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SUN CARE
KCC Silicone and LG to jointly develop silicone

materials for UV protection products

South Korean firms - KCC Silicone
and LG Household & Health Care have
joined hands to develop next-gene-
ration ultraviolet (UV) protection
materials, focusing on silicone polymer
technologies optimised for sun care
products.

In the partnership, LG Household &
Health Care will bring its expertise in
UV protection formulations through
its Beauty Research Institute, while
KCC Silicone will contribute advanced
high-purity silicone polymer techno-
logy to develop UV protection pro-
ducts that offer both superior blocking
performance and improved sensory framework for sharing research out- year-round. We will utilise materials that
experience. The collaboration seeks to comes and engaging in academic acti- provide high UV-blocking efficiency
address rising consumer demand for vities, with plans to broaden expand and satisfying sensory qualities to
effective and pleasant-to-use sun care joint research into skincare materials in launch sun care products with strong
products. the future. global competitiveness.”

The partners will jointly conduct LG Household & Health Care’s According to a report published
research on silicone polymer materials Chief Technology Officer, Mr. Kang by Future Market Insights, the global
suitable for UV protection products, Nae-kyu, highlighted the increasing sun care products market is projec-
develop sun care formulations incor- importance of sun care products, stat- ted to grow from $15.43-bn in 2025 to
porating these materials, and carry ing, ”As climate change emphasises $28.96-bn by 2035, reflecting a com-
out efficacy evaluations. Additionally, the importance of UV protection, sun pound annual growth rate (CAGR) of
they intend to establish a collaborative care products have become essential 6.5%.
Neste, Ravago abandon chemical recycling project

in the Netherlands

Finnish renewable chemicals firm based on technology developed by US- waste plastic at its refinery in Porvoo,
Neste, and Belgian materials supplier based Alterra Energy. Both Ravago and Finland. The company has announced a
Ravago have reportedly abandoned Neste are minority investors in Alterra. €111-mn investment to scale up lique-
plans to build a pyrolysis plant in fied plastic waste processing at Porvoo
Vlissingen, the Netherlands. Neste and Ravago first formed a to 150,000 tonnes a year. Neste has also
chemical recycling partnership in 2019. acquired European rights to Alterra
The project was first announced in They then planned to work together Energy’s liquefaction technology
2021. The partners then planned to build a to process more than 200,000 tons of but it hasn’t yet resulted in new capacity
chemical recycling plant with capacity to waste plastics per year through chem- building. Neste aims to process more
process 55,000 tons of mixed plastic waste ical recycling. As of 2024, Neste pro- than one million tons of waste plastic
a year. The facility would have been built cessed around 6,000 tons of liquefied per year from 2030 onwards.

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