And better for the environment. Copia Labs has created a line of industrial solvents made from soybean oil and other plant derivatives. Sumner said he believes he is on to something good. He also believes he has a jump on his competition. For years, everybody has been looking for safer green' products.
Plants do want to use safer products.
The problem has been that they don't work well, and they can't justify using them. Then we hit on this. They're safe and the kicker is they work better than the hydrocarbons that have been the benchmark for so long. His most promising plant-based product, Sumner said, cleans dyeing machines in textile plants. It also cleans a substance called trimer from polyester.