Cargill, one of the world's biggest companies in the food industry, and Topchim,
a Belgian company of specialty chemistry research, announce their strategic
partnership to produce a sustainable line of products in Brazil to be used for
paper and board applications.
Cargill, one of the world's biggest companies in the food industry, and Topchim,
a Belgian company of specialty chemistry research, announce their strategic
partnership to produce a sustainable line of products in Brazil to be used for
paper and board applications. The first product is called TopScreen DS13, a
product made mainly from vegetal sources, which when applied on a paper surface,
results in a resistant water proof barrier. The product is an alternative for
polyethylene, paraffin and acrylic resin, products derived from mineral oil
and that are currently used for similar applicationsy.
The TopScreen DS13 was developed by Topchim using Nanotechnology (research
and production of materials on the nano scale level) and it has been produced
for the first time in August this year by Cargill in its Mairinque's plant.
The novelty will officially be presented on the 2009 edition of ABTCP, which
will take place from October 26th to 29th, at ExpoTransamérica, in São
Paulo. "We are presenting a solution to our clients in the packaging sector
who seek for sustainable products. Paper or board treated with TopScreen is
totally recyclable as the TopScreen is just like paper made out of a vegetal
source, which is not the case with the currently used products", emphasizes
Cargill's commercial director, Paulo Hoffman.
Topchim is specialized in solutions for the paper, board and packaging industry
and is a pioneer in the use of Nanotechnology for the development of customer
designed nano-particles. Cargill is a world leader in vegetal oils, a main component
used in this technology. "Topchim is committed with its researchs to seek
solutions that respect the environment and that are furthermore economically
attractive", says Henk Van den Abbeele, president of Topchim and head of
Research and Development.
Posted October 23rd, 2009
