APU SCHÖNBERG GMBH

GLACONCHEMIE is an independent, medium-sized company with distinctive competence in the sustainable processing of co-products from the Biodiesel production. Our premium and high-purity products are used as basic and raw materials for various applications in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries, the paint and varnish industry, as well as in the cosmetics and food industries. The core competence of GLACONCHEMIE lies in the production of high-quality pharmaceutical and technical glycerine on the basis of ecologically sustainable raw materials, predominantly the crop rape. Based on this high quality glycerin we are working on the continuous development and improvement of follow-up products. Our glycerol derivatives provide sustainable and renewable alternative to petroleum-based products. We deliver our products always according to your needs and demands - in different concentrations, year round, just-in-time and on a multi-ton scale across national boundaries. GLACONCHEMIE’s...

In order to maximize your added value, GLACONCHEMIE engages in Research and Development (R&D). It is our aim to unlock the full potential of biogenic glycerine and to create glycerine specialties for your application, which enables you to enhance your prospects on the market and to substitute valuable raw materials on the basis of limited resources such as crude oil. We apply our innovation and performance in order to assist you to the best of our knowledge and judgment and to optimize your added value.

In our company guidelines we have committed to exclusively utilizing purely vegetable products for the production of pharmaceutical glycerine, with a strong emphasis on the aspect of sustainability. The company has decided that crude glycerine based on used cooking oils, which are originally of vegetable origin but in the course of their use have been mixed with fats of animal origin, will only be supplied for technical uses, the same applies to glycerine from the lipolysis of animal fats. It can not be permitted to produce a raw material, whose quality cannot be monitored down to the smallest detail, at the cost of humans and the environment, while adequate economical and ecological solutions exist, which are also safe for human health. There is no question that these solutions exist for the production of glycerine, in form of nearly all common oleaginous plants including rape, sunflower, soy and oil palm. As long as sustainability is ensured, all pure vegetable oils must be...

Quality assurance, always on the safe side Trust is good, control is better: All of the raw materials we useand the final products approved for distribution have been tested for their flawless quality by our experts in the analysis laboratory. The analysis is carried out during the production, using the latest analytical instruments and methods, such headspace gas chromatography (HS-GC) or spectral photometry. Our chemists, chemical engineers and laboratory assistants accompany the production year-round in a multiple shift system, so that continuous quality monitoring of raw materials and products can be guaranteed.Regular professional development, continuing training and courses deepen our professionals’ expertise and encourage an interdepartmental exchange of experiences.