BIC works with our key supplier partners to stay on top of today’s hottest formulation trends. Please consider us a resource when trying to re-formulate existing products and when developing new formulations. Today’s consumers are looking for more “environmentally-friendly” and sustainable products.

Demand is increasing for more sustainable products:

• ADM’s Bio-based Propylene Glycol enjoys a more stable cost position, due to its crop-derived raw material source. Their PG production process results in a 61% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), compared to petroleum-based Propylene Glycol.

More consumers are looking for biodegradable ingredients and products made from renewable-derived raw materials:

• Akzo Nobel has developed Dissolvine ® GL, brand name for GLDA, from natural and sustainable raw materials; it is readily biodegradable with a high solubility over a wide pH range. Dissolvine ® GL is a far more effective chelating agent than phosphates, phosphonates, and traditional chelating compounds EDTA and NTA. Applications of this product include detergents, personal care & cosmetics, hard surface cleaning, and automatic and mechanical dishwashing.

• BIC partners with Ivanhoe Industries to help customers formulate products with their emulsifiers based on vegetable-derived Sorbitol and Glycerine, as well as non-Silicone defoamers derived from vegetable oils.