Three innovative MPhil Entrepreneurship students, Girlie Njoni, Corlia Joynt and Stephan Roodt, prepared a novel business plan for the production of tombstones from a bonding material that substitutes solid granite, to win the University of Pretoria's 2006 Business Plan competition and R10 000 in cash.

Entrepreneurs Ishan Dasarath and Shih-Ching Peng approached ChemCity to assist them in bringing a new Durban-based venture manufacturing toughened glass off the ground.

The brainchild of entrepreneur Kerryne Krause-Neufeldt, i-Slices is an exciting eye care cosmetics product. The base is a flexible polymer impregnated with a solution containing active ingredients addressing specific cosmetic needs such as puffiness and wrinkles.

Simangele Ndlandla first began experimenting with natural herbal extracts soon after she resigned as a teacher in 2003.

ChemCity provided LIFElab with support in the development of a liquid fermentation platform by donating redundant equipment to establish a biotechnology venture at the Umbogintwini site, just South of Durban. The estimated value of the equipment is approximately R292 500.