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Shampoo: Procter and Gamble sheds 75 jobs in Blois, France
FOCUS times, decrease the impact of harsh chemicals on the wear and tear of equipment, and extend the lifetime of linens and fabrics. Detergents formulated with DuPont OPTIMASE professional-grade enzymes can deliver several eco-friendly benefits, from enabling decreased water consumption and lower wash temperatures to providing solutions with biodegradable and near-neutral pH waste products and effluent streams. Original Source: Univar, 15 Sep 2015 (Website: http://www.univar.com) © Univar Inc 2015
TAED market worth $543.80 M by 2020 According to the report 'TAED Market by Application (Detergents, Bleaching Agents, and Cleaning Agents), and by Region (Europe, Rest of the World, Asia-Pacific, and North America) Global Trends & Forecasts to 2020', published by MarketsandMarkets, the global tetraacetylethylenediamine (TAED) market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.83% from 2015 to 2020 to reach a value of $543.80 M by 2020. Europe is the key market for TAED, with a >50% share in 2014. Detergent applications dominate the TAED market, holding the largest market share by value in 2014 and also accounting for some 84% by consumption. The highest growth rate till 2020 is projected to come from the cleaning agents sector, which includes disinfectants and denture cleaners. Original Source: MarketsandMarkets, 2015. Found on PR Newswire, 28 Aug 2015, (Website: http://www.prnewswire.com)
APPLICATIONS Personal care products DSM Personal Care to address sunscreen formulation and stability challenges at 2015 Sunscreen Symposium On 18 Sep 2015, the Senior Application Scientist at DSM Personal Care, a leading sun care player, presented new research findings on robust November 2015
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emulsification at the 2015 Sunscreen Symposium in Orlando, FL, USA. The presentation highlighted DSM's Amphisol K (potassium cetyl phosphate), an oil-in-water emulsifier capable of delivering outstanding sunscreen stability combined with ease of product development. Using comparative science, the presentation showed formulators how to overcome current challenges posed by high UV filter and pigment loads over a broad viscosity range. Further, it illustrated the potential for development of a new generation of highly sophisticated sunscreens and day care products, which combine a high level of protection while delivering sensorial attributes that promote consumer compliance. Research has shown that Amphisol K provides stability through its ability to form mainly lamellar structures of very densely packed layers of water and liquid crystalline lipid phases. Hitherto the micro-domains thought to be responsible for stabilizing emulsions have rarely been seen, but freezefracture scanning electron microscopy has recently enabled DSM to identify these micro-domains. Original Source: DSM, 15 Sep 2015, (Website: http://www.dsm.com/) © Koninklijke DSM NV 2015
Shampoo: Procter and Gamble sheds 75 jobs in Blois, France Whilst Procter and Gamble is negotiating the integration of its Beauty division within Coty ['Focus on Surfactants', Aug 2015], the group continues to tidy up its portfolio. In Sep 2015 it told French news agency AFP that is was planning to shed 75 of the 420 jobs at its shampoos factory in Blois, France, over three years. This restructuring will be accompanied by a €30 M investment designed to improve the competitiveness of the factory (which makes the Head & Shoulders and Pantene brands). 95% of the factory's production is exported. Eric Gondy of French union Force Ouvrière told AFP that his organization had been warning for two years that the growth of Procter and Gamble's Romanian factory would be to the detriment of the Blois unit. Procter and Gamble has indicated that the Blois unit will continue supplying Western Europe whereas the group's Romanian factory will supply Eastern Europe. Talks are under way between the Blois factory's management and representatives of the
workforce, and the restructuring programme will soon be put into effect. Original Source: Chimie Pharma Hebdo, 28 Sep 2015, (732), (Website: http://www. industrie.com/chimie/) (in French) © ETAI Information 2015
Other Puffed-up polymers A group of researchers from Imperial College London, UK, has designed a closed-cell elastomer polymer made of surfactant, hardener, silicone oil and an aqueous solution of sodium hydrogen carbonate. To reduce its viscosity, the mixture was heated and agitated, then allowed to harden for 48 hours at room temperature. Pockets of NaHCO3 are enclosed in the resulting closed-cell polymer. Under vacuum, the polymer expands up to several times, returning to its original size under ambient pressure. This can potentially prevent leaks in passenger cabins, airplane fuel tanks and other compartments functioning in a reduced-pressure environment. Two aluminium sheets were placed around a film of this polymer and expanded to plug a hole in the wall. Aside from the aqueous solution, the researchers used supercritical CO2 in the pores, which resulted in a polymer emulsion capable of expanding at atmospheric pressure. Original Source: ChemistryViews, 26 Aug 2015, (Website: http://www.chemistryviews. org) © WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co KGaA 2015
ENVIRONMENT Microbeads: the end is nigh A number of governments are evaluating a ban on the use of microbeads in personal care products, cosmetics and other products, with several firms opting for voluntary bans. These microbeads are synthetic compounds marked on labels as nylon and acrylate copolymers, polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE). Due to their less than a millimetre thickness, they cannot be filtered out of wastewater treatment plants and thus permeate water bodies. The 5 Gyres Institute of California in the USA has estimated that around 5.25 tn
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TAED market worth $543.80 M by 2020 According to the report 'TAED Market by Application (Detergents, Bleaching Agents, and Cleaning Agents), and by Region (Europe, Rest of the World, Asia-Pacific, and North America) Global Trends & Forecasts to 2020', published by MarketsandMarkets, the global tetraacetylethylenediamine (TAED) market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.83% from 2015 to 2020 to reach a value of $543.80 M by 2020. Europe is the key market for TAED, with a >50% share in 2014. Detergent applications dominate the TAED market, holding the largest market share by value in 2014 and also accounting for some 84% by consumption. The highest growth rate till 2020 is projected to come from the cleaning agents sector, which includes disinfectants and denture cleaners. Original Source: MarketsandMarkets, 2015. Found on PR Newswire, 28 Aug 2015, (Website: http://www.prnewswire.com)
APPLICATIONS Personal care products DSM Personal Care to address sunscreen formulation and stability challenges at 2015 Sunscreen Symposium On 18 Sep 2015, the Senior Application Scientist at DSM Personal Care, a leading sun care player, presented new research findings on robust November 2015
ON
S U R FAC TA N T S
emulsification at the 2015 Sunscreen Symposium in Orlando, FL, USA. The presentation highlighted DSM's Amphisol K (potassium cetyl phosphate), an oil-in-water emulsifier capable of delivering outstanding sunscreen stability combined with ease of product development. Using comparative science, the presentation showed formulators how to overcome current challenges posed by high UV filter and pigment loads over a broad viscosity range. Further, it illustrated the potential for development of a new generation of highly sophisticated sunscreens and day care products, which combine a high level of protection while delivering sensorial attributes that promote consumer compliance. Research has shown that Amphisol K provides stability through its ability to form mainly lamellar structures of very densely packed layers of water and liquid crystalline lipid phases. Hitherto the micro-domains thought to be responsible for stabilizing emulsions have rarely been seen, but freezefracture scanning electron microscopy has recently enabled DSM to identify these micro-domains. Original Source: DSM, 15 Sep 2015, (Website: http://www.dsm.com/) © Koninklijke DSM NV 2015
Shampoo: Procter and Gamble sheds 75 jobs in Blois, France Whilst Procter and Gamble is negotiating the integration of its Beauty division within Coty ['Focus on Surfactants', Aug 2015], the group continues to tidy up its portfolio. In Sep 2015 it told French news agency AFP that is was planning to shed 75 of the 420 jobs at its shampoos factory in Blois, France, over three years. This restructuring will be accompanied by a €30 M investment designed to improve the competitiveness of the factory (which makes the Head & Shoulders and Pantene brands). 95% of the factory's production is exported. Eric Gondy of French union Force Ouvrière told AFP that his organization had been warning for two years that the growth of Procter and Gamble's Romanian factory would be to the detriment of the Blois unit. Procter and Gamble has indicated that the Blois unit will continue supplying Western Europe whereas the group's Romanian factory will supply Eastern Europe. Talks are under way between the Blois factory's management and representatives of the
workforce, and the restructuring programme will soon be put into effect. Original Source: Chimie Pharma Hebdo, 28 Sep 2015, (732), (Website: http://www. industrie.com/chimie/) (in French) © ETAI Information 2015
Other Puffed-up polymers A group of researchers from Imperial College London, UK, has designed a closed-cell elastomer polymer made of surfactant, hardener, silicone oil and an aqueous solution of sodium hydrogen carbonate. To reduce its viscosity, the mixture was heated and agitated, then allowed to harden for 48 hours at room temperature. Pockets of NaHCO3 are enclosed in the resulting closed-cell polymer. Under vacuum, the polymer expands up to several times, returning to its original size under ambient pressure. This can potentially prevent leaks in passenger cabins, airplane fuel tanks and other compartments functioning in a reduced-pressure environment. Two aluminium sheets were placed around a film of this polymer and expanded to plug a hole in the wall. Aside from the aqueous solution, the researchers used supercritical CO2 in the pores, which resulted in a polymer emulsion capable of expanding at atmospheric pressure. Original Source: ChemistryViews, 26 Aug 2015, (Website: http://www.chemistryviews. org) © WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co KGaA 2015
ENVIRONMENT Microbeads: the end is nigh A number of governments are evaluating a ban on the use of microbeads in personal care products, cosmetics and other products, with several firms opting for voluntary bans. These microbeads are synthetic compounds marked on labels as nylon and acrylate copolymers, polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE). Due to their less than a millimetre thickness, they cannot be filtered out of wastewater treatment plants and thus permeate water bodies. The 5 Gyres Institute of California in the USA has estimated that around 5.25 tn
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