-velocity jet introduces the paste 10 the vertical dryer,where an initial flash provides about 40% of the drying. Atwo-phase flow with high shear provides the remainingheat transfer in the drying process. Chemithon productdevelopment engineer Lanny Duvall said the new dryerprovides better heat transfer than falling-film evaporatorsand emits no volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Hedescribed the process as safer than spray drying because itminimizes the potential for dust explosion and solvent firehazards.

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products business. L&F Products: itspharmaceutical and consumer healthproducts subsidiary, Sterling WinthropInc.; and its Clinical Diagnostics Divi-sion.

The L&F Products line includesbrands such as Lysot. Minwax.Thompson's Water Seal and Ogilviebrand personal-care products.

One trade publication speculatedthat Colgate was interested in acquir-ing L&F. but Colgate representativesdid not return phone calls. Kodakspokesman Jim Blamphin said "we'retalking to several prospects:'

In another announcement. Kodaksaid that Sanofi agreed to buy SterlingWinthrop. including SterlingWinthrop's stake in the SanofiWinthrop global pharmaceuticalalliance.

L&F. Sterling Winthrop and theClinical Diagnostics Division havebeen estimated as accounting forapproximately $3.7 billion of EastmanKodak's annual revenues.

Pilot Chemical to adoptmethanol-free systemsPilot Chemical Co. has said it willswitch to methanol-free process tech-nology for all amide production by theend of 1994 at its three amidation facili-ties in Ohio. California and New Jersey.

A Pilot Chemical marketing vicepresident said the firm is "building anew continuous sulfarion plant at ourOhio facility, which will enable us toreconfigure our production there andadd alcohol sulfates and ether sul-fates" for the personal-care industry.The new plant is scheduled to comeon line during the first quarter of1995. Specific capacity was not dis-closed. but the plant was described asa full, commercial-scale plant. Theplant will incorporate "some of the1110strecent technology to be commis-sioned in the U.S. or anywhere, forthat matter," Neil Burnes said.

Pilot said it has has introduced analkanolamide that contains nodetectable level of methanol. Methanol-

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Free Calnruldc C, a I: J coconutdiethanolumide. is being marketed topersonal-care product formulators. Forpersonal-care products. the low back-ground odor of the new product pro-vides flexibility in formulating lightlyfrugranced and fragrance-free formula-lions, Pilot's announcement said.

"Fragrance-free products seem tobe a growing trend," the marketingvice-president said. "There areincreasing numbers of companieslooking to have fragrance-free prod-UCIS.European and Far Eastern com-panies have been following the trend.and more American companies arebeginning [0 do the same. Some arelooking for lightly fragranced prod-ucts. and they want a 101of flexibilityin how they fragrance their products:'

In announcing the new product,Pilot said that commercially availableamides in the United Slates contain up10 0.5% methanol. an organic solventthat can contribute to foamdestabilization and to backgroundodor in surfuctauts.

Pilot has historically focused onthe household and 1&1 markets for itsanionic surfactunts, co-surfuctants andintermediates. but recent develomentsin batch and continuous sulfationprompted the company to look 10 thepersonal-cure market. the company'sannouncement said.

P&G restructuringcontinues on scheduleProcter & Gamble's plant closings andrestructuring are proceeding as sched-uled, a P&G spokesperson said thispast June.

P&G had not yet closed facilitiesproducing household cleaning prod-ucts us of June. but among sites on aclosure list were a Quincy. Mas-sachusetts. plant that produces soapbars and Iany acid (closing by January1995) and a Bahimore. Maryland.facility that produces liquid dishwash-ing detergents and glycerine (closingby July 1995). Also scheduled fordo-sure before the end or 1994 are pro-duction lines for household cleaners

and detergents at a Sacramento. Cali-fomia, facility; other operations thereare to remain open. The glycerine pro-duction equipment in the Baltimoreplant is for sale, and the company willput the properly on the marker. too.according to plant engineer WilliamCastle.

Media reports have said that abiodiese! production firm, TwinRivers Technology lnc., has signed aletter of agreement with P&G toacquire the Quincy facility in order toconvert it to biodiesel production.Twin Rivers reportedly hopes to beginproduction at the site around the endof 1995 or stan or 1996.

p&a announced in 1993 that it willcut 13.000 jobs, or 12% of its work-force worldwide. and shut downapproximately 30 or its 147 manufac-turing plants. Approximately 6.500 ofthe positions to be cut will be eliminat-ed through early retirements. attrition.voluntary separations and reducedrecruiting. P&G said. The tim! expectsthe closings to generate $500 million insavings by 1995-1996.

Plant closings announced since 1993include those in Torshalla. Sweden(throat drops). to close in December1994: SI. Paul, Minnesota (ediblenuts). closed in June 1994; and SouthSan Francisco. California (coffee).closed in July 1994; Pointe Claire. Que-bec. Canada (health and beauty prod-ucts). closing by January 1995; Hat-boro. Pennsylvania (health and beauty-care products). by May 1996: Manari.Puerto Rico (pharmaceuticals), in 1996.

Earlier in 1994, P&G announcedthe following plants will see shut-downs of production lines but willcontinue other operations:

Hamilton. Ontario. Canada willtransfer production or health and beau-ty-care products and fabric softeners byJuly 1995. Personal soaps. dishwashingand laundry liquids and householdcleaning products will continue.

Mississauga. Ontario. will transferproduction of skin-care products by1997 but will continue to produce cos-metics and fragrances.

Hunt Valley. Maryland. will trans-fer production or skin-care productsearly in 1997 but will continue to pro-duce other cosmetics.

Naucalpan. Mexico. will transfer

production of skin-care and stomachremedy products early in 1997 butwill continue to produce health andbeauty products.

Cayey. Puerto Rico. will transferproduction of Vaporub by early 1995and will continue to produce skin-care. respiratory-care and analgesicproducts.

Modesto. California. will transferproduction of adult incontinence prod-ucts and will streamline production ofinfant diapers through July 1995.

P&G announced in January 1994that it had advised employees at threelocations-Iowa City, Iowa: KansasCity, Kansas; and Greensboro, NorthCarolina-that product lines will bemoved into or out of those facilities.No schedule was specified.

The company aJso has announcedplans to relocate the operations of sixU.S. customer-service centers to anew customer-service center inCincinnati. Ohio. by October 1995.

Korean productionshows decline in 1993After six years of increasing produc-tion of soaps and detergents in SouthKorea, production declined in 1993 to275.000 metric tons (MT) from therecord 301.000 MT set in 1992.

Production of household detergentpowders declined to 169.756 MT in1993 from 192,586 MT in 1992. Pro-duction of household liquid detergentin 1993 was 102.672 MT compared to104,224 MT in 1992.

Soap production in 1993 declinedto 119.000 MT from 1992's 147,000MT. Laundry bar soap production in1993 was 81,817 MT (108.115 MT in1992). Laundry soap powderproduction in 1993 rose to 3,138 MTcompared to the 1992 total of 2,890MT. Toilet soap production declinedto 33,714 MT in 1993 from 35,608 in1992.

Domestic consumption totals rcrsoap products during 1993 were (with1992 consumption in parentheses):laundry bar soap. 75.857 MT (93,089MT): powdered laundry soap. 2.891MT (2.876 MT); toilet soap, 30.106MT (31.297 MT).

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Domestic consumption of pow-dered detergent declined to 167.568tons in 1993 from 187.151 in 1992.Domestic consumption of liquid deter-gent also declined !O 100.889 in 1993from 106.639 in 1992.

Korea imported no laundry soap in1993, compared with imports of 63 MTin 1992. Toilet soap imports rose to3.308 MT in 1993, from 1992·s total of2.586. Korea's 1993 imports of synthet-ic detergent rose to 2,078 MT from1,177 MT in the previous year.

Lewis chosen to headU.K. cosmetic chemistsKathryn Lewis of Haarmann andReimer was elected president of theSociety of Cosmetic Chemists (UnitedKingdom) at the group's 45th annualmeeting held May 17 in London.

Other officers elected at that meet-ing included D.A. Whitehorse, HaldirLtd., as vice president; C.J. Nichols.Rohm and Haas. as honorary secre-tary; D. Metcalfe. Adina ChemicalsLtd., as honorary treasurer; and J.Beetling, Quest International; G. Brig-gs. Procter & Gamble. and Mm.Irvine. Nipa Laboratories. as membersof the group's council.

Cosmetic unit reviewingalpha hydroxy acidsThe Cosmetic Ingredient Review(CIR) Board is expediting its reviewof alpha hydroxy acids (AHAs),according to an unuouncement fromthe Cosmetic, Toiletries and Fra-grances Association (CTFA) in NewYork City.

A spokesperson for the CIR andCTFA declined to forecast when thereview would be completed.

AHAs are used in a variety of skinmoisturizers. Manufacturers claim thatthe acids gently exfoliate the skin andreduce the appearance of fine wrin-kles. The CTFA asked the CIR tomove quickly because the U.S. Foodand Drug Administration (FDA) hadbeen questioning the use of the AHAsat high concentrations. The CIR

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review will include glycolic, citric andlactic acids, and their salts and esters.

FDA spokesman Brad Stone saidthe agency became interested inAHAs in cosmetics because of the"growing trend 10 use them and pro-mote them," John Bailey, an organicchemist with FDA. said that there arethree categories of AI-lA-containingproducts: mass market compoundswith less than 10% AHAs. the salonmarket with 20-30% AHAs, and thedermatologists' products (or chemicalpeeling of the skin with up 1070%.

"We're primarily concerned aboutthe 20-30% level," Bailey said. "Theissue is whether they exert a drugeffect. causing a change to the struc-ture or function of the skin," Baileysaid thai FDA is reviewing medicaland scientific literature and work inprogress on AHAs and other kinds ofsimilar agents. "We will not be doinglaboratory studies ourselves:' he said,emphasizing "we want to know what

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pressured FDA to question the safetyand efficacy of AHAs. "It is just a partof our continuing observation of theindustry. The issue is whether AI·IAsare active ingredients appropriate forcosmetic ingredients,"

FDA may reduce scopeof monograph programThe Food and Drug Administration(FDA) has proposed \0 cover 15ingredients used in sunscreen productsas pan of its compendial monographprogram instead of the previously list-ed 20 potentialtopics.

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Business briefsHenkel has announced ISO 9002 cer-tification (for quality assurance in pro-duction and installation) of its Func-tional Products Group.

Pressmdustrta Chemical Equipment(PCE) S.p.A. and Dtesset GmbHhave signed an agreement for PCE 10market Diessel's products in Italy andfor Diessel to market PCE products inGermany and Austria. PCE special-izes in equipment for high-viscosityproducts and Diessel in systems forlow-viscosity products.

ICI Surfactants has named David W.Prest as household business managerfor ICI Surfactants, which has itsNorth American headquarters nearWilmington, Delaware. Prest previ-ously was research and technologymanager for ICI surfuctants in Europe.

Tomah Products Inc. of Milton, Wis-consin, has been purchased fromExxon by a management group led byStephen B. King, who was the generalmanager when Exxon owned the finn.Tomah uses as feedstocks syntheticalcohols from petroleum refining pro-cesses to produce specialty cationicand amphoteric surfactants. Exxonhad acquired Tomah earlier in 1994.

ErratumGerald R. Pflug, featured in an ankleon page 701 of the June 1994 issue ofINFORM, is president of The Soap andDetergent Association. which is basedin New York City. The article con-tained an incorrect name for the associ-anon. which is usually referred to assimply the SDA, and did not identifywhere the SDA's home offices are. •

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