Innovation for customer solutions
To support its innovation activities as closely as possible to its partners (customers, universities, research centers), Silox’s performance chemistry activities have five centers of excellence and two in-house R&D centers, divided by range of applications.
Coordination, regular exchange and collaboration between these different centers and our external partners ensure that we remain at the forefront of innovation in our areas of expertise, and that our customers get the products and services they deserve.
Technical expertise
Centers of excellence
Our Centers of Excellence offer a hands-on service to help our customers optimize their use of our products. In many cases, this close collaboration means that we can work together to develop the solutions best suited to their needs.
Rubberlinx (Monaco) - Technical tires & rubbers
Silox offers the possibility of carrying out industrial formulation or validation tests in its own facilities:
– Blends
– Moulding
– Cryogenic finishing
– Analysis and quality control
Fiberlinx (Belgium) - Hygiene paper & Fiber regeneration
Silox provides a unique and comprehensive service, from the research of innovative solutions in the laboratory, through industrial testing, to the implementation of technical solutions on the customer’s premises. This approach takes shape in three key stages:
- Initial contact with the customer, followed by laboratory tests on industrial samples;
- Defining optimal performance conditions
- Industrial trials with a dissolving station.
Graphilinx (Quebec, Canada) - Graphic paper
Silox offers a specific service for liquid hydrosulfite:
- Selecting an appropriate bleaching formula
- Optimizing bleaching conditions
- Solving bleaching problems
- Laboratory bleaching simulations
Our chemists and technicians work continuously to develop new formulations to meet our customers’ needs and control bleaching costs.
Fabrilinx (Vadodara, India) - Textiles
Silox has set up a separate unit within Silox India, dealing with the textile industry, and specifically with gnawing printing and vat dyeing (indigo). We also help to resolve any technical issues with customers. We believe that technical support is the key to building lasting customer relationships.
Innovalinx (Vadodara, India) - Personal care & household products
Silox promotes innovation in personal care and household products. We are striving to become a world leader in product development, with laboratories equipped with state-of-the-art technology for :
- Formulation development,
- Quality testing,
- Product analysis.
Research & Development
Our Research & Development centers (at Engis in Belgium and Vadodara in India) focus primarily on developing new products and innovative processes, using new technologies where appropriate. In these centers, we look for both incremental and disruptive innovations.
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