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News from Abroad

Academy Centre on the doorstep of
Milan reinforces our commitment to
serve our supplier partners and customers
not only as a distributor, but also
as a formulator and solutions provider,
driving innovation in the business,”
said Mr. Gabriele Bonomi, EV Group
CEO. “This is just the beginning of
further investments to strengthen our
services and technical capabilities
in the EMEA region, fostering our
commitment to creating value for
partners,” he added. The new laboratory
is equipped for developing formu-
lations, solving technical problems,
and providing technical assistance.

“Part of a network of four labora-
tories with market-focused experts who EV’s technical support into make-up, wood coatings, inks & pigments, and
exchange knowledge and formulation skin care, hair care, and construction, adhesives markets,” informed a com-
expertise, the new facility will expand decorative paints, industrial coatings, pany note.

POOLING RESOURCES
Sasol Chemicals and Solugen to evaluate effectiveness

of sustainable ingredients in care chemicals

Sasol Chemicals, a business unit
of South African chemicals major,
Sasol, and US-based bio-based chemi-
cals fi rm, Solugen, have announced
an agreement to explore commerciali-
sation of new solutions to meet grow-
ing consumer demand for sustainable
ingredients in home and personal care
products.

Sasol Chemicals will evaluate the
effectiveness of Solugen’s proprietary
products, blends and derivatives in its business division. Solugen’s bio-based “We are thrilled to partner with
household, personal care, and industrial & ingredients are high-performing and Sasol Chemicals, one of the world’s
institutional cleaning surfactant formu- cost-competitive materials used in deter- largest producers of surfactants, to
lations, initially focusing on chelating gents, cleaning products, and personal drive positive impact in the home
agents. “Our focus is delivering care products. Solugen manufactures and personal care market. We look
high-performing products with lower these ingredients at its Bioforge faci- forward to leveraging our combined
carbon footprints at competitive prices, lity in Houston, which uses a novel strengths in technology, production,
and we are eager to see how Solugen’s chemienzymatic process to convert and market development to meet
products might help us do that,” said plant-derived substances into essential increasing consumer demand for our
Mr. Jonathan Ward, Senior Manager materials that traditionally relied on high-performance, bio-based solutions,”
of Strategy and Sustainable Growth fossil fuels – all with no or low emis- said Mr. Gaurab Chakrabarti, CEO of
for Sasol’s Essential Care Chemicals sions and waste. Solugen.

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