Manufacturing and Packaging Process of Soaps, Detergents & Acid Slurry

Description:

Novelty in ideas and marketingseems to be the major subject matter of the Indian soap industry. The soaps,detergent and acid slurry product industry are vivacious, varied, creative andtricky, and have the prospective to provide a gratifying career. Soaps anddetergents are used frequently in our daily life. We use them to wash our handsand clean our clothes without ever really paying attention to how they work.Beneath the plain white surface of a bar of soap lie an intriguing history anda powerful chemistry. It has been said that amount of soap and detergentconsumed in a country is a reliable measure of its civilizations. There was atime when these products were luxury; now it is a necessity. Acid slurry is asulphonation product made by sulphonation of linear alkyl benzene by oleum orso3 or sulphuric acid or combinations of above. It is used in manufacturing ofvarious detergents. The Soap and Detergent industry is profoundly lucrativewith splendid market potential as well as bright future scope. In order to meetthe requirement of market demand, many more new units are recommended to beestablished on small and cottage scale. Soaps and detergents are very similarin their chemical properties. However, there is a significant differencebetween them; soaps are produced from natural products, and detergents aresynthetic, or manmade. The market is expected to grow at rates ranging fromunder 4% to around 4.5%. These are very modest rates considering that thelifestyles not only of urbanites, but even of well off rural folks are changingat a very high pace. The analysts are expecting the industry to continue togrow in both the industrialized as well as developing nations. The present bookhas been written keeping in view the basic difficulties of the entrepreneurs.Nominal investment is required for this industry which comprises simple methodof processing for manufacturing of various types of soaps, detergents and acidslurry. The book contains chapters on: acid slurry, detergent manufacturing,detergents of various types, principal groups of synthetic detergents,inorganic components of detergents, synthesis of detergents, liquid detergents,packaging of soaps and detergent and many more such chapters. The enclosurealso contains a list of suppliers of raw material (overseas) and list of plantand machinery suppliers (overseas). Fundamental information in venturing amarket and the opportunity and prerequisite of the potential sector has beenthe superlative way to make a way into in a market. How and what if correctlytaken care can take you to a long way. The first hand information on differenttypes of soaps, detergent and acid slurry products have been properly dealt inthe book and can be very useful for those looking for entrepreneurship opportunityin the said industry. 

Keywords: Soaps, detergents, Acid Slurry, Soft and Hard Slurry, Sulphonation of Dodecyl Benzene, Plant & Machineries, Raw Materials, Advantages Using Oleum, Alpha Olefins, Reactions, Commercial' Detergent Powders, Market Potential, Detergent Cake, (Nirma Type), Liquid, Powder, Anionic, Amphoterics and Zwitterionics, Silicates, Zeolites, Biodegradability, Non-ionic Detergents, Oxygen-releasing Compounds, Sundry Inorganic Builders