Nouryon announces 2019 Imagine Chemistry finalists
Nouryon
The 2019 edition generated more than 160 innovative ideas from startups, scale-ups, university spin-outs, and other potential partners.
Sustainable bio-based surfactants (in partnership with Unilever) |
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CarbExplore Research |
The Netherlands |
Fraunhofer IGB |
Germany |
Sironix Renewables |
USA |
The University of Sheffield + Entomics |
GB |
Performance-boosting nanoparticles |
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RISE |
Sweden |
Sensing in demanding chemical environments |
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Arenal Process Control Solutions |
The Netherlands |
Fluence Analytics |
USA |
Ingu Solutions |
Canada |
Label-free chemistries |
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Intelligent Fluids |
Germany |
Pushing the frontiers of chemical innovation |
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Altum Technologies |
Finland |
Cambridge Carbon Capture |
UK |
Ionomr |
Canada |
Kansas State University |
USA |
The finalists will participate in an intensive three-day event in May at the company’s RD&I center at Deventer, the Netherlands, where they will work with Nouryon experts and business leaders to further develop their ideas into a joint value case.
Winners are granted awards ranging from joint development and research agreements to dedicated support from Imagine Chemistry partners. Unilever, for example, a key customer of Nouryon and a partner in the “Sustainable bio-based surfactants” challenge, offers the opportunity for winners to collaborate with its R&D teams and test facilities to move their ideas to the next phase of development.
“Imagine Chemistry is part of our focus on partnerships to drive growth and help us develop the essential solutions our customers need,” said AB Ghosh, Managing Director Surface Chemistry at Nouryon. “I’m impressed by the quality of submissions and the ideas of this year’s finalists are highly interesting. I’m looking forward to see who we’ll be working with to help drive sustainable growth in the future.”
In three years Imagine Chemistry has generated more than 500 solutions, and several are entering the commercial phase. These include Semiotic Labs, which uses machine learning and proprietary sensors to predict when and why equipment fails; and Invert Robotics, which provides safer, non-destructive inspection services using state-of-the-art mobile climbing robots.
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