Science-based industries join forces to address UK net zero targets

Industry giants will work to convert industrial waste gases to create more sustainable chemicals for consumer products

06-Feb-2023 - Key industrial players representing a £73 billion UK sector have signed a collaboration agreement to launch ‘Flue2Chem’ – a collaborative programme to transform the sustainability of the UK’s consumer products industry and reduce green-house gas emissions on a demonstration scale. SCI (Society of ...

Unilever appoints Hein Schumacher as new CEO

31-Jan-2023 - Unilever announced the appointment of Hein Schumacher as its new Chief Executive Officer, following an extensive, global search process. Hein will replace Alan Jope, who announced in September 2022 his intention to retire from Unilever. Hein is currently CEO of the global dairy and nutrition ...

ALPLA joins cross-industry consortium for chemical recycling

Innovative technology enables circularity for difficult-to-recycle PET plastic waste

02-Jan-2020 - ALPLA Group joins a new consortium for chemical recycling of PET. The consortium intends to speed up the commercialisation of enhanced recycling technology, BP Infinia, which turns opaque and difficult-to-recycle PET plastic waste into recycled feedstocks.Leading companies operating across the ...

Unilever to acquire Blueair

17-Aug-2016 - Unilever announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Blueair, the world’s leading supplier of innovative mobile indoor air purification technologies and solutions. Launched in 1996 in Stockholm, Blueair had a turnover of US$106m in 2015 and is a leading player in the premium category of ...

Unilever honors WACKER with Partner to Win Award

29-Jul-2013 - Unilever presented WACKER with this year’s Partner to Win Award for its customer-oriented supply of silicone raw materials. According to the jury, WACKER helped to significantly reduce the cost for silicone emulsions for hair care products by expanding capacities and developing effective and ...

Agreement concluded: Evonik’s collaboration with Unilever extended

15-Apr-2011 - For 25 years now, Lipton—a Unilever subsidiary—has been relying on the special expertise of the Advanced Intermediates Business Unit, which is an arm of Essen, Germany-based Evonik Industries, for decaffeinating its black, green, and cold-brew teas. The two parties, Lipton and Evonik, will ...

Unilever appoints its first Chief Technology Officer

20-Jun-2007 - Unilever announced that it had appointed Neal Matheson to the newly created role of Chief Technology Officer. Mr Matheson, previously Chief Technology Officer, Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, will report directly to Group Chief Executive, Patrick Cescau. In his new wide-ranging role, Mr ...

Unilever announces a new chairman

Michael Treschow to succeed Antony Burgmans in May 200

16-Jan-2007 - Unilever announced that Michael Treschow will succeed Antony Burgmans as Chairman of Unilever NV and Unilever PLC at the Annual General Meeting in May 2007. Mr Treschow will be the first person from outside Unilever to hold the office of Chairman and, following the restructuring of the Boards in ...

Vectura and Unilever Ventures announce the spin out of specialty pharmaceutical company Pharmakodex

17-May-2006 - Vectura Group plc and Unilever Ventures Ltd announced that they have jointly established a new speciality pharmaceutical company, PharmaKodex Ltd ("PharmaKodex"), to develop a pipeline of pharmaceutical prescription (Rx) and consumer health (OTC) products utilising a range of proprietary oral and ...

SciTegic Announces Expanded Commitment to Pipeline Pilot at Unileve

08-Mar-2005 - SciTegic, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Accelrys, Inc., announced the sale of a multi-year license of Pipeline Pilot software to Unilever. SciTegic's data pipelining platform is now deployed at four Unilever sites across Europe and the U.S. Unilever is using Pipeline Pilot widely, primarily ...