Eco-Premium Solutions and Eco-Solutions

Our product development processes are designed to drive continuous sustainability improvement in the overall portfolio as products are updated or replaced. 

Eco-Premium Solutions and Eco-Solutions are fundamental drivers of our sustainability approach for creating more value with improved sustainability attributes of the products we sell, and of the processes we use to manufacture them.

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In 2024, 35% of revenue came from our Eco-Premium Solutions.

One such example is our new concept Expancel® BIO microspheres. This groundbreaking product concept marks a significant advancement in Nouryon’s innovation portfolio, offering a partially biobased and high-performance lightweight filler and blowing agent that addresses the evolving needs of the market. Designed to be both partially biobased and highly efficient, this innovation reduces material weight and enhances properties while supporting the global shift towards eco-friendly and responsible production practices. 

What is an Eco-Premium Solution?

At the heart of our innovation philosophy are Eco-Premium Solutions that offer sustainability benefits over mainstream alternatives in the market, while delivering the same or superior product performance.

The sustainability benefits of our Eco-Premium Solutions can include:

  • Improved energy efficiency (consumption)
  • More efficient or lower use of natural resource/raw materials
  • Lower emissions and waste
  • Lower toxicity
  • Reduced risks of accidents during production, transportation, etc
  • Lower land use
  • Improved health/well-being effect

In 2024, 35% of revenue came from our Eco-Premium Solutions.

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Our Eco-Premium Solutions exemplified

  • Bio-based polymers
  • Dissolvine® M and GL – readily biodegradable chelating agents for more sustainable detergents.
  • High-performance chelated micronutrients that deliver essential metals to plants, increasing agricultural productivity and crop quality.
  • Proven high-quality products for asphalt applications, which lower energy consumption for our customers.
  • Expancel® expandable microspheres, which allow paper and board manufacturers to dose a higher content of recycled fibers without losing bulk in the board.
  • Levasil® colloidal silica, which works exceptionally well as a stabilizer, durability enhancer, and strength developer in construction applications.
  • Kromasil® spherical silica used for high performance purification of APIs (active pharmaceutical ingredients).
A snapshot of biopolymers used in personal care products

Example of Our Eco-Premium Solutions

First Nordic supplier to launch low-carbon footprint hydrogen peroxide

Strengthen our offerings in chelated micronutrients and expand our portfolio of products in crop nutrition and other specialty agricultural solutions

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What are Eco-Solutions?

Eco-Solutions are products and product line innovations that we plan to introduce in the future based on success. They emphasize key sustainability drivers such as whether product innovations in our R&D pipeline are biobased or biodegradable, as these are vital components of product sustainability in our end markets.

In addition, Eco-Solutions either:

  • a sustainable feedstock index greater than 50%;
  • are biodegradable;
  • bring a significant environmental footprint advancement.

In 2024, 74% of our R&D product pipeline included Eco-Solutions.

Nouryon's eco solutions

More about our sustainable solutions

People discussing micronutrients deficiency in citrus in Peru. Our Micronutrients are essential ingredients in agricultural markets.

Sustainable Agriculture

Nouryon's agronomists travel to the world’s most remote places to teach customers and other partners, how to make use of chelated micronutrients in drip irrigation techniques which make agriculture possible on poor soils or in arid areas.

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