Driving Amway innovation with science and engineering

When you take your daily vitamins, how often do you stop to think about the science and technology behind those little tablets? What about when you add laundry detergent to your washer or apply moisturizer to your face? Probably not that often, and that’s OK.

In today’s busy culture, people are more likely to focus on whether a product does what it’s supposed to do rather than how much work went into its development. It’s the company’s job to worry about the research, science and technology.

Amway, an entrepreneur-led health and wellbeing company, takes that job very seriously. Amway’s research and development, quality control, regulatory and agricultural teams are known as the Innovation and Science division. Combined with the manufacturing, they are the driving force behind its portfolio of high quality health and wellbeing products.

Amway’s research teams: Pioneers of innovation and science

Amway’s commitment to continuous innovation has been the catalyst for pioneering product development and groundbreaking industry collaborations. There are more than 640 scientists, engineers and technical professionals working across 11 locations to deliver global, regional and local product research and development.

Thanks to their work, Amway has more than 750 patents and patents pending. While details on some segments of product development research are kept secret for competitive purposes, others are shared publicly to further the science for everyone.

Whether it’s submitting research for publication in scientific journals, applying for a new patent or opening the results of a study for public domain, Amway believes in the importance of sharing to advance scientific research.

Amway Scientific Advisors

In addition to the company’s in-house team of scientists, Amway technology, research and product development is bolstered by Amway Scientific Advisors, a group of leading academic experts in the fields of health and wellbeing.

The advisors support Amway by providing feedback on current and future science direction, advising on research activities, offering science-based recommendations and facilitating new collaborations with leading institutions.

What’s in an Amway R&D laboratory?

There are more than 75 global Amway research labs dedicated to all stages of the product development, testing, manufacturing and distribution processes. Together they perform more than 500,000 quality tests each year.

Members of the Amway innovation teams aren’t only reviewing data and numbers, they are putting Amway™ products to work. In the home care lab they are ensuring Amway’s laundry products can remove stains like wine, tomato sauce and everything in between. In the test kitchens, researchers use multiple global cooking methods with a variety of foods to test Amway’s cookware. And in other labs, the purifying power of the eSpring™ water treatment system and the Atmosphere Sky™ air filtration system are continuously put to the test.

In the packaging lab, engineers and scientists work to ensure packages and the products they contain arrive at a customer’s door intact. Various machines repeatedly drop and shake products, push and pull on any pumps or lids, and expose packages to high heat, freezing temperatures, pressure changes and other circumstances that may be encountered during storage and delivery.

Amway innovation on the farm

Not all Amway research and development happens in a lab. Amway owns nearly 6,000 acres of certified organic Nutrilite™ farmland across four farms in Brazil, Mexico and the U.S. in addition to dedicated botanical research farm in China.

The farms produce botanicals used in Amway’s Nutrilite, Artistry™ and personal care products. But they, along with the Amway Botanical Research Center in China, also serve as testing and research facilities in the company’s never-ending search for new or more effective ingredients.

Amway innovation in beauty

Amway maintains dedicated Beauty Innovation Centers in its Ada, Michigan headquarters, and in Korea, one of the most progressive beauty markets in the world.

Building on the company’s 50+ years of skin research, the two teams continue to push the limits of skin care science, technology and innovation to deliver high-quality beauty products and devices with clinically proven results that meet customer desires.

Third party verification of Amway research and development

Amway is vigilant in ensuring that its products are pure, safe and effective and meet the highest public health standards. That’s why the company seeks certification by industry-trusted third parties that evaluate every aspect of a product, process or claim.

For example, many products across all brands are certified by NSF, multiple Artistry products are certified by The Vegan Society and the Nutrilite botanical traceability standard is verified by Ecocert SA.

Amway’s commitment to consumer protection

When Amway technology and products are backed by such a robust team of scientists, engineers and technicians, it’s easy for the company to stand behind the work they do with a 100% satisfaction guarantee through the Amway Promise.

Amway’s high quality products are manufactured under rigid standards and they are exhaustively tested for quality and performance. But if a customer decides they are not completely satisfied, the Amway return policy states that they can return it within the designated timeframe for an exchange or refund.

Want to learn more? Read “Are Amway products high quality?” or check them out for yourself at Amway.ca.