Victor Palinczar
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n 1983, Palinczar founded Princeton Products Research, a company that develops and licenses new products to the health and beauty aids industry. It was in that year that he began to pioneer his independent research in his laboratory in Trenton to develop highly effective broad spectrum water-proof sunscreen compositions, which he patented three years later.
A highly water insoluble polymer, ethylcellulose, was prepared to entrap both UVB and UVA ultraviolet sunscreen agents on the skin and remain on the skin for at least 80 minutes of water submersion or perspiration. The invention was the forerunner to high SPF waterproof sunscreen products and became a standard in the sunscreen industry. The invention helps prevent aging of the skin, wrinkling and skin cancer.
From 1987 to 1989, Palinczar served as vice president of research and development for Eclipse Laboratories Inc. He was directly responsible for product development for highly effective sunscreen products and increased Eclipse's sales in three years from $1.5 million to $14.9 million. Palinczar has been awarded 22 patents worldwide and launched 52 products domestically. He was director of exploratory research for Carter-Wallace Inc. until 1983.
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