Consumer Products

High Throughput Solutions for New Product Development

Consumer products companies are facing serious R&D-related challenges:

• Escalating research costs, driving a "do more with less" mentality.
• The growing cost of consumer panels due to a need for multi-sensory experiences from new products.
• The need for continuous innovation in a highly competitive marketplace.

Freeslate solutions address these challenges, not only by doing things faster or at a lower cost, but also by allowing for a broader experimental space to be explored, which improves the likelihood that you will make discoveries that impact your business.

Our solutions address every step of the formulation process:

Chemical Synthesis

Formulations for any consumer product start with the raw materials. We have the high throughput solutions to enable the creation of new chemical technology:

• Organic Synthesis Workflow
• Semi-Continuous Parallel Pressure Reactor (ScPPR)

Microscale Formulation

High throughput formulation workflows start with formulating at a microscale that mimics production-scale manufacturing. We enable formulation using a broad scope of materials and conditions, and offer flexible mixing methods, and analysis. Some of the complete workflows include:

• Formulation Workflow
• Coatings Workflow

Physicochemical Characterization

Our solutions assess formulations for properties including rheology, particle size and particle size distribution, pH, color, and phase stability. Most integrate third-party measurement solutions that capture all necessary data for further analysis.

• Rheology, pH, and viscosity testing

Surface Treatment and Microscale Performance Testing

We have developed a number of solutions for correlating microscale testing with consumer testing. Performance-based tests such as washing, deposition, and stain release use a variety of substrates in our proprietary microwasher. Physical properties are measured using our force sensor array, and color and gloss can be assessed using spectrometers with our CM3 platform. Capabilities include:

• Relevant substrates like hair, skin, fabric and hard surfaces
• Freeslate's proprietary microwasher for surface treatment of hair and fabric
• Proprietary tack and friction measurement
• Color, gloss and thickness measurement
• Our Hair Treatment Workflow is an example of how we use these capabilities.

Click here to learn more about our solutions for Consumer Products and how they can help you deliver step-change gains in your R&D.