About us

Innoleics was founded in Brazil in 2007 with a mission to develop new chemicals based on renewable vegetable oils. Our goal is to offer renewable alternatives to fossil-based chemical intermediates, maintaining competitive costs and performance while minimizing environmental and toxicological impacts. Key aspects of Innoleics include:

Innovation: Innoleics pioneered a renewable primary plasticizer patent, entering a mature market with a novel product. They hold patents in the USA, Europe, and Brazil.

Low-Cost Production: The company achieves cost-effectiveness through innovative processes for transesterification and epoxidation of vegetable oils.

Product Performance: Innoleics evaluates its products against traditional fossil-based alternatives through laboratory experiments and real-world industrial use.

Market Understanding: Continuous partnerships with stakeholders, including resin manufacturers, key customers, and soybean oil producers, enhance their understanding of the market and technical aspects.

Innoleics: chemicals that don't cost the earth

Timeline

2007	Patent licencing negotiations with Battelle Instutute Initiated sampling to customers for trials October: foundation
2008	Commercial activity initiated, toll processing of products
2011	Transesterification plant start-up, 7000 t/yr capacity
2013	Evaluation of new epoxidation technology
2014	USA Patent granted: GPs product line (third generation) First pilot commercial batches of GPs products
2015	Epoxidation unit start up European patent granted (third generation)
2016	Joint venture with Elekeiroz, largest plasticizers producer in Latin America REACH registration initiated
2017	Introduction of GPs product line, industrial trials
2019	Commercial sales of GPs product line in Brazil and abroad
2021	Name change to Innoleics International expansion
2024	Partnership with Baerlocher