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The specialty chemicals manufacturer BYK has brought Marcel Krohnen back on board after two and a half years as Head of its global Paint Additives business. At the beginning of the year, he took over from Dr. Stefan Mößmer, under whose leadership the sales of the Paint Additives business line doubled and who has now moved up to the BYK Management Board. “We are extremely delighted not only that, in the person of Marcel Krohnen, we have found a highly competent successor for this key position as Head of the Paint Additives business line, but also that he is someone who has strong roots in our company and who knows the market and, in particular, our customers, especially well,” said Dr. Stefan Mößmer, BYK Managing Director of Marketing & Commercial.

BYK Additives starts 2024 with a significant investment at the Deventer site in the Netherlands. On January 11, 2024, BYK Netherlands B.V. celebrated the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a new factory in Deventer, the Netherlands. The new production facility will manufacture solvent based wax dispersions and replace the current facility with a state-of-the-art process installation which will meet current as well as future demands from our customers – of course also in line with current and future regulatory demands. BYK is investing a double-digit million euro amount in the plant.

The care applications section of the specialty chemicals expert BYK has expanded its portfolio. Besides its home care and industrial and institutional products, already familiar under the brand name PURABYK, BYK now also has a range of additives on offer as of January 1, 2024 for the personal care industry.

• Dr. Jörg Hinnerwisch, so far Chief Technology Officer at BYK, assumes the role of Division President and joins ALTANA’s Executive Management Team 
• Dr. Tammo Boinowitz shifts his focus to responsibilities within the ALTANA Management Board, a position he has held since the start of this year
• Head of the Paint Additives business line Dr. Stefan Mößmer becomes a managing director for the Marketing & Commercial area at BYK

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The Care Applications business of specialty chemicals expert BYK is expanding its portfolio. Alongside products for Home Care and I&I, which are already sold through the renowned PURABYK brand, BYK is due to launch its own range of additives for personal care and beauty cosmetics from January 2024. This product portfolio was previously marketed by the sister division ECKART. BYK offers innovative solutions for personal care, that control sensory properties, gloss, stabilization, emulsification and flow behavior, which significantly improve the properties of natural cosmetics, hair care, shampoos, face masks, antiperspirants, nail polish and creams.

To provide our customers with even more information, a BYK QR code has been added to the label of our sample bottles. Using a smartphone, this QR code takes you to the digital product page.

• Acquisition of the business of Imaginant, the leading international specialist for ultrasonic measuring equipment
• Expansion of ALTANA's BYK division through patented technology for handheld and robotic measuring instruments
• Entry into the growth market of the semiconductor industry

BYK’s CERAFLOUR 1050, CERAFLOUR 1051, and CERAFLOUR 1052 provide comparable performances with a focus on improving abrasion resistance and scratch resistance, at the same time.

BYK Shanghai has received the “Carbon Footprint Award” commissioned under “Responsible Care^® Initiative Award”. The prize was handed over at the sixth AICM Responsible Care^® Award Ceremony in Chongqing in May in recognition of the company’s excellence in sustainability and its decarbonization commitments.

On May 31 this year, BYK received the prestigious "Innovation Company of the Year" award in Shanghai in recognition of the company's commitment to differentiated and pioneering solutions. This is the second time that BYK has received this prestigious distinction since 2017.

• 100% bio-based
• Sustainable
• Based on corn starch or rape seed

BYK officially opened its second manufacturing facility in China, expanding existing premises with laboratories and administration in Shanghai.

Congratulations to our BYK colleagues at the Denekamp, Deventer and Nijverdal sites: They were able to renew their EcoVadis certification and thus continue to carry the gold label! EcoVadis certification is now a fixed element on our path toward sustainability. In addition to BYK Netherlands BV, BYK Germany, BYK USA and BYK Great Britain also have gold status.

Synthetic smectite clays offer on the one hand the possibility to use structures from nature and on the other hand have a very high purity with constant quality.