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lanolin
lanolin (lan-ŏ-lin) n. a fatty substance obtained from sheep's wool, used as an emollient and as a base for creams.
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Lanolin Market Tightens As Raw Material Costs Firm
Magazine article from: Chemical Market Reporter; 7/6/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...grease are tightening the availability of lanolin an pushing up its price. Although the...variety of is sues, producers believe that lanolin is poised for a comeback, thanks to improve...the availability of wool grease," a lanolin producer notes. "There has been a trend...
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Lanolin Market Tightens As Raw Material Costs Firm.
Magazine article from: Chemical Market Reporter; 7/6/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...grease are tightening the availability of lanolin an pushing up its price. Although the...variety of is sues, producers believe that lanolin is poised for a comeback, thanks to improve...the availability of wool grease," a lanolin producer notes. "There has been a trend...
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Lanolin faces price pressure on tightening supply. (Oils, Fats & Waxes).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: Chemical Market Reporter; 6/17/2002; ; 700+ words
; THE LANOLIN market has not yet fully recovered from the historically...possible price hikes in the near- to medium-term. Lanolin supply is tightening as wool grease stocks, lanolin's precursor, are contracting because of the slowdown...
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Lanolin Prices Hit Record Highs In Wake of Raw Material Shortage.(Westbrook Lanolin Company acquired by Croda International PLC)(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Chemical Market Reporter; 5/10/1999; ; 700+ words
; LANOLIN PRICES continue to advance because of serious raw...industry has lead to a shortage of wool grease, lanolin's precursor. Rising wool grease costs have led to skyrocketing lanolin prices. "Wool's share of the fibers market has...
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Lanolin prices upped on wool grease supply constraints. (Markets: Oils, Fats & Waxes).
Magazine article from: Chemical Market Reporter; 6/16/2003; ; 700+ words
; MAJOR SUPPLIERS of lanolin in the US increased product prices earlier...supply constraints on wool grease, lanolin supply continues to tighten, pushing...of Dow Chemical Company, increased lanolin and lanolin derivatives prices by 10...
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Lanolin bad press unjustified.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Chemist & Druggist; 2/19/2000; 700+ words
; ...bad press surrounding the allergenicity of lanolin is unjustified and outdated. In his review of lanolin, Dr Andrew Wright of St Luke's Hospital in Bradford, says that the allergenicity of lanolin goes back to early studies in the 1950s...
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LANOLIN DUTY LOOMS.
Magazine article from: Soap & Cosmetics; 7/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...considering imposing a 100 percent duty on certain meat imports from the European Union (EU), including lanolin. Lanolin and lanolin alcohols are used as moisturizers in skin and hair conditioners. Though resembling a soft grease, lanolin...
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Lanolin Continues to Face High Prices and Weak Supplies.(wool market)
Magazine article from: Chemical Market Reporter; 1/10/2000; ; 700+ words
; LANOLIN SUPPLIES are tighter than ever and its...wool has led to a lack of wool grease, lanolin's precursor. "Prices have continued...at the highest level in the history of lanolin," says Frank Fanning, president of Chicago...
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CTFA Opposes Punitive Lanolin Duty.
Magazine article from: Chemical Market Reporter; 5/10/1999; 626 words
; ...impose 100 percent duties on imports of lanolin from the European Union. The proposed...international Louis Santucci noted that lanolin derivatives are used in more than 25 types...industry badly because no alternative to lanolin is available for cosmetic applications...
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Croda Acquires Lanolin Business.(CRODA INTERNATIONAL acquiring Illingworth Morris' Westbrook business)
Magazine article from: Chemical Market Reporter; 8/17/1998; ; 410 words
; ...into the rex revived market for medical lanolin by acquiring the Westbrook business of...has developed processes for purifying lanolin to pharmaceutical standards. "They are...technology for making highly purified lanolin for hospital use and as an ingredient...
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lanolin
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
lanolin greasy, yellow substance extracted from wool. When purified, it is used...leather. It is also a constituent of some varnishes and paints. Chemically, lanolin is chiefly a mixture of cholesterol and the esters of several fatty acids...
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Croda International Plc
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...Crowe launched Croda as a maker of lanolin — a grease derived from sheep...was pursuing an idea for producing lanolin introduced to him by an acquaintance, one Mr. Dawe. At the time, lanolin was becoming an important product for...
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Helene Curtis Industries, Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...use on hair were harsh and overpriced. The company developed Lanolin Creme Shampoo, one of the nation ’ s first detergent...wife and son. It was at this time that Suave Hairdressing and Lanolin Creme Shampoo were introduced for retail sale in department...
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wool
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...wool is sorted as to fineness, crimp, length of fiber, and felting qualities. Dirt, suint (dried perspiration), and lanolin are removed by a soap-alkali scouring; by the expensive naphtha solvent method, which retains the full strength and softness...
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wax
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...and candelilla wax, produced by a Mexican plant ( Euphorbia antisyphilitica ). Those of animal origin include wool wax, or lanolin, obtained from the surface of wool fibers and used in making certain creams, ointments, and soaps, in the processes of...
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