Nalco Company's Performance Products group provides specialty ingredients used as raw materials in the personal care, cosmetics and household care industries. Our ingredients improve the performance and stability of skin and hair care products. As a world leader in water soluble polymer technology, we are committed to the continued development of ingredient technologies to solve the challenges that face the markets we serve. Our group invented and patented the copolymer of diallyl dimethyl ammonium chloride and acrylamide (Polyquaternium-7), which is the benchmark for conditioning polymers in the personal care industry today.

Our current product line is just the beginning. To shape the future, we know that R&D investment must be continuous and substantial. That's why we have a dedicated applications research team, whose sole focus is developing new technical concepts and application ideas that will drive future formulation successes.

The Performance Products group works through direct sales representatives, distributors and sales agents worldwide. Please email us at personalcare@nalco.com to be contacted by a Nalco representative or to request additional product information or samples.

Sample formulations containing Nalco's ingredients are available on the Chemidex Web site http://www.chemidex.com. The Chemidex Cybrary is the chemical industry's most powerful search engine, designed specifically to accelerate the formulation of Personal Care and Cosmetics products. Cybrary documents can be searched by multiple search categories, such as company, product category, product name or physical property.