Strategic Business Units

Care Chemicals
Cognis has assumed a leading position in the market of raw materials and additives for cosmetics, detergents and cleaners. The company focuses mainly on concepts and solutions that serve the wellness trend and promote the well-being of consumers. The product portfolio of the Care Chemicals SBU includes a comprehensive range of B2B products for the personal care and home care markets, and also for industrial and institutional cleaning.

Cognis Care Chemicals in Spain provides innovative marketing concepts and value-added solutions through the supply of high-quality products for the following markets:

  • Hair / Body / Oral Care: hair cleansing, hair conditioning, hair coloring, hair styling, facial and body cleansing, oral care
  • Skin Care: facial care, body care, sun care, antiperspirants, deodorants and color cosmetics
  • Home Care: hard surface care, fabric care
  • Industrial & Institutional: cleaners, textile hygiene


The dedicated team based at the Castellbisbal and Zona Franca sites (Barcelona), handles customer orders, account management, sales & marketing, and technical service.

For further information about Cognis Care Chemicals’ products and concepts, please visit Cognis worldwide: Care Chemicals 


Nutrition & Health
Health, fitness and well-being coupled with convenience benefits are the main demands encountered in the wellness market. With natural ingredients and healthy nutrition know-how, Cognis offers products, formulations and marketing-oriented concepts for food, beverages and dietary supplements, from plant-based sterols, plant extracts and mixed carotenoids through to omega-3 fatty acids and products for active body composition management. Cognis is also one of the world's leading producers of natural-based vitamin E.

For further information about Cognis Nutrition & Health’s products and concepts, please visit Cognis worldwide:  Nutrition & Health 


Functional Products
Sustainability and performance are the main demands of industry, legislation and end consumers. Cognis uses its extensive chemical and coating expertise and offers solutions that are consistently geared to ecological compatibility and application and consumer safety. The superior performance profiles of the products show that sustainability and performance go hand-in-hand. With its formulation and application know-how in the areas of paints, varnishes and inks, emulsion polymerization or lubricants, Cognis sets impulses for new concepts in numerous industrial markets.

  • Polymers, Coatings and Inks
  • Synlubes
  • AgroSolutions


For further information about Cognis Functional Products, please visit Cognis worldwide Functional Products 


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