Wise 85, our "conversation" has inspired me to delve a little more deeply into this issue. I've always been curious about the connection between Zymol and Swissol (the connection is obvious to anyone looking at the product names, packaging, product descriptions, etc.).
Anyway I came up with this thread from the Autopia Archives:
http://www.autopia.org/forum/archive...p/t-40724.html
Check out the post from
myall00 "The real story behind Swissol and Zymol is this (it's confirmed)".......He implies the Anwander formula(s) were "misappropriated" (taken without permission/stolen) by a family member. It appears to me that the Anwander family, impressed with the commercial success of "their" waxes (Zymol) in the USA, decided to re-launch "their" waxes, using similar names, packaging, pricing etc. This is "slightly" different from your story, but what I'm really wondering is this: would the Anwanders have really gone to the trouble of re-formulating their waxes (without enzymes) to avoid a conflict with Zymol when everything else (aforementioned names, etc.) is so similar? And, last but not least, surely there would have been a certain amount of resentment having their products being "ripped off" by Zymol??? So, if they were that good to begin with, why mess around re-formulating them?
I'm not trying to be argumentative, far from it, it's just that you seem to have the "inside scoop" and I'm very curious!
