17 Jul 2024 --- OQ Chemicals introduces OxBalance Neopentyl Glycol Diheptanoate (NPG Diheptanoate), a “biomass-balanced light emollient ester for cosmetics,” that it says outperforms cyclic silicones (D5). Claudia Fischer, director of Global Business Development at the global provider of oxo chemicals, tells Personal Care Insights the emollient was created as part of the company’s “ambition to become carbon neutral by the middle of the century. The trademark OxBalance includes renewable carbon via a biomass balance approach. Including its biogenic carbon, the product’s carbon footprint is lower than that of its fossil counterpart.”
