Chennai, India-based Proklean Technologies, has an exclusive license from Kansas City’s SCD Probiotics for using its certified mother culture to manufacture and market products that are natural, non-toxic, and bio-degradable. These products are used in variety of industries, including leather and textile processing. “Wherever chemical surfactants are used, we have an opportunity to develop a replacement,” says Sivaram Pillai, the CEO of the company.
BusinessLine reports that according to the agreement, SCD Probiotics will sell the product made in India for the leather industry globally, while Proklean will sell it in the Indian market. For the textiles processing industry, Proklean will sell the products in India and globally too. “We are selling in Bangladesh, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and we are starting Indonesia,” says Vishwadeep Kuila, director, Proklean.
This year, Proklean will launch products for the paper and pulp industry. “We are ready with the first product for the paper industry, which will help reduce the usage of chemicals, or with the same chemical consumption, increase the brightness of paper,” Pillai said. These products help bring down water consumption by 20 percent, reduce pollution by 30 percent and processing time by 10 percent, added Pillai.
