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EXPANDED COLLABORATION
Clariant and KBR to offer combined expertise for

low-carbon ammonia projects

Swiss speciality chemicals company, to enable economical and
Clariant, and technology provider, reliable large-scale production
KBR, are expanding their collaboration of low-carbon and green
in the field of ammonia production. ammonia.”

The partners will continue collabo- For the production of
rating on traditional ammonia pro- carbon-free green ammo-
jects while significantly increasing nia, KBR’s K-GreeN tech-
their focus on low-carbon and car- nology is combined with
bon-free green ammonia applications. Clariant’s AmoMax 10 Plus
The solutions will combine Clariant’s for the optimum performance of catalyst to convert green hydrogen
AmoMax ammonia synthesis catalysts KBR-licensed ammonia plants. with nitrogen from an air separation
with KBR’s K-GreeN ammonia tech- unit. The catalyst’s activity supports
nologies to maximise the economics Mr. Georg Anfang, Vice President maximising ammonia production
and energy efficiency of ammonia pro- Syngas and Fuels at Clariant Catalysts, and energy efficiency, while its sta-
duction. stated, “By extending our collaboration bility ensures reliable performance
towards sustainable ammonia solu- despite the typical fluctuating supply
KBR is a leading ammonia process tions, we generate synergies for inno- of renewable sources. The companies
provider with over 75 years of experi- vations supporting fertiliser production said their complete green ammonia
ence in licensing and designing more and the energy transition. Our state-of- solution has already been selected for
than 250 ammonia plants worldwide. the-art catalysts optimally complement 10 green ammonia projects around the
Clariant provides catalysts best suited KBR’s advanced process technologies world.
BIO-IDENTICAL INGREDIENTS
Debut Biotech ventures into formulation development

and contract manufacturing

US-based vertically integrated bio- will create next-generation high-per- Historically, brands have not been
technology startup, Debut Biotech, forming, sustainable biotech products able to leverage the benefits of biotech,
which is partnering with global beauty through custom formulation and a primarily because of prohibitive up-
companies to accelerate a shift to using selection of clinically backed white label front investment. BiotechXBeautyLabs
bio-based ingredients, has launched its products. It will first drive innovation will allow brands to launch biotech-
own formulation development and con- in skincare, but is already collaborating enabled products to market in three
tract manufacturing business. with brands in hair, scalp, body care months through a series of white label
and nutrition, according to CEO, products and seven months for custom
The company had recently inked Dr. Joshua Britton. biotech formulations.
a deal with French cosmetics giant,
L’Oréal, to develop more than a dozen BiotechXBeautyLabs will develop The new business division harnesses
bio-identical ingredients to replace and manufacture products with global end-to-end services, including novel
conventionally sourced ingredients beauty brands so they can use biotech to ingredient discovery, pre-clinical test-
currently used across skin, hair, colour deliver top performance, novel claims ing, formulation development and qua-
cosmetics and fragrance. and 95% bio-based formulations – lity control production. It will also allow
with no research expense, Dr. Britton for access to Debut’s IP portfolio and
Debut’s BiotechXBeautyLabs said. its more than 7,000 proprietary claims.

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