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NOVAMONT S.p.A.
Via Fauser 8
28100 Novara
Italy
www: www.novamont.com
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Phone: +39 0 321 69 96 11
Fax: +39 0 321 69 96 00
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Novamont is a new company that was created by a group of researchers following in the footsteps of Giacomo Fauser. The company's ambitious project, "Living Chemistry for Quality of Life", combines agriculture, the environment and chemistry.
From the school of material science…
The story of Novamont began in the Montedison school of material science, which was created after the discovery of polypropylene by the Nobel prize-winner Giulio Natta, and more generally, in the school of chemistry created at the beginning of the twentieth century, in Novara, by Giacomo Fauser, whose results in the chemistry of nitrogen led to the creation of the company Montecatini, which later became Montedison.
…Chemistry serving Man…
Fauser had a clear conception of scientific research. It had to be for the benefit of mankind, and therefore, had to be able to combine industry and the environment. The project of Novamont, which stemmed from this concept, entails finding new ways of using vegetable raw materials, sources that are renewed, year by year, by transforming them into "bioplastics" for specific applications, that have a low environmental impact, and that have all of the properties of the traditional materials, but that can also be completely biodegradable.
…And the environment…
Today, Novamont provides the best response to the demands of consumers, companies and institutions for innovative products for a "truly sustainable growth". In the development of the new generation of products deriving from renewable raw materials of agricultural origin, Novamont strategically chose to adopt the very latest testing procedures, such as Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), and certifications, such as the Environmental Product Declaration (EPD). Indeed, the objective of the project "Living Chemistry for Quality of Life" is to achieve genuine environmental benefits.
The numbers to be updated Novamont has invested € 82 million in its project "Living Chemistry for a better quality of life"; today, the company produces a turnover of more than € 41 million, it has more than one hundred employees; in 2002, it reached break even and today is profitable.
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