To begin the new year, we decided to revamp our website! Our goal with our newly designed site is to better serve our customers with a fresh, updated, user-friendly interface that still provides you with all of the information you need about our biodegradability testing options.

Key Updates and What You Should Check Out

We updated every aspect of our site, making it more informative, easier to read, and easier to navigate. Some of the most noticeable updates include:

  • A revamped, informative homepage that outlines each of our services, resources, and key information to know about us.
  • Concise yet detailed testing pages that give you all of the information you need to determine which testing methods are right for your project.
  • A new walkthrough of Aropha Console to help you manage all of your Aropha resources right from your web browser.
  • And more!

Our Outlook for 2025

At Aropha, we are dedicated and excited to continue to grow and better serve each of the organizations we work with. To do this, we are going to continue to build on a few trends.

Digitization, Simulation, and Automation Gain Momentum

For the past decade, manufacturing digitization, modeling, and simulation have been the forefront of automation. However, these innovations are being seen in other businesses and industries as well. With the rapid advancements occurring in programming, machine learning, and artificial intelligence — paired with low cost machinery entering the market — it is easier to incorporate these technologies outside of just the manufacturing industry. As we continue into 2025, these technologies will impact many industries and departments, including R&D, distribution, and procurement.

Exploration of Wider Chemical Spaces Inside Companies

It is a global consensus that there is a need for more sustainable, ‘greener’ chemicals. However, the investment into research and development of these sustainable chemicals and manufacturing processes over the past decade have failed to meet the lofty sustainability goals set by a wide range of organizations. This is highlighted by several companies pulling back their pledges toward recyclable and/or sustainable materials and emission reduction. To further avoid pullback, organizations need to begin examining larger chemical spaces to find novel, sustainable solutions and invest appropriately to commercialize the products.

Additional Regulation and Consideration Around Persistence

There is an increasing awareness surrounding chemical persistence and its potentially harmful effects, largely due to the widespread attention around PFAS-like substances. While some of the toxicity and accumulation effects of PFAS were known in the early stages of manufacturing, it has become apparent there are many unforeseen impacts associated with the chemicals decades into their production. This has begun raising questions about the unforeseen impact chemicals have when they are designed to persist for decades or centuries in the environment. Regulatory bodies and chemical producers alike will give more thought to chemical persistence in the upcoming year.

Check Out Our New Website to Learn More About Our Biodegradability Testing Services

Explore our revamped site here to learn more about our services, and please reach out to our team with any questions or to learn how to get started.