sepawa annual newsletter 2015

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SEPAWA Annual Newsletter 2015

Annual Newsletter to our Members

Dear Members, Dear Colleagues,

The annual newsletter covers the following topics:

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1. General Activities 3

2. SEPAWA Congress 2015 3

3. Annual General Meeting 2015 33.1 Greeting3.2 Election of keeper of the minutes3.3 Annual report of the board3.4 Treasurer’s report 3.5 Report on cash audit and approval of the cash audit3.6 Approval of the board3.7 Programme of the board for the association’s new year3.8 Approval of the budget3.9 Miscellaneous, membership numbers and Congress 2016

4. Addresses 6

5. Board Expresses its Gratitude 7

6. Press Release on the SEPAWA Congress 8

7. Annual Reports of the Regional Groups, 10 Specialist Groups and Sections

8. Members 218.1 Corporate Members8.2 Sustaining Members

SEPAWA Annual Newsletter 2015 3

1. General ActivitiesOur specialist association, and general interest in SEPAWA, have continued to develop positively in the 2015 association year. This is demonstrated by the increasing numbers of both private and corporate members.

Continually increasing interest in the annual congress also con-tinues to demonstrate SEPAWA’s success. This year we welcomed more than 2,400 participants to Fulda, a 13% increase over last year. The number of exhibitors also increased to 230. Participants came from 49 countries – 8 more than in 2014.

The events of the three regional groups, the three specialist groups, the Deutsche Gesellschaft der Parfümeure (DGP) [German Association of Perfumers] and the four foreign sections of SEPAWA, in which topics of regional interest and current trends in research and development were discussed, were again well frequented this year, by approximately 800 participants. Running parallel to the annual congress, these events give our members further opportu-nity to conduct specialist discussions. The 2015 annual reports of the regional and specialist groups, the DGP and the foreign sec-tions are detailed under item 7 of this report.

2. SEPAWA Congress 2015The 62nd SEPAWA Congress took place between 14 and 16 October 2015 in the Esperanto Hotel in Fulda, Germany, the same venue as in previous years. New findings from the various branches of our professional association were presented in more than 100 lec-tures. The 230 exhibitors presented innovative raw materials, pro-cedures and processes.

Extreme mountaineer Thomas Huber presented an analogy be-tween mountaineering and career, with fascinating pictures telling of failure and success, tactics and instinct, as well as values and their implementation. In her lecture about “Touchpoint Manage-ment”, Anne M. Schüller presented the topic of customer loyalty as a big corporate challenge. Her conclusion: only companies that invest in loyalty marketing will ultimately retain loyal customers.

3. Annual General Meeting 2015 Before we come to the second item on the agenda, I ask you to

stand up and spare a quiet moment of prayer for our dearly de-parted members. Since our last general meeting, we have received news of the sad departure of the following members:

Dr. Ulrich Kentner,Dr. Günter Feustel,Horst Waltenberger,Karl Seibert.

Dr. Ulrich Kentner passed away on 3rd December 2014 at the age of 94. Ulrich Kentner was head of the SEPAWA Regional Group South for more than 40 years.

Dr. Günter Feustel passed away on 13th December 2014 at the age of 82. Mr Feustel had been involved in the DGP since 1990 and was instrumental in creating the DGP Chronicle.

Mr. Horst Waltenberger passed away on 14th April 2015 after a short severe illness at the age of 56. Horst Waltenberger was a member of the SEPAWA Board and treasurer from 2003-2010. SEPAWA has honoured him with a notice in the Frankfurter Allge-meine newspaper for his achievements.

Mr. Karl Seibert passed away on 31st July 2015 at the age of 71. He was a valued, committed colleague and long-time member of SEPAWA.

The Annual General Meeting was held at 6pm on 14 October 2015, in the Hotel Esperanto in Fulda. 29 members participated in the meeting. Attendees were documented on the attendance list. The 1st Chairman, Prof. Dr. Wittern, opened the meeting and wel-comed the attendees. Following the enclosed agenda, he firstly dealt with formalities in the following words:

3.1 Greeting

Dear Colleagues,I would like to extend a warm welcome to this year’s Annual Gen-eral Meeting of our professional association. The meeting was con-vened observing due procedure and deadlines by way of sending of the agenda to all members personally in August 2015, together with the Programme 2015.

I assume that all those present will have registered in the at-tendance list before the voting starts; I will draw your attention to this again before the first vote takes place. Written procuration from corporate member companies has not been presented. Allow me to point out that guests may not participate in this general meeting. Should any guests be present, I would respectfully ask them to please leave the room.


Thank you. I will now call up the individual items on the agenda.

3.2 Election of keeper of the minutes

According to §18 of our statutes, a recording clerk must be de-termined at the beginning of the meeting. I nominate Dr. Fred Schambil for the position. By way of acclamation, Dr. Schambil was elected unanimously to the role of keeper of the minutes.

3.3 Annual report of the board

3.3.1 Board member activitiesLast year we welcomed more than 2,100 participants from 41 countries to the annual congress, which is evidence of the high level of global interest in our organisation. The 215 exhibiting companies from Germany and abroad are evidence of the inter-national importance of the event. Based on the current number of advance notifications, we expect a new record number of par-ticipants this year.

The board convened at four meetings in this association year. At the beginning of the year, it discussed feedback from partici-pants and exhibitors at the 2014 congress. During the congress, participants and exhibitors had the chance to express criticism and praise in an online survey. More than 400 congress partici-pants took this opportunity. Feedback was overwhelmingly posi-tive, once again. Several suggestions of participants and exhibitors were taken into consideration in organising this year’s congress.

The board discussed SEPAWA’s further development intensively. This included the consideration of future tasks and the future di-rection of the association, as well as the current organisation in re-gional groups, for instance. The question of the future venue for the congress was once again discussed. A vast majority continues to support that it once again be held in Fulda. It is therefore not envisaged to relocate, even if we have reached our limits in Fulda.

One focal point of SEPAWA’s promotion of young talent is the presentation of advancement awards to talented young scientists. All university graduates and PhD students, both in Germany and abroad, can apply for these awards. The awarding of this year’s ad-vancement awards to the three Bachelor’s degree graduates and two doctoral students will take place tomorrow, before the formal address. The theses cover topics such as skin models, hygiene as-pects and micro-emulsions.

During its symposium in April this year, the DGP awarded the 2015 DGP Sponsorship Prize for a scientific thesis in the field of human scent signatures.

Also this year, three innovation prizes will once again be awarded to companies participating as exhibitors or speakers at the annual congress. A jury made up of seven members from SEPAWA’s Sci-entific Advisory Board determined the three prize winners. The prizes will be awarded tomorrow evening at the beginning of the After Event.

In addition to promoting the exchange of information between individual departments, further exchanges also took place with other professional associations, such as the specialist group Ge-sellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh – Society of German Chem-ists) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Wissenschaftliche und Angewandte Kosmetik (DGK – German Society for Scientific and Applied Cosmetics) The European Detergents Conference (EDC), which is organised jointly by SEPAWA and the Division of Deter-gency and Formulations of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh) has now taken place for the eleventh time. It has become an integral part of the congress. The series of lectures by the spe-cialist group ‘Legislative – Environmental – Consumers’ in collab-oration with the ‘Division of Detergency and Formulations’ of the GDCh is also now a well-established fixture and will explore ‘Sus-tainability and Product Safety’ from a variety of angles. The Deut-sche Gesellschaft für Wissenschaftliche und Angewandte Kosme-tik (DGK), together with the specialist group on applied cosmetics, will once again present its focal point ‘Sensory and Formulation Trends’. The lectures in the lecture series on detergents and cleans-ers will approach the subject ‘New Technologies, New Processes, New Forms of Delivery’.

In addition to the professional-scientific lectures in the fields of cosmetics, detergents/cleansers and perfumery, approximately 60 short talks on the properties and possible applications of new raw materials and technologies will be held in the series of lectures on the theme ‘Forum for Innovations’. This gives exhibiting companies a special opportunity to present their products.

This year’s formal address, entitled ‘Analogies between Moun-tains and Careers’ will be held at mid-day tomorrow by extreme mountaineer Thomas Huber, one of the Huber Brothers. For the subsequent marketing lecture, we were able to procure Anne M. Schüller, who will address the topic of ‘Touchpoint Management’.

In 2015, two extensive board meetings took place involving the scientific advisory board of SEPAWA. In both meetings, the organisation of the annual congress programme of lectures was discussed in detail. The positive overall development of SEPAWA (membership figures, congress participants, percentage of foreign-ers) was examined. Dr. Arne Ptock (BASF) was newly elected to the board. Also new to the board is Angela Kleiner (Croda), who has been head of the specialist group on applied cosmetics since May 2015.

As reported in the previous year, the first round of tenders for the SEPAWA foundation professorship ended inconclusively. The new tenders were started at the end of 2014 with the submis-sion deadline of 5 March 2015. Three candidates were shortlisted. A contract with the university is available to the person in the first position. It seems realistic that the teaching begin in the 2016 summer semester (1 March 2016). Due to the continued positive cash situation, further ideas for statutory use of the funds were compiled at the extensive board meeting in April.


3.3.2 Activities of the regional and specialist groups and the sections

The regional and specialist groups, the Deutsche Gesellschaft der Parfümeure (DGP) [German Association of Perfumers] and the three sections conducted several presentation events over the course of the year. SEPAWA members participated in these with great interest. The number of participants at the events of the re-gional and specialist groups, as well as the sections, was the same as last year. In December 2014, a conversation with the heads of the regional and specialist groups on the future structure of their organisations was held in Dusseldorf. The discussion was con-tinued yesterday with the advisory board. Next year, the three Ger-man regional groups will be converted into specialist groups. The requisite amendment will be voted on at the next annual general meeting in October 2016.

The Switzerland section held the first Summer School for formu-lators in early September, with 15 participants.

On behalf of the entire SEPAWA board, the 1st Chairman thanked all board members of the regional and specialist groups and the foreign sections at the start of the year with a small gift, in appre-ciation of their extensive commitment.

3.4 Treasurer’s report

The report on the cash and assets situation is presented by the Treasurer, Dr. Lothar Möhle.

Cash report 2014

Revenues from non-commercial operations 69,398.01 EURExpenses for non-commercial operations − 175,803.07 EURLoss from non-commercial operations − 106,405.06 EUR

Revenues from asset management 3,971.23 EUR

Revenues from commercial operations 1,039,281.13 EURExpenses for commercial operations − 852,964.05 EURProfit from commercial operations 186,317.08 EUR

Association result fiscal year 2014: Surplus 83,883.25 EUR

Cash position as of 31/12/2014 1,447,687.06 EUR

3.5 Report on cash audit and approval of the cash audit

The cash was audited by Dr. Klaus Henning and Erich Kreuzwieser on 14 September 2015 in Thannhausen. Dr. Henning presented the report. There were no objections. Before we get to the first vote, I would like to state the attendance of the members present today.

Present here today are 29 members. The approval of the cash au-dit by way of acclamation was unanimous, without any dissenting vote and with two abstentions.

3.6 Approval of the board

The 1st chairman gave the floor to Dr. Henning, who approves the actions of the board by way of acclamation. Approval was unani-mous, without dissenting vote and with five abstentions. Dr. Hen-ning thanked the board for its hard work this year.

3.7 Programme of the board for the association’s new year 2016, under consideration of the regional and specialist groups and the foreign sections

The SEPAWA board continues to see the focal points of its role in the intensive support for the work to be performed by the regional and specialist groups and foreign sections. This means that broad informative work on topical themes is assured for all SEPAWA members. For the upcoming year, the date and topic planning has been largely worked out by the responsible persons and has been considered in the budget.

The organisation and execution of the 2016 International SEPAWA Congress is viewed as a further important task. To this end, the cooperation of the board with the members of the advi-sory board and the scientific advisory board will also continue to play an essential role.

3.8 Approval of the budget

The budget for the 2016 association year is presented and ex-plained by the Treasurer, Dr. Lothar Möhle.

Budget 2016:

Revenues from non-commercial operations 70,000.00 EURExpenses for non-commercial operations − 458,490.00 EURLoss from non-commercial operations − 388,490.00 EUR

Revenues from asset management 2,000.00 EUR

Revenues from commercial operations 1,048,000.00 EURExpenses for commercial operations − 875,560.00 EURProfit from commercial operations 172,440.00 EUR

Budget fiscal year 2016 − 214,050.00 EUR

There were no questions on the presentation and explanation given by Dr. Möhle. The approval of the budget by way of accla-mation was unanimous, with no dissenting votes or abstentions.


Office

SEPAWA e.V. Head OfficeClaudia Schmidt Tel.: +49 8281 799 40-24Alte Schule Burg Fax: +49 8281 799 40-50Dorfstrasse 40 E-Mail: [email protected] Thannhausen Internet: www.sepawa.com

Board

1st ChairmanProf. Dr. Klaus-Peter Wittern Tel.: +49 40 4909-3154Hessepark 2 Fax: +49 40 4909-18-315422587 Hamburg E-Mail: [email protected] Germany

Treasurer, Contact Austria and SwitzerlandDr. Horst Lothar Möhle Tel.: +41 44 762 4668Oberhausenstrasse 23 E-Mail: [email protected] Wettswil a. A. Switzerland

SecretaryGabriele Rehbock Tel.: +49 2237 69010Firmenich E-Mail: gabriele.rehbock@Alfred Nobel Strasse 46-56 firmenich.com50169 KerpenGermany

Contact Detergents BP, Contact South and Western Europe Thilo Baum Tel.: +49 621 60-95385Südring 28 Fax: +49 621 60-669 538567269 Grünstadt E-Mail: [email protected]

Contact Cosmetics Dr. Vera Maienschein Tel.: +49 69 850 008-33IMPAG Import GmbH Fax: +49 69 850 008-633Fritz-Remy-Str. 25 E-Mail: [email protected] OffenbachGermany

Contact Detergents SMELothar Rasthofer Tel.: +49 89 431 6778Anna-Strohmaier-Weg 8 Mobil: +49 152 2268 139181673 München E-Mail: [email protected] Contact Benelux and Nordic Prof. Dr. André Laschewsky Tel.: +49 33977 5225Am Sandberg 16 Tel.: +49 331 568 132714469 Potsdam E-Mail: andre.laschewsky@ Germany iap.fraunhofer.de

Responsible ManagementDr. Fred Schambil Tel.: +49 2173 2079 390 Mobil: +49 157 8853 5309 E-Mail: [email protected]

4. Addresses

3.9 Miscellaneous

No other business.

Membership NumbersAs of 15 September 2015, our association had the following mem-bership figures: Personal members: 1,319Corporate members (including 20 sustaining members): 213 In total SEPAWA has 1,532 members (up 26 compared to the previous year).

Congress 2016:The dates for the next congress in 2016 are:

Wednesday 12 October to Friday 14 October 2016 at the Esperanto Hotel in Fulda.

Since no further issues are raised, the board closes the Annual General Meeting and thanks the attending members.


Regional Groups Germany

Regional Group WestKai Mann Tel.: +49 208 78 28-73 64Haus-Hamm-Str. 35 Fax: +49 208 78 28-75 30D-45897 Gelsenkirchen Mobil: +49 172 256 87 64 E-Mail: [email protected]

Regional Group CentralMichael Fender Tel.: +49 6181 59 63 38Untergasse 18 Fax: +49 6181 597 63 38D-36103 Flieden E-Mail: [email protected]

Regional Group South/East Dr. Thomas Herbrich Tel.: +49 35841-67984Am Hofe 11e Fax: +49 35841-67986D-02779 Hainewalde E-Mail: [email protected]

Foreign Sections

Nordic Section (Scandinavia) Lars Broch Tel.: +45 21 94 62 30BTC Speciality Chemical Mobil: +45 21 94 62 30Distribution A/S Fax: +45 32 57 41 88Ved Stadsgraven 15 E-mail: [email protected] København S Internet: www.sepawa.org

Section Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg) Jef Wittouck Tel.: +32 9 223 38 71c/o Christeyns N.V. Fax: +32 9 223 03 44Hauwsestraat 3 E-Mail: [email protected] Oosterzele Internet: www.sepawa-bnl.nl

Specialist Groups and Integrated Associations

Specialist Group “Professional Cleaning and Care” (PRP)Thomas Hofmann Tel.: +41 58 934-56 27Zürcher Hochschule für E-Mail: [email protected]. Wissenschaften Grüental, Postfach 335CH-8820 Wädenswil

Specialist Group “Legislative – Environment – Consumers” (LUV)Dr. Roland Schröder Tel.: +49 151 7002 5264Zur Waldesruh 184 E-Mail: [email protected] Wuppetal

Specialist Group “Cosmetic Applications and Technologies” (CAT)Angela Kleiner Tel.: +49 2157 8173-69Croda GmbH Fax: +49 2157 8173-61Herrenpfad-Sued 33 E-Mail: [email protected] Nettetal

“German Association of Perfumers” in SEPAWA (DGP)Dr. Wolfgang Krause Tel.: +49 621 60-45131BASF SE E-Mail: [email protected]/FM – D61 D-68623 Lampertheim

Section Switzerland Rudolf Gitzi Tel.: +41 61 905 93 85Mibelle Group / Mifa AG Fax: +41 61 905 93 93Rheinstrasse 99 E-mail: [email protected] Frenkendorf Internet: www.sepawa.ch

Section Austria Ing. Eva-Maria Heinzel Tel.: +43 664 544 09 63 Kolingasse 12 E-Mail: [email protected] Wien Internet: www.sepawa.at

5. Board Expresses its GratitudeThe SEPAWA Board would like to thank all members for supporting our association during this year, and wish you a healthy, successful and happy 2016.

Yours, SEPAWA® e. V.


6. Press Release on the SEPAWA Congress

The 62nd SEPAWA Congress sets a new record with 2417 delegates from 49 countries – 8 more than in 2014. An increase of more than 13% against the previous year proves the rising popularity of this event. The share of foreign visitors was 36%, and 28% came from non-German speaking countries.

All scientific conferences, the Forum for Innovations and the exhi-bition were busy throughout the opening hours. There was a buzz-ing crowd everywhere. The congress motto “Meet your Business” could be felt in every corner of the venue.

“We are very satisfied with the outcome of the 62nd SEPAWA Con-gress, especially because we can see that our exhibitors and vis-itors are evidently satisfied. Almost every booth holder has re-booked already and a survey among the visitors after the event showed that 94% want to return in 2016. This indicates further growth for the coming year. SEPAWA is on the right track”, states Robert Fischer, Press Officer of SEPAWA e.V. – “We are looking for-ward to the 63rd SEPAWA Congress 2016 and we promise several new highlights”, says Prof. Dr. Klaus-Peter Wittern, 1st Chairman of SEPAWA e.V.

The next SEPAWA Congress dates are: October 12 – 14, 2016.

SEPAWA Young Researchers’ Award 2015

The yearly sponsored SEPAWA Young Researchers’ Award belongs to one of the prior activities of the association and serves promote recognition of qualified young upcoming generations. The prize is granted to students for excellent final qualifications in their bach-elor thesis as well as for outstanding doctoral research study.

From the submitted theses the jury selected five prizewinners. In the category of outstanding bachelor thesis the first prize was conferred to Ilka Davina Nix, University of Applied Sciences Rhein-Waal, for her thesis “Characterisation of microbial communities in household washing machines”. The second prize was conferred to Mathias Müller, University of Applied Sciences Ostwestfalen-Lippe, for his thesis “Development of a sensitive pH-based method for the differentiation of different hair qualities” and the third prize was conferred to Insa Waller, University of Applied Sciences Ostwest-falen-Lippe, for her thesis “Evaluation of skin substitute models for the characterisation of cosmetic moisturising materials”.

Two prizes were given for excellent doctorate theses. One prize was given to Dr. Anna Klemmer, for her doctorate thesis acquired at the University of Cologne titled “A guide to formulation and ap-

62nd SEPAWA Congress 2015 October 14 – 16, 2015 – Esperanto Hotel, Fulda


The picture shows the prize winners after the presentation of the certificates by the Chairman of the SEPAWA Prof. Dr. Klaus-Peter Wit-tern. (Ilka Davina Nix, Dr. Anna Klemmer, Prof. Dr. Klaus-Peter Wittern, Insa Waller, Matthias Müller, Dr. Susanne Gorny)

plication of low-surfactant microemulsions in cleaning processes” and to Dr. Susanne Gorny for her doctorate thesis on “Modelling of performance and energy consumption of an electric household dish-washing system” obtained at the University of Bonn.

SEPAWA Innovation Award 2015

Innovations are the key for growth and for competitiveness and an important pillar for our economy. Creating something entirely new is an important precondition to compete successfully in the global market. For the third time this year, the SEPAWA Innovation Award in the field of cosmetics, detergents and perfumery was awarded to three prizewinners. The prize is supposed to generate impulses for an active management of ideas in the member companies of SEPAWA. A neutral independent jury of 6 members from the sci-entific board of SEPAWA and of the Chairman of SEPAWA selected three prize winners.

The first prize was awarded to the company Firmenich, which was accepted by Prof. Dr. Geneviève Berger, Chief Research Officer at Fir-menich for the innovative ingredient “Clearwood™, a new sustain-able perfumery ingredient”. Clearwood™ is a new sustainable per-fumery ingredient obtained by fermentation of sugarcane. It offers a new woody building block to perfumers for all perfume catego-ries, and it can also be used in combination with releasing tech-nologies like microcapsules.

The second prize was awarded to the company Follmann GmbH, Minden, which was accepted by Dr. Klaus Last and Falk-Arnold

Schlutter, for the technological innovation “Thermal triggered sta-ble core/shell microcapsules for industrial applications”. Follmann has succeeded in developing a new industrial applicable system for the spontaneous release and thermically initiated out of sta-ble core/shell micro capsules by adjustable temperatures. As a key for this process special solvents have proven effective, which are mixed with the encapsulated core material.


7. Annual Reports16 SEPAWA Specialist Groups16 Group “Professional Cleaning and Care” (PRP)17 Group “Legislative – Environment – Consumer” (LUV)18 Group “Applied Cosmetics” (FAK)19 “German Association of Perfumers” (DGP)

Annual Review of the SEPAWA Regional Group WestOn 21 November 2014 the SEPAWA West Regional Group’s sympo-sium and annual general meeting took place in Münster.

The chairman’s welcome (Kai Mann) was followed by presenta-tions on new raw materials, a hygiene cleansing system, and the world of scents were presented and current labelling issues were explained. Insights into soap manufacturing – yesterday and to-day – were given by a master soap boiler.

In her contribution, ‘CrystaSense™ & OleoCraft™ – Crodas Poly-amide, die ins Auge fallen’ [CrystaSense™ & OleoCraft™ – Crodas Polyamides that stand out], Dr Elisabeth Streefland and Julia Gier-mann (Croda GmbH, Nettetal) presented new polymers for cleans-ing agents and cosmetic products. The Crodas CrystaSense LP, MP, and HP series (with L, M, and H meaning low, medium, and high polarity respectively) consist of six patented polyamides which are used in oils, perfumes, watery systems, and I&I formulations. They partly stand out thanks to extraordinary rheological properties. They are used in toilet rim blocks, in cleaners for hard surfaces, in acidic cleaners, in spray & stick cleaners (formulations with a high amount of contact time), and in suspensions. Formulation infor-mation and physical-chemical data were presented.

The OleoCraft™ series is a group of oil-structuring polymers which, as a film creator, are suitable for skin, lips, and eyelids. They are slightly coloured, mildly fragrant, and firm at room temperature with softening points from 80 to 105°C. Applications include lip-stick, mascara and sunscreen, and form crystal-clear, thermo-re-versible gels. This polymer series also consists of lightly to heavily-polar oils, which are compatible with a multitude of cosmetic in-gredients and are used for calear products. Some stated examples were boosting the sun protection factor, increased brilliance, im-proved pigment dispersion and increased emulsion stability. They are compatible with a multitude of cosmetic oils. Detailed infor-mation on areas of application and benefits for consumers was given.

‘STEPOSOL MET-10U, The Green Surfactant Solution to Solvent Re-placement’ was the name of the contribution from Justine Boyer and Sascha Fleischer, Stepan Deutschland GmbH, Wesseling. Ste-pan, a leading manufacturer of surfactants worldwide, has intro-duced Steposol ® MET-10U as a new cleaner in the market. The product is the result of joint development with Elevance Renew-able Science Inc. From a chemical standpoint, it is N,N Dimethyl-aniline 9-Decenamide, a disubstituted molecule created through

10 SEPAWA Regional Groups10 Regional Group West12 Regional Group Central13 Regional Group South/East

14 SEPAWA Sections14 Nordic Section14 Section Benelux15 Section Switzerland15 Section Austria

The third prize was awarded to the company Amyris Inc, USA, and Safic Alcan, which was accepted by Holger Plate, for the innovation “Neossance® Hemisqualane – A sugar cane- derived sustainable al-ternative to silicones”. Neossance® Hemisqualane is a new sustain-able emollient with high spreading properties and a unique sen-sorial profile. It consists of a C15 hydrocarbon, which is produced fermentatively from sugar cane. The product is a unique natural al-ternative to ingredients based on mineral or silicon oil.

A detailed congress report is published in the December issue of the SOFW Journal and on the SEPAWA Website.

The picture shows the prize winners after the handing-over of the prize certificates by the Chairman of the SEPAWA Prof. Dr.

Klaus-Peter Wittern (Falk-Arnold Schlutter, Holger Plate, Prof. Dr. Geneviève Berger, Prof. Dr. Klaus-Peter Wittern, Dr. Klaus Last)


metathesis. This new, surface-active compound, made of natu-ral oil, is suitable for replacing solvents (D-limonene, NMP, chlo-romethane, etc.). It leads to extraordinarily good technical appli-cation results, exhibits a good environmental footprint, and good safety related data. The product is suitable for numerous appli-cations: removing colours, graffiti, adhesives, tints, and coatings; furthermore, it can be an additive in industrial cleaners, house-hold and metal cleaners. It is a VOC-free compound, non-flamma-ble, quickly biodegradable and stable in a pH range from 3 to 12.

‘Hygiene-Reiniger für sanitäre Einrichtungen’ [Hygiene Cleansers for Sanitary Facilities] was presented by Dr Menno Hazenkamp, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen. The formulas based on Lutropur® M (methanesulfonic acid), Protector® FM (formic acid), and Tinosan® HP100 (dichloro-hydroxydiphenyl ether) were explained in detail along with their technical application characteristics. Methanesul-fonic acid is a strong acid with very good cleaning and lime-dis-solving characteristics, low propensity to corrosion, and good tol-erance towards plastics. Formic acid is one of the strongest organic acids, has biocide characteristics and has a good ecotoxicology profile. Tinosan HP100 leads to a long-lasting, anti-microbial ef-fect on treated surfaces, and possible claims and model formulas for ready-to-use hygiene cleaners for bathrooms and toilets were presented. Test formulations with a maximum of 1% Protector FM exhibited a strong bactericidal effect with mild room odour. De-pending on the level of dirt, they comply with EN 1276 (suspen-sion test) and EN 13697 (surface test) requirements against bac-teria and fungus. Bacterial growth on hard or textile surfaces is inhibited by a mere 0.06% of Tinosan HP 100 in frame formulas after the cleaning process. Removing Ca-stearate, determined us-ing the IKW methods, exhibited good removal rates with as little as pH 2.1.

Tolerability on plastic surfaces (stress corrosion) was determined in a standard test on perspex (polymenthyl methacrylate); the test formulations show excellent results here as well.

From the lecturers’ standpoint, combinations of Lutropur® M and Protector® FM are perfectly suitable for disinfecting cleaners. Add-ing Tinosan® HP100 to such formulas leads to long-lasting hygiene on cleaned surfaces.

Master soap boiler Hans Joachim Lehmann gave listeners a very clear and highly enthusiastic insight into soap manufacturing of yesterday and today. The first soap formula was found on a Su-merian clay tablet and describes the manufacturing process for potash and oils. Manufacturing methods were refined by Euro-pean soap boilers in the Middle Ages. Soap boiler guilds in Spain, Italy, and France were created, whose scented luxury soaps were only accessible to the rich. At the start of the nineteenth century a new understanding of hygiene developed in Europe, which re-sulted in high demand for soap. It could only be satisfied through industrial production.

Soaps are generally made from plant or animal fats. Mostly low-value fats can be used for this, which are cooked with lye (before

it was potash and soda). This process is called soap boiling, and the underlying chemical reaction is called saponification. Saponi-fication used to be carried out in open boilers; nowadays, soap is commercially produced in closed systems using a continuous pro-cess. Whether the soap is firm or liquid depends on the lye used. Soaps produced with caustic soda become firm; if caustic potash is used, the potassium salts of the fatty acids form, which are soft to greasy and can be mixed well with water – soft soap. Further-more, the chain length of the fatty acids used is crucial for the con-sistency of the soap: long-chain, saturated fatty acids (stearic and palmitic acid) lead to a firmer consistency. To manufacture bath-room soaps, the dry soap blocks are cut up or coarsely ground, mixed with dyes and perfume oils, mixed, kneaded, and finally pressed into units.

Jörg Ohm-Schilling’s (MANE Deutschland GmbH) contribution was titled ‘Kleine Duftkunde – ein Einblick in die komplexe Welt des Duftes’ [Small Scent Study– An Insight into the Complex World of Scent”]. MANE was founded in 1871, and today, it is a fifth-gener-ation family business that employs around 4,000 workers world-wide. The seductive effect of perfume and the possibility of cover-ing foul odours were discovered early on. Perfume consists of wa-ter, alcohol, natural oils, and synthetic fragrances.

A perfume is composed of three notes – base, heart, and top note –, which may differ in duration and are perceptible. Perfume-mak-ing is extremely important for a product’s marketing strategy in order to emphasise affiliation to a group and to pick up on cur-rent fashion trends.

Classifications for the scents were carried out to create a system for the fragrances. A total of 20 scent families were presented – from ‘aldehydic’ to ‘woody’ –, their scent was explained, and prod-uct examples (perfume, cosmetics, detergents/cleaning agents) were given.

Dr Klaus Heitkamp, Sasol Germany GmbH, Marl, presented the cur-rent state of affairs in his contribution, ‘Kennzeichnung von For-mulierungen – Die CESIO Empfehlungen und verwandte Themen’ [Labellling Formulas – CESIO Recommendations and Related Top-ics]. Many years ago, the European Surfactant Association, CESIO, aimed to uniformly categorise common surfactants. In 2012 the second adaptation to technical progress with regard to the CLP Regulation produced comprehensive changes in environmental classification and resulted in another update, which was published on the CEFIC website at the end of 2013 and served as the basis for the DID list (DID = Detergent Ingredient Database) in 2014. The recommendation on toxicological categorisation has been under-going revision since the beginning of this year and, to that end, data from the REACH process is being included. Data and recom-mendations should be published in 2015.

The grace period for categorising and labelling mixes ends on 1 June 2015. Afterwards, all mixtures must be labelled according to CLP criteria. Whereas mixtures are categorised according to old preparation guidelines in accordance with conventional calculation


This year’s lecture event and annual meeting of the SEPAWA Re-gional Group Central took place on 5 March 2015 at the presti-gious Hohenstein Institute in Boennigheim.

In his welcome speech, Dr. Andreas Schmidt presented the vari-ous activities of the Hohenstein Institute: from testing, certifying and researching all aspects of textiles to hygiene management of businesses and products. A guided tour through the various de-partments and test laboratories of the institute after lunch pro-vided a comprehensive overview of the diverse activities.

Six current topics from cleaning, eco-initiatives and visionary new raw materials were introduced under the title “Applied inno-vative cleaning”.

Functional finishes and functional textilesFunctional surface finishes – self-cleaning Dr. Stephan Bloess (European Photocatalysis Federation)Dr. Bloess provided a report on the phenomenon of photocatalytic self-cleaning surfaces which, coated with catalysts, undergo induc-tion when exposed to sunlight. During this process, organic matter on the surface is decomposed by the OH radicals generated from water. The end products are usually CO2 and water. Photocatalytic surfaces are characterised by a long-lasting effectiveness of over 15 years. Application examples included self-cleaning rear-view mirrors for motor vehicles and antimicrobial, self-cleaning tiles in sanitary facilities. Functional textiles – what happens when they are washed?Dr. Andreas Schmidt (Hohenstein Laboratories)Dr. Schmidt’s contribution explored how various washing parame-ters (Sinner’s circle: chemistry – detergent components, tempera-ture, mechanics and washing time) affect the wearing comfort of functional textiles. Additional factors that greatly affect the wear-ing comfort of sportswear, such as climatic conditions (cold, mois-ture, heat), the athlete’s activity level (moderate, increased, high) and the layering of the functional clothing were also taken into consideration.

Visionary raw materialsSurfactants from sand – “stable amphiphilic silanols”Prof. Dr. Rudolf Pietschnig (Universitaet Kassel)Prof. Pietschnig presented organosilanols that can be made from ordinary quartz sand. They have an amphiphilic nature which is most pronounced with silanetriols due to the maximum number

of silicon-bonded hydrophilic OH-functions. The interfacial and surface properties have not yet been considered. The crucial step of Prof. Pietschnig’s workgroup was to synthesise a stable variant of the occurring intermediary product during silanol production. Silanols have environmentally friendly surfactant properties; it is therefore conceivable that they be used in detergents, flame retar-dants and coating additives.

Algae – a source of sustainable raw materialsTimo Enderle (Cofactor GmbH)In his presentation, Timo Enderle intoduced microalgae as a pre-viously untapped potential biological raw material. These types of algae use CO2 to grow, have short reproduction cycles and are available in a wide variety of culture systems. Not only do they contain proteins, carbohydrates, lipids and other resources, they are also an as-yet untapped source of new and bioactive chemical substances such as vitamins, antibacterial agents, UV filters, fra-grances and dyes.

Algae extracts are already used in high-end segments such as pharmaceuticals and cosmetics for anti-ageing, anti-wrinkle, UV protection, self-tanning and skin whitening. Microalgae can be a sustainable source of oils (such as palm oil).

Eco-initiatives: Greenpeace and the Nordic SwanThe Greenpeace detox campaign: “Putting a logo on water pollution”Manfred Santen (Greenpeace e.V.)In his lecture, Dipl. Chem. Manfred Santen introduced a concept developed by Greenpeace entitled “Putting a logo on water pol-lution” in order to deal with the in part toxic water pollution of rivers generated by the textile manufacturing industry. The de-tox campaign targets a self-commitment of large companies with respect to the use and disposal of critical chemicals in their sup-ply chain. Many textile manufacturers have joined the detox cam-paign and have committed to eliminating certain risk chemicals from their production by 2020.

Ecolabel test method – Nordic Swan comparisonMatthaeus Ryl (SGS Taunusstein)SGS Institut Fresenius inspects virtually all detergents and cleans-ing agent products according to recognised standard methods on behalf of its customers: the “Blue Angel” has been awarded since 1978 in Germany, the “Nordic Ecolabel = Nordic Swan” since 1989

methods or by using test data for the mixture, categorisation ac-cording to test data is carried out in accordance with the CLP Regu-lation for similar mixtures (‘bridging principles’) and by calculating based on component categorisation. Simply bridging R Statements into hazard warnings is not possible. Basic bridging principles were presented, whereas not all principles could be applied to each haz-

ard category. Options to avoid strict labelling were explained (use of bridging principles and expert network, performing tests on fin-ished product).

Maria DiekmannSecretary

Annual Report of the SEPAWA Regional Group Central


Annual Report of the SEPAWA Regional Group South/EastThis year’s lecture event of the SEPAWA South-East Regional Group took place on 25 June 2015 at the premises of Werner & Merz in Mainz. The event programme met with great interest even before it occurred. The original limit of 50 participants was kindly increa-sed by the host to 60 so that all the applicants could attend.

A majority of the participants met in the afternoon on the day before to visit the Kupferberg Sekt cellar. During a 90-minute gui-ded tour, participants visited the stylish premises of the winery, which are unfortunately no longer in operation, and were given in-formative insights into the history of the house. This was followed by a tasting of two sparkling wine samples. To conclude the day, all those present then had the opportunity to talk over dinner in a relaxed atmosphere at the restaurant „Eisgrub“.

On the day of the event, the 62 participants were welcomed by the Chairman of the Regional Group, Dr. Thomas Herbrich, followed by the introduction of the hosting company by the CEO of Werner & Merz, Reinhard Schneider.

The first block of lectures focussed on the sustainability initiati-ves of Werner & Mertz.

Rebekka Voelp (Werner & Mertz, Mainz) presented the topic „Ecologically effective detergents: sustainability following the ex-ample of nature“. She went into detail about ecological, econo-mic and social aspects and their evaluation, as well as different approaches of eco-efficiency analyses. In this regard, Werner & Merz is following the „cradle to cradle“ approach, which aspires to closed, lossless material cycles.

„Surfactants based on European vegetable oils“ was the title of Dr. Edgar Endlein‘s (R&D Manager at Werner & Mertz, Mainz) con-tribution. The subject of the lecture was the efforts of Werner & Merz to substitute surfactants based on palm kernel and coconut oils by others based on European sources.

Immo Sander (Werner & Mertz, Mainz) reported on the status of the „Werner & Mertz Recyclate Initiative“, presenting a highly inno-vative packaging concept whose sustainable material flow design exemplifies the „cradle to cradle“ approach.

In the last presentation before lunch, Michael Schork (BASF/BTC Europe) provided information on „Current colour trends in home & personal care“. The combination of colour with functionality plays

an important role among consumers. A variety of colours is availa-ble for the various product groups. The choice of suitable dyes is decisive with regard to much more than the market success of a product.

After lunch, Hermann Fuechter (Interpolymer Sarl, Wissembourg, France) presented the talk “Criteria for evaluating floor care mate-rials”, presenting testing methods which make it possible to opti-mally adjust formulations to fulfil the different requirements.

Dr. Martina Hermann (Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Dusseldorf) int-roduced the current situation with „In-vitro tests to replace ani-mal tests in the consumer goods sector“. Since 1 June 2015, com-panies must classify their mixtures, such as detergents and clean-sers, according to EU CLP/UN GHS. In order to avoid over-labelling, in vitro methods for testing eye/skin irritation and skin corrosion are of increasing interest. The latest findings from the A.I.S.E. test programme were presented.

Dr. Thomas Herbrich (fit GmbH, Zittau) reported on „Experien-ces of a medium-sized company with implementing CLP require-ments“. The substantial financial and human effort, in particular, is a huge burden on medium-sized companies, whereby a large part of the effort is necessary for avoiding senseless labelling. Industry experts do not currently see any improvement in consumer safety in the field of detergents and cleaners.

The election of the board of the South-East Regional Group also took place as part of the lecture event. The following people ran for office and were elected unanimously:1. Chairman: Mr. Dr. Thomas Herbrich (fit GmbH)2. Chairwoman: Ms. Gisela Herzog (BTC Europe)3. Secretary: Ms. Ute Schroeder (Calbe Chemie GmbH)

At this point, we would once again like to thank our generous hosts from Werner & Merz, all the speakers, and the organisers of this successful event.

Ms. Ute SchroederSecretary of the SEPAWA Regional Group South/East

in Scandinavia, and the “Ecolabel”, introduced a few years later, in nearly all European countries. In order to market a product with one of the three labels, different ecological/toxicological proper-ties or performance criteria must be met. The procedure was dis-cussed using hard surface cleaners (general purpose, grease, glass, bathroom, sanitary and toilet cleansers) as examples.

55 participants from all over Germany took part in this year’s meeting. For a great number of the out-of-town guests, the eve-ning event began with a guided tour of the historic city of Boenni-

gheim and continued with a humorous and content-rich tasting of snacks, liqueurs and schnapps at the Swabian Schnapps Museum.

Future ProspectsThe next meeting of the Regional Group Central will be held in Taunusstein on 25/02/2016, at SGS Institut Fresenius. Further de-tails on the event will be available on the SEPAWA website.

Dr. Zoltán SzilágyiSecretary of the SEPAWA Regional Group Central


In 2014 SEPAWA Benelux organised a spring and a fall meeting. Both meetings were held at “Priorij Corsendonk”, Oud Turnhout, Belgium. The spring meeting took place on June 5 and was at-tended by 60 persons. The fall meeting took place on November 20 and had a total of 63 attendees. The number of members of SEPAWA Benelux was 170 (individual and corporate members).

The lectures are listed below. Most of the presentations can be downloaded from the SEPAWA Benelux internetsite: http://www.sepawa-bnl.nl/

• Michiel Hingst (Raizen) – Sustainable bio ethanol from Brazil• Anton Kruf (Galactic) – Lactic acid / esters for descaling and

anti microbial properties• Marten Kops (NVZ) – The Detergents network• Sophie Pfister (KAO Perfumes) – Think outside the box (Sophie

Pfister)• Simone Dell’Era (Lonza) – The Impact of the BPR on Biocidal

Product formulators• Francesco Staps (Cosun) – Betafib

• Bart Vandenbroucke/Arend-Jouke Kingma (BASF) – Solutions to avoid H318 classification for hard surface cleaners and manual dish wash detergents

The general members meeting took place at November 20, 2014 at the Priorij Corsendonck. The financial report of 2013 was pre-sented and it showed again a positive result. It was checked and approved by the accountant commission. The report was adopted during the general members meeting.The board of 2013 was discharged. Hans Razenberg is replaced by Klaas Gravesteijn.The board in 2013 consisted out of the following members:

Chairman Jef WittouckTreasurer Mark de WitteSecretary Krista BoumaLecture Committee Stijn VandevoordeLecture Committee Hans Razenberg

Krista BoumaSecretary SEPAWA Benelux

Annual Report of the SEPAWA Section Benelux

The SEPAWA Nordic Section has still more than 110 members. The significant event of the section in 2015 was the convening of a 2-day annual conference from the 4th to the 5th of May, again it took place at the central and appreciated site – Radisson BLU Ho-tel in Malmoe – which gives good travelling possibilities for our guests from Europe, but we were still missing some danish com-panies, maybe because they prefer going to the European SEPAWA in October?, which will be looked at.

This year the aim was to offer an attractive event program to the formulators from the region. Representatives from small, medium and large sized organisations took part. A special feature of the Nordic section, and therefore a special attraction, is that the mem-bers and guests originate from four different language regions and then you could add a number of European countries also – as speakers/presenters/exhibitors.

More than 100 participants discussed current issues of our indus-try over both days. The focus was on new aspects in: alternatives to LAS? – Challenges with CLP? – Renewable rawmaterials – Cradle to Cradle views – Is it worthwhile reducing consumption of chemi-cals? – Ecolabels and many other interesting topics.

Annual Report of the SEPAWA Nordic SectionThe program was well received by the participants, but all were taking up the fact, that a number of small and medium sized formulators were not present! – but all participants asked the Board to continue with the Annual Meeting in the Nordic section – which naturally made us happy.

We were again pleased to be able to welcome a number of new participants and presenters – who were participating in the an-nual conference for the first time, and many said “it will not be the last time”. This too is proof of the attractiveness of the lec-ture program and the desire for a close exchange between spe-cialists in the region.

For the coming year we are looking for even more value, of the presentation, for the formulators to participate – as suppliers ob-viously see no difficulties attending.

Lars Broch Chairman of SEPAWA Nordic Section


Annual Report of the SEPAWA Section SwitzerlandShortly before the 2014 Ordinary General Assembly, President Jörg Beiersdörfer surprised us with his resignation from the Board. Therefore, three board members are no longer available at this time; last year’s gaps in perfumery have not been able to be filled yet. As a result, the remaining Board members have decided to fill the vacancy for treasurer and select a president from the ranks of the existing Board. Two candidates were nominated before the general meeting, which will determine their capabilities.

On 5 September 2014 around 60 interested members had already arrived in the morning at the currently institutionalised lectures on General Assembly Day. Chocolat Frey AG in Buchs (AG), which belongs to Migros, was the host. The lecture programme, which took place in the morning, covered two topics. Hygiene for food factories and DetNet – for practitioners.

Dr Bernd Glassl from IKW and Dr Heribert Bürgy from BAG ex-plained the DetNet system and the legislator’s interpretation and approach.

In the field of hygiene, our speakers examined general hygiene throughout the food industry, the milk stone subject matter, the hygienic bee house and, lastly, chocolate production. (Presenta-tions at www.sepawa.ch)

After lunch, we dived into the world of cocoa at the Chocolat Frey visitors’ centre, the conching machines, the different formu-las and into the temptation of sweets.

The 55th General Meeting in the late afternoon was opened by out-going President Jörg Beiersdörfer. It focused on continuing devel-opment of the summer school in addition to the Board’s new line-up. At the same time, the meeting laid down the financial founda-tion for the execution of this.

On 19 –20 March 2015, the PRP (Professional Cleaning and Care) Specialist group’s traditional spring event took place in Rapperswil. Many aspects of cleaning and disinfection were examined under the title of ‘Oftmals unscheinbar aber scheinbar unverzichtbar’ [of-ten insignificant but apparently indispensable]. The practice, the regulatory authorities with their control systems and science were equally described, and their theories and results were examined.

In the Board meetings, the ZHAW-SEPAWA (Summer school) for-mulation course project was promoted, and the first round of ap-plications for the first course week was opened on 22.4.2015. From 31.8 to 4.9.2015, eight students and eight industry members were able to complete a fantastic, educational, and highly interesting week of summer school.

The stagnating and declining number of members has encour-aged the Board to motivate interested colleagues to become mem-bers of the SEPAWA Switzerland. In an initial campaign, letters were written to all visitors who reside in Switzerland, approx. 80 participants of the large SEPAWA Congress, and they were in-formed about the benefits of membership. Additional planned measures include asking cooperative partners to encourage their staff to become members.

The 56th General Assembly with an integrated Symposium will take place in Ittigen near Bern on 11 September 2015. This pro-gramme includes a visit to a military pharmacy and a related lec-ture series on surfactants, hygiene, protection, and validation.

Rudolf GitziPresident of the SEPAWA Switzerland Department

Annual Report of the SEPAWA Section AustriaAustrian members and guests from Italy, Switzerland, and Ger-many met up in Hall in Tirol this year. Despite the surprising and short return of winter in May, with the accompanying traffic chaos, participants turned out in very large numbers.

Following the meeting of members, all participants whose cloth-ing was sufficiently weatherproof were invited to a guided city tour through Hall’s historic Altstadt [old town]. After a visit to the Münze Hall and minting a souvenir coin, we rounded off the eve-ning together with an entertaining knight’s banquet at Ritter-kuchl, very much in the spirit of this small town’s turbulent past.

The morning was focused on presentations on washing and cleaning.Gaby Bongen, from Julius Hoesch, opened the lecture sympo-sium with Wässrige Reiniger – zukünftige Möglichkeiten kennzeich-

nungsfrei zu formulieren unter Beibehaltung der Performance [Wa-tery Cleaners – Future Opportunities to Formulate without Labels while Maintaining Performance] and demonstrated an overview of legally mandated provisions and the resulting labelling guidelines along with solution approaches and examples from Akzo Nobel on how to cushion them somewhat.

In his lecture, Desinfektion im Zeichen der BPR, Anforderungen, Wirksamkeit [Disinfection in view of BPR, Requirements, Effective-ness], Dr Roman Grabbe of THOR once again discussed with us the unbelievable complexity and enormous effort that biocide prod-uct guidelines entail for individual applicants. He also explained possible solution approaches to cushion it financially and admin-istratively.


Annual Report of the SEPAWA Group“Professional Cleaning and Care” (PRP)PRP SymposiumOn 19 and 20 March 2015, participants met on the occasion of the annually recurring SEPAWA ‘Professional Care and Cleaning’ (PRP) Specialist Group Symposium in Rapperswil (Switzerland). The event was concluded by a natural spectacle, a partial solar eclipse. The Chairman of the specialist group, Thomas Hofmann from the Institute of Facility Management (IFM) of the Zurich College of Ap-plied Sciences, directed the programme. During the event, many issues and requirements from many different fields of applica-tion were addressed. Under the title of ‘Oftmals unscheinbar aber scheinbar unverzichtbar’ [Often Insignificant but Apparently Indis-pensable], eight lectures were scheduled for the programme. It touched on various topics on floor coating and care products as well as disinfection and biocide applications. An overview of the lectures given can be found below.

In a joint presentation by Dr Josef Jans and Dr Rolf Semmler (for-merly of Diversey Switzerland Services GmbH, Münchwilen/Swit-zerland), a historic retrospect on the topic, ‘Floor Care im Wandel der Zeit’ [Floor Care Through the Ages] was presented. ‘Kriterien zur Bewertung eines Fußbodenpflegemittels’ [Criteria for Evaluat-ing a Floor Care Product] was the name of Julien Fischer’s (Inter-polymer Sarl, Wissembourg, France) contribution. Dr Philippe Solot (AICOS Technologies AG, Basel, Switzerland) gave a presentation

on the possibilities and limits of ‘Statistischen Versuchsplanung als Optimierungswerkzeug’ [Using Statistical Design of Experi-ments as an Optimisation Tool] in his presentation. Thomas Leucht (Application Lab Weber & Leucht, Fulda, Germany) provided impe-tus for a possible future model in building cleaning methods by presenting a new cleaning concept. Here, he allowed insights into results from his practice-oriented research project, ‘Automatisi-erte Wechselbäder für Oberflächen in der Gebäudereinigung’ [Au-tomated Contrast Baths for Surfaces in Building Cleaning]. Math-ias Boldt (3M Deutschland GmbH, Neuss, Germany) gave a pre-sentation titled ‘Beurteilung des Reinigungsergebnisses vor der Desinfektion im Bereich Lebensmittelhygiene – Mikrobiologische Diagnostik’ [Assessing the Cleaning Result before Disinfection in Foodstuff Hygiene – Microbiological Diagnostics], where he went into the topic of ‘cleanliness’ and characterised its meaning from the perspective of the food industry. Hans Hirschmann (Master of Public Health am Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch, Feldkirch, Austria) shared comprehensive content on ‘Flächenreinigung und Desin-fektion in Einrichtungen des Gesundheitswesens in Theorie und Praxis’ [Surface Cleansing and Disinfection in Healthcare Equip-ment in Theory and Practice]. Dr Maximilian Schönherr (Dr Schnell Chemie GmbH, Munich, Germany) gave a lecture on ‘Herausforde-rungen biozider Produkte und deren Anwendung’ [The Challenges

Using many descriptive images, Hans Hirschmann, Deputy Director of Krankenhaushygiene LKH Feldkirch, explained the weak points and problems of hospital hygiene from practitioners’ point of view in his presentation titled Flächenreinigung und -desinfektion in Ein-richtungen des Gesundheitswesens in Theorie und Praxis [Surface Cleansing and Disinfection in Healthcare Equipment in Theory and Practice]. This presentation truly expanded the formulator’s the-oretical perspective so that the hospital as end customer can be better understood.

In his presentation titled Automatisierte Wechselbäder für Ober-flächen in der Gebäudereinigung – Ein Zukunft [Automated Con-trast Baths for Surfaces in Building Cleansing – A Future Model], engineering graduate Thomas Leucht of Application Lab Weber & Leucht demonstrated that adapting the cleaning process in dy-namic cleaning consisting of cleaning/care and rinse cycle can cre-ate a lot of economic and ecological potential. And to reassure our industry: no one wishes to forego surfactants.

In her presentation titled Simplifying detergent production and en-hancing performance with enzymatic solution, Sabrina Borello Kjær from NOVOYZYMES presented her company’s new product lines. Faster, more cost-effective, and simpler solutions are now being of-fered to manufacturers and formulators.

In a transition to the Presentations on Cosmetics block, Nicole Forstner of Eurofins – Kompetenzzentrum für WPR Prüfungen und Kosmetik explained their test programme for both industries; in doing so, we wished to fully present the test institute’s complete range.

In a presentation by Michèle Lindner, GfN Selco, titled Trägersys-teme – altbewährtes in neuem Mantel [Delivery Systems – Tried and True in a New Look], we dealt with current delivery systems for cosmetic applications; the different types were defined very nicely.

Finally, Helmut Gümbel, BASF SE, concluded the day with EU Cos-metics Regulation – Opportunities and Challenges with Respect to Cosmetic Ingredients. One issue from this presentation, foregoing animal testing, will probably bring about many new discussions.

Eva Maria HeinzelChairwoman Austria Department

Thomas ArmelliniSecretary


Department, the industry and professional association, and the Zurich College of Applied Sciences, the continuing education insti-tution. It takes place from 31.8 to 4.9.2015 at the Zurich College of Applied Sciences in Wädenswil (Switzerland). This course is geared towards persons who are interested in formulating. It requires vo-cational training as a laboratory assistant (or equivalent training). This year’s course focuses on liquid and semi-solid formulations. You will receive the SEPAWA certificate after successfully complet-ing the formulator course.

Programme content can be found at the SEPAWA Switzerland Department’s homepage (http://www.sepawa.ch). You can also sign up directly online.

Miscellaneous from the Specialist GroupElections for the SEPAWA PRP board are scheduled for 2016. First and second Chairmen posts and that of the Secretary are stand-ing for election.

Thomas Hofmann1. Chairman of SEPAWA Specialist Group PRP

Thomas LeibleinSecretary of SEPAWA Specialist Group PRP

of Biocide Products and their Application]. Here, he particularly went into detail about new framework conditions for product cer-tifications with respect to the new REACH Regulation.

ZHAW, The Conference’s OrganiserThe Institut für Facility Management (IFM) of the Zürcher Hoch-schule für Angewandte Wissenschaften (ZHAW) [Institute of Fa-cility Management of the Zurich College of Applied Sciences], was the conference’s organiser, like in previous years. The event venue was the Hotel Schwanen in Rapperswil (Switzerland), uniquely sit-uated directly on the shore of Lake Zurich.

Balance Sheet for the 2015 ConferenceIn total, 63 event participants were counted. This year there was a focus on two thematically separate topics. Each event day could be booked separately in accordance with thematic preferences, and the amount of participants managed to be stabilised to 50 per-sons per day. The Dr Schnell Company took over this year’s spon-sorship for coffee breaks, for which SEPAWA PRP wishes to cordially express its thanks. Participants gave positive feedback on the con-ference. In a survey about the event, participants were able to sub-mit suggestions and specify focal points of interest for the next event. These suggestions will be incorporated into the topic selec-tion process for the 2016 event.

2016 Event OutlookIn the coming years, the SEPAWA Professional Cleaning and Care Specialist Group symposium’s topic contents will focus more heav-ily on ‘raw materials’. The content of lecture topics regarding this matter dealt with intelligent raw materials and applications in the household and I&I field. High-quality presentations and an inter-esting exchange between science and the industry can once again be expected at both event days.

An exact event title will be promptly specified and communi-cated over the appropriate media.

The SEPAWA PRP event for 2016 takes place on 17 and 18 March. The event venue, since 2010, is the Hotel Schwanen in Rapperswil. The procedure, the event programme, and the evening activities will be based on the events from the previous years.

Summer School for FormulatorsA course for formulators will be offered in a summer school. This course was designed in conjunction with the SEPAWA Switzerland

Annual Report of the SEPAWA Group“Legislative – Environment – Consumer” (LUV)As of 1 June 2015 all mixtures (called preparations in previously applicable law) in the jurisdiction of the European Union are sub-ject to the CLP (Classification, Labelling and Packaging) Regula-tion ((EC) No. 1272/2008). This regulation implements into Euro-

pean law the provisions in the Globally Harmonised System (GHS) initiated by the United Nations. Unlike cosmetic products, deter-gents and cleansers are subject to the CLP Regulation. At the 9th LUV workshop on 22 April 2015 in Würzburg, speakers from gov-


In addition to legislative aspects, LUV also focuses on sustainabil-ity. Sustainability was the thematic focus of the LUV event at the 61st SEPAWA Congress. In this context, the issue of education is particularly important. Now that the 600 ‘Soaps & Detergents’ ex-periment sets have all been given to schools, the experiment set is currently being redesigned and will once again be made available to schools starting in 2016.

Dr Roland SchröderFirst Chairman of the SEPAWA Specialist Legislative – Environment – Consumer Group (LUV)

Annual Report of the SEPAWA Group“Applied Cosmetics” (FAK)Overview of the 2015 Symposium, ‘Cosmetics Around the World – Eine globale Reise durch Formulierungen, Markenauftritte und rechtliche Hürden’ [Cosmetics Around the World – A Global Jour-ney Through Formulations, Market Appearances and Legal Hurdles’

The 2015 Symposium of the Specialist group took place at the Fritz Henkel Haus at the Henkel KGaA’s premises in Düsseldorf. The at-tunement to other countries took place the evening before on a guided city tour through Düsseldorf’s Japanese Quarter, the larg-est Japanese community in Europe, with interesting insights into Japan’s day-to-day life, culture, and cuisine.

Questions about national and regional specialities and require-ments always arise in a changing, globally oriented environment. This was taken up with the Symposium programme; the first part examined global beauty trends. Vivienne Rudd, Director of Insights & Innovation at the Mintel Group Ltd., covered topics ranging from changing life and work habits in the USA to expectations regard-ing special ingredients in Germany and to beauty rituals, looking at six-to-ten-step facials in China, Japan, and South Korea in her ‘Beauty Trends Around the World’ contribution.

The following contribution, ‘Der chinesische Schönheitstraum’ [The Chinese Beauty Dream], discussed this topic in greater de-tail. Fang Ley, Investment Manager at BayerCropScience AG, very clearly illustrated the changing Chinese ideal of beauty. Large eyes, an oval body shape, a pointed chin, and a narrow nose used to be characteristics of ideal beauty, but today, an altogether sporty, fashionably chic appearance and a youthful look are becoming in-creasingly important. This leads to interesting product develop-ments such as the ‘facekinis’ which protect the face, neck and cleavage from UV radiation when worn in the sun as a mask that goes over the entire head.

The contributions in the second part dealt with legal aspects of cosmetics exports. Mei Gräfe from Intergate Consultung partic-ularly went into detail on China. In her speech, ‘Der chinesische Markt für Kosmetikprodukte’ [The Chinese Market for Cosmet-ics Products], she provided insights into the sales channels which WeShops, in addition to classic stationary sales outlets and online sites, seek out; private micro-businesses that sell products through smartphones and tablets. The low brand loyalty of Chinese con-sumers is both an opportunity and a risk for the seller. Product in-novations and functionality arouse the curiosity of consumers who enjoy experimenting. Product registration, which is ideally carried out by local partners, constitutes an important aspect of import-ing into China. The process requires experience and adequate lead time before the planned start of marketing.

China is not the only place where there are hurdles to overcome before a product can be introduced. Marianne E. Schwarberg (BCG Cosmetics Baden-Baden) gave a substantiated and knowledge-able insight into import barriers in the six important countries: the USA, Russia, Japan, South Korea, Brazil, and Saudi Arabia. The very practically relevant and detailed presentation was concluded by helpful Internet links and contact addresses.

Even the issue of trademark protection increasingly preoccupies manufacturers. Jessica Werts, Master of Law [Magister iudis], pre-sented examples of trademark infringements and borderline cases in her contribution, ‘Heute erfunden, morgen schon kopiert: Das Markenschutzrecht’ [Invented today, copied by tomorrow: trade-mark protection]. With an impressive 50,000 new registrations per year in Germany alone, it is no wonder that high compensa-tion amounts due to trademark infringements have been reported. Damages for trademark owners are estimated to be approx. 200 billion euros worldwide.

ernment agencies, research and industry provided an overview on the important issues from the regulatory field of detergents and cleansers as well as cosmetics products. Of particular rele-vance was the comprehensive presentation by the Federal Insti-tute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) helpdesk. This helpdesk supports small and medium-sized companies with im-plementing the CLP Regulation. A lecture by GfK Verein addressed the subjective consumer perspective of product safety in the con-sumer goods sector and clarified how consumers perceive safety and warning labels. Lectures on recent developments, such as the entry of micro-plastics into the aquatic environment or the use of in-vitro methods to replace animal testing in the consumer goods sector rounded out the event.


During the last part of the symposium, Judith Fielder, Head of Global Engineering at La Prairie Group AG, explained the complex-ity of legal cosmetics guidelines in different countries. Developing a global formulation while complying with all ingredient provi-sions and intended claims poses a great challenge. This is why ad-vertised claims, such as for whitening, require certain raw mate-rials, defined usage concentrations, or proof of efficacy in certain countries. In China and South Korea, the products fall under spe-cial and/or functional products with their own whitelists. In Ja-pan, this product category is a quasi-drug with very strict regula-tion. Therefore, it is imperative to take a very serious look at each country-specific requirement.

In contract, requirements for products for African hair are quite different. Dr Mustafa Akram, Corporate Director R&D Colors and Perms of Henkel AG, illustrated the particularities of African hair and the habits of African consumers in a very vivid and lively man-ner. Consumers change hairdressers very often, use relaxers at an early stage, and enjoy styling and colouring their hair a lot. It is not unusual to visit the hair dresser for 3 to 6 hours.

Lastly, Hans-Georg Böcher, Executive Chairman of the Deutschen Verpackungs-Museum Heidelberg [German Packaging Museum Heidelberg]), rounded off the series of presentations with the topic, ‘Wie aus Produkten Marken werden’ [How brands origi-nate from products]. He portrayed product packaging as a reflec-tion of our society’s cultural development. Various different pack-aging functions were presented along with their historical back-ground. The colour scheme is especially important for packaging. The colour effect needs to be understood from the viewpoint of

the respective target audience’s cultural environment. Cosmetics, in particular, convey a message through their packaging; it is ex-tremely important for brand recognition. Changing colours dam-ages this signal effect. Brand items are ‘notable items’, named af-ter branding, which can originate from a symbol, a logo, a word, or an image trademark. Lively colours can be a part of such brand-ing strategies.

The event received very positive feedback from speakers and par-ticipants.

A general meeting with an election of the new Board of the ‘An-gewandte Kosmetik’ [Applied Cosmetics] specialist group was car-ried out in the symposium. The FG Board is now comprised of the following:

1. Chairwoman: Angela Kleiner (Croda GmbH)2. Chairwoman: Astrid Wulfinghoff (Covestro GmbH)3. Event Manager: Michèle Lindner (GfN, Herstellung

von Natur extrakten GmbH)4. Secretary: Judith Hümpfner (IMPAG Import GmbH)

The next symposium is planned for 22 June 2016 in Heidelberg. Here, the topic of impact statements from different perspectives will be examined, and the perspective of the consumer, backed by a consumer survey, will also be taken up in a podium discussion.

Angela Kleiner1. Chairwoman of SEPAWA FAK

Annual Report of the “German Association of Perfumers” (DGP)The two-day DGP spring meeting with the theme ‘Nature and Laws’ took place in April in beautiful Bad Boll.

During the inauguration, DGP President Wolfgang Krause an-nounced with great pleasure the expansion of the advisory board with two perfumers, Guy Vogel and Jörg Zimmermann (WALA). The professional lectures that followed managed to captivate with topics from the formation of natural raw materials to legal re-quirements for essential oils and marketing product concepts that are close to nature.

They began with Mr Ralf Kunery, Naturamus, who gave us an ex-citing insight into Naturamus’ rose cultivation projects in Afghan-istan and Ethiopia. Naturamus is the purchasing organisation be-longing to the WALA corporate group. In Afghanistan, 880 fami-lies in the far eastern part of the country have received support in cultivating roses after successful cooperation with Welthunger-hilfe experts. Processing facilities for producing rose oil have been

constructed on-site – this now allows for production of 120 kg of high-quality rose oil every year. Here, sustainability is coupled with social responsibility in the region, which ultimately serves to secure rose oil for cosmetics and fragrance production in the long term.

Mr Jens-Achim Protzen, General Manager of Paul Kaders GmbH, subsequently gave us a very exciting overview of the state of dis-cussions, which are not always clear, between EU authorities and the industry on regulating essential oils and allergens. He shared with us his gaze into the crystal ball; it’s nice to see that EU rules can be amusing as well!

Mrs Kristina Nowak, Marketing Manager at Symrise, shed light onto aspects of marketing for natural products. We saw the influ-ence that the natural trend has had on marketing products, and we were able to smell, using the example of different lavender com- positions, within what range natural scents can be interpreted.


(up to 40% thujone!) in natural cosmetics. In contrast, a thujone threshold value is only set for absinthe; other foods are not reg-ulated at all.

Mrs Annette Greco and Mr Jörg Zimmermann subsequently ex-plained the philosophy and approach for product development for Dr Hauschka cosmetics and the creation of scents. The objective in product development is to initiate healing processes in the user’s body using the ingredients, thereby ‘facilitating’ recovery. When developing scents, Jörg Zimmermann harmonises the top, middle and bottom notes of the perfume with the compound’s intended effects on people’s mind and body so that the natural scents used can complete the cosmetic product’s effect ideally.

In two parallel tours, we then had the opportunity to familiarise ourselves with the herb gardens and WALA’s analytics. We then rounded things off with a shared snack at WALA.

We would like to cordially thank WALA’s organisers and lecturers for their hospitality and exciting insights! We felt very much at home with you!

DGP Board and Advisory Board April 2015

The 2015 DGP Advancement Award went to Mrs Jana Kromer for her doctoral thesis, ‘Einfluss der HLA-Allele auf Körpergeruch und Partnerschaft’ [Influence of HLA alleles on body odour and part-nership]. Mrs Kromer gave us a very clear insight into her studies, which show the astonishing effect that people’s individual scent signature has on partner selection and life planning. HLA alleles are responsible for immune defence in the human body. In her work, Mrs Kromer demonstrated that couples have a happier love life with their partners when the partner’s immune system does not match their own – this would give the couple’s offspring a stronger immune system.

In the evening, we strolled to the Hohen Neuffen castle after a short drive in order to round off the day there with exciting dis-cussions and fine food.

On Friday we had the great pleasure of being the guests of WALA Heilmittel GmbH. Mrs Christiane Uhl, Mrs Annette Greco and Mrs Mareike Vermeulen greeted us and invited us to get to know both WALA’s cosmetics and its cures.

Mr Hans-Jörg Rösch shed light on the effects of new regulations on natural cosmetics. For example, the IFRA’s targeted threshold value for thujone (the current recommendation is 20 ppm for leave-on and rinse-off products) can heavily restrict the use of sage oil


AB Enzymes GmbH | Darmstadt, GermanyAkzo Nobel Chemicals GmbH

Frankfurt a. Main, GermanyAlbaad Deutschland GmbH | Ochtrup, GermanyAlcochem | Nijkerk, The NetherlandsAmericol | Zaandam, The NetherlandsAMSilk GmbH | Planegg, GermanyAT-Chemie | Hard, AustriaAzelis Austria GmbH | Leopoldsdorf, AustriaAzelis Deutschland Kosmetik GmbH | Moers, GermanyAzelis Schweiz Chemicals AG | Möhlin, SwitzerlandBanner Chemicals BNL | Antwerp, BelgiumBASF Belgium Coordination Center Comm. V

Waterloo, BelgiumBASF Österreich GmbH | Wien, AustriaBASF Schweiz AG | Zürich, SwitzerlandBASF SE | Ludwigshafen, GermanyBell Flavors & Fragrances GmbH | Leipzig, GermanyBentfield Europe BVBezema AG | Montlingen, SwitzerlandBiesterfeld Spezialchemie GmbH | Hamburg, GermanyBIOALTERNATIVES | Gencay, FranceBIOMONTAN GmbH | Enns, AustriaBiotech technology & control equipment GmbH

Sankt Valentin, AustriaBK Giulini GmbH | Ladenburg, GermanyBorer Chemie AG | Zuchwil, SwitzerlandBRCS BV | Hoofddorp, The NetherlandsBrenntag Schweizerhall AG | Basel, SwitzerlandBTC Benelux | Waterloo, BelgiumBTC Speciality Chemical Distribution SAS

Basel, SwitzerlandBurnusHychem GmbH | Steinau a.d. Straße, GermanyBYK Additives GmbH | Moosburg, GermanyBYK-Cera BV | Denekamp, The NetherlandsC.H. Erbslöh GmbH | Hallein, AustriaC.H. Erbslöh Schweiz AG | Zürich, SwitzerlandCaldic Belgium | Hemiksem, BelgiumCaldic Nederland | Rotterdam, The NetherlandsCarpet Cleaner Industries CCI GmbH | Klagenfurt, AustriaCFT | The NetherlandsChemia Brugg AG | Brugg, SwitzerlandChemoform AG | Wendlingen, GermanyChristeyns NV | Gent, BelgiumChromatech Europe B.V. | Honselersdijk, The NetherlandsCHT Austria R. Beitlich GmbH | Meiningen, AustriaCID LINES | IEPER, Belgiumclaro products GmbH | Mondsee, AustriaCLR-Chem. Lab. Dr. Kurt Richter GmbH | Berlin, GermanyCOATEX SAS | GENAY, FranceCosun Biobased Products | Breda, The NetherlandsCPL Aromas GmbH | Bielefeld, Germany

CRODA GmbH | Nettetal, GermanyDAKO AG | Wiesentheid, GermanyDalli-Werke GmbH & Co. KG | Stolberg, GermanyDeLaval N.V. | Drongen, BelgiumDiversey Switzerland Services GmbH

Münchwilen, SwitzerlandDKSH Schweiz AG | Zürich, SwitzerlandDonauchem GmbH | Wien, AustriaDQS-UL | Frankfurt, GermanyDr. Nuesken Chemie GmbH | Kamen, GermanyDreco Werke Waschmittel GmbH | Duesseldorf, Germanydrom fragrances GmbH & Co. KG | Baierbrunn, GermanyDuesberg medical GmbH | Dorsten, GermanyDüllberg Konzentra GmbH & Co KG

Hamburg, GermanyDüring AG | Dällikon, SwitzerlandEco Point International BV | Halsteren, The NetherlandsEhrle GmbH | Illertissen, GermanyElementis Services GmbH | Köln, GermanyEmanuele Centonze SA | Balerna, SwitzerlandEntaco | LokerenEvonik Industries AG | Essen, GermanyEvonik Treibacher GmbH | Althofen, AustriaFerchem SA | Lugano, SwitzerlandFinktec GmbH | Hamm/Rhynern, GermanyFirmenich GmbH | Kerpen, GermanyFlevo Chemie BV | Harderwijk, The NetherlandsFragrance Resources GmbH | Hamburg, GermanyFraunhofer Institut für Angewandte

Polymerforschung | Golm, GermanyFrey & Lau GmbH | Henstedt-Ulzburg, GermanyFrike Pharma AG | Mönchaltdorf, SwitzerlandFripoo Produkte AG | Grüningen, SwitzerlandGEM Bohemia sro | Prag, Czech RepublicGeorges Walther AG | Pfäffikon, SwitzerlandGETRA | Steyr, AustriaGivaudan Deutschland GmbH | Hamburg, GermanyGlaconChemie GmbH | Merseburg, GermanyGustav Grolman GmbH & Co.KG | Neuss, GermanyH. Reynaud & Fils (Deutschland) GmbH

Hamburg, GermanyHaan Special Ingredients

Schoonhoven, The NetherlandsHagleitner Hygiene International GmbH

Zell am See, AustriaHAKAWERK Kunz GmbH | Waldenbuch, GermanyHalag Chemie AG | Aadorf, SwitzerlandHenkel & Cie AG | Pratteln, SwitzerlandHerbacin cosmetic GmbH | Wutha-Farnroda, GermanyHuntsman Germany GmbH | Hamburg, GermanyHydrior AG | Wettingen, SwitzerlandI.F.F. Deutschland GmbH | Hamburg, Germany

8. Members

8.1 Corporate Members


IMPAG AG | Zürich, SwitzerlandINEOS | Zwijndrecht, BelgiumINTERCHIM Austria GmbH | Wörgl, AustriaIntergrated Chemicals Specialties

Nieuw-Vennep, The NetherlandsInterpolymer Sarl | Wissembourg, FranceJ.HOLLUSCHEK GMBH | Zirl, AustriaJoh. Vögele KG | Laufen / Neckar, GermanyJohnson & Johnson GmbH | Neuss, GermanyJulius Hoesch GmbH & Co. KG | Düren, GermanyKao Chemicals GmbH | Emmerich, GermanyKemetyl | Soest, The NetherlandsKEMIRA KEMI AB | Sastamala, FinlandKHK GmbH | Köln, GermanyKoch-Chemie GmbH | Unna, GermanyKolb Distribution Ltd. | Hedingen, SwitzerlandKompak BV | Etten-Leur, The NetherlandsKopetzky & Moritz OG | Zell am See, AustriaKWZ AG | Schlieren, SwitzerlandLactipar SA | Obernau, SwitzerlandLanxess Distribution GmbH

Leverkusen, GermanyLEHVOSS Schneider AG

Winterthur-Seuzach, SwitzerlandLeuna Tenside GmbH | Leuna, GermanyLonza BNL | Breda, The NetherlandsLuhns GmbH | Wuppertal, GermanyLuzi AG | Dietlikon, SwitzerlandMATCO NV | Waregem, BelgiumMerisa AG | Hergiswil, SwitzerlandMerz & Consumer Care GmbH

Frankfurt/Main, GermanyMettler- Seifen GmbH | Hornussen, SwitzerlandMichelman SARL | Windhof, LuxemburgMifa AG | Frenkendorf, SwitzerlandMondial Cosmetics BV | Alkmaar, The NetherlandsMosselman NV | Ghlin, BelgiumNeochem GmbH | Menden, GermanyNölken Hygiene Products GmbH | Windhagen, GermanyNordmann - Rassmann HandelsgmbH

Vösendorf, AustriaNOVACARB | LYON, FranceOmya (Schweiz) AG | Oftringen, SwitzerlandOPW INGREDIENTS GMBH | Viersen, GermanyOverlack GmbH | Wien, AustriaPaul Voormann GmbH | Velbert, GermanyPaul Woehrle GmbH & Co | Winnenden, GermanyPermcos GmbH | Giebenach, SwitzerlandPERNAUER CHEMIE WERKE GMBH | Wels-Pernau, AustriaPQ Silicas BV | Eijsden, The NetherlandsPrayon Benelux | Ruis Broek, BelgiumProchem AG | Zürich, SwitzerlandProcter & Gamble Service GmbH

Schwalbach am Taunus, Germanyquaris GmbH | Worms, GermanyRAHN AG | Zürich, SwitzerlandRAHN GmbH | Frankfurt, Germany

RALA Lampert GesmbH | Schlins, AustriaReckitt Benckiser Produktions GmbH

Heidelberg, GermanyREDEEREI & HANDELSAGENTUR GmbH | Wien, AustriaRiwax-Chemie AG | Zollikofen, SwitzerlandRNM - PRODUTOS QUÍMICOS | Carreira, PortugalRoyal Sanders BV | Vlijmen, The NetherlandsSafic-Alcan Deutschland GmbH

Bad Kreuznach, GermanySalinen Austria GmbH | Ebensee, AustriaSasol Germany GmbH | Marl, GermanySchärer & Schläpfer AG | Rothrist, SwitzerlandSchülke & Mayr AG | Zürich, SwitzerlandSEBAPHARMA GmbH & Co

Boppard-Bad Salzig, GermanySeeger Wasch- und Reinigungsmittel GmbH

Balingen, GermanySeitz GmbH | Kriftel, GermanySeppic GmbH | Köln, GermanyServophil AG | Hünenberg, SwitzerlandSGS Institut Fresenius GmbH | Taunusstein, GermanySilkem Vertriebs AG | Baar, SwitzerlandSimon und Werner GmbH

Flörsheim am Main, GermanySmit A. Trading AG | Zug, SwitzerlandSOPURA | Courcelles, BelgiumSteinfels Swiss Division der Coop-Genossenschaft

Winterthur, SwitzerlandStockmeier Chemie GmbH & Co.KG

Bielefeld, GermanySummit Pharmaceuticals Europe Ltd.

Düsseldorf, GermanySwissatest Testmaterialien AG | St. Gallen, SwitzerlandTemmentec AG | Sumiswald, SwitzerlandTHONHAUSER GmbH | Gießhübel, AustriaThor GmbH | Speyer, GermanyTUNAP Cosmetics GmbH | Kematen in Tirol, AustriaUnivar AG | Zürich, SwitzerlandUnivar GmbH | Essen, GermanyUNIVAR GmbH | Wien, Austriavan Baerle AG | Münchenstein, SwitzerlandVandeputte S.A. Savonnerie | Mouscron, BelgiumVerband TEGEWA e.V. | Frankfurt, GermanyVipack | Landgraaf, The NetherlandsWeber & Leucht GmbH | Fulda, GermanyWetrok AG | Kloten, SwitzerlandWeylChem Wiesbaden GmbH | Frankfurt/Main, GermanyWigol W. Stache GmbH | Worms/Rh, GermanyWirtschaftskammer NÖ, Chemisches Gewerbe

St. Pölten, AustriaZ & S Handel AG | Kloten, SwitzerlandZEP Industries Europa BV

Bergen op Zoom, The NetherlandsZHAW Institut f. Facility Management

Wädenswil, SwitzerlandZschimmer & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG

Lahnstein, Germany


Akzo Nobel Surface Chemistry ABStenungsund, Sweden

Brenntag Holding GmbH Mühlheim an der Ruhr, Germany

CHT R. Beitlich GmbHTübingen, Germany

Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Dow Corning LtdSouth Glamorgan, UK

Harke Chemicals GmbHMülheim a.d. Ruhr, Germany

IMPAG Import GmbHOffenbach, Germany

Nordmann Rassmann GmbH Hamburg, Germany

Schill + Seilacher GmbH BöblingenBöblingen, Germany

SLI Chemicals GmbHFrankfurt am Main, Germany

Worlée-Chemie GmbHHamburg, Germany

BASF SELudwigshafen, Germany

BTC Europe GmbHBerlin, Germany

Clariant International Ltd.Muttenz, Switzerland

Covestro AGLeverkusen, Germany

Evonik Industries AGHanau, Germany

IMCD Deutschland GmbH & Co. KGKöln, Germany

NEOCHEM GmbHMenden, Germany

Novozymes A/SBagsvaerd, Denmark

Schülke & Mayr GmbH Norderstedt, Germany

SOFW – Verlag für chemische Industrie H. Ziolkowsky GmbHBurg/Thannhausen, Germany

8.2 Sustaining Members

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