Clariant expands collaboration with Wanhua Chemical Group


From left:
Lin Yutao, Party Secretary of Penglai District, Yantai City
Conrad Keijzer, Clariant CEO
Liao Zengtai, Chairman of Wanhua Group
Jens Cuntze, President Clariant Catalysts & APACDuring a visit to strategic customer Wanhua Chemical Group, Clariant CEO Conrad Keijzer and his leadership team held talks on expanding business relations. “We see great opportunities to further develop our successful cooperation with Wanhua”, he said. Clariant and Wanhua had signed a strategic cooperation agreement in May 2022.

Syensqo launches circular Omnix® ECHO solutions for household and food appliances

Syensqo has introduced a range of new circular Omnix® ECHO HPPA solutions with high mass-balanced PCR/PIR content for household appliances and other consumer goods, helping brand owners and manufacturers reduce the carbon footprint of their sustainable product innovations. (Photo: Syensqo, PR022)Syensqo, a leading global provider of Advanced Performance Materials and Chemical Solutions, has announced the introduction of five new high performance ECHO grades as part of the company’s growing Omnix® ECHO portfolio of circular polymers. With a mass-balanced (MB) allocated recycled content between 33% and 98% from post-consumer and/or post-industrial (PCR/PIR) sources, including fibers, the new sustainable products offer a considerably reduced product carbon footprint potential. These products maintain the same mechanical performance and superior flowability as PA6 and PA66 all-virgin base materials.

Archroma introduces innovative ultra compact Color Atlas

Archroma introduces innovative ultra compact color atlas. (Photo: Archroma)Archroma, a global leader in specialty chemicals towards sustainable solutions, is introducing an innovative portable version of its market-leading Color Atlas by Archroma® color catalogue to help streamline textile and fashion industry workflows with truly convenient color comparison.

Syensqo and Allozymes sign Memorandum of Understanding to pioneer home and personal care biosolutions

Top row left to right: Ilham Kadri, CEO at Syensqo and Peyman Salehian, PhD, CEO, Co-founder at Allozymes.
Bottom row left to right: Jean-Guy Le-Helloco, Vice President Home & Personal Care at Syensqo and Akbar Vahidi, PhD, CTO, Co-founder at Allozymes. (Photo: Syensqo, PR029)Syensqo and Allozymes, a Singaporean enzyme engineering start-up, announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to leverage both companies strengths in biotechnology towards the development of advanced biosolutions for Home and Personal Care, in particular for the skin care market.

Olivier Roques nommé CEO de BENEO

Olivier Roques nommé CEO de BENEO. 
(Photo: BENEO, PR026)BENEO, fabricant majeur d'ingrédients fonctionnels pour les marchés de l’alimentation humaine et animale et de la pharmaceutique, a le plaisir d'annoncer la nomination d'Olivier Roques en tant que CEO et nouveau membre du Conseil d'administration de BENEO GmbH, à compter du 1er juin 2024.

Lancement de FlexiBag Reinforced - la nouvelle génération d’emballages recyclables économiques de Mondi

Lancement de FlexiBag Reinforced – la nouvelle génération d’emballages recyclables économiques de Mondi. (Photo: Mondi, PR293)Mondi, un leader mondial dans le domaine des emballages et papiers durables étoffe son portefeuille de sacs en plastique préfabriqués et durables avec le lancement de FlexiBag Reinforced: une gamme de solutions innovantes d’emballages recyclables à base de mono-PE, aux propriétés mécaniques améliorées.

Des acteurs majeurs du secteur des ingrédients s’associent pour soutenir l’agriculture durable

Les entreprises et les agriculteurs collaborent_©maxbelchenko_shutterstock. 
(Photo: BENEO, PR025)La Raffinerie Tirlemontoise, producteur de sucre de betterave, BENEO, fabricant de premier plan d’ingrédients fonctionnels, et Puratos, leader mondial des ingrédients de boulangerie, pâtisserie et chocolaterie, ont uni leurs forces afin de lancer un projet pionnier d’agriculture climato-intelligente, le Climate Farming Project. Cette initiative conjointe ambitieuse aide les agriculteurs belges à mettre en œuvre des pratiques agricoles plus durables et promeut des principes d’agriculture régénératrice qui contribuent à améliorer la santé des sols et à réduire l’impact environnemental.

Perstorp works with Intel Open IP Advanced Liquid Cooling on synthetic thermal management fluid

Immersion cooling unit developed with Intel Open IP, utilizing Perstorp’s synthetic thermal management fluid. (Photo: Perstorp)Leading global specialty chemicals innovator Perstorp, a wholly-owned subsidiary of PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG), has worked closely with Intel’s Open IP Advanced Liquid Cooling team in recent years. Together they have developed a high-performance synthetic thermal management fluid specifically designed for immersion cooling in data centers. They initiated the partnership in 2022 as a part of continuing efforts to create more sustainable data center cooling solutions. More recently, the partners participated in COMPUTEX 2024 in Taipei where Intel showcased its Gaudi 3 AI accelerator solution. The accelerator uses Intel’s SuperFluid Cooling Technology, which leverages the low viscosity and high flash point balance of Perstorp’s advanced synthetic thermal management fluid.