Sébastien Duprat de Paule, Innovation Director and member of Seppic's Executive Committee, will be speaking at Woodchem, a scientific symposium dedicated to wood chemistry, on December 7. This will be an opportunity for the Air Liquide subsidiary specializing in innovative specialty ingredients to present the molecules making their appearance on the beauty market, as well as their development prospects. A look back at the latest advances for the cosmetics sector, which is already firmly committed to natural and/or bio-sourced compounds.
Wood chemistry: a vast field of innovation for Seppic
Constantly seeking to develop increasingly responsible technologies and molecules, Seppic innovates with wood chemistry. Sébastien Duprat de Paule explains, "We've been active in the green chemistry market since the 1970s, and we continue to develop ever more responsible products. For Seppic, wood is another incredible bio-sourcing alternative". Renewable and sustainable, wood offers new prospects thanks to the molecules it generates, with new properties and improved performance. Hemicellulose, one of wood's main molecules, contains an incredible variety of complex sugars, which are extracted using sustainable processes. Sébastien Duprat De Paule will present the latest advances in this field at the 4th edition of Woodchem, a unique gathering of industrialists, researchers and institutions involved in wood chemistry.
Cosmetics and wood: a promising alliance
From the outset, the cosmetics industry has integrated natural and/or bio-sourced compounds into its product formulations. Faced with a particularly restrictive regulatory landscape and increasingly demanding consumer requirements (safety, performance, respect for the environment), wood opens the way to ideal sourcing, moving away from products of fossil origin. "Many of the sugar derivatives used in our products can now be sourced from wood. Lignin, the macromolecule that makes up wood, offers huge possibilities, the potential of which we are only just discovering," explains Sébastien Duprat de Paule. Texturizing agents, lubricating properties and surfactants are just some of the challenges facing our creams, shampoos, deodorants and make-up. Seppic will be taking part in Woodchem to present the links between wood chemistry and the historic and buoyant cosmetics sector.
