Description
Soaps have been known for at least for 2,300 years. The Phoenicians prepared it from goats fellow & woods ashes in 600 B.C. & it has been used as an article of barter. Soap was also known in roman empire. Earlier soap was used as a medicine & its use as for washing & cleaning was not recognized until the second century.
Project Report on Consumer Preferences towards Soaps
Market
History of Soaps
Soaps have been known for at least for 2,300 years. The Phoenicians prepared it from
goats fellow & woods ashes in 600 B.C. & it has been used as an article of barter.
Soap was also known in roman empire. Earlier soap was used as a medicine & its use
as for washing & cleaning was not recognized until the second century. After Christ
the first English soap maker appeared. At the end of 12th century in British soap
makers had to pay tax in London & this high tax was abolished in 1853. Early soap
makers probably used ashes & animal fats. The soaps were made by boiling &
evaporating the mixture of plant ashes containing Potassium Carbonate, fat & water.
But now a days, hot caustic alkali solution such as Caustic Soda, acts on natural fats
or oils such as vegetable oil to produce sodium fatty & salt (soap) & glycerin. The
saponification reaction is the basis for all soap making of industrially produced fatty
acid are used in place of natural fats then the water is produced instead of glycerin.
The major raw material for soap manufacture are fat & alkali. Other substances, such
as optical brightness, water softness (like ethylene diamine tetracetic acid) and
abrasives are often used to obtain specific characteristics. All the techniques used for
manufacturing soap require heat. The various processes used for manufacturing the
soaps are boiling process, continuous soap making - the hydrolyser process, cold and
semi boiled process and in the last are finished operations.
Soap is a basic consumer need and have an age old tradition. Our ancestors obtained
the basic chemical reactions which occur in modern soap-making simply by
combining fat remnants with wood ashes. Continuing scientific discoveries and social
changes, over the year been greatly responsible for the developments that have taken
place in the industry since, and brought soap, once a luxury, within the reach of
everyone.
Contents
I ntroduction
* History of Soaps
* General Profile of Soap Industry
* Scenario of Market
I ndustry Profile
* Major Market Players
Consumer Behaviour
Research Methodology
* The Project
* Nature of Study
* Hypothesis
* Research Design
* Objective of the Study
Analysis and Data I nterpretation
Limitation
Conclusions & Suggestions
Annexures
* Bibliography
* Questionnaire
doc_382825292.docx
Soaps have been known for at least for 2,300 years. The Phoenicians prepared it from goats fellow & woods ashes in 600 B.C. & it has been used as an article of barter. Soap was also known in roman empire. Earlier soap was used as a medicine & its use as for washing & cleaning was not recognized until the second century.
Project Report on Consumer Preferences towards Soaps
Market
History of Soaps
Soaps have been known for at least for 2,300 years. The Phoenicians prepared it from
goats fellow & woods ashes in 600 B.C. & it has been used as an article of barter.
Soap was also known in roman empire. Earlier soap was used as a medicine & its use
as for washing & cleaning was not recognized until the second century. After Christ
the first English soap maker appeared. At the end of 12th century in British soap
makers had to pay tax in London & this high tax was abolished in 1853. Early soap
makers probably used ashes & animal fats. The soaps were made by boiling &
evaporating the mixture of plant ashes containing Potassium Carbonate, fat & water.
But now a days, hot caustic alkali solution such as Caustic Soda, acts on natural fats
or oils such as vegetable oil to produce sodium fatty & salt (soap) & glycerin. The
saponification reaction is the basis for all soap making of industrially produced fatty
acid are used in place of natural fats then the water is produced instead of glycerin.
The major raw material for soap manufacture are fat & alkali. Other substances, such
as optical brightness, water softness (like ethylene diamine tetracetic acid) and
abrasives are often used to obtain specific characteristics. All the techniques used for
manufacturing soap require heat. The various processes used for manufacturing the
soaps are boiling process, continuous soap making - the hydrolyser process, cold and
semi boiled process and in the last are finished operations.
Soap is a basic consumer need and have an age old tradition. Our ancestors obtained
the basic chemical reactions which occur in modern soap-making simply by
combining fat remnants with wood ashes. Continuing scientific discoveries and social
changes, over the year been greatly responsible for the developments that have taken
place in the industry since, and brought soap, once a luxury, within the reach of
everyone.
Contents
I ntroduction
* History of Soaps
* General Profile of Soap Industry
* Scenario of Market
I ndustry Profile
* Major Market Players
Consumer Behaviour
Research Methodology
* The Project
* Nature of Study
* Hypothesis
* Research Design
* Objective of the Study
Analysis and Data I nterpretation
Limitation
Conclusions & Suggestions
Annexures
* Bibliography
* Questionnaire
doc_382825292.docx