Inolex

Inolex, which stands for innovation ("IN"), technology ("OL"), excellence ("EX"),{{cite web |url=http://www.hoovers.com/company-information/cs/company-profile.inolex_chemical_company.855e3c9d22105f5d.html |title=Inolex Chemical Company: Company Profile |author= |website=hoovers.com |publisher=Dun & Bradstreet |access-date=12 Apr 2018 |archive-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144910/http://www.hoovers.com/company-information/cs/company-profile.inolex_chemical_company.855e3c9d22105f5d.html |url-status=dead }} was founded in 1876 as the D.B. Martin Company and has been a privately held, independent company since 1981.{{cite book|author=Roger F. Jones|title=Strategic Management for the Plastics Industry: Dealing with Globalization and Sustainability|edition=Second|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ljfSBQAAQBAJ&pg=PR17|access-date=2018-05-04|date=2016-04-19|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-1-4665-0587-2|pages=17–}}

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In 1876, D.B. Martin founded the D.B. Martin Company' in Delaware, US, and in 1904, he incorporated the company in Philadelphia. The company processed animal-derived fats, oils, fatty acids, soaps, and animal fibers. It rapidly grew in the United States and Canada, becoming the largest meat packing and processing operation east of Chicago.{{cite book |title=Chemicals |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1qw6AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA15-PA3 |volume=12 |date=20 Jul 1920 |publisher=the New York Public Library|location=New York, NY, USA |language=en |pages=15– |chapter=Intermediates - and acids}}{{cite web |url=https://hiddencityphila.org/2013/05/slaughterhouse-3000-market-street/ |title=Slaughterhouse 3000 (Market Street) |last=Grojllart |date= 13 May 2013|website= hiddencityphila.org |publisher=Hidden City Philadelphia |access-date= 18 Apr 2018}} Martin contracted architect C.B. Comstock to design a modern, single-site facility in Philadelphia at a cost of $1,000,000. The building opened in 1908 and incorporated an abattoir, corporate headquarters, office space, rooftop stock pen, cold storage, and oil-processing operations, along with advanced environmental controls to protect city residents.{{cite book|title=The National Provisioner|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UQQgAQAAMAAJ|access-date=13 Apr 2018|volume=38|date=18 Jan 1908|language=en|pages=15–17|chapter=Latest in Packing Plants: D.B. Martin Co.'s New House at Philadelphia an Example}}

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Following it acquisition by Wilson & Company, Inc. in 1920,{{cite book|title=Moody's Manual of Railroads and Corporation Securities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V3BKAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1305|year=1922|publisher=Moody Publishing Company|pages=1305–|quote=...controlled by stock ownership, Wilson-Martin incorporated 19 Jul 1920, in Delaware.}}

{{cite book|title=American Fertilizer|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S8s_AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA6-PA68|volume=53|year=1920|publisher=Ware Bros.|language=en|pages=6–|chapter=The Wilson-Martin Company}}{{cite book|author=United States. Bureau of Animal Industry|title=Service and Regulatory Announcements|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TJUmAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA90|year=1920|pages=90–|chapter=Changes in name of official establishments|quote=Wilson & Co. (Inc.) and Wilson & Co., Wilson-Martin Co., subsidiaries, Thirtieth and Market Streets, Philadelphia PA, instead of D.B. Martin Co.|access-date=11 Apr 2018}} the newly formed Wilson-Martin Company operated as a subsidiary of Wilson & Co., focusing on animal fiber and fatty-acid derivative production.{{cite book|author=New York Stock Exchange|title=Listing Statements of the New York Stock Exchange|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7mRAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA2736|access-date=2018-05-04|year=1921|publisher=F. E. Fitch, Incorporated|pages=2736–}}{{cite book|title=The National Provisioner|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4f8fAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA6-PA24|access-date=11 Apr 2018|date=25 Feb 1922|pages=6–|chapter=Trade Gleanings}} In the 1930s, the company developed a prototype continuous production apparatus for the distillation of fatty acids that was later adapted to a full-scale commercial version, an important innovation in the industry. Previously, industrial fatty-acid distillation had been performed using batch processing methods. The new, continuous process method delivered improvements in yields and quality, and allowed producers to easily switch from one raw material to another without production downtime, cleaning of the apparatus, or cross-contamination of the materials produced.{{cite patent|country=US|number=1951241|title=Distillation and purification of fatty acids|pubdate=1934-03-13|inventor1-first=Stanley|inventor1-last=Goranflo|assign=Wilson & Company}}{{cite journal |last1=Tolman |first1= L.M.|last2=Garanflo |first2=Stanley |date= Feb 1935|title= Continuous Distillation of Fatty Acids|journal=Oil & Soap |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=26–29 |doi= 10.1007/BF02636638|s2cid= 94144818}} By 1961, the Wilson-Martin Company produced a line of products branded "Wilmar" and "Wilimids", emphasizing gas chromatography as an assurance of superior quality. Products in these lines included emulsifiers, esters, plasticizers, lubricants, distilled fatty acids, and germicidal fatty nitrogen derivatives.{{cite magazine |author= |title=The Creative Approach to MODERN CHEMISTRY...WILMAR QUALITY |magazine=Chemical & Engineering News |location= USA|publisher=American Chemical Society |date=24 Apr 1961 |volume=39 |issue=17 |page=29 |doi=10.1021/cen-v039n017.p029 }}

In June 1967, the U.S. conglomerate Ling-Temco-Vought acquired Wilson & Company, including its subsidiary Wilson-Martin Company, during a period when Ling-Temco-Vought stated it was strategically focused on acquiring quality-focused companies that were pioneers in their industries.{{cite AV media |people=Don Stokes, James Ling |date=1965 |title= A View from the Tower - A Management View of Ling-Temco-Vought|medium=video |language=en |url=http://www.texasarchive.org/library/index.php/A_View_from_the_Tower_-_A_Management_View_of_Ling-Temco-Vought |access-date=10 Mar 2018 }} Following the acquisition, parent company Ling-Temco-Vought restructured the operations to form publicly held companies that traded on the American Stock Exchange; Wilson & Company, Wilson Sporting Goods, and Wilson Pharmaceutical & Chemical.{{cite book|author=Patrick A. Gaughan|title=Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Restructurings|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=awBBDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT84|access-date=11 Apr 2018|date=2017-11-27|publisher=Wiley|isbn=978-1-119-38073-3|pages=84–}}

The Wilson-Martin Company’s chemical and processing operations were incorporated into the newly formed Wilson Pharmaceutical & Chemical, which produced 140 pharmaceutical products.{{cite book|author=Emmis Communications|title=The Alcalde|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QdIDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22|access-date=11 Apr 2018|date=Apr 1969|publisher=Emmis Communications|pages=22–}}{{cite web |url= https://patents.justia.com/assignee/wilson-pharmaceutical-chemical-corporation |title=Patents assigned to Wilson Pharmaceutical & Chemical Corporation |author= |date= 1976|website=Justia Patents |publisher=Justia |access-date= 10 Apr 2018}} In 1967, Wilson Pharmaceutical & Chemical acquired Goldschmidt Chemical.{{cite book|last=Gaughan|first=Patrick A.|title=Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Restructurings |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=awBBDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT84| access-date=2018-04-08 |date=2017-11-27|publisher=Wiley|isbn=978-1-119-38073-3|pages=84–}}{{cite book|author1=M. S. Balsam|author2=Edward Sagarin|title=Cosmetics: Science and Technology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bxNtAAAAMAAJ|year=1972|publisher=John Wiley & Sons Canada, Limited|isbn=978-0-471-04646-2}}{{cite book|author=Robert Sobel|title=The Rise and Fall of the Conglomerate Kings|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gw-nLbBRh8oC&pg=PA96|year=1999|publisher=Beard Books|isbn=978-1-893122-47-5|pages=96–}} In 1969, the Ling-Temco-Vought conglomerate divested several operations, one of which was Wilson Pharmaceutical & Chemical, which was sold to American Can Company for $16,000,000.{{cite web |url=http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/65/The-LTV-Corporation.html |title=History of the LTV Corporation |author= |website=referenceforbusiness.com |publisher= Encyclopedia of Business|access-date=27 Apr 2018 }}

During the 1970s, Wilson Pharmaceutical & Chemical operated as a subsidiary of American Can and shifted emphasis towards pharmaceuticals, laboratory diagnostics, and personal care.{{cite book |author= |title=Wilson Pharmaceutical & Chemical Company Annual Report (1971) |publisher=Wilson Pharmaceutical & Chemical Company |page=2 |date=1972}} The company sold its animal products processing facilities and established a new division called Wilson Diagnostics, which developed the "Auxotab" system (later named "Inolex enteric"),{{cite book|author1=Unesco|author2=World Health Organization|author3=International Organization for Biotechnology and Bioengineering|title=New approaches to the identification of microorganisms|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pA5rAAAAMAAJ|year=1975|publisher=Wiley|isbn=978-0-471-36746-8|access-date=22 Apr 2018}} an easy-to-use rapid laboratory test kit for the detection of enteric pathogens including E. coli and Salmonella.{{cite journal |last1=Rhoden |first1=D.L. |last2=Tomfohrde |first2= K.M.|last3=Smith |first3=P.B. |last4= Balows|first4=A.|year=1973 |title= Evaluation of the Improved Auxotab 1 System for Identifying Enterobacteriaceae |url=http://aem.asm.org/content/26/2/215.full.pdf |access-date= 15 Apr 2018 |journal=Applied Microbiology |language=en |volume=26 |issue= 2 |pages= 215–216|doi=10.1128/AEM.26.2.215-216.1973 |pmid=4582818 |pmc=379755 |doi-access=free }} The product was marketed for use in clinical settings, for environmental monitoring{{cite report |author=John Winter |date=1978 |title=Microbiological Methods for Monitoring the Environment: Water and Wastes |url=https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyNET.exe/300014TD.txt?ZyActionD=ZyDocument&Client=EPA&Index=1976%20Thru%201980&Docs=&Query=%28wilson%20pharmaceutical%29%20OR%20FNAME%3D%22300014TD.txt%22%20AND%20FNAME%3D%22300014TD.txt%22&Time=&EndTime=&SearchMethod=1&TocRestrict=n&Toc=&TocEntry=&QField=&QFieldYear=&QFieldMonth=&QFieldDay=&UseQField=&IntQFieldOp=0&ExtQFieldOp=0&XmlQuery=&File=D%3A%5CZYFILES%5CINDEX%20DATA%5C76THRU80%5CTXT%5C00000000%5C300014TD.txt&User=ANONYMOUS&Password=anonymous&SortMethod=h%7C-&MaximumDocuments=1&FuzzyDegree=0&ImageQuality=r75g8/r75g8/x150y150g16/i425&Display=hpfr&DefSeekPage=x&SearchBack=ZyActionL&Back=ZyActionS&BackDesc=Results%20page&MaximumPages=1&ZyEntry=1|publisher=United States Environmental Protection Agency |access-date=16 May 2018 }} and in the food industry.{{cite report |author=Daniel Y.C. Fung |date=1976 |title=New methods for pathogens: A review |url= https://www.meatscience.org/docs/default-source/publications-resources/rmc/1976/new-methods-for-pathogens---a-review.pdf?sfvrsn=2|publisher=meatscience.org|access-date=15 Apr 2018 }} As part of the reshaping, in 1974, the company rebranded itself as "INOLEX Corporation",{{cite report |date= 22 Mar 1974|title=Inolex: Wilson Pharmaceutical & Chemical Company Annual Report (1973) |publisher=Wilson Pharmaceutical & Chemical Company }}{{cite report |date= 28 Mar 1975|title=Inolex Corporation Annual Report (1974) |publisher=Wilson Pharmaceutical & Chemical Company }} a name that was derived from the words INnovation, TechnOLogy, and EXcellence.

The publicly-traded INOLEX Corporation was merged back into its parent company American Can in 1979,{{cite news |author= |date=28 Jun 1979 |title= American Can Buying All of Inolex|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1979/06/28/archives/american-can-buying-all-of-inolex.html |work=The New York Times |page=D11|access-date=8 Apr 2018 }}{{subscription required}} and in 1981, American Can Company sold the Inolex Chemical Division to private investors.{{cite book|author=Constantinos C. Markides|title=Diversification, Refocusing, and Economic Performance| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=31o9Jnh8UUgC&pg=PA101 | access-date=2018-04-08|year=1995|publisher=MIT Press |isbn=978-0-262-13311-1|pages=101–}}{{cite web |url= https://www.bio.org/sites/default/files/bioworld%20inolex-bioamber_dann_winn_0.pdf |title= Natural Cosmetic Ingredients: Partnering with BioAmber to promote natural silicone alternatives|author= |date=2013 |website=www.bio.org |publisher=Biotechnology Innovation Organization |access-date=11 Apr 2018 }}{{cite book|last1=Lurie|first1=Maxine N.|last2=Mappen|first2=Marc|title=Encyclopedia of New Jersey|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_r9Ni6_u0JEC&pg=PA19|access-date=2018-04-15|year=2004|publisher=Rutgers University Press|isbn=978-0-8135-3325-4|page=19|chapter=American Can Company}}

Since 1981, Inolex has operated as a privately-held, independent company focused on ingredient innovation and production. Early on, the company specialized in ester technology and operated in the polyester/urethane market, cosmetic ingredient market, and specialty lubricant industry. In the 1980s, Inolex developed new ingredient technologies, for example, clear shower gels and urethane sealants.{{cite news| url= http://digital.hagley.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A2002619/datastream/PDF/download |date=Mar 1990| title=Clearly, a winner|pages=10–11|work=DuPont Magazine |access-date=22 Apr 2018}} Inolex's first-to-market innovations include proprietary ingredient blends such as natural cationic hair-conditioning agents;{{cite news |url=https://www.cosmeticsdesign.com/Article/2011/10/10/Inolex-targets-hair-conditioning-formulas-with-first-ever-natural-cationic |title=Inolex targets hair conditioning formulas with first ever natural cationic| first=Simon |last=Pitman |date=9 Oct 2011|website=cosmeticsdesign.com|publisher=William Reed Business Media LLC| access-date=17 Apr 2018}} natural, broad-spectrum preservation ingredients; and bio-based, plant-derived, silicone replacements.{{cite web |url=https://www.globalcosmeticsnews.com/inolex-receives-henkel-beauty-care-sustainability-award/ |title= Inolex RECEIVES HENKEL BEAUTY CARE SUSTAINABILITY AWARD|last=Prance-Miles |first= Louise|date=6 Feb 2020 |website= globalcosmeticnews.com|publisher=Global Cosmetics Media Limited |access-date= 21 Jan 2023|quote=}}

During this time, Inolex began to focus on sustainability and the environment, sustainable products, alternative preservatives, silicone replacements, palm-free ingredients, and nature-derived ingredients for the cosmetic industry in response to shifting consumer demands.{{cite web |url= https://www.happi.com/issues/2017-07-01/view_features/safety-dance/|title=Preservative Suppliers Do the Safety Dance with NGOs |last=Esposito |first=Christine |date=3 Jul 2017 |website= happi.com}}{{cite magazine |last=McDougall |first=Andrew |date=11 Feb 2013 |title=As health scares and perceptions emerge, ingredients suppliers face new challenges |url= https://www.cosmeticsdesign.com/Article/2013/02/11/As-health-scares-and-perceptions-emerge-ingredient-suppliers-face-new-challenges|magazine=Cosmetics Design USA |publisher=William Reed Business Media Ltd.}} In 2017, Inolex became solely focused on the personal care industry with the sale of the Lexolube industrial lubricant franchise to Zschimmer & Schwarz.{{cite web |url= https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=416182926 |title= Company Overview of Inolex Chemical Company, Lexolube Division |author= |date=3 Jan 2017 |website= Bloomberg.com|publisher=Bloomberg L.P. |access-date=8 Apr 2018 }}{{cite news |last=Morris |first=Linda |date=11 Jan 2017 |title= Plant making $50 million investment; to create 75 skilled jobs |url= http://www.macon.com/news/business/article125961979.html |work=The Telegraph (Macon)|location= Georgia, USA|access-date=8 Apr 2018 }} In 2018, the company announced plans for a new facility in Charlotte, North Carolina, to expand its global manufacturing and warehousing holdings.{{cite news |last=Utroske |first=Deanna|date=28 Nov 2018 |title=Specialty ingredient maker Inolex expanding production to better serve beauty makers |url=https://www.cosmeticsdesign.com/Article/2018/11/28/Specialty-ingredient-maker-Inolex-expanding-production-to-better-serve-beauty-makers |work= Cosmetics Design (USA)|access-date=29 Jan 2019 }} In partnership with Michael Gericke (Pentagram), in 2022 Inolex launched a new logo and updated corporate identity.{{cite news |author= |date=25 Oct 2022 |title=Inolex Rebels with Updated Logo, Website Refresh Fusing Science with Nature | url=https://www.cosmeticsandtoiletries.com/news/companies/news/22512265/inolex-incorporated-inolex-rebels-with-updated-logo-website-refresh-fusing-science-with-nature |work=Cosmetics & Toiletries |location= USA|access-date=22 Feb 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.pentagram.com/work/inolex/story |title=Inolex |author= |date=2022 |website=www.pentagram.com |publisher= Pentagram (design studio)|access-date=22 Feb 2023 |quote=}}

Inolex uses green chemistry principles as a method to responsibly manage environmental impact from the design, manufacturing and application of its products.{{cite web |url=http://www.saci-cfpa.com/site/upload/fiches/966564715065b3f53af79.pdf |title=Green chemistry: the future or 'green-wash'? |last2=Burgo|first2=Rocco|last1=Heldermann |first1=Martina |date= 1 Sep 2012|website=saci-cfpa.com |publisher=SACI-CFPA |access-date=3 May 2018 }} The company produces natural, sustainable ingredients for industry use, and operates demonstration centers in Brazil and China, where formulation and manufacturing professionals learn how to incorporate sustainable technologies and ingredients into cosmetics and personal care formulas.{{cite news |author= |title=Collaborate with Inolex in Sao Paulo: Demo center lets clients explore new beauty care technology |url= https://www.happi.com/contents/view_breaking-news/2017-09-07/collaborate-with-inolex-in-so-paulo/20596|work=happi.com |location=Brazil |date= 7 Sep 2017|access-date=18 May 2018 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.happi.com/contents/view_breaking-news/2016-02-25/inolex-opens-tech-center-in-china |title=Inolex Opens Tech Center in China |author= |date=25 Feb 2016 |website= happi.com|publisher=Rodman Media }}

Inolex has been a member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) since 2012,{{cite web |url= https://www.rspo.org/file/acop2013/sectoral/Palm%20Oil%20Processors%20&%20Traders.pdf |title=ACOP Annual Communication of Progress, Sectoral Report 2012/2013, Palm Oil Processors & Traders |author= |date=2013 |website= RSPO.org |publisher= Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil |access-date=10 Apr 2018 }} and RSPO mass-balance supply chain certified{{cite web |url= https://www.rspo.org/certification/supply-chains|title= RSPO supply chains |author= |date=2018 |website=RSPO.org |publisher=Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil |access-date=10 Apr 2018 }} since 2017. Inolex changed its palm oil-based products to 100% RSPO-certified in 2018 and committed to a 2020 zero-deforestation target.{{cite news |author= |date=12 Jan 2018 |title= Inolex offers RSPO certified mass-balanced palm across full product line |url= https://bioenergyinternational.com/biochemicals-materials/inolex-offers-rspo-certified-mass-balanced-palm-across-full-product-line |work= Bioenergy International |access-date=10 Apr 2018 }} As of June 2016, several Inolex products were on the list of botano-chemicals approved for use in NSF/ANSI Standard 305 Certified Products: Personal Care Products Containing Organic Ingredients.{{cite web |url= http://www.qai-inc.com/media/docs/qai_ingredients-approved_nsf305.pdf |title= Complete List of Botano-Chemicals approved for use in NSF/ANSI Standard 305 Certified Products |author= |date=20 Jul 2016 |website=QAI-inc.com |publisher=Quality Assurance International |access-date=11 Apr 2018}}{{cite web |url= http://www.nsf.org/services/by-industry/food-safety-quality/organic-certification/personal-care-nsf-ansi-305 |title= NSF/ANSI 305: Organic Personal Care Products |author= |date=2018 |website=nsf.org |publisher=NSF International |access-date= 11 Apr 2018}} Inolex ingredients have been used in products that comply with the "Premium Body Care Standards" implemented by Whole Foods Market.{{cite web |url=http://www.colonialchem.com/fullpanel/uploads/files/1011-natural-shampoo--160nc--coab--glycinatec----whole-foods-premium-compliant.pdf |title=Natural Shampoo Meets Whole Foods Premium Body Care standard |author= |date=Jun 2015 |website=Colonial Chemical, Inc. |access-date=25 Apr 2018}}

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