AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals has agreed to use watermark technology developed by FiliGrade, one of the winners of the 2017 Imagine Chemistry challenge – a program through which the company collaborates with startups, scale-ups and scientists. The technology provides an invisible watermark for packaging; this can be read with a digital camera, identifying both the material […]
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Perfect Day gains patent and funding for animal-free proteins
Perfect Day is a start-up specializing in the production of environmentally friendly and nutritious sources of protein – without the use of animals. The Silicon Valley-based innovator is collaborating with food companies and food investors to bring its proteins to market and has raised $24.7 million in funding and received its first patent for the use […]
Ingredia and Cayuga Milk partner on dairy ingredients
Ingredia now has non-GMO Project Verified ultra-filtered milk, MPC and MPI available through its partner, Cayuga Milk Ingredients. According to Non-GMO Project Verified’s website, the total market sales in 2017 totaled US$24.5 billion coming from over 45,000 different retail products. This market is projected to grow +16.23 percent annually over the next three years. The […]
AMRI expands container-closure integrity testing services
AMRI, a contract research, development, and manufacturing organization, plans to expand its container-closure integrity testing (CCIT) services into the European Union (EU). The company plans to build out custom laboratory space for CCIT in its analytical facility in Valladolid, Spain. Additional analytical services, including reference standards and International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) stability testing, are […]
Lonza opens R&D centre in South America
Lonza has opened a research and development center in Salto, Uruguay. The Salto Technology Center (STC) will provide customized services in its six business areas: biosciences, consumer health and nutrition, hygiene, coatings and composites, agro ingredients, and water treatment. With 1,600 square meters of area, the STC has 13 research laboratories and offers technical services […]
Samsung BioLogics signs contract worth up to $148 million
Samsung BioLogics, an Incheon, Korea-based contract biologics manufacturer, has entered into its first manufacturing contract for its newest biologics manufacturing facility in Songdo, South Korea. The approximate value of the contract is $148 million dollars if the product is successful in the clinic and moves forward with commercial launch. This latest facility is one of […]
Marken appoints VP of QA
Marken, a Research Triangle Park, North Carolina-based provider of logistics and supply-chain services for clinical trial materials, has appointed Navnit Patel, PhD, as vice president, global quality assurance, effective March 5, 2018. Patel will focus on enhancing Marken’s quality systems and standards for the movement and storage of clinical trial materials. Marken’s ongoing quality initiatives […]
Ferring Pharma to build new $31 million biotech centre
Ferring Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company globally headquartered in Switzerland, plans to invest CHF 30 million ($31 million) in a new biotechnology center at the company’s existing global headquarters and manufacturing site in Saint-Prex, Switzerland. Ferring plans to invest approximately $31 million over the next three years in the new Ferring Biotech Center, which is expected […]
SGS Institut Fresenius expands testing services through acquisition
SGS Institut Fresenius has acquired the testing institute SIT Skin Investigation and Technology Hamburg GmbH. As a result of the merger, the prestigious laboratory service provider is expanding its testing services for cosmetics, personal care and hygiene products. The existing skills in the field of quality assurance for hair care products will now be supplemented […]
P&G launches new bottle made from ocean plastic
The Procter & Gamble (P&G) Company has launched the Fairy Ocean Plastic bottle made completely from post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic and ocean plastic. The launch of the bottle aims to raise awareness of the issue of ocean plastic and what can be done to prevent plastic waste from reaching the ocean. The first-ever Fairy Ocean […]