OrganoClick Presentation

©2011 OrganoClick AB

Robin Grankvist, Business Developer

1. About OrganoClick and our Technology

2. Textiles and Fluorocarbons

3. Our products and their benefits

Agenda


The Company

• Founded in 2006

• Spin-off from Stockholm University and SLU, Uppsala

• Based in Täby, north of Stockholm – R&D,

– Sales and marketing

– Production facility with an annual capacity of 7000 m3


Replacement of non environmentally friendly chemicals New functional cellulose-based materials New applications for cellulose-based materials

Business activities


Development, production and marketing of environmentally friendly bioadditives used for functionalizing cellulose based materials

Armando Córdova

Board of Directors

Research & Development Sales and marketing

Claes-Göran Beckeman Anders Wall Ashkan Pouya

Mårten Hellberg

Academic partners

Stockholm University

Swedish University of Agricultural Science

Mid-University of Sweden

The Royal Institute of Technology

Bertil Hagman

CEO

Organisational structure

Production

Sales and marketing

of wood preservatives

Daughter company 60 % ownership


King Carl XVI Gustaf 50th Anniversary Fund Prize for Science, Technology and Environment 2007

Awards and Prizes

Appointed as a Climate Solver by the World Wildlife Foundation – WWF in 2010


Appointed as one of Sweden’s 20 most promising innovative companies by the Swedish Institute in 2011.

Sweden‘s most promising start-up ‘08

Sweden’s Best Environmental Innovation ’08

OrganoClick’s technology


Business segments

Paper & Packaging

•Water resistance •Increased strength

Textiles

•Water repellency •Binders based on renewable resources

Wood •Wood preservatives •Fire retardants

©OrganoClick AB 2010

What does cellulose-chemistry

have to do with outdoor clothing?

Big – 60 billion kg of fabrics are annually produced Complex Global – 50 % manufacturing occurs in Asia Resource demanding • 1,074 billion KWh (or 132 million tons coal) • Between 6 – 9 trillion liters of water • 200 million tons of chemicals, of which most are non-hazardous..

• Flourocarbons do not degrade in nature and affects ecosystem • Isocyanate causes respiratory problems

The textile industry is…


• Group of substances that contains (only) fluorine and carbon.

• Low surface energy and very strong fluorine-carbon bonds

• Properties: • repell water and oil (to a varying degree) • non-sticky • thermally stable

• Used in

• Non-stick cockware (Teflon) • Non-greasy paper (pre-packed popcorn bags) • Gore-Tex • DWR

Fluorocarbons - general


• PFOA (C8) • PFOS (C8)

• Fluorotelomers (C6 – C3) • Fluorocarbons can be synthesized through

• Electrochemical fluorination (3M used this till 2000) • Telomerization

• C6-telomerization gives C8 as a by-product • C8 and fluoropolymers can degrade to PFOA

Fluorocarbons - chemistry


• Break down is very slow

• PFOA: no natural degradation (half-life of > 200 years) • Fluorotelomers: half-life of 10-17 years

• Fluorocarbons are spread with winds/currents over the world and accumulate in man and in large mammals.

• Humans are exposed to fluorocarbons through water, food and products (cockware, clothing, carpets).

• Half-life in the human body is 4,4 years, in rat a couple of days

Fluorocarbons – ecotoxicity


• PFOA is found in high concentrations in humans

• General population: 5-20 ppb in blood serum • DuPont industrial workers: 750 ppb • People living close to plant: 329 ppb

• In animals, PFOA leads to endocrine disruptions, loss of fertility, cancer and stillborn pups.

• Effects on humans are not completely clear

Fluorocarbons – health issues


Current status of fluorocarbon-use


• PFOS was banned in the EU in 2008. The usage has declined already since 2000 in the West since 2000

• PFOA is under investigation in both the US and in Europe and western chemical producers will be phased out PFOA by 2015

• The chemical industry develops alternative products (C6) with similar properties, and with only minor PFOA emissions

• In China, the use of PFOA/PFOS is still increasing, even among textile factories producing for Western brands.

How do we decrease the PFOA/PFOS usage in Asia?

• Regulations • Corporate-pressure • Consumer-pressure •Technical alternatives…

Why use fluorocarbons at all?

Our water repellency products

OC-aquasil™

• Water repellent system for textiles

• Free from fluorocarbons and isocyanates

• Industrial product

• Water repellent, eco-friendly textiles

• Treated with OC-aquasil™

• Consumer branded


OC-aquasilTM - Performance


• Provides high and durable water resistance to cellulose-based textiles and to synthetic/cellulosic blends

• Greatly increased resistance to water penetration

OC-aquasilTM - Ecological aspects


• Completely free from fluorocarbons and isocyanates. • Biodegradable (according to EPA:s models, validating OECD- studies are planned). • Utilizes organic catalysts

OC-aquasilTM - Implementation


• Implemented in textile mills and in finishing houses

• Using conventional application procedures • Impregnation • Padding

• Subsequent drying and curing

• Eco-friendly textiles treated with OC-aquasilTM

• OrganoTex will be marketed towards Consumers and Retail.

• For active people requiring functionality also in the city. • Involving active consumers in the eco-textile debate, by offering consumer benefits stemming from green-features

• New, convenient and functional applications • Improved safety • Eco-status

Implementation


• Increased focus on phasing out bioaccumulative and toxic (for consumers and workers) chemicals

• Increased focus on chemicals from renewable resources – cradle2cradle approach

• New processes using less (or no) water -> leads to less energy required for drying

• Improving performance by increasing durability • Kinder and less laundering • Improved chemistry

• Brands should use the knowledge and R&D of suppliers

The chemical future as we see it



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