Kline Finds Growth Opportunities for ‘Green’ Industrial Surfactants
PARSIPPANY, NJ – Industrial surfactants scattered among a number of applications, such as food, paints and coatings, crop protection, and oil and gas, take up an important one-third of the global surfactants market, but have been lacking comprehensive coverage up until now. Spanning multiple regions, Kline’s soon-to-be-released Industrial Surfactants: Multi-regional Market Analysis and Opportunities report finds that these industrial applications, driven by complex drivers respective to each application, offer a myriad of growth opportunities.
According to two just-published reports on Europe and the United States, alkyl aryl sulphonates and fatty alcohol ethoxylates are the most commonly used surfactants. However, alkyl aryl sulphonates are mainly consumed in lubricants whereas fatty alcohol ethoxylates consumption is fairly even across various applications. Fatty alcohol ethoxylates are considered ecofriendly compared to surfactants like alkyl phenol ethoxylates/nonyl phenol ethoxylates (APE/NPE) and are currently reasonably priced, which has led to their use in large quantities in all industrial applications.