Reducing energy and waste across the value chain, together with limiting raw material usage in coating formulas will become increasingly important aspects of product formulation strategies as materials become scarcer.
A consortium of companies in the European process industry comprising the areas of biotechnology, renewable resources, chemistry, process engineering, and equipment supply, as well as research organizations, recently launched project PRODIAS (PROcessing Diluted Aqueous Systems).
Specialty chemicals company Clariant is a finalist in the German business innovation award, Innovationspreis der Deutschen Wirtschaft 2015, in the Large Company category.