In 2021, we piloted a new training for site supervisors and leadership teams to improve employee engagement around safety.
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Lower carbon footprint and efficient chemicals, our Integrated Manufacturing Model - Chemical Islands - are powered using renewable biomass energy produced by our pulp manufacturing partners.
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Smarter Futures is a partnership that provides support with regard to cost effective and economically viable fortification of flour with vitamins and minerals.
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Our Mons, Belgium site purchases 100% renewable electricity. In 2021, we shifted 15% of the site’s electricity needs to solar cells.
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August 2021 marked an impressive anniversary for 30 years without work-related incidents at our site in Paulínia, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Numerous improvements including an upgraded chlorine dioxide facility has given the Holmen Group's Iggesund mill a safety and productivity boost.
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High performance chelates, micronutrients, are essential ingredients in the agricultural market. Our micronutrients are compatible with a wide range of fertilizers and plant protection products.
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We are one of the world's leading suppliers of cationic surfactants, fatty amines and their derivatives, for which many applications are possible.
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CEKOL, Sodium Carboxymethylcellulose, Cellulose ether, Today, when sustainability and green values are the key drivers in product innovations, CEKOL® cellulose gum is a preferred choice as a bio-based and biodegradable hydrocolloid. The raw material selection and adjustment of the production process steps makes it possible to tailor specific CEKOL grade’s functionality to different applications. CEKOL Cellulose Gum is a water-soluble polymer derived from wood or cotton cellulose and produced to minimum 99.5% purity. Products manufactured from wood cellulose are fulfilling the GMO-free requirements. The product hydrates and dissolves readily in hot and cold water. By choosing the right CEKOL type, the formulator can achieve the desired rheology for any aqueous system, including suspensions and emulsions. Besides controlling the rheology, CEKOL cellulose gum is known for its excellent water retaining and film forming capacity.
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CELECT, Sodium Carboxymethylcellulose, Cellulose ether, Not all CMCs are created equal. CELECT® brand of CMCs for flotation are uniquely designed to enhance depressant function within the mining flotation process. These product were designed within key parameters that translate into significant value for a given process. CELECT products are based on sustainably sourced cellulose and function as versatile additives in froth flotation due to their ability to disperse and depress gangue minerals across a relatively broad dosage range. The products are water-soluble polymers dissolving in cold as well as in warm water.
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We have a unique technology base and profound experience of producing high-quality cellulose ethers.
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CELQUAT H-100, CELQUAT® H-100 polymer is a high viscosity cationic conditioner/film former useful in a broad range of styling, cleansing, and skin care products. This water soluble modified cellulosic is highly cationic over the entire useful pH range, is substantive to hair and skin, and provides such aesthetic benefits as excellent combability, hold, gloss, and anti-static properties, and a smooth feel. It can also contribute to thickening effects and is suitable for styling gels, creams, and other products where higher viscosity with hold and conditioning are desired.
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CELQUAT L-200, CELQUAT® L-200 polymer is a low viscosity, highly cationic conditioner/film former useful in a broad range of styling, cleansing, and skin care products. This water soluble modified cellulosic is highly cationic over the entire useful pH range, is substantive to hair and skin, and provides such aesthetic benefits as excellent combability, hold, gloss, and anti-static properties, and a smooth feel.
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CELQUAT SC-230M, CELQUAT® SC-230M polymer is a naturally derived cationic conditioning polymer designed to provide medium to high conditioning to hair care formulations. It shows excellent coacervation profile and deposition performance. With CELQUAT SC 230-M, formulators can achieve effective thickening performance and significantly better clarity than using cationic guars and starch-based conditioning polymers.
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