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Innovation

A leader in sustainability with a portfolio rich in innovative products

Innovation Based on Insights

We invest significantly in R&D

We create more profitable, safer, and more sustainable products and processes, develop our own capabilities, and improve the way we work. We believe that being open to the ideas and enthusiasm of outside collaborators will help our company achieve its maximum potential and lead the way to a more sustainable chemical industry. 

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Our Innovation Model leverages Insights based on our strong understanding of industry and market trends to identify the challenges that we can uniquely solve.

Key facts

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13

strategically located Innovation and Application Centers

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>95%

retention rate over the past six years of our top 250 customers

 

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74%

of our R&D product pipeline is focused on solutions with sustainability benefits in 2023

Our 13 Innovation Centers around the world

Our global team of 600 scientists and engineers leverage our market-leading product and application development capabilities in addition to our technology platforms to provide innovative and sustainable, high-performance solutions that meet the needs of customers in our prioritized end-markets. Our capabilities include novel machine learning models to accelerate our ability to deliver application and formulation solutions to customers and guide engineers to where we can explore next.

Our Innovation Centers provide for larger, global platform development while Application Development Centers are regional in order to allow us to tailor solutions to local market and customer needs.

  • This dispersion improves our resiliency and allows us to continually innovate our solutions to meet customer needs today and in the future.
  • As customers favor local supply chains and are moving away from single-source suppliers, this approach also improves our ability to serve our customers and develop localized solutions.

Locations worldwide 

Eco-Premium Solutions and Eco-Solutions are fundamental drivers of our sustainability agenda 

We continually invest in the innovation of solutions with sustainable benefits. In 2023, 74% of our product innovation pipeline came from our Eco-Solutions and 32% of revenue came from our Eco-Premium 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 agenda for creating more value from fewer resources, of the products we sell, and of the processes we use to manufacture them.

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Collaborative innovation

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We believe that being open to the ideas and enthusiasm of outside collaborators will help our company achieve its maximum potential and lead the way to a more sustainable chemical industry. We therefore work closely with customers to develop solutions that meet their changing needs and forge partnerships with external parties such as startups whose unique ideas complement our experience, resources, and business needs. 

Go to our Open Innovation Space and learn more about work with us as equal partners to make the chemicals industry more sustainable.It allow us to engage with anyone who has expertise or innovative solutions that fit with our business such as a newly patented technology requiring co-development to a finished product ready to be launched. 

Open Innovation Space 

Among our innovation initiatives, you find academic partnerships and programs

Examples includes the Impuls Program with the Technical University of Eindhoven, ARC-CBBC; our partnership with technology venture capital company Icos Capital; screening, scouting and venturing, our own global technology scouting team; the open innovation campus at our Deventer research center and many more initiatives driven by our business units as well as.

We also made a strategic investment in Icos Capital Fund IV to explore a wide range of start-ups and budding technologies pertinent to our primary markets, with a particular emphasis on accelerating sustainability.

Partnerships

The majority of our R&D budget is dedicated to growing our existing portfolio of innovative products and developing next generation products and technologies. This is managed by the individual Business Units and much of this work is done in collaboration with our customers. The deep knowledge of our customers' applications allows for focused, application-driven research and innovative customer support.

Solving your challenges using our expertise

To support these efforts our Expert Capability Center Deventer (ECCD) provides deep expertise and high-level facilities in the fields of measurement and analytical sciences, materials technologies and environmental testing. The ECCD boasts state of the art equipment, world class experts and over 50 years of experience in solving challenges in the chemical industry.

ECCD

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Open until further notice

Program Manager, Global Carbon Business Strategy

Fulltime

Houston, Texas, United States
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Sr. Researcher - Personal Care Technical Service and Applications

Fulltime

Bridgewater, New Jersey, United States
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Sr. Scientist

Fulltime

Bridgewater, New Jersey, United States
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Scientist - Personal Care Applications

Fulltime

Bridgewater, New Jersey, United States
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Sr. Researcher

Fulltime

Bridgewater, New Jersey, United States
Open until further notice

Sr. Researcher

Fulltime

Bridgewater, New Jersey, United States
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Find our R&D locations

Itupeva - SP Brazil Itupeva - SP, Brazil

Itupeva (Office, Plant and Innovation Center)

comunica_espquimicas@nouryon.com +55 11 4591-8800
Äänekoski Finland Äänekoski, Finland

Äänekoski (Plant, Innovation Center)

+358 14 5183000
Maharashtra India Maharashtra, India

Mumbai (Regional Office, Innovation Center)

+91 22 6842 6700
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Have a great idea? Talk to us!

Go to our Open Innovation Space and learn more about work with us as equal partners to make the chemicals industry more sustainable.

Open Innovation Space

Innovating sustainable solutions

A number of societal trends are driving demand and presenting opportunities for our sustainable solutions. These include a growing and aging population, a rising and increasingly health conscious middle class, climate change, and natural resource preservation. For example, our solutions help increase crop yields and improve crop quality; make products more biodegradable and easier to recycle; make buildings and vehicles more energy efficienct; and increase the durability of bridges and wind turbines.

Learn more how we provide sustainable solutions for many everyday products in our animated experience.

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Solving your challenges using our expertise

The ECCD boasts state of the art equipment, world class experts and over 50 years of experience in solving challenges in the chemical industry.

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About Nouryon

Nouryon is a global, specialty chemicals leader. Markets and consumers worldwide rely on our essential solutions to manufacture everyday products, such as personal care, cleaning goods, paints and coatings, agriculture and food, pharmaceuticals, and building products. Furthermore, the dedication of approximately 8,200 employees with a shared commitment to our customers, business growth, safety, sustainability and innovation has resulted in a consistently strong financial performance. We operate in over 80 countries around the world with a portfolio of industry-leading brands.

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