Innovadex is a specialized search engine

Search engine

A search engine is an information retrieval system designed to help find information stored on a computer system. The search results are usually presented in a list and are commonly called hits. Search engines help to minimize the time required to find information and the amount of information...

 in the chemical, food & beverage and life science industries that supplies product developers and innovators at formulated-product manufacturers with technical data and connects them to sales/support personnel at raw material/ingredient suppliers.

Corporate overview

A membership-based service, Innovadex has registered members in industrial

Industry

Industry refers to the production of an economic good or service within an economy.-Industrial sectors:There are four key industrial economic sectors: the primary sector, largely raw material extraction industries such as mining and farming; the secondary sector, involving refining, construction,...

 and consumer

Consumer

Consumer is a broad label for any individuals or households that use goods generated within the economy. The concept of a consumer occurs in different contexts, so that the usage and significance of the term may vary.-Economics and marketing:...

 product manufacturing companies operating in Latin America

Latin America

Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages  – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...

, North America

North America

North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...

, Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

 and Asia

Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...

. Innovadex offer specialized search capability to help product developers and formulators identify the right ingredients/materials in order to streamline product development and accelerate innovation for the following markets:

• Adhesives & Sealants
• Graphic Arts & Inks
• Food & Beverage
• Household Institutional & Industrial Cleaners
• Paint & Coatings
• Personal Care & Cosmetics
• Plastics & Elastomers
• Lubricants & Metalworking Fluids

History

1997: Chemidex founded by Bruce Ianni

1999: 1st generation Chemidex Cybrary and Chemidex Reporting service platforms launched for Paint

Paint

Paint is any liquid, liquefiable, or mastic composition which after application to a substrate in a thin layer is converted to an opaque solid film. One may also consider the digital mimicry thereof...

 and Coatings Industry in North America

North America

North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...

2001: Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

an Paint

Paint

Paint is any liquid, liquefiable, or mastic composition which after application to a substrate in a thin layer is converted to an opaque solid film. One may also consider the digital mimicry thereof...

 and Coatings Cybrary opened

2002: North America

North America

North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...

n and Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

an Adhesives & Sealants and Graphic Arts & Inks Cybrarys’ opened

2003: North America

North America

North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...

n Personal Care & Cosmetics Cybrary opened; Chemidex Private Cybrary Platform introduced

2004: 2nd Generation Chemidex Cybrary platform introduced; European Personal Care & Cosmetics Cybrary opened; Chemidex Channel Partner and Media Services offerings launched

2005: Asia-Pacific Cybrary opened; Food & Beverage Cybrary opened in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific; Household, Industrial & Institutional Cleaners Cybrary opened in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific

2007: Expanded to include Latin America regions for all markets

2008: Launched Plastics & Elastomers Cybrary; Introduces Sales Sonar platform

2009: Launched Lubricants & Metalworking Fluids Cybrary

2010: Changed name to Innovadex

2011: Launched Innovadex App

External links

• Innovadex.com Corporate Web site
• Innovadex.com/Media Innovadex Media Services