Edited by
Jean-Pierre Dal Pont, Société des Experts Chimistes de France (SECF), France.
ISBN : 9781786309815
Publication Date : November 2025
Hardcover 428 pp
165.00 USD
Co-publisher
A company’s ability to innovate is challenged every day. It must constantly accelerate the time-to-market for its products in the face of unbridled global competition, all starting with an initial design and research stage. At this stage, the entrepreneur needs to know, as early as possible, the product’s level of acceptability on the market, as well as its profitability. They must also comply with current health and environmental regulations and anticipate potential hazards. The entrepreneur also needs to swiftly assess technical and economic factors, such as the cost price of the new product, its profit margin, the amount of the investment and the time required for implementation.
This collective work by the SECF (Société des Experts Chimistes de France) is aimed at process developers, whether industrial or academic, students or anyone interested in industrial and societal issues relating to products.
Technical and Economical Evaluation of Products at the Early Development Stage is divided into three independent parts: eco-chemistry for sustainable products, toxicology and ecotoxicology, and product industrialization.
Part 1. Eco-Chemistry for Sustainable Products®: Solutions for a Chemical Transition.
1. Our Home: The Earth, Philippe Girardon.
2. Toward a Holistic Approach to the Chemical Industry Cycle, Ismahane Remonnay.
3. How Can Action Be Managed? The Fundamentals: Ecodesign, Life Cycle Assessment and Circular Economy, Guy-Noël Sauvion.
4. Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change, Quentin Tizon.
5. Ecodesigned Products: Issues and Solutions, Valérie Lucas.
6. Paints and Durability, Bernard Chapuis.
7. A Few Case Studies, Philippe Girardon.
8. Packaging and Tracers for the Industry of the Future, Claude Lambert.
Part 2. Toxicology and Ecotoxicology: A Contribution to the Design of New Chemical Substances.
9. Methodology at the Research Stage of New Molecules, New Substances and New Ingredients, Alain Lombard, Philippe Lemaire, Jacques L’Haridon, Michel Royer, Paule Vasseur.
10. Detailed Test Explanations: Decision Support for Hazard Assessment of New Substances, Alain Lombard, Philippe Lemaire, Jacques L’Haridon, Paule Vasseur.
11. Contributions from Guest Experts, Alain Lombard with contributions by Stéphane Pirnay, Patrick Balaguer, Philippe Hubert.
Part 3. Product Industrialization.
12. The Company and Its Manufacturing Facilities, Michel Royer, Patrick Ducouret.
13. From Research to the Factory: The Industrialization Process, Jean-Pierre Dal Pont.
14. Working by Project, Jean-Pierre Dal Pont, Patrick Ducouret, Michel Royer.
15. Understanding Margins, Jean-Pierre Dal Pont.
16. Technology Management, Jean-Pierre Dal Pont, Patrick Ducouret.
17. Choosing Industrial Sites, Jean-Pierre Dal Pont.
18. The Factory of the Future: A New Paradigm, Jean-Pierre Dal Pont, Patrick Ducouret, Michel Royer.
19. Generative Intelligence: A Revolution on Our Doorstep, Willi Meier.
Jean-Pierre Dal Pont is President of the Société des Experts Chimistes de France (SECF). As a specialist in process industries, he was an industrial manager in the United States and Asia Pacific for many years.
