Cleaning Performance Balance
Selecting a suitable surfactant system while maintaining the required foam, rinsing profile and application characteristics.
Cleaning, Home Care & Personal Care Solutions
Ingredients for effective cleaning and everyday personal care
TechTevo provides surfactants and formulation-support ingredients for household cleaning, laundry, dishwashing and personal cleansing products. Our solutions help manufacturers develop formulations with effective cleaning, suitable foam, controlled viscosity and dependable application performance.
- Effective cleaning performance
- Foam and lather control
- Viscosity support
- Multiple formulation applications
Formulation Challenges
Solving everyday cleaning formulation challenges
Effective home-care and personal-cleansing products require more than basic cleaning performance. The complete formulation must deliver appropriate foam, viscosity, stability, wetting and rinse-off characteristics for its intended application.
Foam Quality & Control
Achieving the right foam volume, density and persistence for dishwashing, laundry, surface cleaning or personal-cleansing applications.
Viscosity Management
Developing a consistent product texture and suitable flow profile without compromising stability or ease of application.
Formulation Stability
Reducing separation, settling and unwanted changes in appearance or consistency during production and storage.
Wetting & Grease Removal
Improving contact between the formulation and the target surface to support effective soil, oil and grease removal.
Ingredient Compatibility
Managing interactions between surfactants, fragrances, colours, preservatives and other supporting formulation ingredients.
Ingredient Solutions
Functional ingredients for cleaning and personal care
TechTevo supports manufacturers and formulators with ingredient categories for household cleaning, laundry, dishwashing and rinse-off personal-care formulations.
B2B Formulation Support
Build a suitable ingredient system for your intended product
Ingredient selection should be based on the product category, target cleaning performance, foam profile, viscosity, pH, manufacturing process and required storage stability.
- Household and institutional cleaning
- Dishwashing and laundry products
- Rinse-off personal-cleansing products
- Specialty cleaning formulations
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Primary Surfactants
Core cleansing ingredients used to support soil removal, detergency and foam generation across suitable formulations.
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Co-Surfactants & Foam Support
Supporting ingredients that can help adjust foam character, formulation balance, viscosity and application performance.
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Wetting & Degreasing Support
Ingredients selected to improve surface contact and support the removal of oils, grease and difficult soils.
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Viscosity & Stability Support
Formulation-support options for adjusting product texture, flow, consistency and physical stability.
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Specialty Surfactant Systems
Application-focused surfactant combinations for specialized cleaning requirements and customized product development.
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Technical Guidance
Support for initial ingredient selection, formulation review, process considerations and application-focused product development.
Technical note: Final ingredient selection, dosage and processing conditions should be confirmed through formulation trials, stability testing and review of the relevant technical documentation.
Application Categories
Solutions across home care and personal cleansing
Explore key application categories where surfactants and formulation-support ingredients contribute to cleaning, foam, wetting, viscosity and overall product performance.
Home Care
Dishwashing Products
Surfactant systems for hand dishwashing liquids with application-appropriate cleaning, foam and rinsing characteristics.
Home Care
Laundry & Clothes Cleaners
Ingredient options for liquid detergents, fabric pre-treatment products and other clothes-cleaning formulations.
Home Care
Surface & Floor Cleaners
Solutions for floor, kitchen, bathroom and general hard-surface cleaning products.
Specialty Cleaning
Multipurpose Cleaners
Flexible surfactant and wetting systems for products designed to clean multiple washable surfaces.
Personal Care
Hand Wash & Liquid Soap
Ingredients for rinse-off hand-cleansing products requiring suitable cleaning, foam, viscosity and dispensing properties.
Personal Care
Face Wash
Surfactant systems for rinse-off facial cleansing products, selected according to the required foam, texture and rinse profile.
Personal Care
Body Wash & Shampoo
Cleansing and foam-support ingredients for applicable rinse-off body and hair-care formulations.
Specialty Cleaning
Degreasers
Application-focused ingredients supporting wetting and the removal of oils, grease and difficult soils.
Key Benefits
A performance-focused formulation approach
TechTevo helps customers evaluate ingredients according to their intended application, performance requirements and production conditions.
Cleaning Performance
Ingredient selection aligned with the target soil and application.
Foam Control
Foam character adjusted according to the intended product type.
Wetting Support
Improved contact between the formulation, soils and surfaces.
Viscosity Adjustment
Support for an appropriate texture, flow and dispensing profile.
Flexible Applications
Options for home-care, laundry, dishwashing and personal cleansing.
Technical Guidance
Application-focused support during initial formulation development.
Development Process
From product concept to formulation evaluation
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Define the Product
Identify the application, target user and required product format.
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Set Performance Targets
Establish cleaning, foam, wetting, viscosity and rinsing requirements.
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Select the Surfactant System
Choose primary and supporting ingredients for the intended use.
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Develop the Trial Formula
Determine the addition sequence and initial processing conditions.
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Adjust Key Properties
Evaluate pH, viscosity, appearance, foam and application performance.
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Test & Validate
Conduct performance, stability and packaging-compatibility testing.