AOSの開発について

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In 1967, our company, Lion Fat & Oil Co., Ltd. at that time, marketed a heavy-duty powder detergent with AOS, the pioneer product in this line in the world, which was developed by intensive research works triggered by the social demand of switchover to so-called soft-type detergent. Since the first commercialization of AOS-base detergent, it took about one decade to develop a specially designed sulfonater by our own technology for manufacturing of AOS with improved color and performance properties. Taking the most advantage of high quality AOS having rapid biodegradability, excellent detergency, and good foamability and anti-caking property, low-phosphated heavy-duty detergents, shampoos and other some products have been developed and marketed successively. Recently, many inquiries have been brought about the sulfonater as well as AOS application technology. The lincensings to the big firms in Europe were already materialized. The development works on AOS in our company and the background are historically reviewed, and it is also suggested that AOS will play more important role in detergent materials in near future.