Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 5th December 2024 Issue no. 1141

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Bionetix introduces ECL1200: a bio-catalyst for efficiency and sustainability

Enzymes are important bio-catalysts for industrial processes, opening doors to greater efficiency and sustainability. Although used for eons, enzymes are part of a growing trend that puts nature's technology to good use for everyday cleaning and manufacturing.

Bionetix is excited to support this trend with the release of ECL1200, a lipase enzyme concentrate that targets fats and greases in a variety of industries.

How Lipase works…

ECL1200 is a high-efficiency lipase enzyme sourced from non-pathogenic fungi. It is used to catalyze the hydrolysis of fatty and oily substances (e.g., long-chain triglycerides) into smaller components such as diglycerides, monoglycerides, glycerol and free fatty acids. In short, it breaks fat into smaller parts.

Such enzyme action can help remove stains, improve textures, increase manufacturing efficiency and release important molecular building blocks to create other products.

Microbiologically-sourced lipases like ECL1200 are especially favoured for their stability and economy and can be used in a wide variety of industries.

Laundry Detergent Industry…

Because ECL1200 helps with the digestion of lipids, it is an excellent tool for stain removal in
fabrics. By breaking down long fatty acid chains, lipase helps loosen grease and oil deposits so they can form an emulsion with water and be rinsed away. Detergents and stain removal products fortified with lipase are especially helpful for cleaning laundry from the food service or auto repair industries, where linens and uniforms are often stained with grease.

Papermaking and Biodiesel industries…

In the pulp and paper industry, lipase has been found to help with pitch control. It is integral to biodiesel production, which requires lipase as a bio-catalyst for transesterification of triglycerides from waste kitchen oils and other fats. Similar reactions are needed in other chemical industries.

Textile and Leather industries…

Lipase can find a place in the bio-scouring process of textile finishing, replacing alkali scouring, and can potentially reduce other chemicals and help with wastewater BOD/COD in the leather tanning industry.

Headquartered in Quebec, Canada, Bionetix International produces biological products used in thousands of field applications worldwide.

www.bionetix-international.com

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