Innovation Award 2008: Cognis honors outstanding achievements and original thinking of employees
For the eighth time global specialty chemicals supplier Cognis has given its Innovation Award to employees who developed exceptionally successful and creative products. This internal award recognizes innovative products and concepts which are environmentally sound and have succeeded in the marketplace.
This year, the Gold Award went to a South American team from the Strategic Business Unit (SBU) Functional Products, for an Agnique Blend, an adjuvant component based on renewable raw materials for the agricultural market.
The Silver Award was won by a Care Chemicals team consisting of employees from France and Germany. Their innovation took the form of a new polymeric emulsifier range for high sensorial precision, called Cosmedia SP and Cosmedia SPL.
Finally, the Bronze Award was given to a joint Care Chemicals and Laboratoires Sérobiologiques team from France for Dermican, a pure tetrapeptide to combat skin-aging.
The Cognis Innovation Award was first presented in 2001, and recognizes the achievements of Cognis employees who have developed innovative solutions for new products, processes, marketing approaches or other improvements. 13 interdisciplinary, and in some cases international, teams took part in this year’s competition. Their entries were judged by a panel of experts and members of Cognis’ management board. The criteria for their decision included market success, potential competitive benefits for Cognis’ customers, degree of innovation and compatibility with the company’s sustainability strategy. In 2008, the award was given to three teams. Among the winners were Cognis’ employees from France, Brazil, Argentina and Germany.
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