SDA Announces Call for Papers for 1999 Recognition Award for Innovative Uses of Fatty Acids

New York, NY, November 4, 1998 — The Soap and Detergent Association announces a call for papers for the 1999 Recognition Award for Innovative Uses of Fatty Acids.

The competition is sponsored by the Association’s Oleochemical Division to recognize innovative research, development and use of fatty acids. Fatty acids fill many roles in industry as product ingredients and processing aids, with applications in soaps and detergents, cosmetics and toiletries, foods and edible emulsifiers, paints and protective coatings, greases and lubricants, rubber, plastics and paper chemicals. The most recently presented Award was for work in the synthesis and applications of silicone-based surfactants that has opened up a new class of surfactants which combine many of the desirable properties of silicone with those of fatty substances.

Applicants for the 1999 Recognition Award for Innovative Uses of Fatty Acids must submit a short paper (limited to 1,000 words) describing their invention and its potential commercial use. Entries will be judged by Oleochemical Division members for innovation, creativity and potential for development and rapid commercial introduction of the use. The winner will receive a $1,000 honorarium and commemorative plaque, which will be presented at SDA’s Annual Meeting. The competition is open to both SDA members and non-members.

To be considered for the 1999 Award, papers must be submitted by August 1, 1999 to: The Soap and Detergent Association, Oleochemical Division, 475 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016. Papers can be submitted by e-mail to akuemmel@sdahq.org.

The Soap and Detergent Association is a national trade association, founded in 1926, whose more than 135 members include the manufacturers of over 90% of the household, industrial and institutional cleaning products marketed in the U.S. SDA member companies include producers of finished cleaning products, ingredient suppliers and manufacturers of finished packaging.