Organic Growth: First Ceresana Report on the European Bio-Based Surfactants Market

Surfactants are among the first everyday chemical products that are already being produced in large quantities from renewable raw materials.

(firmenpresse) - Green chemistry is becoming more and more important for the chemical industry: The packaging of cosmetics and natural cleaning products increasingly promises ingredients that are “100% organic, vegan, biodegradable, and renewable”. Glycolipids, for example, can be obtained from corn sugar or rapeseed oil. Ceresana has now analyzed the European bio-based surfactants market for the first time. Ceresana’s market researchers expect these “green” chemicals to generate sales of more than EUR 10.1 billion in Europe by 2034.

Clean Surfactants for Clean Water

Natural surfactants may be more compatible with aquatic life and human skin than conventional fossil-based products. Surfactants or surface-active agents can facilitate the removal of dirt, form foam, and enable the mixing of water and oil. Because of this, they are the main ingredient in washing powder and liquid detergents. Household laundry detergents and natural cleaning products are by far the most important sales market for biosurfactants in Europe today, accounting for around 46% of total revenues. This is followed by personal care products and cosmetics as well as industrial cleaning agents. However, the versatile chemicals are also used for a wide variety of other applications, for example as emulsifiers in skin creams, as dispersing agents in paints and printing inks, as antistatic additives in plastics and textile fibers or as wetting agents in fertilizers and pesticides. There are surfactants in toothpaste as well as in cooling lubricants, extinguishing foam, disinfectants, and contraceptives. Industrial applications include ore extraction and the bioremediation of oil fields.

Bio-Economy with Biomass

All surfactants have a water-repellent and a water-attracting part, both of which can be bio-based. Sugar surfactants can consist of coconut fatty alcohols and glucose, for example. The most important sugar surfactants at present are the high-foaming alkyl polyglycosides (APGs): non-ionic surfactants that can be produced purely on a plant basis. APGs are less sensitive to water hardness than anionic surfactants, effective at lower temperatures, skin-friendly, non-toxic, and biodegradable. With these environmentally friendly properties, APGs could become an alternative to linear alkylbenzene sulfates (LAS), the most widely used petrochemical surfactants today. Glycolipids, such as sophorolipids and rhamnolipids, are also promising biochemicals. For many applications, surfactants are mixed with other chemicals, for example with complexing agents in detergents, which are ideally also available as organic versions. Blends of petrochemical and biogenic chemicals are marketed as “bioattributed”, “proportionately biobased”, or “mass-balanced grades”. The ongoing trend toward bio-based products not only reduces dependence on crude oil and natural gas, but also opens up new recycling opportunities for organic residues, such as by-products from the paper industry and biofuel production or food waste from supermarkets.

The First European Bio-Based Surfactants Market Report:

Chapter 1 of the new study by Ceresana provides a comprehensive analysis of the European biosurfactants market – including forecasts up to 2034. The market report shows the development of demand (in tonnes) and revenues (in USD and EUR). Demand and revenues are also broken down by individual application areas. Demand for bio-based surfactants is recorded for these product types: Anionic surfactants, Cationic surfactants, Non-ionic surfactants, Other surfactants.
Chapter 2 examines the surfactant sales for 18 countries individually, i.e. for the largest national surfactant markets in Europe. In addition to the most important EU states, Russia, Switzerland, Türkiye, and the United Kingdom are analyzed as well. The demand for and revenues generated with bio-based surfactants are shown in each case. In addition, demand is split by the aforementioned product types and demand and revenues are broken down for the following applications: Detergents and cleaners, Industrial cleaners, Personal care and cosmetics, Textiles and leather, Paints and plastics, Other applications.
Chapter 3 provides useful company profiles of the largest bio-based surfactant manufacturers, clearly arranged according to contact details, revenues, net income, product range, production sites, and short overview of the company. The study contains detailed profiles of the 30 most important producers, including Arkema S.A., BASF SE, Clariant International Ltd., Croda International Plc, Evonik Industries AG, Givaudan SA, Nouryon Specialty Chemicals B.V., and Syensqo S.A.

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