DeSoto Inc, Union City, CA Production Up, Costs Down Case Study DeSoto Inc's Union City plant produces household dry laundry detergent. The production process involves spray drying of hot, 180 0 F, corrosive (pH of 10), extremely abrasive, high solids (75-80%), high viscosity (4000-6000 cPs), and heavy (1.3 specific gravity) slurry. “This combination of 'bad actors' spelled high maintenance and early death for the industry standard

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