TAGS: Natural/ Organic
Clariant has announced the expansion of production capacity for its isethionates derivatives - Hostapon SCI - mild surfactants to support the increasing shift by personal care formulators and brands towards using mild surfactants to differentiate applications. Clariant also supports the growing consumer trend for hygiene products.
Hostapon SCI Grades: Non-irritant
Clariant’s Hostapon SCI grades are natural, anionic mild surfactants. Th grades are plant-based, non-irritant, ultra-mild and compliant with a number of industry-recognized ecolabels, and create formulations with creamy and stable foams. The grades form part of Clariant’s broad portfolio of mild surfactants for skin cleansing, hair care and baby care applications.
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As one of the leading companies for specialty chemicals in personal care, Clariant continues to invest and support the latest trends in the sector. Mild surfactants are a growing sector driven by consumers seeking new mildness claims, invaluable in helping formulators to answer needs for mild cleansing hygiene, sensitive skin solutions, solid formats and more natural ingredients,” commented Christian Vang, global head of business unit industrial & consumer specialties.
Increases Capacity in the US and Spain
Each grade brings high level cleaning performance and specific foam types or thickening behavior to products, supported by different formulation benefits and consumer features. As a global expansion, the investment targets capacity increase and general modernization of current facilities at the Mount Holly (USA) and Tarragona (Spain) manufacturing sites. The general asset modernization will optimize energy consumption and also aggregate options for new SI grades (different Carbon-chains).
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Together with our introduction in recent years of Glucamides sugar surfactant technology, it further positions Clariant as one of the innovative leaders for the future of mild surfactants, as they become increasingly popular among our personal care customers in their development of milder and healthier solutions,” added Ralf Zerrer, global head of strategic marketing and innovation business unit industrial & consumer specialties.
Source: Clariant