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BIOSOLUTIONS FOR BEAUTY
Syensqo and Allozymes to use enzyme engineering

to develop novel home and personal care solutions

Belgian speciality ingredients of Renewable Materials & Biotechno-
specialist, Syensqo, and Allozymes, logy growth platform at Syensqo.
a Singaporean enzyme engineering
start-up have inked a Memorandum of The deal is in line with Syensqo’s
Understanding (MoU) to leverage their focus on expanding its beauty specia-
strengths in biotechnology towards the lity ingredients portfolio based on
development of advanced biosolutions biotechnology. It complements the
for home and personal care, in particular company’s recent acquisition of
for the skin care market. South Korean ceramides specialist
JinYoung Bio.
Allozymes has developed a unique
ultra-high throughput microfluidics “Our partnership with Syensqo
platform for the engineering of logical capabilities with Syensqo’s embodies our mutual commitment to a
enzymes and microbes. This plat- application and market access expertise, sustainable future, leveraging biotech-
form enables the rapid and cost-effec- we are poised to create groundbreaking nology to enable cleaner, greener pro-
tive development of biomanufactured solutions that will not only benefit the cesses, ensuring our actions today con-
ingredients and bioprocesses. home and personal care market but tribute to a healthier planet for future
also contribute to a more sustainable generations,” added Dr. Peyman Sale-
“By combining Allozymes techno- future,” said Mr. Thomas Canova, head hian, CEO and cofounder at Allozymes.

ECO-FRIENDLY PRODUCTS
TotalEnergies acquires Finnish base oil reprocessing
firm

French energy giant, TotalEnergies, the use of RRBOs in the production
has acquired Tecoil, a Finnish company of our high-end lubricants to meet our
specialised in the production of re- customers’ growing demand for in-
refined base oils (RRBOs), which the creasingly high-performance, environ-
company says has the most efficient mentally friendly products,” said
used oil regeneration process on the Mr. Pierre Duhot, Senior Vice-President
market today. Lubricants and Specialties at Total-
Energies.
Tecoil currently operates a produc-
tion facility of 50-ktpa of RRBOs in oils are used to make lubricants that The Hamina plant uses green
Hamina, eastern Finland. Tecoil has meet new customer demand for circu- hydrogen produced in Tecoil’s own
developed its own circular economy larity and sustainability. They signifi- facility. The company aims to reduce
network for collecting used lubricants cantly reduce the lubricants’ carbon the facility’s carbon dioxide (CO )
2
in Europe and supplying its plant, footprint while delivering the level of emissions by 60% relative to produc-
TotalEnergies said in a news release. performance expected and approved by tion by the year 2030.
many car manufacturers, according to
Through a process known as “re- the release. With 42 lubricant production sites
refining,” used oils are treated to give worldwide, TotalEnergies partners with
them properties comparable to the best “The integration of Tecoil into companies in the automotive, industrial
virgin base oils. The high-quality base TotalEnergies will allow us to accelerate and marine markets.

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