Solid Laundry Detergents Mirror Water Treatment Dynamics

An interesting article in Chemical & Engineering News a few weeks ago reported on the detergent industry re-introducing Dry Concentrated Laundry Chemicals. The Concentrate technology has been around for at least 50 years (for those of us old enough, remember Salvo Tablets), but never caught on in a big way. Consumers have been resistant to change and have continued to use liquids or dry soap with added filler. The article went on to add that when using liquids or dry (powder) soap, most consumers added more than was needed, which is not only a waste of money, but an added environmental concern.

Much of the same apprehension affects the water treatment industry. Comments about liquid water treatment chemicals such as “been doing the liquids for years, a little more is always better” are still prevalent.

Perhaps the pending introduction of these new single serve solid laundry products is a signal that the time has finally come to take a step back and re-examine the way we think. The world is a different place and no matter how much we pine for the good old days, those days were wasteful in many ways. Today we’re more concerned about economics, but also about making life better and cleaner for our kids and generations to come. We at APTech Group believe Solid Technology for water treatment chemicals to be the absolute best fit in addressing both of these desires & needs of our new world.

Posted on behalf of Jim Heimert