ICIS reveals Innovation Awards 2010 shortlist

02 August 2010 09:00  [Source: ICIS news]

LONDON (ICIS)--BASF, Bayer, Eastman Chemical, Teijin and Huntsman are among the major companies in the running for an ICIS Innovation Award this year. The shortlist for the awards, sponsored overall by Dow Corning, was announced on Monday morning.

Several smaller companies and entrants from India and Thailand also feature in the shortlist, which nominates 15 companies across five categories (see below).

The Best Product Innovation category is again sponsored by US-based consultancy CRA International, while the category for Innovation with Best Environmental Benefit is sponsored for the first time this year by North American chemical distributor US Chemicals.

Awards organiser John Baker, global editor for custom publishing at ICIS, commented: “The economic downturn does not seem to have stymied chemical companies’ innovation efforts, in the short term at least. Entries maintained their usual high standard.”

However, the number of entries was down slightly from last year’s record number.

Gregg Zank, senior vice president and chief technology officer at sponsor Dow Corning, added: “[An] unrelenting focus on innovation was very much apparent in all the entries we received for this year’s awards. And while the projects represented by the finalists are diverse, it is clear that the theme of sustainability continues to fuel our innovation pipelines.”

The winners in each category and an overall Innovation of the Year will be revealed on 11 October in a special issue of ICIS Chemical Business.

ICIS Innovation Awards shortlisted entries for 2010

Best Product Innovation 

BASF

Bayer Technology Services

Eastman Chemical

Tata Chemicals

Teijin

Best Innovation by a SME

Genomatica

NiTech Solutions

Best Business Innovation

Advanced Materials

Viachem

Best Innovation in CSR

3E Company

IRPC

LANXESS

Innovation with the Best Environmental Benefit

Kemira

NSR Technologies

Teijin Fibers

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By: Staff Reporter
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