Laboratoire Du Solvirex Savonnerie

What they make

According to their website, Laboratoire du Solvirex is a family-run manufacturer of hospital hygiene and skin-care products, based in Montrouge with a second production site in Eysines near Bordeaux. Founded in 1933 by pharmacist Jules Gesteau — who originated its Codex-formula liquid soap during the First World War for wound cleaning and surgical hand washing — the company is still led by his descendants and holds the "Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant" living-heritage label. Products are made using traditional saponification of vegetable oils and are formulated without dyes, thickeners, fragrance or preservatives. The range covers hand and body hygiene soaps, preoperative shower and single-dose antiseptic units, 2% chlorhexidine solutions in aqueous and alcoholic form, a honey-based wound gel, medication-splitting aids, and UV-C surface disinfection systems. Manufacturing takes place in France, with packaging handled at a Cellettes site, and the company sources materials preferentially from French and European suppliers. Its customers are hospitals and healthcare facilities, reportedly supplying most French university hospital centers.

• Hospital-grade hand and body hygiene soaps, including a Codex-formula liquid soap originally developed for surgical hand washing
• Preoperative shower products and single-dose sterile hygiene units for patient preparation
• 2% chlorhexidine antiseptic solutions in both aqueous and alcoholic formulations
• Honey-based wound care gel (Melectis)
• Medication assistance products, including an oral gel and tablet splitter/crusher devices
• UV-C facility disinfection systems (Vesismin)
• Manufacturing via traditional saponification of vegetable oils, with formulations free of dyes, fragrance, thickeners and preservatives
• Two French production sites (Montrouge and Eysines near Bordeaux) plus a packaging facility in Cellettes

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