BASF Exhibits RSPO-certified Palm Oil-based Surfactants at CESIO Congress in Istanbul

BASF is participating in the 10th CESIO World Surfactant Congress at the Haliç Congress Center in Istanbul, Turkey, from June 1 to 3, 2015. In keeping with the theme “Surfactants in a Globalizing World — Creating New Possibilities,” the congress focuses on current, global challenges and solutions relating to surfactants, in addition to providing a platform for experts to exchange information.

BASF showcases these new possibilities at booth 150 with an insight into its expertise and broad surfactant portfolio for Home Care and Industrial & Institutional Cleaning (I&I), Personal Care, as well as for industrial applications and agrochemical formulations.
“The congress offers a platform for us to present the diverse applications and the new global possibilities along the entire surfactant value chain, and to exchange information with our customers on site,” according to Jens Kroker, Senior Vice President Home Care and Formulation Technologies Europe.

Surfactants Based on Certified Sustainable Palm Oil and Palm Kernel Oil

BASF actively supports the use of palm oil and palm kernel oil from sustainable, certified sources. The company 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 Europe of BASF explained: “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.” The offer includes primary surfactants for cosmetic formulations or household cleaners. 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’.

Surfactants for Personal Care products with Ecolabel

The demand is growing – the same is true for shampoos, shower gels, liquid soaps, and bath products made from surfactants that are certified with the Ecolabel. BASF's Texapon® Easy offers a suitable solution: the blend of coco sulfates and lauryl glucosides contains no preservatives, is well mucous membrane compatible, and its active ingredient content of 60 percent ensures excellent foaming properties.

Surfactant compositions such as Texapon® MC120 make it possible to manufacture Personal Care products in an energy-efficient way that conserves resources. The blend of ether sulfate and monoethanolamide is well tolerated by the skin and can be processed without heating at 20°C. The cold process cuts energy costs and the processing times are almost halved. Furthermore, an active ingredient content of more than 50 percent provides shampoo or shower gel applications with an excellent cleaning capacity and very good foaming properties.