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I can't really comment on where myall00 got his information from,but he is not correct in saying that the Anwander formula was stolen,or taken without permission.The Anwander family never 're -launched any formulas,the Enzyme based formula/formulas were sold to the *Group*,who shortly after founded the Zymol corporation,because the Anwander family didn't care for the idea of 'mass production'.The Anwander family always had the non Enzyme based formulas,which were considered far more *precious* as they were originaly only developed for the private use of Hans Anwander,grandfather and founder of the company.The *precious formulas*were known as ''Antikwachs'' and were made in Zurich,and today's waxes are a 'modified ' version of that original formula.The Zymol corporation got the Enzyme based formula(s),so there was no ''ripping off'' done to Swissol,what has happened is a long running feud between the two groups,fueled by a desire for ''mass profit'',and to protect this profit by making claims about the 'similarites' between products,eg colour,scent,and then launching litigation on the grounds of copyright infringement/sale losses.You could claim that some of the Zymol/Swissol waxes are similar,yes but how many other products 'look/smell' similar.The feud will stop,as Swissol will change the 'suffix' of their name,for trading outside of the *Teritory*,which was a voluntery undertaking by the Anwander family.I don't know if you are familiar with the Victoria wax company,one could claim their formulas are very similar(their best high end wax is called 'concours'),and the founder of the company used to work for the Zymol corporation,but i don't think that 'these' products are seen as a threat to Zymol,as the company operates from canada, and is relatively small.
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