11 June 2015
ABOUT SOLVAY NOVECARE BUSINESS
DETAILS
Both units are located in integrated petrochemical hubs and
receive ethylene oxide via dedicated pipelines, providing
a secure supply of this key raw material
for a wide range of specialty surfactants by
At its recently acquired Moerdijk site, situated
between the key regional transport and logistics hubs of Rotterdam,
the Netherlands, and Antwerp, Belgium,
Solvay is ramping up capacity already for the third quarter.
The Novecare plant in Singapore
will hold its opening ceremony next month.
It is ramping up full-scale production
after having successfully completed its trial batch production in May.
Solvay’s Novecare
is already Asia’s largest specialty surfactant manufacturer with
* 10 production sites,
* two Research & Innovation centers in Singapore and Shanghai, China,
* and a recently opened R&I laboratory in Tokyo, Japan.
Both facilities produce alkoxylates which form the chemical foundation
for a broad offering of Novecare’s specialty surfactants,
which are used for example in
shampoos, detergents, paints, lubricants and plant protection.
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