surfactants
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Twitter Live: ICIS World Surfactants Conference – Day 2
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The surfactants market is a big potential opportunity for plant-based/biotech-based chemicals. Below are snippets of information based on several presentations at the World Surfactants conference held on 14-15 May in New Jersey, USA, organized by ICIS and co-produced by Neil…
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Twitter Live: ICIS World Surfactants Conference – Day 1
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The surfactants market is a big potential opportunity for plant-based/biotech-based chemicals. Below are snippets of information based on several presentations at the World Surfactants conference held on 14-15 May in New Jersey, USA, organized by ICIS and co-produced by Neil…
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Bio-based surfactants roundup
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For the past several months now, I have been covering several renewable-based and biotechnology-based surfactants for Tecnon OrbiChem’s Bio-materials reports (mostly under oleochemicals) but let’s go back again to sugar-based surfactants such as glycolipids. Last year, the blog reported about…
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Attending this year’s ACI Meeting
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Let’s talk about oleochemicals and biobased surfactants, industries that I have been covering for more than 14 years (and still trying to learn about it). If you want to know the global who’s who in these industries, there is no…
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Solazyme, AkzoNobel expand surfactant partnership
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Algal oils producer, Solazyme, has expanded its algal oil supply agreement with specialty chemicals company, AkzoNobel, with a new five-year supply of up to 10,000 tons/year of Solazyme’s Tailored™ algal oil for surfactant production pending successful joint product development. The…
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Clariant, Wilmar finalize amines merger
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Specialty chemical firm Clariant International and Asian agribusiness firm Wilmar International have received clearances for the establishment of their 50-50 joint venture called “the global amines company”, which is now in operation. The global amines company will be the global…