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Gattefossé breaks ground on Gattex production site in Texas
French speciality ingredient supplier Gattefossé has broken ground on its first North American manufacturing facility in Lufkin, Texas. The $50m Gattex facility, which will host manufacturing lipid-based ingredients for the personal care and pharmaceutical industries, is due online in 2024. "Building a new production site
in North America is another step forward in the international reach of Gattefossé,” said chief executive Eduardo De Purgly.
“It will enable the group to
respond to several strategic challenges. First, increasing our global production capacity and offering a back-up on three continents,” he added. “Second, managing our
ecological impacts thanks to reduced lead time in deliveries and to the eco design of the facility.” Gattefossé said the Gattex
project is in line with its CSR roadmap known as Gatt’Up & Act. The production site will primarily
LG opens microbiome R&D centre in Japan
LG Household & Health Care has opened a new microbiome beauty products research and development (R&D) centre on Hokkaido, in Hokkaido, Japan. According to a report by
Korean news agency Yonhap, the facility will provide the optimal environment for conducting research on useful strains of microbiomes. The R&D centre and is equipped with infrastructure for advanced research and production of base ingredients for related products.
LG Household & Health Care
told Yonhap that it plans to establish a natural fermentation production system and develop various microbiome ingredients at the new centre. Han Jong-seob, head of the
Hokkaido R&D centre, said LG will “develop naturally fermented and microbiome beauty products loved by global customers through the work at the new R&D facility". Microbiomes refer to the
collection of bacteria, fungi and other microbes that naturally live on the human body.
service regional customers, thus limiting transportation impacts. The plant will be LEED
(Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified,
a globally recognized symbol of sustainability achievement: less carbon emissions, preservation and conservation of resources and prioritisation of sustainable practices.
Dow partners with EcoSynthetix
Dow has entered into an exclusive engagement with EcoSynthetix to bring bio- based, biodegradable and low- carbon solutions to the personal care industry. The arrangement initially
targets the hair styling market, including the MaizeCare Polymers portfolio of corn-based ingredients. Dow said the companies
aim to “leverage their key expertise by meeting the growing consumer demand for
bio-based and biodegradable technologies that provide unique and high-performance benefits”. “Driven by a deep
understanding of consumer needs, this collaboration helps accelerate Dow’s commitment towards a low-carbon, circular economy while keeping the latest beauty care trends top of mind,” added Isabel Almiro do Vale, global marketing and strategy director for Dow Personal Care.
Colonial Chemical to open Saudi manufacturing plant in Q3
Colonial Chemical is set to begin operations at its new specialty chemicals manufacturing plant in Dammam, Saudi Arabia by the end of September. The nine-acre facility will
primarily provide a source of locally manufactured specialty surfactants and other chemicals for personal care and other applications. The new plant will also
offer manufacturing technology capabilities for a variety of chemicals as well as toll blending capability for finished formulations and custom chemical manufacture. Additionally, construction will include state-of-the- art laboratories for R&D and formulation development and
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designated as Colonial Chemical M.E. Arabia and is a joint venture with Sadeem Investments and Earth’s Reservoir for Oil and Gas, EROG. Colonial is providing the
administrative offices for supply chain and customer service personnel. The plant, due to start
manufacturing operations in Q3 2022, will also house packaging and labeling operations. Raw materials will be sourced
locally to produce amine oxides, quaternary ammonium compounds, hydroxypropyl
sultaines, betaines, propionates, ether carboxylates, imidazolines, phosphate esters, EPI-sulfonates, and phosphates. Colonial said the plant will
allow customers in Saudi Arabia and the region to achieve high local content levels required by localization initiatives such as IKTVA, NUSANED and NIDLP. The Dammam facility is
technology and operations knowledge for the plant while Sadeem Investments and EROG are responsible for local operational oversight and construction support. “The new operation in
Dammam will take advantage of local sourcing throughout the value chain and position Colonial Chemical, M.E. Arabia as a preferential source of product and services for customers in that region,” said David Anderson, President, Colonial Chemical, Inc.
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