Sasol Chemicals and Solugen will evaluate effectiveness of sustainable ingredients in care chemicals applications
20 October 2023 - 3:47AM
Business Wire
Sasol Chemicals, a business unit of Sasol Ltd. (JSE: SOL; NYSE:
SSL), and Solugen today announced an agreement to explore
commercialization of new solutions to meet rapidly growing 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 household,
personal care, and industrial and institutional cleaning surfactant
formulations, initially focusing on chelating agents.
“This agreement is an example of our approach of partnering to
find innovative solutions for our customers,” said Jonathan Ward,
Senior Manager of Strategy and Sustainable Growth for Sasol’s
Essential Care Chemicals business division. “Our focus is
delivering high-performing products with lower carbon footprints at
competitive prices, and we are eager to see how Solugen’s products
might help us do that.”
Solugen’s bio-based ingredients are high-performing and
cost-competitive materials used in detergents, cleaning products,
and personal care products. Solugen manufactures these ingredients
at its Bioforge facility in Houston, which uses a first-of-its-kind
chemienzymatic process to convert plant-derived substances into
essential materials that traditionally relied on fossil fuels – all
with no or low emissions and waste.
"We are thrilled to partner with Sasol Chemicals, one of the
world’s largest producers of surfactants, to drive positive impact
in the home and personal care market,” said Gaurab Chakrabarti,
Chief Executive Officer of Solugen. “Sasol’s commitment to
sustainability makes it an ideal partner for Solugen. We look
forward to leveraging our combined strengths in technology,
production, and market development to meet increasing consumer
demand for our high-performance, bio-based solutions.”
The high efficiency and scalability of Solugen’s process offers
an extensive reduction in carbon footprint compared with
conventional ingredients, resulting in overall carbon negative or
neutral GHG emissions (cradle-to-gate).
About Sasol Chemicals
Sasol Chemicals partners with our customers, suppliers,
employees, and communities to create innovative solutions for a
better world. Our unique chemistry provides the building blocks for
a sustainable future and is used by more than 6 500 customers in
120 countries in countless products that improve the quality of
life for people around the world.
Sasol Chemicals is a business of Sasol Limited. For more
information, visit the Sasol Chemicals website.
About Solugen
Solugen is a groundbreaking technology company on a bold mission
to decarbonize the physical world.
At the heart of our innovation is the world’s first
carbon-negative molecule factory—the Bioforge™. This unique
manufacturing platform uses a chemienzymatic process to convert
plant-derived substances into essential materials that have
historically been made from fossil fuels—all without emissions or
waste.
A highly scalable and localized alternative to conventional
approaches, the Bioforge™ enables us to produce a range of
high-performance, cost-competitive, and sustainable solutions to
meet the diverse needs of our customers.
For more information, visit Solugen.com.
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Karen Clapp Communications Manager, Essential Care Chemicals
Sasol Chemicals Karen.Clapp@us.sasol.com
Tom Richardson Vice President of Marketing Solugen
Tom.Richardson@solugen.com
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