Cognis: Press Releases

Cognis Strengthens Global Presence with New Regional Application Centers
Friday, November 12, 2010 by Cognis In order to provide its customers with expert local support and recipes adapted to their specific needs, specialty chemicals supplier Cognis has decided to set up new application centers for...

Cognis Delighted with DHA and Vitamin E Claim Approvals - Assessment for its CLA Claim Still Pending
Friday, October 22, 2010 by Cognis The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) recently published its third batch of article 13.1 health claim opinions. This included a total of 75 opinions, relating to 808 health claims....

Cognis at FiSA 2010: Modern Nutrition with a Feel-Good Factor
Thursday, September 23, 2010 by Cognis At this year's Food ingredients South America (FiSA), Cognis Nutrition & Health presented its latest products and solutions meeting the demands for modern nutrition. In line with the...

Cognis Completes Sale of UV Acrylates Business to IGM Resins
Thursday, September 09, 2010 by Cognis Global specialty chemicals supplier Cognis and IGM Resins, based in Waalwijk, the Netherlands, today announced that the sale of Cognis’ UV acrylates business has now been formally...

Cognis Introduces New Healthy Fats: Cegepal TG 186, Cegepal O3C and Lamequick SUN 40
Thursday, September 02, 2010 by Cognis Consumers are becoming more and more aware of the negative effects of saturated and trans fatty acids. As part of its 'Newtrition™ – Eat. Feel. Live.' concept, Cognis has introduced...

Cognis' First Half-Year 2010 Sees the Company Firmly on a Growth Path with Record-Breaking Results
Thursday, September 02, 2010 by Cognis In the second quarter of 2010, global speciality chemicals supplier Cognis continued its excellent performance from the first quarter, and achieved the best half-year results in the...

Cognis Certified for Compliance with 24 Principles of Green Chemistry and Green Engineering
Friday, August 20, 2010 by Cognis Sustainability A to Z, the institute founded by sustainability experts Paul T Anastas and Julie B Zimmerman, has recognized Cognis' commitment to sustainable development, by certifying...

Launch of Sterol-Enriched Milk in China Marks Global Growth of New Products with Cognis' Phytosterols
Tuesday, August 17, 2010 by Cognis Cognis Nutrition & Health, a leading supplier of natural phytosterols scientifically proven to help reduce cholesterol, has announced a national launch of China's first sterol-enriched milk by...

Cognis Develops Two More Active Ingredients for Weight Management and Cognitive Performance from InterMed Discovery
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 by Cognis Speciality chemicals supplier Cognis and InterMed Discovery (IMD), a world-class natural product lead-discovery company, are continuing their strategic cooperation: Cognis has now...

Cognis Owners Decide to Sell Shares to BASF
Friday, June 25, 2010 by Cognis Cognis Holding Luxembourg, controlled by Permira Funds, GS Capital Partners and SV Life Sciences, signed a sale and purchase agreement to sell 100% of the shares in Cognis Holding to BASF...

Cognis's Newtrition - Eat. Feel. Live. Concept Turns Products into a Well-Being Experience for Consumers
Thursday, June 03, 2010 by Cognis The global food and beverage market is seeing enormous change. More and more consumers not only expect products to provide them with the necessary nutrition and health benefits, but also to...

Cognis' SLS-Based Tabletting Agent Gains GRAS Accreditation
Monday, May 17, 2010 by Cognis When formulating dietary supplement tablets and capsules, manufacturers need powerful tabletting agents to guarantee consistently high quality. Texapon K 12 P PH, a pharmaceutical grade...

Committed to Quality and Safety – Cognis Starts Voluntary Reach Registration of its Pharmaceutical Excipients
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 by Cognis The European Union’s REACH chemical legislation also affects the pharmaceutical industry, as it covers all substances for synthesis or processing used in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals....

Cognis Strengthens Pharmaceutical Drug Delivery Platform with Vitamin E TPGS
Wednesday, September 10, 2008 by Cognis Global specialty chemicals supplier Cognis has started with the production of TPGS (D-alpha Tocopheryl Polyethylene Glycol 1000 Succinate) that meets the market standards in terms of...

Cognis PharmaLine™ Achieves Kosher Certification
Thursday, May 15, 2008 by Cognis In the globalized world of today, manufacturers of consumer healthcare products have to take local and cultural sensitivities into account more than ever before when marketing their products...

CPhI 2007: Cognis Enhances its Offering of Pharmaceutical Excipients that Comply with Strict Standards
Tuesday, October 02, 2007 by Cognis At the recent CPhI Worldwide 2007 in Milan, Italy, Cognis’ pharmaceuticals and healthcare business exhibited its current range of natural-source raw materials, excipients and drug delivery agents...

Cognis receives GMP Compliance for Pharmaceutical Excipients
Wednesday, July 19, 2006 by Cognis Cognis Germany recently became the first chemical company in the world to obtain GMP compliance for its pharmaceutical excipients. After successfully completing an audit carried out by the...