Clariant’s Licocene Waxes Reach Final of Innovation Prize
MUTTENZ, Switzerland – Specialty chemicals company Clariant is a finalist in the German business innovation award, Innovationspreis der Deutschen Wirtschaft 2015, in the Large Company category. Clariant’s Licocene® polyolefin-based waxes are recognized for advancing sustainability in textiles, plastics and coatings manufacturing and improving the environmental profile of a wide range of applications.
Licocene waxes give manufacturers the option of using fewer ingredients, reducing manufacturing steps and using less resource-intensive production processes. For example in textiles, close cooperation between Clariant and German coatings and laminate specialist LACOM GmbH has succeeded in changing energy-intensive, water-based textile coating technology to a less energy-consuming process of hot melt coating using very low amounts of Licocene additives. There are also environmental benefits for final products, such as improving the recyclability of textiles or reducing product weight.