elmira industrial supplies
Climate change, depletion of fossil fuels and the need to feed an increasing world population require a change in chemical manufacture from fossil fuel based to biobased without reducing the land area available for food. One resource that meets these requirements is an aromatic-aliphatic molecule, derivative of the cashew-nut-shells, called cardanol, underexploited and with a worldwide availability of 700,000tn pa.
Today, in the industry cardanol is functionalised and polymerised to get to polymers applicable in coatings, adhesives, foams and surfactants. However, we have demonstrated that cardanol (as a base) can be improved for its performance in the above mentioned fields and made applicable to many others (pharma, fragrances, cosmetics, insect-attractants and more) by taking a different approach. In a very simple process, we break down its molecular structure into its aromatic and aliphatic parts and (from there) select high-value 100% bio monomeric bases, used as such or further modified into different high functional bio-products,
We have developed a bio-refinery , attracting the interest of important chemical groups and being expected to generate a potential turnover of about 10bn euro/annum, with an environmental impact measurable in 100 of tonnes of kg saved per annum.