In the section we provide some of the latest feature articles from our hard copy directory and submissions from within the global speciality chemicals marketplace.
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Strong upswing in antibacterial properties demanded by brands for skin care formulations Kerfoot Group, the leading supplier of natural and organic oils, essential oils, waxes and butters, for the personal care products sector, has seen a clear upswing in demand for natural antibacterial properties for skin and hair product formulations. Dora Bert, Supplier Development Manager at Kerfoot, commented: “We’re in...
Paris-La Défense, 8 April 2020 – Effective April 1st 2020, Safic-Alcan, an international specialty chemicals distributor, is pleased to announce an extended exclusive distribution agreement with TRONOX for TiONA® TiO2 pigments in France. Drawing on their successful partnership with Safic-Alcan, Tronox has recently appointed the company as its exclusive distributor partner in France for the sale of the whole ranges...
Safic Alcan U.K. Ltd achieves Gold rating for its EcoVadis ESG Assessment Paris-La Défense, April 2 2020 – Safic Alcan UK Ltd, a subsidiary of the Safic-Alcan Group, an independent specialty chemicals distributor, is proud to announce that it has successfully achieved the gold certificate by the rating agency EcoVadis. With 70 out of 100 possible points, Safic-Alcan U.K. is among...
CPhI South East Asia – organised by Informa Markets – has been rescheduled for the newly confirmed date of 1-3 July, 2020 at the IMPACT in Muang Thong Thani, Thailand. The move from the original March 4-6 date was taken after careful consideration and consultation with local government and authorities, and advice from the World Health Organisation (WHO) in regard to the Novel...
Chlorine-free titanium ALD precursor for leading edge semiconductor applications TDMAT ALD precursor is an attractive alternative to TiCl4 Atomic layer deposition (ALD) of titanium-based compounds has been a crucial process step in the modern semiconductor industry. Titanium nitride (TiN), due to its high electrical conductivity, has been in use as an inorganic anti-reflective coating for lithography, hard-mask for low-κ patterning,...
Paris–La Défense, January 14 2020 – Safic-Alcan Hellas, a subsidiary of the Safic-Alcan Group, announces new distribution partnership with Evonik in Greece. Safic-Alcan Hellas is pleased to announce that as of 1st January 2020 it will become Evonik distribution partner in Greece for the following brands and industries: 1/ AEROSIL®, AEROXIDE®, AERODISP®, SIPERNAT®, ULTRASIL®, ZEOFREE®, ZEOTHIX®, ZEOLEX®, SPHERILEX® for Adhesives...
Paris – La Défense, November 8th 2019 Safic-Alcan, a global speciality chemicals distributor, publishes its first Sustainability Report. Safic-Alcan announces today the release of its first sustainability report: The Durable Link. The report is centered on the company’s commitment to enhance the long lasting link, The Durable Link, connecting chemical manufacturers and chemical users with complete distribution solutions as well as individual...
Photocatalysis is a type of catalysis that results in the alteration of the rate of a photoreaction – a chemical reaction that involves the absorption of light by one or more reacting species – by adding catalysts that participate in the chemical reaction without being consumed. This is a rapidly expanding market in research and Strem Chemicals UK can offer...
New challenges and applications with our carbon nanotubes Scientists are still finding new possibilities for this nanotechnology It is hard to imagine nanotechnology and materials science without carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and their outstanding physical and chemical properties.[1] The first fundamental studies on CNTs were reported by Iijima in the early nineties.[2, 3] CNTs are small tubular structures of two-dimensional graphene...
Nigel Matthews and Mary Kedward attended the Cambridgeshire SME Business Awards earlier this week at the Imperial War museum in Duxford where they were delighted to receive the runners up certificate for the Green Award Being ‘green’ in business terms means reducing or removing the harmful impact that products or services have on the environment, so we are especially pleased...
