DSM Functional Materials, an Elgin-based division of Royal DSM, is teaming up with Brazil-based Empresa Brasileira de Biotechnologia (Ebrabiotech) to work on bio-based materials.
The companies have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop materials for the concrete floor coatings market based on castor oil.
This development is also aimed to contribute to DSM’s commitment to filling more than 80% of its innovation pipeline by 2015 with ECO+ products—products that, when considered over their entire life cycle, offer clear ecological benefits over competing mainstream solutions, says the company.