Open Innovation
Open Innovation Focus Areas
External Innovation efforts in ICL focus on innovative early-stage technologies, novel materials and cost-effective production processes, suitable for ICL companies. These will later be incorporated into the company’s product lines. The searched areas include Agriculture- commodities and specialty fertilizers, Food Additives, Advanced Additives, Flame Retardants, Industrial water treatment, Energy storage solutions and Specialty Chemicals.
External innovation projects include chemical technologies and innovations, that correlate with ICL’s core activities, that make use of ICL’s primary source materials, and/or that represent ingenious approaches to address the challenges faced by ICL companies. Read more…
11 Ongoing Projects with Academia
3 Ongoing Projects with Startups
40 Ongoing BU R&D Projects
59 Academic/Startups Projects under evaluation
9 Ideas under feasibility evaluation by Business Units
ICL launches HALOXⓇ SCRATCH-X™, an innovative anti-scratch mineral-based additive. It is an innovative mineral based anti-scratch additive that improves scratch resistance and durability and extends the life of industrial wood coatings that are used in cabinetry and furniture.
ICL has open innovation projects in multiple stages. Some have just launched into the ideation phase, others have been completed successfully and have gone on to become viable products in the various business units. An example of such a project is the reduction of biocides use with the help of signaling molecules.
ICL is continuing its collaborations with an Israeli startup working on developing anti-microbial and anti-viral coating technology.
Nutrient Uptake
Much of the nutrients and micronutrients applied by synthetic fertilizers never make it to the plant, causing much waste in economic and environmental terms. RD&I has several projects to address the nutrient use efficiency challenge.
ICL is addressing one of the biggest inefficiencies the agricultural industry faces- the application of fertilizers vs. their uptake by plants.
Inefficiency is a major problem in agriculture, both environmental and economical. ICL is addressing one of the biggest inefficiencies this industry faces- the application of fertilizers vs. their uptake by plants. As a leader in fertilizers, ICL is in an excellent position to introduce innovative solutions to the market.
ICL is looking at possible cooperation regarding recovering P to fertilizer from Cow sewage/municipality sewage with MIGAL.
