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Frost & Sullivan Praises Omya for Using the Omyaloop Solution to Promote a Sustainable, Circular Economy in the Polymer Industry

Frost & Sullivan assessed the sustainable mining solutions industry and, based on its findings, recognizes Omya with the 2022 Europe New Product Innovation Award.

December 22, 2022. By News Bureau

Frost & Sullivan assessed the sustainable mining solutions industry and, based on its findings, recognizes Omya with the 2022 Europe New Product Innovation Award.

The company implements a holistic lifecycle perspective on its products and services, enabling it to offer innovative, value-added solutions that help customers improve their environmental sustainability, market competitiveness, and overall productivity.

Omya has consistently developed unique value propositions to address customers' existing and evolving regional and industry-specific needs and to enhance the technical capabilities and functionalities of its end products.

Omya focuses its product development on aligning its calcium carbonate product portfolio with the European polymer industry's need to meet regional sustainability goals, especially those linked to the circular economy.

Omya launched Omyaloop, a new recycled calcium carbonate-product family, on a needs-based approach to facilitate the polymer industry's transformation toward a sustainable circular economy. The unique offering comprises ultrafine calcium carbonate Omyaloop MIX, specifically developed to compatibilize polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) in mechanical recycling.

Available in the most widely used particle sizes in polymer manufacturing, the products can easily substitute carbon-intensive fillers in existing formulations. Omyaloop is the market's first certified, 100% recycled calcium carbonate product range for polymer applications.

The solution meets the EU 10/2011 food contact certification requirements, meaning it can be adopted across multiple end-use sectors because it produces safe products for all food-contact applications.

Paulina Blaszczyk, an industry analyst at Frost & Sullivan, said, "Omya carefully selects and responsibly sources recovered calcium carbonate for its Omyaloop product line. It began producing the products in various European plants using highly selected raw materials. Its extensive selection process and specification conformance earned it the Bureau Veritas International Organization for Standardization 14021 certification for 100% recycled materials."

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