AHA show is the place to exhibit new products

AHA show is the place to exhibit new products

A good detergent contains ingredients that soften water anyway, so unless your water is very hard, a good dose of detergent will do the trick in softening your water.* concentrated soap; nonionic mixtures in which soap predominates.* the packaging so far in plastic bottles is environmentally less acceptableVendors that will have large booths, from 20-by-20 to 50-by-50, include: 3M, St. Paul, Minn.; Hill-Rom, Batesville, Ind.; Baxter Healthcare Corp., Deerfield, Ill.; Simmons Healthcare, Charlotte, N.C.; International Business Machines, White Plains, N.Y.; Ernst and Young, Chicago; SpaceLabs, Redmond, Wash.; Standard Register, Louisville, Ky.; and Siemens Inc., Iselin, N.J. Midmark (Versailles, Ohio), known for its elaborate set-ups, will have a 10-by-30 booth.Performance. Detergency has been tested at 60 [degrees] C in hard water (36 [degrees] C French hardness) using 180g and 90g of liquid/powder per wash with 2kg of ballast in the machine and standard cotton and polyester cotton test cloths from Krefeld and Empa. Twelve cloths of each type were used and the results averaged.In addition, there are some environmental concerns which are beginning to determine the direction in which formulators should go if at all possible:* products should use as little phosphate as possible and for some countries they should be phosphate freeSpecial activities include an auxiliary forum and luncheon, a meeting titled "Managing Pace and Pressure in Today's Environment," an executive's program and a federal program.

Author Alex Haley will be the speaker for the opening session. Other speakers include former astronaut Sally Ride, Dr. C. Everett Koop, political columnist Pat Buchanan and former Washington Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann.