Richard Farn is a Consultant working on the development of products formulated with surfactants. He was previously Technical Sales Manager at Lankro and Technical Manager at BP Detergents. He recently retired as Director of the British Association for Chemical Specialities and has sat on the Council of the Soap and Detergent Industry Association. He was awarded an MBE in the Millennium Honours for Services to the Chemicals Industry. Contributors to the book are: Mr Mike Bernstein Dr Guido Bognolo Philip E Clark Dr Arno Driedger Dr Richard Farn Dr J F Gadbury Pr Professor Hatice Gecol Mr Yasuyuki Hattori Mr Paul Hepworth Mr J Hibbs Dr. Randal M Hill Dr Joel Houston Dr John Issa Dr D R Karsa Dr Richard Otterson Dr Peter Schmiedel Dr Paul Slater Dr Richard R Thomas Dr W Von Rybinski