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Background and Collaboration Information
The Specialty Chemical Ingredient (SCI) Initiative is a collaborative effort led by Alberta Agriculture and Forestry's (AF) Bio-Industrial Opportunities Section. The SCI Initiative includes partners from local industry, research institutions, industry organizations, growers, international cosmetic firms and service agencies. It is focused on building a globally competitive plant-based cosmetic & personal care ingredient industry in Alberta.
Alberta is strategically placed to capture part of the growing natural plant-based cosmetic and personal care ingredient market.
In collaboration with local and international industry, the SCI initiative maintains a market focused business development approach using preliminary research and prototype ingredient development.
The cosmetic and personal care industry is interested in botanical ingredients/actives with the following functional uses:
- Anti-bacterial
- Anti-inflammatory
- Anti-microbial
- Anti-aging
- Preservative booster
- UV enhancer
Opportunity
Building on the success of past cornerstone and collaborative projects led by the SCI Initiative, the emerging Alberta specialty cosmetic ingredients industry is beginning to see growth in critical mass and core capacity. The priority for the SCI initiative is on the enhancement of the Alberta cosmetic ingredient industry’s capabilities, capacity, and to increase market access, competitiveness and opportunities for existing and new Alberta companies, researchers and organizations.
The goal of the SCI Initiative is to support the bio-based processing industry with:
- growth in Alberta
- utilization of extracts/ingredients from traditional and non-traditional Alberta grown crops
- creation of a diversified economy for this high value added industry
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For more information about the content of this document, contact Victor Cheng.
This information published to the web on January 5, 2012.
Last Reviewed/Revised on January 4, 2019.
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