Solvay Eliminates the need for Fluorosurfactants in its Tecnoflon® FKM Portfolio

Solvay eliminates the need for PFAS-based process aids in its Tecnoflon® FKM portfolio. 
(Photo: Solvay, PR030)Solvay, a global market leader in fluorochemistry, is introducing to the market a new portfolio of high-quality Tecnoflon® peroxide curable fluoroelastomers (FKM) produced without the use of fluorosurfactants (PFAS-based process aids) or any other polymerisation surfactant.

Devan lives up to its sustainability legacy and expands cooling technology range

Devan ChemicalsHeimtextil Frankfurt 2022 is not really the winter fair people are used to visit. Temperatures will be more summer-like. For Devan, the same recipe holds though: launch novel technologies to the Home Textiles market!

Seguridad a largo plazo y resistencia fiable: High Resistance TPE for Cosmetic

Con High Resistance TPE for Cosmetics, KRAIBURG TPE amplía la gama de productos e incorpora una serie de compuestos resistentes al contacto con sustancias de alta exigencia (entre ellas, el isododecano). 
(Fotografía: © 2022 KRAIBURG TPE)En el ámbito del packaging, el isododecano y otras sustancias similares representan un reto para los elastómeros termoplásticos (TPE). Si un material no ha sido desarrollado especialmente para aquello que se requiere en el sector de la cosmética, existe el riesgo de que experimente cambios y se hinche o deteriore. En estos casos se apunta, sobre todo, a obtener productos basados en fórmulas a prueba de agua. Con High Resistance TPE for Cosmetics, KRAIBURG TPE presenta un producto perfeccionado, que satisface las actuales exigencias de forma segura y duradera.

INEOS Styrolution introduces first sustainable styrenics products with superior weathering resistance based on bio-attribution

Window profiles and car spoiler, typical applications for Luran S © Shutterstock.Frankfurt, June 15, 2022 - INEOS Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics, has today announced the introduction of the company’s first sustainable ASA solution. INEOS Styrolution’s Luran® S material is now also available as Luran S ECO with up to 50% bio-attributed content.

INEOS Styrolution extends its line of sustainable SBC products by a 100% bio-attributed option

Typical Styrolux application © INEOS Styrolution.INEOS Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics, has today announced the introduction of its first SBC products produced from 100% bio-attributed feedstock. The new solution is available for INEOS Styrolution’s Styrolux® and Styroflex® product lines.

Indaver and INEOS Styrolution sign offtake agreement for recycled styrene monomer

© Image courtesy of Indaver.Indaver, a leading player in the European waste industry, and INEOS Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics, have signed an offtake agreement today giving INEOS Styrolution access to styrene monomer (“SM”) produced from post-consumer waste at Indaver’s planned depolymerisation plant.

Perstorp introduces the world’s first 2-Ethylhexanol partly based on renewables

Perstorp introduces the world’s first 2-Ethylhexanol partly based on renewables. 
(Photo: Perstorp)Leading specialty chemicals innovator Perstorp introduces 2-Ethylhexanol based on 25% renewable raw material according to a traceable mass balance concept. 2-EH Pro 25 is designed to reduce the carbon footprint throughout the value chain where it is used to support sustainable sourcing of renewable and recycled raw materials. It is the latest addition to Perstorp’s rapidly expanding ISCC PLUS-certified portfolio of Pro-Environment products.

Solvay Launches New Biosurfactants for Carbon-Neutral and Circular Beauty Care Products

Solvay Launches New Biosurfactants for Carbon-Neutral and Circular Beauty Care Products. 
(Photo: Solvay, PR025)Solvay, a leading supplier of cosmetic ingredients, has introduced Mirasoft® SL L60 and Mirasoft® SL A60 - two new high-performance biosurfactants that enable the development of sustainable beauty care products. Based on rapeseed oil and sugar with low environmental and carbon footprint, these glycolipid biosurfactants are suitable for a broad range of applications in beauty care such as shampoos, conditioners, shower gels, face washes and creams.