Abstract: The present invention relates to fabric softener active compositions comprising a combination of a quaternary ester ammonium compound and fatty solvents (a fatty acid ester, a fatty acid, a fatty alcohol and mixtures thereof) and methods of making and using the same. The invention also proposes fabric softener compositions, comprising the previously described active compositions, and methods of making and using the same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to fabric softener active compositions comprising a combination of a mixture of quarternary ester ammonium compounds and fatty solvents (a fatty acid ester, a fatty acid, a fatty alcohol and mixtures thereof) and methods of making and using the same. The fabric softener active compositions preferably comprise component (a), said component being a mixture of quarternary ester ammonium compounds obtained by esterification of a mixture of alkanolamines comprises at least a trialkanolamine and a monoalkyldialkanolamine; component (b), said component being a fatty acid ester or a mixture of fatty acid esters, wherein the component (b) content is in the range from 5 to 60% wt. based on the total weight of the fabric softener active composition; and a component (c), said component being a fatty acid or a mixture of fatty acids, wherein the component (c) content is in the range from 0 to 15% wt. based on the total weight of the fabric softener active composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to fabric softener active compositions comprising a combination of a quaternary ester ammonium compound and fatty solvents (a fatty acid ester, a fatty acid, a fatty alcohol and mixtures thereof) and methods of making and using the same. The invention also proposes fabric softener compositions, comprising the previously described active compositions, and methods of making and using the same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to fabric softener active compositions comprising a combination of a mixture of quarternary ester ammonium compounds and fatty solvents ( a fatty acid ester, a fatty acid, a fatty alcohol and mixtures thereof) and methods of making and using the same. The fabric softener active compositions preferably comprise component (a), said component being a mixture of quarternary ester ammonium compounds obtained by esterification of a mixture of alkanolamines comprises at least a trialkanolamine and a monoalkyldialkanolamine; component (b), said component being a fatty acid ester or a mixture of fatty acid esters, wherein the component (b) content is in the range from 5 to 60% wt. based on the total weight of the fabric softener active composition; and a component (c), said component being a fatty acid or a mixture of fatty acids, wherein the component (c) content is in the range from 0 to 15% wt. based on the total weight of the fabric softener active composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to cleaning compositions suitable for cleaning and disinfecting non-horizontal surfaces. The invention comprises an ether carboxylate or ether sulphate in combination with an amphoteric surfactant and with a non-ionic surfactant at a certain ratio which can be applied preferably in the form of foam at room temperature, preferably for the use in industrial and institutional cleaning products.

Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid detergent composition comprising at least one anionic surfactant, at least one ethoxylated glycerol compound, at least one organic solvent comprising glycerol, an amount of water not more than 10% by weight in relation to the entirety of the detergent composition, and optionally, a partially or fully neutralized fatty acid. Said composition is suitable for use in unit doses which also comprise a water-soluble capsule for washing clothes. The invention also relates to said unit dose and to methods for producing the composition and the unit dose.

Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid detergent composition comprising at least one anionic surfactant, at least one ethoxylated glycerol compound, at least one organic solvent comprising glycerol, an amount of water not more than 10% by weight in relation to the entirety of the detergent composition, and optionally, a partially or fully neutralized fatty acid. Said composition is suitable for use in unit doses which also comprise a water-soluble capsule for washing clothes. The invention also relates to said unit dose and to methods for producing the composition and the unit dose.

Abstract: Disclosed are aqueous, concentrated dilutable liquid cleaning compositions comprising one or more anionic surfactants, one or more non-ionic surfactants, and an electrolyte, preferably in combination with one or more amphoteric surfactants, having a total active matter higher than 45 wt % based on the sum of the surfactants above that exhibit a controllable viscosity profile that is satisfactory to the consumer while being easy to dilute, providing fast enough a diluted, a medium diluted or a highly diluted cleaning composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to cleaning compositions suitable for cleaning and disinfecting non-horizontal surfaces. The invention comprises an ether carboxylate or ether sulphate in combination with an amphoteric surfactant and with a non-ionic surfactant at a certain ratio which can be applied preferably in the form of foam at room temperature, preferably for the use in industrial and institutional cleaning products.

Abstract: Disclosed are aqueous, concentrated dilutable liquid cleaning compositions comprising one or more anionic surfactants, one or more non-ionic surfactants, and an electrolyte, preferably in combination with one or more amphoteric surfactants, having a total active matter higher than 45 wt % based on the sum of the surfactants above that exhibit a controllable viscosity profile that is satisfactory to the consumer while being easy to dilute, providing fast enough a diluted, a medium diluted or a highly diluted cleaning composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous detergent composition comprising the following elements in the indicated amounts expressed as percentage by weight: a) 0.1-15% of at least one alkyl ether carboxylate of formula (I): R—O—(CH2CH2O)m—CH2—COOX wherein, —R represents a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated alkyl or alkenyl group containing between 3 and 10 carbon atoms, —m represents a number comprised between 0.5 and 20, and —X represents hydrogen or a suitable cation, selected from an alkaline metal, an alkaline earth metal, ammonium, alkylamino, alkanolamino or glucammonium, b) 0.1-15% of at least one amine oxide, c) 0.1-40% of at least one alkyl ether sulfate type anionic surfactant with a hydrocarbon chain containing between 10 and 18 carbon atoms, d) water up to 100%; said detergent composition is particularly suitable for manual dishwashing, for washing kitchen utensils, as well as in certain domestic cleaning applications of general use, such as the cleaning of hard surfaces.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition which contains a mixture of alkoxylated mono-, di-, and triglycerides and glycerine of formula wherein R? represents H or CH3, and each one of m, n, or l represents, independently, a number from 0 to 20, the sum of m, n, and l being in the range of 1.5 to 20, characterized in that in the acyl group represented by —CO—R, R represents an alkyl or alkenyl group, linear or branched, of 6 to 11 carbon atoms, and the proportion by weight (i)+(ii)+(iii)/(iv) is in the range of 2.0:0.5 to 0.5:3; and to a method for the preparation of said composition, the detergent compositions which contain said compositions, and the use of said composition as surfactant or co-surfactant in the detergent compositions, particularly in detergent compositions, especially, but not exclusively, suitable for washing fabrics, suitable for manual dishwashing, for washing the hair or for personal hygiene.

Abstract: The invention relates to compositions which are suitable as fabric softeners, particularly for softening fabrics that have been washed with highly concentrated detergents. Said compositions are obtainable by esterification of a C6-C22 fatty acid with triethanolamine and subsequent quaternization, said compositions containing non-quaternized di-esteramine, non-quaternized tri-esteramine, quaternized mono-esteramine, quaternized di-esteramine and quaternized tri-esteramine, wherein the weight ratio of non-quaternized tri-esteramine to quaternized tri-esteramine is higher than 1.5.

Abstract: The invention relates to compositions which are suitable as fabric softeners, particularly for softening fabrics that have been washed with highly concentrated detergents. Said compositions are obtainable by esterification of a C6-C22 fatty acid with triethanolamine and subsequent quaternization, said compositions containing non-quaternized di-esteramine, non-quaternized tri-esteramine, quaternized mono-esteramine, quaternized di-esteramine and quaternized tri-esteramine, wherein the weight ratio of non-quaternized tri-esteramine to quaternized tri-esteramine is higher than 1.5.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous detergent composition comprising the following elements in the indicated amounts expressed as percentage by weight: a) 0.1-15% of at least one alkyl ether carboxylate of formula (I): R—O—(CH2CH2O)m—CH2—COOX wherein, —R represents a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated alkyl or alkenyl group containing between 3 and 10 carbon atoms, -m represents a number comprised between 0.5 and 20, and —X represents hydrogen or a suitable cation, selected from an alkaline metal, an alkaline earth metal, ammonium, alkylamino, alkanolamino or glucammonium, b) 0.1-15% of at least one amine oxide, c) 0.1-40% of at least one alkyl ether sulfate type anionic surfactant with a hydrocarbon chain containing between 10 and 18 carbon atoms, d) water up to 100%; said detergent composition is particularly suitable for manual dishwashing, for washing kitchen utensils, as well as in certain domestic cleaning applications of general use, such as the cleaning of hard surfaces.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition which contains a mixture of alkoxylated mono-, di-, and triglycerides and glycerine of formula wherein R? represents H or CH3, and each one of m, n, or l represents, independently, a number from 0 to 20, the sum of m, n, and l being in the range of 1.5 to 20, characterized in that in the acyl group represented by —CO—R, R represents an alkyl or alkenyl group, linear or branched, of 6 to 11 carbon atoms, and the proportion by weight (i)+(ii)+(iii)/(iv) is in the range of 2.0:0.5 to 0.5:3; and to a method for the preparation of said composition, the detergent compositions which contain said compositions, and the use of said composition as surfactant or co-surfactant in the detergent compositions, particularly in detergent compositions, especially, but not exclusively, suitable for washing fabrics, suitable for manual dishwashing, for washing the hair or for personal hygiene.

Abstract: The present invention discloses the use of ethercarboxylates for lubricating textile fibres, preferably spinning fibres. These ethercarboxylates have the general formula (I) R—(OCH2CH2)n—O—CH2COOX??(I) where: R represents a C6-C22 aliphatic hydrocarbon chain, saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched, n is a number between 0.3 and 50, X is hydrogen, an alkali metal, an ammonium cation, an alkanolammonium cation or a C6-C22 alkylammonium cation. In addition, the present invention provides a process for lubricating textile fibres that consist of placing in contact these textile fibres with ethercarboxylates of general formula (I).