BASF announced plans to expand its global alkyl polyglucosides (APG®s) production capacity at its sites in Bangpakong, Thailand, and Cincinnati, Ohio. BASF says it hopes that the expansions, which are expected to be complete in 2025, will help strengthen its position in the APG market and better serve customers from the regional supply points, while reducing cross-regional volume flows.
“The Bangpakong site in Thailand is an important production hub for BASF in Asia already. This new APG line, together with our existing APG plant in Jinshan, China, will enable short delivery times and business continuity for our customers to support the growth and the increasing consumer demand for bio-based surfactants across the continent,” said Agus Ciputra, senior vice president, Care Chemicals, Asia Pacific, BASF.
APGs are biobased and readily biodegradable, mild secondary surfactants, derived from 100 percent renewable feedstocks. The non-ionic nature of APGs results in versatile formulations with other surfactants, according to BASF.
BASF currently produces APGs in Duesseldorf, Germany; Cincinnati, Ohio; and Jinshan, China.