1 February 2018
ABOUT ALKYL POLYGLUCOSIDE, NON IONIC SURFACTANT
- C12-16 fatty alcohol glucoside, Mass Balance
- C8-16 fatty alcohol glucoside
- C8-10 fatty alcohol glucoside
- C8-16 fatty alcohol glucoside
Sodium Lauryl Glucose Carboxylate (and) Lauryl Glucoside
Sodium Cocoyl Sulfate (and) Lauryl Glucoside
DETAILS
BASF will grow
its global Alkyl Polyglucosides (APG) production capacity
with two production expansion projects at sites in
* Cincinnati, Ohio, and
* Jinshan, China.
With Cincinnati coming online in 2018 and Jinshan in 2019,
BASF aims to better serve North American
and Asian customers from regional supply points
while reducing cross-regional volume flows
and shortening lead times.
The investments in the U.S. and China
will also ease the capacity concerns
at the APG plant in Duesseldorf, Germany,
in the future, enabling BASF to continue fulfilling
strong European market demand in a timely manner.
APGs are surfactants used
for mildness and foam improvement
* in personal care applications like
facial wash, body wash and shampoo.
They are also applied
* in home care for dish washing detergents, laundry
* and surface cleaning products, as well as
* for micro-emulsion formulations in agro applications.
The home and personal care market is increasing
its focus on ultra-mild ingredients and
APGs play an important role in those formulations.
Additional APG benefits include compatibility
with various surfactants and other ingredients
due to their non-ionic nature and manufacturing
from 100 percent natural and renewable feedstocks.
Scott Thomson,
Senior Vice President,
Care Chemicals North America, BASF
“APG demand continues to grow thoughout North America
and the capacity expansion of the APG plant in Cinicinnati
is BASFs commitment to better serve
our North American customers,”
“This investment will give us an opportunity
to further add value to our customers’ formulations
with natural, renewable feedstock-based mild surfactants
for various personal and home care applications.”
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