We have another exciting new principal that we’re proud to share with you – New Zealand based Organic Bioactives.Continue reading
New Principal: Organic Bioactives
New Principal: Labio
We’re proud to introduce you to an exciting new principal for personal care products: Labio. Based in Korea, Labio specialises in bio-technology and specifically focuses on extremophiles. Through a unique combination of metabolome, fermentology and cell engineering, this innovative company looks at developing efficient, sustainable and more eco-friendly ingredients with enhanced dermatological benefits for a range of personal care applications.Continue reading
SurfaTech Helping To Save The American Chestnut Tree
For around 40 million years the American Chestnut Tree (Castanea dentata) dominated the forests of eastern America in its billions, often growing to heights of over 100 feet and with trunks over 10 feet in diameter, yet sadly there are said to only be around 100 trees left. That’s why SurfaTech Corporation, one of our principals, is making it its mission to help save this mighty tree from complete extinction.
In Memory of Jenny Smith
The Directors and Staff of Chemlink Specialities are sad to announce the recent death of Jenny Smith, a dear friend and former colleague.
Before joining Chemlink, Jenny had spent many years in the Chemical Industry starting work at ICI and then moving to Cargo Fleet Chemicals / Ellis & Everard where she became Technical Manager for many years.
She had also served as Chair of the BACS Speciality Surfactants Group for several years.
We were delighted when she joined Chemlink, initially in a sales role, but then as technical liaison before eventually becoming our Regulatory Affairs Manager where she brought her experience and expertise to bear particularly when dealing with customers and suppliers especially solving the mysteries of REACH, BPR and the like for over 17 years.
Jenny will be dearly missed by us all as a very knowledgeable, hard-working, funny and often outspoken lady – who always brought biscuits and the like to our Sales Meetings!
Uniblue UDF2 – The Disinfectant Of The Future
Understandably, the world’s increased consumption of disinfectant is crucial at this time in order to safeguard us from COVID-19. Products with antimicrobial efficacy have never been more important, especially if they are proven to be effective against coronaviruses like COV-SARS- 2, but there is – of course – an environmental secondary cost to consider. We’d like to introduce you to our revolutionary solution to a global problem, Uniblue UDF2.
Ingredients For Sanitising Hand Gels
Due to increased demand, there is currently a market shortage of rheology modifiers for alcohol-based hand sanitisers, so we have put together a list of ingredients that can be used in this application.
Chemlink Specialities – Runner Up in Laura Marshall Award
Chemlink Specialities have been awarded ‘Runner Up’ for the Laura Marshall Award at SCS Formulate 2019. Our entry for 2019 was ‘For Goodness… Shake!’ – a remarkable concept with a strong eco-friendly focus.
What Is ‘For Goodness… SHAKE!’?
Our 2019 Laura Marshall Award entry was a concept formulation called ‘For Goodness… SHAKE!’. This interactive concept has been perfected by Norman Lowe, our Group Senior Technical Manager, it has a particular focus on eco-friendly attributes, such as: plastic free, biodegradable, concentrated formulation, and low-energy formulation.
Designed and developed to help consumers align their personal care purchases with their own personal values, ‘For Goodness… SHAKE!’ is a modern take on personal care formulation. Products such as shampoo, conditioner, and moisturiser have remained largely unchanged in terms of delivery system since they became available in liquid forms.
But this standard delivery system may no longer be appropriate in today’s world. Bottles of liquid formulation are heavy, bulky and typically require plastic to be used as a container. All of these attributes are under consumer scrutiny at the moment, particularly the use of plastic – recyclable or otherwise. ‘For Goodness… SHAKE!’ is able to improve in all of these areas, as well as offering a novel and interactive solution.
Of course, plastic-free personal care isn’t new. Solid formulations have been popular with consumers, especially millennials and Gen Z, for years now. However solid formulations in the often wet environment of the bathroom can prove problematic. So what’s great about this concept it that it utilises a familiar concept (pods for laundry and dishwashers) and encourages reusables in the home. Simply add another pod and tap water when your product runs out, and you have a home-made liquid formulation!
Here’s how ‘For Goodness… SHAKE!’ works.
And here’s how ‘For Goodness… SHAKE!’ can help consumers help the environment.
Runners Up For The Laura Marshall Award
We’d like to thank everyone who voted for our entry this time around. We thoroughly enjoyed demonstrating our concept and speaking with other technical minds on the challenges of formulation for eco credentials.
The winner for 2019 was Safic Alcan, whose formulation for a rehydratable solid face scrub was very popular. We’d like to congratulate them on their exciting formulation. In addition, we felt that all the 2019 entries were all exciting, innovative and we were pleased to see that eco-friendliness was a common theme running through all nominated formulations.
Looking For Plastic-Free Formulation Help?
Our team of innovative technical chemists, backed by our world-renowned suppliers, are ready to discuss your formulation challenges with you. Contact them now for a free consultation.
Brexit Updates From Chemlink
With Brexit on the horizon, and a high level of uncertainty, we want to keep our customers and suppliers as up to date as possible.
9th International Granulation Workshop, Sheffield – 8th-10th July 2019
Last week we attended the Granulation Conference in Lausanne, Switzerland, which showcased the latest in agglomeration, granulation and particle technology. And we’re now looking forward to the follow-up three day Granulation Course hosted in Sheffield next week.
We’re Coming To UKICRS 2019
UKICRS is the 2 day symposium hosted by the UK and Ireland Controlled Release Society, this year it’s being held at John Moores University, Liverpool, on the 3rd and 4th June. Chemlink Specialities are a sponsor and Shilpa Mistry, our Head of Pharma UK & Ireland, will be speaking on the topic, don’t miss it!