COSMETICS & PERSONAL CARE
Zhejiang, China · Group founded 1965 · Organosilicon as a core business since 1997
A complete silicone chain, from silicon metal to sensory finish.
Most silicone suppliers buy their siloxane intermediates. Wynca has an integrated organosilicon manufacturing chain covering upstream raw materials, silicon metal smelting, monomer synthesis and downstream production of silicone fluids, emulsions, elastomers, resins and silanes.
For personal care formulators, this level of integration can support supply planning and may provide manufacturing and cost-efficiency advantages across the supply chain.
- Cosmetics & Personal Care
Over 400 mineral salts and more than 7,000 specifications. The specification count is the more meaningful number: it is the measure of how far a grade can be tailored.
ABOUT THIS PRINCIPAL
Scale first, then speciality.
Wynca built its silicone position from the bottom of the value chain upward. The group's organosilicon business, established as a core activity in 1997, covers the full sequence from smelting through monomer synthesis to four downstream product series: silicone rubber, silicone oil, silicone resin, and silane coupling agents. Silicones account for roughly a third of group revenue, alongside a substantial agrochemical business.
The personal care range sits on top of that chain. It is built around well-characterised INCI chemistries rather than proprietary trade names: dimethicone fluids across the viscosity ladder, volatile carriers, functionalised silicones for hair, elastomer gels for sensory modification, emulsions, and film-forming resins. For a formulator working to a defined INCI, that is often the more useful way to buy.
When the specification is an INCI and a viscosity rather than a trade name, integration and consistency become the whole purchasing decision.
ADCHEM distributes the Wynca silicone range for personal care with formulation and substitution support from our own laboratories, including matching an incumbent silicone to an equivalent Wynca grade on sensory and rheological performance, not just on nominal viscosity.
FEATURED TECHNOLOGY
What the integrated chain actually delivers.
The technical case for Wynca is structural rather than novelty-driven. Four consequences follow from the integration.
UPSTREAM
Monomer self-sufficiency
Upstream monomer availability can be an important factor in silicone supply continuity. In-house production of methylchlorosilane monomers provides greater control over an important upstream stage of the silicone supply chain.
CONSISTENCY
Single-chain quality control
When the same organisation controls smelting, monomer synthesis, polymerisation, and finishing, Integrated manufacturing allows upstream and downstream process controls to be managed within the same production chain, supporting consistent product specifications.
BREADTH
Four product series
Rubber, fluids, resins, and silanes from one producer. A personal care customer benefits from the fluids and resins; the same infrastructure supports the elastomer and emulsion technology used in sensory modification.
DOWNSTREAM
Emulsion and elastomer processing
Macro and micro emulsions, elastomer gels and powders, and gum blends are produced from the group's own base polymers, which supporting consistent sensory and technical characteristics for the relevant grade.
Portfolio
The Wynca silicone range for personal care.
Supplied by chemistry and specification. Grades are selected against your INCI, viscosity, and sensory target.
Dimethicone fluids
What it is
Polydimethylsiloxane across the viscosity ladder, from low viscosity fluids to high viscosity grades
Primary Use
Emollience, spreading, detackification, shine and slip across skin and hair care
Volatile silicones
What it is
volatile silicone grades, including applicable cyclic and/or linear siloxanes
Primary Use
Carriers giving light, quick-drying application in antiperspirants, primers and sprays
Dimethiconol and gum blends
What it is
High molecular weight silicone gum dispersed in a carrier fluid
Primary Use
Durable conditioning film on hair, long-lasting shine and manageability
Amodimethicone and functional silicones
What it is
Amino-functional silicones designed for conditioning and deposition on hair, with product-specific performance characteristics.
Primary Use
Conditioners, masks and hair-treatment formulations; conditioning and protective-care applications
Phenyl silicones
What it is
Phenyl trimethicone and phenyl-modified fluids with elevated refractive index
Primary Use
Gloss, colour depth, and compatibility with organic UV filters and oils
Silicone elastomer gels
What it is
Dimethicone crosspolymer swollen in a silicone fluid to form a translucent gel
Primary Use
Sebum absorption, soft-focus finish, matte texture and rich sensory in serums and primers
Silicone elastomer powders
What it is
Elastomeric silicone microspheres
Primary Use
Smooth skin feel, oil absorption, blurring effect in colour cosmetics and primers
Silicone emulsions
What it is
Macro and micro emulsions of dimethicone and functional silicones
Primary Use
Water-phase delivery of silicone benefits in rinse-off and low-cost systems
Silicone polyethers
What it is
PEG and PPG-modified dimethicone emulsifiers
Primary Use
W/Si emulsification, wetting, and pigment dispersion in colour and sun care
Trimethylsiloxysilicate resins
What it is
MQ resin supplied in dimethicone or volatile carriers
Primary Use
Film formation, transfer resistance and water resistance in long-wear colour and sun care
Silicone waxes
What it is
Alkyl-modified silicone waxes
Primary Use
Structure and sensory modification in sticks, balms and anhydrous formats
Fumed silica
What it is
High surface area synthetic amorphous silica
Primary Use
Rheology control, anti-caking, and structure in anhydrous and silicone phases
APPLICATION AREAS
Where Wynca silicones perform.
Skin care and emollience
Dimethicone and volatile grades for spreading, detackification, and the dry finish that defines a premium moisturiser.
DIMETHICONE
CYCLOPENTASILOXANE
Hair conditioning
Amodimethicone for substantivity on damaged hair, gum blends for durable shine, and emulsions for rinse-off delivery.
AMODIMETHICONE
GUM BLENDS
EMULSIONS
Colour cosmetics
Elastomer gels and powders for blurring and oil control, silicone polyethers for pigment dispersion, resins for transfer resistance.
ELASTOMER GELS
MQ RESIN
SILICONE POLYETHERS
Sun care
Film-forming resins and phenyl fluids can contribute to film formation, sensory properties and compatibility in sun-care formulations and filter compatibility while keeping the finish light.
MQ RESIN
PHENYL TRIMETHICONE
Antiperspirant and deodorant
Volatile carriers and elastomers can support fast-drying, non-tacky sensory profiles in applicable antiperspirant and deodorant formulations.
VOLATILE SILICONES
ELASTOMERS
Cleansing and rinse-off
Silicone emulsions deliver conditioning benefits from the water phase, where a neat fluid would destabilise the system.
SILICONE EMULSIONS
DOCUMENTATION AVAILABLE FOR APPLICABLE PRODUCTS
Documentation that supports your submission, not just your specification.
Depending on the selected product, grade, destination market and applicable requirements, Wynca can provide relevant technical, quality, safety and regulatory documentation to support customer formulation, safety assessment and market-access activities, including applicable cyclic siloxane, impurity and regulatory-status information for the selected product and destination market.
Technical and quality
- Technical Data Sheet (TDS)
- Product specification sheet with agreed release limits
- Certificate of Analysis (CoA), batch specific
- Safety Data Sheet (SDS / MSDS) in the language of the destination market
- Stability data and formulation compatibility guidance
- Recommended use levels, incorporation and processing instructions
- Physical characterisation data: appearance, pH, viscosity, particle size where relevant
Composition and safety
- INCI declaration and applicable composition information, subject to product-specific disclosure requirements
- Available toxicological and safety documentation for consideration by the customer’s appointed safety assessor
- Allergen declaration covering the EU listed fragrance allergens
- Heavy metals and trace impurity statement
- Nanomaterial status statement
- Microbiological specification, and preservative efficacy data where applicable
- 1,4-dioxane, nitrosamine and other process impurity statements where the chemistry requires it
Efficacy and claim support
- In vitro study reports
- Ex vivo and in vivo study reports for actives
- Available technical and efficacy information relevant to the selected product and intended cosmetic claims
- Mechanism of action summary
- Marketing concept and formulation starter material
Applicable certificates and declarations for the selected grade
- COSMOS and Ecocert certificates for certified grades
- NATRUE certificate where held
- Vegan declaration
- Halal certificate
- Kosher certificate where required by the market
- RSPO certification for palm-derived material
- ISO 16128 natural origin index calculation
- Country of origin declaration
- GMO-free statement
- BSE / TSE-free declaration
Regulatory and market access
- Applicable ISO 22716/GMP documentation for the relevant manufacturing sit
- REACH registration/status information, where applicable
- China regulatory status and applicable inventory/notification information
- Applicable regulatory compliance documentation for the selected product and destination market
- Microplastic status/declaration, where applicable
- Animal testing position statement
- Product-change notification and supply information in accordance with applicable contractual arrangements
WORKING WITH ADCHEM
What ADCHEM adds to the Vanderbilt Minerals relationship.
LIKE-FOR-LIKE VALIDATION
Substitution done on performance, not viscosity
Matching an incumbent silicone means matching spreading, volatility, and finish, not just the number on the datasheet. Our laboratories run the comparison before you commit to a changeover.
FORMULATION ECONOMICS
Cost engineering without sensory loss
Silicone ingredients can represent a significant formulation cost, particularly in premium sensory systems. We evaluate where a grade change may offer cost advantages while assessing its potential impact on sensory and formulation performance.
DUAL-SOURCING SUPPORT
Supply continuity planning
We support supply planning by evaluating alternative grades in advance and qualifying suitable Wynca materials for the intended formulation.
AUTO-ATTACHED VIA COSMO
Full documentation with every sample
Available TDS, SDS, CoA, INCI information and applicable regulatory declarations can be provided for the selected product through COSMO, subject to product-specific availability.
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Quick facts
GROUP
Zhejiang Xinan Chemical Industrial Group Co., Ltd. (Wynca)
FOUNDED
1965; listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2001
ORGANOSILICON
Established as a core business in 1997
INTEGRATION
Silicon metal and ganister sand processing through monomer synthesis to downstream silicones
PRODUCT SERIES
Silicone rubber, silicone fluids, silicone resins, silane coupling agents
MANUFACTURING
Multiple ISO 9001 certified plants, including a joint venture with Momentive
REGULATORY
REACH registered across the principal silicone product families
Integrated silicone supply, with formulation support attached.
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