Home Care
From washing powder, furniture polish and fabric conditioner to bleach, dishwasher detergent, toilet cleaner and carpet cleaner, we offer materials formulation, compositional analysis, identification and quantification analysis, performance and claim support testing, competitor product analysis and packaging failure analysis across a wide range of home care products.
Materials Formulation & Product Design
Thanks to our materials expertise and the most up-to-date analytical techniques that we use, we can help you to improve your products and processes by sourcing new materials and by developing novel material formulations, both for performance enhancement and to keep you ahead of the competition.
Testing & Analysis
Through our UKAS ISO 17025:2005 accredited UK laboratories (No. 0013) and approved laboratories overseas, we are able to offer full materials and product testing to international or industry standards for performance, legislative, conformity, qualitative, identification, product marketing and failure analysis purposes.
Manufacturing Support
We offer quality assurance programs, cleanliness validation, powder suspension optimisation against subsequent product properties, and other general processing support and packaging failure analysis. In addition, we can provide pilot-scale assessment of rapid manufacturing and other advanced manufacturing routes, small-scale supply of bespoke glass and metal powders and FED modelling services.
Packaging Failure Analysis
When packaging fails, the cost, in terms of time, money and consumer confidence, can be disastrous. At CERAM, we not only work quickly and effectively to identify failures but also to provide real, working solutions.
CERAM Projects:
- Determination of the finishes on fabrics after laundering with detergent, e.g. non-iron properties, crease resistance
- Performance of toilet cleaners over time
- Substantivity of window cleaners
- Development of controlled release detergents
- Competitor product benchmarking
- Surface analysis of soap stain, before and after use
- Latex analysis for contact and transfer of material to skin
- Effects of bathroom cleaners on common materials in bathrooms.
Kitchen Towel Surface Characterisation
CERAM's work regarding efficiency improvements to Bounty kitchen towel.