Crosslinkers for Personal Care & Beauty

High-performance Solutions for Protection, Hygiene and Reliable Formulation Development

Personal care and beauty products play an important role in everyday wellbeing, from helping protect skin against harmful UV radiation to supporting effective hygiene in professional and consumer environments. Manufacturers need reliable ingredients and high-purity building blocks that support consistent quality, efficient processing and dependable performance in carefully designed end products.

Evonik Crosslinkers supports the personal care and beauty industry with VESTASOL® IP, a high-purity isophorone used as an important starting material in the synthesis of selected specialty ingredients. In sun care, VESTASOL® IP provides the basis for subsequent synthesis steps used to produce highly active UVB filters for sunscreen applications. In disinfectants and sanitizers, it serves as a key synthetic component for antiseptic systems based on chloroxylenol, also known as PCMX.

Our technology supports demanding value chains where purity, quality and process reliability are essential. With strong chemical expertise and proven product consistency, we help customers develop effective solutions for sun care, hygiene and disinfection applications.

Sun Care
Disinfection & Sanitizers

Reliable Building Blocks for Effective UV Protection

Sun care products are essential for helping protect skin from harmful UV radiation. In sunscreen formulations, UV filters play a key role by absorbing or filtering ultraviolet light and helping reduce the risk of sunburn, premature skin aging and other effects of overexposure. To produce these high-performance UV filters, manufacturers depend on reliable raw materials and consistent chemical quality.

VESTASOL® IP is used as a key starting material in the production of highly active UVB filters for sunscreen applications. It provides the critical basis for subsequent synthesis steps needed to generate effective UVB protection, supporting cosmetic manufacturers in the development of reliable sun care ingredients.

As consumer expectations continue to evolve, sun care products must combine effective protection with pleasant sensory properties, formulation stability and compatibility across different formats. From daily-use sunscreens and high-SPF products to sprays, creams, sticks and hybrid beauty formats, dependable ingredient technologies help formulators create products that are effective, attractive and easy to use.

With VESTASOL® IP, we’re supporting the sun care value chain by supplying a high-purity isophorone solution for UV filter synthesis, helping customers develop sun protection products designed for modern personal care needs.

Key technologies:

VESTASOL®

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Reliable Chemistry for Effective Hygiene Solutions

Effective hand hygiene and surface disinfection are important measures for reducing the spread of pathogens in healthcare, professional hygiene and everyday environments. Disinfectants and sanitizers must be formulated to deliver consistent performance, reliable quality and dependable stability throughout their use.

VESTASOL® IP is an important synthetic component in the production of disinfectants based on chloroxylenol, also known as PCMX. PCMX-based antiseptic systems are widely used in professional hygiene applications, including hand disinfection products that help support clean and safe working environments.

As a high-purity isophorone, VESTASOL® IP provides a reliable foundation for the synthesis of disinfectant-related ingredients. Its consistent quality supports manufacturers in producing antiseptic systems where purity, process reliability and formulation performance are essential.

We help our customers in the hygiene and disinfection value chain by supplying dependable raw materials for demanding applications. With VESTASOL® IP, we support the development of disinfectant and sanitizer solutions designed for professional, healthcare and consumer hygiene needs.

Key technologies:

VESTASOL®

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FAQs

We offer VESTASOL® IP for selected personal care and hygiene applications. It is used as a key starting material in the synthesis of highly active UVB filters for sun care and as a synthetic component in disinfectant systems based on chloroxylenol, also known as PCMX.

VESTASOL® IP provides the critical basis for subsequent synthesis steps used to produce highly active UVB filters. These UVB filters are used in sunscreen products to help protect skin from harmful ultraviolet radiation.

UVB filters help absorb or filter UVB radiation, which is a major cause of sunburn and contributes to skin damage caused by overexposure to the sun. They are an important part of effective sun protection products.

VESTASOL® IP is used as a synthetic component in the production of disinfectants based on chloroxylenol, also known as PCMX. These antiseptic systems are used in hygiene applications where effective pathogen reduction is important.

Chloroxylenol, often referred to as PCMX, is an antiseptic ingredient used in disinfectant and hygiene products. VESTASOL® IP supports the production of PCMX-based disinfectant systems.

Consistent raw material quality and purity help manufacturers achieve reliable synthesis processes, stable product performance and dependable quality in demanding applications such as UV filter production and disinfectant ingredient manufacturing.

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From sun care ingredients to disinfectant and sanitizer systems, Evonik Crosslinkers supports manufacturers with VESTASOL® IP, a reliable high-purity isophorone solution for demanding synthesis and formulation value chains.

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