Despite its stronghold position in the cosmetics industry, AGC Si-Tech is setting its sights on a wide variety of industries with its silica products.
Established in 1948, Japanese silica manufacturer, AGC Si-Tech, is leading the way in the clean beauty industry. The company has been manufacturing and selling environmentally friendly micron-sized spherical silica gel for over 30 years for use in the cosmetics, pharmaceutical and analytical industries.
Consumers’ increasing attention to clean beauty and sustainability has seen cosmetics manufacturers adopting silica as a sustainable alternative to microplastic beads, which will be banned in the European Union.
The market’s growing interest in silica means the company is expanding rapidly into the cosmetics industry. Company president Takanori Furukawa points out the company has an advantage over its competitors due to “our proven track record of high quality and stable supply capability throughout the 30 years we have been providing silica to cosmetics companies. This means safety, assurance and trust have been already established.”
AGC Si-Tech launched its environmentally friendly brand RESIFA in 2022 in response to the demand for sustainable beauty products. Along with this demand and the fact that the silica market is predicted to continue growing 11 percent annually for the next decade, the company is channeling its efforts into the brand. Mr. Furukawa notes: “We are currently undergoing an expansion of our Wakamatsu factory to increase the total volume production capacity of our RESIFA brand 1.5-fold.”
Recently, AGC Si-Tech has launched new products such as scaled, bowl-shaped and hollow silica, as well as spherical silica, with the aim of developing applications in a wide range of industries, including the electronics industry.
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