Covation Biomaterials
Following the Huafon Group’s acquisition of DuPont Biomaterials, Covation Biomaterials, a global company offering bio-based solutions, is launched as an independent business.
Covation Biomaterials is producing the sustainable building blocks for customers to make innovative and high-performance bio-based products available globally, proudly integrating decades of world-class research and engineering knowledge with fresh investment and production capabilities.
Michael Saltzberg, CEO – Covation Biomaterials, said that they’re an important entryway into a more circular economy as a provider of bio-based materials solutions. Sustainable supply chains start with sustainable materials, and their technology helps their clients to reduce their dependency on petroleum.
Michael added that they’ll continue to push the frontiers of innovation and sustainability by engaging with forward-thinking value chain partners and brands throughout the world to produce high-performance biomaterials at scale by collaborating with forward-thinking value chain partners and brands. They’re thrilled to be joining the Huafon Group, a very successful materials firm that is perfectly positioned to assist them to increase the reach of other current goods and speed the introduction of new services and innovations to the market.
Covation Biomaterials enhances product performance, preserves the environment, and collaborates with others to transform ideas become reality. Covation Biomaterials and its clients collaborate to identify innovative methods to apply science and engineering to address today’s and tomorrow’s rising worldwide need for sustainable materials.
The new company builds on a decades-long legacy and a successful suite of products currently on the market, including Sorona®, a partially bio-based polymer that responds to the global demand for sustainably sourced carpets and fabrics, bridging the personal and societal at a critical juncture in our environmental stewardship. Sorona® is suitable for making stylish, high-performance clothing and soft, long-lasting carpets.
Susterra® is a high-performance, plant-based building block that minimizes the requirement for petroleum-based components while improving end-product characteristics. Its products include Zemea®, a plant-based and biodegradable material that enables companies to achieve sustainability goals without sacrificing quality or performance. Zemea®, which is available in a number of formulations, satisfies stringent requirements in a wide range of high-volume sectors, including personal care and home care, medicines, and taste and food enhancement.
Covation Biomaterials has a robust product pipeline of innovative bio-based solutions that it plans to launch.
Feifeng You, vice president – the Huafon Group and Chairman of the Board – Covation, said that they’ve long respected the work of this group of biomaterials scientists and developers, who are creating industry-leading, scaleable materials.
Feifeng remarked that the Huafon Group’s acquisition of Covation Biomaterials will deliver bio-based materials to an even broader global client base, accelerating the materials sector’s transition to a more sustainable future. They’re looking forward to this company’s bright future.
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