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BASF shows innovations at World Surfactant Congress

03 Jun '15

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At the 10th CESIO World Surfactant Congress being held in Turkey, BASF is offering an insight into its expertise and broad surfactant portfolio for home care and industrial & institutional cleaning, personal care, as well as for industrial applications and agrochemical formulations at booth no. 150.

In keeping with the theme “Surfactants in a Globalising World — Creating New Possibilities,” the Congress is focusing on current, global challenges and solutions relating to surfactants, in addition to providing a platform for experts to exchange information.

“The Congress offers a platform for us to present diverse applications and new global possibilities along the entire surfactant value chain, and to exchange information with our customers on site,” Jens Kroker, senior vice president (Home Care and Formulation Technologies) for Europe said.

“For home care applications, there is a growing demand for detergents and cleaners that clean quickly and efficiently, provide care, are safe and easy to use and that save resources,” BASF said in a press release and added by saying that BASF is showing new global possibilities to meet these requirements.

For more sustainable dishwashing, BASF is presenting combinations of Dehypon surfactants, Sokalan PA polymers, and the high-performance, readily biodegradable chelating agent Trilon M.

“These combinations offer an environmentally-friendly alternative to phosphates in dishwashing tablets without compromising on performance and the Dehypon surfactants show a high rinse performance and enable a superior drying of dishes, even of plastics,” it added.

BASF is presenting a new solution for cleaning of membranes which are used in various applications in the dairy and beverage production and its innovation consists of use of readily biodegradable, nonionic surfactants that offer advantages in terms of cleaning performance as well as in application.

BASF offers a diverse portfolio of surfactants from certified sustainable palm oil and palm kernel oil for the European home care and personal care industry.

Jan-Peter Sander, senior vice president (Personal Care) for Europe of BASF said, “We help our customers to develop value-added formulations that meet the strongly increasing demand for certified, sustainable raw materials.”

“Depending on their individual requirements, they can choose between two certified supply chain models to drive their own sustainable development forward,” he too added.

According to BASF, the palm oil and palm kernel oil used to produce these ingredients is certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) and sourced either through the supply chain system ‘Segregated’ or ‘Mass Balance’.

The demand for shampoos, shower gels, liquid soaps, andbath products made from surfactants that are certified with the Ecolabel is growing. BASF said its Texapon Easy offers a suitable solution, which is a blend of coco sulfates and lauryl glucosides and contains no preservatives. (AR)

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