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Ashland receives Ringier Technology Innovation Award in China
FOCUS production technology it realized with Oleon, but also supplies the chemical catalysts that are key enablers for the advanced bio-PG production process. Original Source: BASF SE, D-67056 Ludwigshafen, Germany, tel: +49 (0) 621 600, website: http://www.basf.com (28 Jun 2012) © BASF 2012
SURFACTANTS Ashland receives Ringier Technology Innovation Award in China Ashland Specialty Ingredients, a commercial unit of Ashland Inc, has received the Ringier Technology Innovation Award for coatings for its Strodex FT428 surfactant for waterborne architectural coatings and emulsion polymerization. It’s the second consecutive year in which Ashland has received this award. The Ringier Award recognizes those companies which have made significant contributions to advancing China’s coatings industry through technical innovation, increased productivity, economic efficiency, and market development. Strodex FT428 surfactant, which was developed in 2012, aims to improve freeze-thaw stability of paints. The product does not include alkylphenol ethoxylates (APEO) and can eliminate volatile organic compounds (VOCs). With this special surfactant, the paint producer can lower or eliminate the glycol content in formulations, making the paints more environmentally friendly. Original Source: Ashland Inc, 50 East RiverCenter Boulevard, PO Box 391, Covington, KY 41012-0391, USA, tel: +1 (859) 815-3333, website: http://www.ashland.com (18 Jun 2012) © Ashland 2012
ASSOCIATED PRODUCTS Industrial biotechnology witnesses 11.2% growth The Indian industrial biotechnology sector recorded 11.2% revenue growth in 2011-2012, with total sales of Rup 6970 M. This growth is attributed to an increase in enzymes consumption, due to demand from the food, pharmaceutical, detergent, and energy sectors. Multinational SEPTEMBER 2012
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companies contributed around 65% of the market and local companies’ share was about 35%. For 20112012, consumption of enzymes in India was valued at Rup 5270 M, and exports of enzymes valued at Rup 1700 M. The Indian enzymes sector recorded about 11.47% growth during the 2002-2012 period. For 20122013, estimated growth is 11.17%. The Indian industrial enzymes market is at different stages of growth, ranging from penetration to product development. The pharmaceutical enzymes segment is just blossoming, and some very specialized manufacturers are focusing on this segment. On the other hand, the textile and leather enzyme segments are mature. The detergent enzymes segment is in the growth stage. Original Source: BioSpectrum (Asia edition), Jun 2012, 10 (6), 128 (Website: http://www.biospectrumasia.com) © BioSpectrum 2012
European Community funds Dyadic to develop enzymes Dyadic International’s research and development centre in the Netherlands has secured €400,000 from the European Community under the Seventh Framework Programme to develop enzymes as part of the Bio-Mimetic Project. Dyadic will develop enzymes using its patented and proprietary C1 platform technology to degrade and modify lignin into adhesives, detergents, and cosmetics. The project, entitled ‘New Bio-Inspired Processes and Products from Renewable Feedstock’, will be initially for three years. Procter & Gamble Technical Centres (P&G UK) will be project coordinator of the BioMimetic Project Consortium. Original Source: PBR Pharmaceutical Business Review, 3 Jul 2012, (Website: http://www.pharmaceutical-business-review.com/) © PBR 2012
APPLICATIONS Personal care AkzoNobel forms alliance with Corn Products AkzoNobel Global Personal Care and Corn Products International/National
Starch have forged an alliance, under which AkzoNobel will distribute Corn Products’ range of functional modified starches for hair care and skin care uses. The agreement includes DryFlo (speciality starches), Structure (starch rheology modifiers), Naviance (organic biopolymers), and Natrasorb (starches). Bar soap and dusting powders are not included in the deal. Original Source: SPC, Soap, Perfumery and Cosmetics, Jun 2012, 85 (6), 7 (Website: http://www.cosmeticsbusiness.com/) © HPCi Media Ltd 2012
Household products Nanodiamonds cut through dirt to bring back bling to low-temperature laundry Nanodiamonds, pieces of carbon less than ten-thousandths the diameter of a human hair, have been found to help loosen crystallized fat from surfaces in a project led by research chemists at the University of Warwick that transforms the ability of washing powders to shift dirt in eco-friendly low temperature laundry cycles. These new findings tackle a problem that forces consumers to wash some of their laundry at between 60 and 90°C more than 80 times a year. Even with modern biological washing powders, some fats and dirt cannot be removed at the lower temperatures many prefer to use for their weekly wash. A desire to reduce the significant energy burden of regular high temperature washes, and to understand the behaviour of these new materials, brought University of Warwick scientists and colleagues at Aston University together in a project funded by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and P&G plc. This Cold Water Cleaning Initiative funded a group of chemists, physicists, and engineers led by Dr Andrew Marsh in the University of Warwick’s Department of Chemistry to explore how new forms of carbon might work together with detergents in everyday household products. Dr Andrew Marsh said: “We found that the 5 nm diamonds changed the way detergents behaved at 25°C, doubling the amount of fat removed when using one particular commercial detergent molecule. Even at temperatures as low as 15°C, 3
SURFACTANTS Ashland receives Ringier Technology Innovation Award in China Ashland Specialty Ingredients, a commercial unit of Ashland Inc, has received the Ringier Technology Innovation Award for coatings for its Strodex FT428 surfactant for waterborne architectural coatings and emulsion polymerization. It’s the second consecutive year in which Ashland has received this award. The Ringier Award recognizes those companies which have made significant contributions to advancing China’s coatings industry through technical innovation, increased productivity, economic efficiency, and market development. Strodex FT428 surfactant, which was developed in 2012, aims to improve freeze-thaw stability of paints. The product does not include alkylphenol ethoxylates (APEO) and can eliminate volatile organic compounds (VOCs). With this special surfactant, the paint producer can lower or eliminate the glycol content in formulations, making the paints more environmentally friendly. Original Source: Ashland Inc, 50 East RiverCenter Boulevard, PO Box 391, Covington, KY 41012-0391, USA, tel: +1 (859) 815-3333, website: http://www.ashland.com (18 Jun 2012) © Ashland 2012
ASSOCIATED PRODUCTS Industrial biotechnology witnesses 11.2% growth The Indian industrial biotechnology sector recorded 11.2% revenue growth in 2011-2012, with total sales of Rup 6970 M. This growth is attributed to an increase in enzymes consumption, due to demand from the food, pharmaceutical, detergent, and energy sectors. Multinational SEPTEMBER 2012
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S U R FA C TA N T S
companies contributed around 65% of the market and local companies’ share was about 35%. For 20112012, consumption of enzymes in India was valued at Rup 5270 M, and exports of enzymes valued at Rup 1700 M. The Indian enzymes sector recorded about 11.47% growth during the 2002-2012 period. For 20122013, estimated growth is 11.17%. The Indian industrial enzymes market is at different stages of growth, ranging from penetration to product development. The pharmaceutical enzymes segment is just blossoming, and some very specialized manufacturers are focusing on this segment. On the other hand, the textile and leather enzyme segments are mature. The detergent enzymes segment is in the growth stage. Original Source: BioSpectrum (Asia edition), Jun 2012, 10 (6), 128 (Website: http://www.biospectrumasia.com) © BioSpectrum 2012
European Community funds Dyadic to develop enzymes Dyadic International’s research and development centre in the Netherlands has secured €400,000 from the European Community under the Seventh Framework Programme to develop enzymes as part of the Bio-Mimetic Project. Dyadic will develop enzymes using its patented and proprietary C1 platform technology to degrade and modify lignin into adhesives, detergents, and cosmetics. The project, entitled ‘New Bio-Inspired Processes and Products from Renewable Feedstock’, will be initially for three years. Procter & Gamble Technical Centres (P&G UK) will be project coordinator of the BioMimetic Project Consortium. Original Source: PBR Pharmaceutical Business Review, 3 Jul 2012, (Website: http://www.pharmaceutical-business-review.com/) © PBR 2012
APPLICATIONS Personal care AkzoNobel forms alliance with Corn Products AkzoNobel Global Personal Care and Corn Products International/National
Starch have forged an alliance, under which AkzoNobel will distribute Corn Products’ range of functional modified starches for hair care and skin care uses. The agreement includes DryFlo (speciality starches), Structure (starch rheology modifiers), Naviance (organic biopolymers), and Natrasorb (starches). Bar soap and dusting powders are not included in the deal. Original Source: SPC, Soap, Perfumery and Cosmetics, Jun 2012, 85 (6), 7 (Website: http://www.cosmeticsbusiness.com/) © HPCi Media Ltd 2012
Household products Nanodiamonds cut through dirt to bring back bling to low-temperature laundry Nanodiamonds, pieces of carbon less than ten-thousandths the diameter of a human hair, have been found to help loosen crystallized fat from surfaces in a project led by research chemists at the University of Warwick that transforms the ability of washing powders to shift dirt in eco-friendly low temperature laundry cycles. These new findings tackle a problem that forces consumers to wash some of their laundry at between 60 and 90°C more than 80 times a year. Even with modern biological washing powders, some fats and dirt cannot be removed at the lower temperatures many prefer to use for their weekly wash. A desire to reduce the significant energy burden of regular high temperature washes, and to understand the behaviour of these new materials, brought University of Warwick scientists and colleagues at Aston University together in a project funded by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and P&G plc. This Cold Water Cleaning Initiative funded a group of chemists, physicists, and engineers led by Dr Andrew Marsh in the University of Warwick’s Department of Chemistry to explore how new forms of carbon might work together with detergents in everyday household products. Dr Andrew Marsh said: “We found that the 5 nm diamonds changed the way detergents behaved at 25°C, doubling the amount of fat removed when using one particular commercial detergent molecule. Even at temperatures as low as 15°C, 3