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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

lanolin greasy, yellow substance extracted from wool. When purified, it is used as a base for ointments and creams, as a lubricant, and in finishing and preserving 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. With water it forms an emulsion. As a waste product in wool processing, it is known also as wool wax, wool fat, or wool grease. Author not available, LANOLIN. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

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lanolin fatty matter from sheep's wool. XIX. —G., f. L. lāna WOOL + oleum OIL + -IN . Read more

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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) ; LANOLIN PRICES continue to advance because of serious raw material constraints caused by a...demand that continues to plague the wool 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 ... Read more
	Lanolin faces price pressure on tightening supply. (Oils, Fats & Waxes).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included) ; THE LANOLIN market has not yet fully recovered from the historically...for 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 in... Read more
	Lanolin prices upped on wool grease supply constraints. (Markets: Oils, Fats & Waxes). ; MAJOR SUPPLIERS of lanolin in the US increased product prices earlier...ongoing supply constraints on wool grease, lanolin supply continues to tighten, pushing...subsidiary of Dow Chemical Company, increased lanolin and lanolin derivatives prices by 10... Read more
	Lanolin Market Tightens As Raw Material Costs Firm ; ...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...diminishing the availability of wool grease, a lanolin producer notes. There has been a trend... Read more
	Lanolin Market Tightens As Raw Material Costs Firm. ; ...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...diminishing the availability of wool grease, a lanolin producer notes. There has been a trend... Read more
	Lanolin Continues to Face High Prices and Weak Supplies.(wool market) ; LANOLIN SUPPLIES are tighter than ever and its prices are hitting...anemic demand for wool has led to a lack of wool grease, lanolin's precursor. Prices have continued to go up. We have now topped out at the highest level in the history of lanolin, says Frank Fanning, president of Chicago, Ill.-based ... Read more
	Croda Acquires Lanolin Business.(CRODA INTERNATIONAL acquiring Illingworth Morris' Westbrook business) ; ...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... Read more
	CTFA Opposes Punitive Lanolin Duty. ; ...impose 100 percent duties on imports of lanolin from the European Union. The proposed...vice-president-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... Read more
	Lanolin Amerchol Corp. (Oils, Fats & Waxes in Brief).(Brief Article) ; LANOLIN Amerchol Corp., a subsidiary of Dow Chemical Company, will increase its lanolin and lanolin derivatives prices by 10 percent effective April 1. Read more
	Croda Exits Mexican JV.(lanolin joint venture)(Brief Article) ; ...liquidated Quimica Croda (Mexico City), a lanolin joint venture with Regio Empresas (Mexico City). Quimica Croda's lanolin production near Mexico City was closed...business. Croda will in the future trade lanolin through its wholly owned subsidiary... Read more

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