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The 2024 ACI Annual Meeting & Industry Convention is underway.
Make sure you check out the first issue of ACI’s Convention News, published by Chemical Week, at the following link:
https://chemweek.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=814254&p=1&view=issueViewer
You can also read Chemical Week’s comprehensive coverage of cleaning product supply chain and chemical industry news.
You can also keep track of…
The 2022 ACI Annual Meeting & Industry Convention is underway.
Make sure you check out the first issue of ACI’s Convention News, published by Chemical Week, at the following link:
https://bluetoad.com/publication/?i=736684&ver=html5&p=1
You can also read Chemical Week’s comprehensive coverage of cleaning product supply chain and chemical industry news.
You can also keep track of daily highlights of ACI’s…
Jennifer Abril, ACI’s new leader, joins host Victoria Meyer to share how the organization is meeting member demands for authoritative guidance and consumer trust amidst regulatory pressures and rapid industry change.
There's lots to teach about cleaning! The origins of personal cleanliness date back to prehistoric times. Since water is essential for life, the earliest people lived near water and knew something about its cleansing properties - at least that it rinsed mud off their hands. And clean hands keep you from sharing germs. Browse ACI's publications for teacher resources.
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What is the history of soap? And where did cleaning come from?
This history of soap is a long one, dating back thousands of years to Ancient Babylon. Humans have built on that knowledge to create the soaps and detergents we use to clean dishes, laundry, our homes and ourselves today.
Evidence has been found that ancient Babylonians understood soap making as early as 2800 BC Archeologists have found soap-like material in historic clay cylinders from this time. These cylinders were…
ACI Sustainability Goal: Value nature by working to eliminate waste and advancing water stewardship.
Cleaning products play an essential role in daily life. They can remove dirt and stains from our clothes, dried on food from our dishes, and even germs from our hands! Let’s learn more about the chemistry that makes this happen.
What Is Cleaning?
Cleaning is the process of taking something dirty—like your kitchen counter—and removing dirt, grease, and grime found on it. When we clean, we leave things better than they were when we found them. Cleaning helps remove dirt,…
ACI’s Future Leaders represent a broad cross-section of the membership network that spans cleaning product manufacturers to ingredient suppliers. The purpose of this dedicated cohort is two-fold:To act as “agents of change” to advance ACI’s objectives and to support innovation and success for the cleaning products industryTo provide professional development and opportunity for industry-wide engagement to emerging leaders within the ACI membershipIf you’d like to learn more, or nominate someone…
Sven Godorr, Vice President Technology at Sasol Performance Chemicals, is the newest member of the American Cleaning Institute (ACI) Board of Directors.
At its latest meeting in Washington, DC, the ACI Board elected Dr. Godorr to fill an existing vacancy. His current term will last through January 2020.
The 22-year veteran of Sasol holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering and looks after the company’s Technology Function. This includes the R&D, Technology Development,…
Senior Director, Stakeholder Communications
Kristin DiNicolantonio is the Senior Director, Stakeholder Communications at the American Cleaning Institute. Kristin promotes ACI’s technical and scientific expertise and enhances outreach with a variety of external stakeholder audiences that help echo the cleaning product industry’s commitment to science, safety, health and sustainability.
Prior to joining ACI she served as Communications Director at the…