d-labs Case Studies
Real detergent development and testing challenges. Real commercial outcomes.
d-labs works with detergent companies, brands, manufacturers and other organisations on formulation development, reformulation, performance testing and product optimisation projects across a range of cleaning categories.
These case studies illustrate some of the technical and commercial challenges our clients have brought to us — and how formulation expertise, performance testing and evidence-based optimisation have been used to help solve them.
Selected Projects
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High-Performance Naturally Derived Laundry Liquid Development
A global detergent company had spent more than two years trying to develop a naturally derived laundry liquid capable of matching a leading market benchmark within a defined cost target. d-labs developed and optimised an enzymatic formulation that achieved the required performance and commercial cost objectives within approximately eight to nine months.
Low-Water Laundry Liquid Format Development
A start-up approached d-labs with an idea for a laundry product that could significantly reduce the amount of water transported in a conventional liquid detergent. d-labs developed a novel two-component system that could be blended by the consumer at home while delivering benchmark-level cleaning performance and supporting the intended environmental proposition.
Dishwasher Tablet Development to Outperform the Market Leader
d-labs was engaged to develop a dishwasher tablet capable of outperforming the established market-leading benchmark. Through formulation development and comparative performance testing, the final product achieved superior performance while remaining within the client’s required cost and development timeframe.
Independent Market Performance Evaluation Across Detergent Categories
d-labs provides independent comparative performance testing for consumer organisations, retailers and detergent companies across laundry, automatic dishwashing, manual dishwashing and other cleaning categories. Controlled test conditions, relevant methodologies and technical analysis allow multiple market products to be compared consistently and the results presented in a clear, commercially useful format.
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d-labs works with companies around the world on formulation development, reformulation, performance testing, benchmarking and product optimisation.