inform February 2010, Vol. 21 (2) 91
Briefs Surfactants, Detergents,
& Personal Care News
The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincin-
nati, Ohio, USA; P&G) announced
in December 2009 that A.G. Lafley,
62, chairman of the board, will retire
from the company effective February
25, 2010. He stepped down from his
role as chairman on January 1, 2010.
Robert A. McDonald, 56, currently
president and chief executive officer,
was elected chairman of the board, in
addition to his other responsibilities,
effective January 1, 2010.
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In other P&G news, the company
has expanded its powder-detergent
plant in Augusta, Georgia, USA, adding
about 150 jobs. The facility is the only
one in the world making Bounce dryer
bars and Gain laundry detergent in a
bag, according to The Augusta Chronicle
newspaper. The bags of Gain are avail-
able on the West and East Coasts as
well as the Gulf region of the United
States, the report noted. They are
also available under the Ariel brand
in Central and South America.
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Alberto Culver, a manufacturer and
Yeast strains yeast Pseudozyma antarctica to produce
MELs on a soybean oil substrate, the
marketer of personal care products exhibit moisturizing researchers then purified the MELs, leaving
only MEL-A for the study. Next, cells of
properties
based in Melrose Park, Illinois, USA,
the human skin model were damaged by
announced it has entered into an
the detergent sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)
agreement to purchase UK-based skin New moisturizing products may be on the before being treated with different con-
care company Simple for £240 million way, thanks to glycolipids produced by a centrations of MEL-A and with ceramide
(about $390 million). The company will number of yeast strains. The glycolipids and olive oil as controls. According to the
purchase Simple from private-equity may also help damaged skin cells recover, study, use of 5 wt% MEL-A and 10 wt%
group Duke Street, which bought the acco