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February 20, 2012

Multitalented wax: KahlWax at the PCHi 2012 in Shanghai

February 27 - 29, 2012

“Providing each market with just the right wax in just the right form” – KahlWax is once again putting this claim to the test at the Personal Care and Home Care Ingredients (PCHi) trade show in Shanghai. Introducing not only the latest product developments for waxes used in decorative cosmetics and in innovative skin and hair-care products, KahlWax...> More

December 20, 2011

Polishing, Sealing, Coating, Finishing: KahlWax will be presenting its natural waxes for confectionery and snacks at ProSweets

January 29 - February 01, 2012, Cologne, Germany

Natural wax specialist KahlWax will be unveiling its new product solutions for confectionery and snacks at ProSweets in Cologne, Germany (Jan. 29 - Feb. 01, 2012). Meet our experts at our exhibition stand no. D-048. ...> More

December 15, 2011

CosmetAgora 2012: KahlWax presents innovative natural waxes for the beauty industry

January 18.-19., 2012, Paris, France

Within the last three years, the CosmetAgora trade fair in Paris has become one of the most important trade fairs for cosmetic ingredients. The fair provides a platform – particularly for medium-sized and small companies – to present the latest trends and products in raw materials, textures, toxicological tests and many other areas. In 2012,...> More

December 12, 2011

KahlWax: Two positions refilled

As of September 1, there are two new faces at the KahlWax natural wax company of Trittau, Germany: Elisabeth Mahler-Jordan has assumed leadership of quality management, and Dr. Uwe Zimmermann is the new technical marketing manager for Research & Development.

KahlWax refilled two vacant positions at the company in early September. Elisabeth Mahler-Jordan is now the quality manager at KahlWax, where she will be responsible for quality assurance, Regulatory Affairs, certifications, performing internal and external audits, and replying to client and supplier questionnaires. Along with a degree in...> More

June 20, 2011

Natural Waxes – Properties, Compositions and Applications

In general waxes are always a mixture of more or less hydrophobic organic substances of medium chain length. At 20 °C plastic up to hard and brittle, waxes will melt higher than 40 °C up to 140 °C without decomposition and will re-solidify unchanged. Solubility and consistency of waxes are strongly temperature depending.

Natural waxes are derived by biogenesis in a sustainable process and are physically refined without any chemical transformation. Hence natural waxes can be considered truly as natural resp. even organic (bio) in particular cases. Natural waxes show unrivaled well-balanced compositions leading to great performances for all kind of applications and...> More