Surfactants Market Opportunity Study - January 2009 - Soy New Uses

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SURFACTANT INDUSTRY MANUFACTURERS The structure of the surfactant industry is stratified and complex. It consists of large surfactant manufacturers that produce surfactant raw materials, surfactant producers without a raw material position that typically modify basic surfactants by sulfonation or ethoxylation, smaller specialty surfactant producers and/or formulators and end users that are often focused on specific industries. FIGURE 1 U.S. SURFACTANT INDUSTRY STRUCTURE Large Producers that also manufacture surfactant raw materials (approximately 11) Intermediate-Size Producers (mainly sulfonators and ethoxylators) (approximately 10) Smaller Producers and/or Formulators (10-15) End Users The large surfactant producers using petro-chemical feedstocks typically produce ethoxylated commodity surfactants for large volume household detergent customers. 28
Companies producing surfactants based on oleochemical feedstocks usually have much broader product lines and make more processed downstream specialty surfactants based on sulfonation/sulfation, esterification and amination with nitriles. Due to difficult industry economic challenges caused by escalating feedstock costs and large manufacturer pricing pressure, the surfactant industry has undergone significant consolidation by acquisitions, divestitures, mergers and joint ventures especially among the smaller specialty producers. This segment is led by large producers with broad product lines and extensive marketing, research and manufacturing capabilities. These companies have grown by acquisition of smaller specialty, niche product producers. The 12 largest producers of specialty surfactants currently supply two-thirds of U.S. demand. This consolidation trend continues with more recent acquisitions, mergers and joint ventures happening on a global scale involving many major companies: Dow bought Union Carbide, Akzo Nobel acquired surfactant businesses from Witco and Crompton. Sasol acquired CONDEA and Cognis Corporation, the world’s largest oleochemical manufacturer and part of Henkel, has recently been acquired by PTT Chemicals, Thailand. Elsewhere, Nalco and Stepan recently formed a joint venture “Tiorco” to sell oilfield chemicals and services. SURFACTANT PRODUCT ABBREVIATIONS • AE Alcohol ethoxylates • AES Alcohol ether sulfates • APE Alkylphenol ethoxylates • APG Alkyl polyglycosides • AS Alcohol sulfonates/sulfates • DFX Diphenylether sulfonates • EO/PO Ethylene oxide/propylene oxide block copolymers • LAB Linear alkylbenzene • LAS Linear alkylbenzene sulfonates • MES Methyl ester sulfonates • NPE Nonylphenol ethoxylate 29
Page 1 and 2: SURFACTANTS A Market Opportunity St
Page 3 and 4: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Surfactants or su
Page 5 and 6: THE SURFACTANTS MARKET OVERVIEW Sur
Page 7 and 8: CONVENTIONAL SURFACTANT PRODUCTS BY
Page 9 and 10: MARKET SEGMENT SUMMARIES HOUSEHOLD
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Page 13 and 14: The types of surfactants in persona
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Page 21 and 22: MAJOR OILFIELD SURFACTANT SUPPLIERS
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Page 33 and 34: TABLE 2 MAJOR U.S. SURFACTANT PRODU
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Page 37 and 38: SOY-BASED SURFACTANTS and EMERGING
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