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FOCUS shampoo, soaps and insect repellents including natural oils from Amazonia. FUNTAC is helping the project by creating ingredients such as hydrophilic oils, gel oils and hydrogenated butters, and finished products such as acai and copaiba shampoos. Original Source: SPC, Soap, Perfumery and Cosmetics, Sep 2016, 89 (9), 19 (Website: http://www.cosmeticsbusiness.com/) © HPCi Media Ltd 2016
Other Lonza Consumer Care announces exclusive relationship with Edmar for I&I laundry Lonza Consumer Care recently established an exclusive third-party relationship with Edmar Chemical for the industrial and institutional (I&I) laundry segment. Edmar will be the sole channel to market for Lonza Consumer Care's hygiene products sold into commercial laundry applications within the USA, Canada and Mexico. Excluding certain direct accounts, the agreement became effective 31 Oct 2016. Lonza's hygiene products include EPA-registered antimicrobial laundry treatments to control odour, destroy disease-causing pathogens during the washing process and provide residual protection to laundered fabrics. These products will complement Edmar's current laundry offerings. Edmar's deep knowledge and presence in the I&I laundry market will greatly extend Lonza's reach within this market segment.
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experts Suez Environnement and TerraCycle to develop the 'world's first' recyclable shampoo bottle made from up to 25% post-consumer recycled (PCR) beach plastic. According to P&G, the limited edition Head & Shoulders bottles will be sold by France's Carrefour in summer 2017. In addition, by end-2018 the European operation of P&G will provide >500 M bottles/y containing up to 25% of PCR plastic. The figure represents >90% of all the hair care bottles sold in Europe across P&G's portfolio. TerraCycle will process the plastic for P&G. Original Source: European Plastics News, 20 Jan 2017, (Website: http://www. europeanplasticsnews.com) © Crain Communications Inc
No landfill for Unilever plastic packaging by 2025 By 2025, all of Unilever's plastic packaging will be fully recyclable, compostable or reusable. The firm's membership of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF) will be renewed for a further three years. By 2020, the company plans to decrease the weight of its packaging by 33%. By 2025, it aims to raise its usage of recycled plastic content in its packaging to around 25%. According to the EMF, recycling facilities process only 14% of the plastic packaging utilized globally, while 33% goes into fragile ecosystems and 40% into landfill.
Original source: Lonza, 20 Jan 2017, (Website: http://www.lonza.com/) © Lonza Group Ltd 2017
Original Source: European Plastics News, 16 Jan 2017, (Website: http://www. europeanplasticsnews.com) © Crain Communications Inc 2017
BASF plans its first construction chemicals plant in Myanmar
Actionable level for PFOA in drinking water lowered
BASF will build the first plant for its 'Master Builders Solutions' range of construction chemicals in Yangon, Myanmar in 2017.
Under the recently revised 2009 consent order with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), DuPont and its spin-off Chemours must further limit the perfluorinated chemical exposure of citizens near a chemical production facility in Parkersburg, WV, USA. The revised order states that the firms need to supply an alternative drinking water source for residents after perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) has been measured at 70 ppt in their piped-in drinking water. This reduced a threshold for such action of 400 ppt PFOA in drinking water that was set in 2009 and pursues the EPA's 2016 lifetime health advisory limit for the chemical. Parkersburg residents have filed 3500 lawsuits versus the companies with the
Original Source: Chemical Weekly, 10 Jan 2017, 180 (Website: http://www. chemicalweekly.com) © Sevak Publications & Chemical Weekly Database P Ltd 2017
ENVIRONMENT P&G launches shampoo bottle using beach waste Procter & Gamble Co (P&G) have worked together with recycling
March 2017
claims that the tainted water has harmed their health. The first of these cases has already been heard before a special panel at the US District Court ['Focus on Surfactants', Sep 2016]. The plaintiff received an additional $2 M worth of compensatory damages in Dec 2016. Starting May 2017, 40 more trials will be initiated that will last for 12 months. Original Source: Chemical and Engineering News, 16 Jan 2017, 95 (3), 13 (Website: http://cen.acs.org/index.html) © American Chemical Society 2017. Original Source: Plastics News, 6 Jan 2017, (Website: http:// www.plasticsnews.com) © Crain Communications Inc 2017
MARKET REVIEWS Rising consumer sensitivity for personal care to drive NA speciality ingredients market The North American personal care speciality ingredients market is anticipated to reach a value of $4.7 bn by 2025, according to a new report by Grand View Research Inc. Surfactants were the leading active product segment in the North American market in 2015. The regional cosmetic surfactants market is estimated to reach a net worth exceeding $580 M by 2025. Anionics were the dominant surfactant product category owing to their use in a variety of beauty products, such as hair care, skin care and colour cosmetics. The regional industry for anionic surfactants was valued at $154.5 M in 2015 and is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.9% from 2016 to 2025. Demand for amphoterics in the USA is estimated to exceed $40 M by 2025. Conditioning polymers are anticipated to grow at the highest CAGR of 6.8% from 2016 to 2025. The Mexican personal care speciality ingredients industry generated revenue of $647.8 M in 2015 and is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 6.2% from 2016 to 2025. Canada's active personal care ingredients industry was estimated to be $83 M in 2015 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 5.6% over the forecast period to exceed $140 M by 2025. Original Source: Grand View Research, 2017. Found on SpecialChem Cosmetics and Personal Care Innovation and Solutions, 24 Jan 2017, (Website: http://www. specialchem4cosmetics.com)
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Other Lonza Consumer Care announces exclusive relationship with Edmar for I&I laundry Lonza Consumer Care recently established an exclusive third-party relationship with Edmar Chemical for the industrial and institutional (I&I) laundry segment. Edmar will be the sole channel to market for Lonza Consumer Care's hygiene products sold into commercial laundry applications within the USA, Canada and Mexico. Excluding certain direct accounts, the agreement became effective 31 Oct 2016. Lonza's hygiene products include EPA-registered antimicrobial laundry treatments to control odour, destroy disease-causing pathogens during the washing process and provide residual protection to laundered fabrics. These products will complement Edmar's current laundry offerings. Edmar's deep knowledge and presence in the I&I laundry market will greatly extend Lonza's reach within this market segment.
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experts Suez Environnement and TerraCycle to develop the 'world's first' recyclable shampoo bottle made from up to 25% post-consumer recycled (PCR) beach plastic. According to P&G, the limited edition Head & Shoulders bottles will be sold by France's Carrefour in summer 2017. In addition, by end-2018 the European operation of P&G will provide >500 M bottles/y containing up to 25% of PCR plastic. The figure represents >90% of all the hair care bottles sold in Europe across P&G's portfolio. TerraCycle will process the plastic for P&G. Original Source: European Plastics News, 20 Jan 2017, (Website: http://www. europeanplasticsnews.com) © Crain Communications Inc
No landfill for Unilever plastic packaging by 2025 By 2025, all of Unilever's plastic packaging will be fully recyclable, compostable or reusable. The firm's membership of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF) will be renewed for a further three years. By 2020, the company plans to decrease the weight of its packaging by 33%. By 2025, it aims to raise its usage of recycled plastic content in its packaging to around 25%. According to the EMF, recycling facilities process only 14% of the plastic packaging utilized globally, while 33% goes into fragile ecosystems and 40% into landfill.
Original source: Lonza, 20 Jan 2017, (Website: http://www.lonza.com/) © Lonza Group Ltd 2017
Original Source: European Plastics News, 16 Jan 2017, (Website: http://www. europeanplasticsnews.com) © Crain Communications Inc 2017
BASF plans its first construction chemicals plant in Myanmar
Actionable level for PFOA in drinking water lowered
BASF will build the first plant for its 'Master Builders Solutions' range of construction chemicals in Yangon, Myanmar in 2017.
Under the recently revised 2009 consent order with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), DuPont and its spin-off Chemours must further limit the perfluorinated chemical exposure of citizens near a chemical production facility in Parkersburg, WV, USA. The revised order states that the firms need to supply an alternative drinking water source for residents after perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) has been measured at 70 ppt in their piped-in drinking water. This reduced a threshold for such action of 400 ppt PFOA in drinking water that was set in 2009 and pursues the EPA's 2016 lifetime health advisory limit for the chemical. Parkersburg residents have filed 3500 lawsuits versus the companies with the
Original Source: Chemical Weekly, 10 Jan 2017, 180 (Website: http://www. chemicalweekly.com) © Sevak Publications & Chemical Weekly Database P Ltd 2017
ENVIRONMENT P&G launches shampoo bottle using beach waste Procter & Gamble Co (P&G) have worked together with recycling
March 2017
claims that the tainted water has harmed their health. The first of these cases has already been heard before a special panel at the US District Court ['Focus on Surfactants', Sep 2016]. The plaintiff received an additional $2 M worth of compensatory damages in Dec 2016. Starting May 2017, 40 more trials will be initiated that will last for 12 months. Original Source: Chemical and Engineering News, 16 Jan 2017, 95 (3), 13 (Website: http://cen.acs.org/index.html) © American Chemical Society 2017. Original Source: Plastics News, 6 Jan 2017, (Website: http:// www.plasticsnews.com) © Crain Communications Inc 2017
MARKET REVIEWS Rising consumer sensitivity for personal care to drive NA speciality ingredients market The North American personal care speciality ingredients market is anticipated to reach a value of $4.7 bn by 2025, according to a new report by Grand View Research Inc. Surfactants were the leading active product segment in the North American market in 2015. The regional cosmetic surfactants market is estimated to reach a net worth exceeding $580 M by 2025. Anionics were the dominant surfactant product category owing to their use in a variety of beauty products, such as hair care, skin care and colour cosmetics. The regional industry for anionic surfactants was valued at $154.5 M in 2015 and is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.9% from 2016 to 2025. Demand for amphoterics in the USA is estimated to exceed $40 M by 2025. Conditioning polymers are anticipated to grow at the highest CAGR of 6.8% from 2016 to 2025. The Mexican personal care speciality ingredients industry generated revenue of $647.8 M in 2015 and is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 6.2% from 2016 to 2025. Canada's active personal care ingredients industry was estimated to be $83 M in 2015 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 5.6% over the forecast period to exceed $140 M by 2025. Original Source: Grand View Research, 2017. Found on SpecialChem Cosmetics and Personal Care Innovation and Solutions, 24 Jan 2017, (Website: http://www. specialchem4cosmetics.com)
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