We are working to get the ISO 14001 approval.

AIM OF PROTEX INTERNATIONAL :
"TO BE ECOLOGICALLY EFFICIENT"

The ecological performance affects the preservation of the Environment; Water and Air : these elements are vital for Man and Chemistry.

The spirit of progress within management of an enterprise can be judged by evaluating its efforts to preserve the Environment.

In its aim to promote the Environment, PROTEX INTERNATIONAL implicates itself directly in the Development and application of its products in the following manner :

Signature of the Charter of Responsible Care and Commitment to Environmental Protection.
Continuous research in pollution control during manufacturing of products.
Product Quality which minimizes undesirable effects as these ascertained by the products users.
Information and assistance dealing with ecologically safe use of the products during their utilization by Customers.
Improved safety at the manufacturing sites.
Strict observance of regulations in force.

It is within this constant care that PROTEX INTERNATIONAL grows.

Among the main ecological achievements of PROTEX INTERNATIONAL are :

 WATER TREATMENT

Antiscaling agents for geothermal water resources thus saving energy.
Products for cooling water treatment : allowing to reduce wasteage of water and thereby to preserve natural water resources.
Products for waste water treatment : Flocculants which reduce suspended solids matter in waste waters.
Bacteria used to improve the performances of waste water treatment plants and to fight accidental soil pollution.

 TEXTILE INDUSTRY

Biodegradable detergents.
Peroxide activators enabling chlorine free bleaching.
Biodegradable antifoams.
Formaldehyde free dye fixatives reducing coloured water discharge.
Formaldehyde free finishings.

 PAPER INDUSTRY

Products reducing volumes of water consumed per ton of paper by closing water circuits.
Peroxide activators enabling bleaching of the pulp with hydrogen peroxide and thereby excluding chlorine treatment.
Deinking products for the recycling of waste papers and thereby help preserve forests.
Dye fixatives reducing coloured water discharge.
Biodegradable biocides.
Dioxine precursors and mineral oil free defoamers.

 CHEMICAL INDUSTRY

Polyacrylate and phosphonate sequestering agents.
Biodegradable surfactants.

 AGRICULTURE

Pheromones used as detection agents : allow to apply rationally plant protective products and thus, reduce significantly their introduction into the environment.
Nitrogen-fixing bacteria reducing nitrate fertilizer usage.
Biopesticides Endothia to fight chestnut canker.

Many other projects are currently being studied by PROTEX INTERNATIONAL to continue in this direction of development.

1988 ACCIDENT

In 1988, one of our factories was damaged by a fire which caused pollution of the river "la Loire" and causes to the shut down of the drinking water supply of the city of Tours : we apologize to everybody for this accident. It is known that experience is the best guide to progress.

We have decided to enlarge the training of all our people to improve our attitude to protect the environment and to increase the safety of our manufacturing units.

This covers not only our production people but also our research personnel to develop better ecological and safer products :

engineering staff to build better new units or improve our sites,
salesman who help our customers to better use our products and improve their processes to make them more ecologically friendly.

We have developed some equipments and installations performing well above the existing regulations.

QUALITY

PROTEX INTERNATIONAL which has always been very quality-oriented, is presently perfecting its methods to satisfy the ISO 9002 standards in order to attain approval.

The following companies of the group are ISO 9002 certified : SOZIO, BIOPROX, PROTAVIC, PROTELOR, SYNTHRON INC, FAR RESEARCH, PROTAVIC AMERICA .