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Surfactants Business Essentials Training

  • Hyatt Regency Hotel One Exchange Place Jersey City, NJ USA (map)

Surfactants Business Essentials Training

May 8th, Jersey City, NJ: This day-long course, runs in-person, the day before the World Surfactants Conference in Jersey City. The course is taught exclusively by Neil Burns in partnership with ICIS. This is one of a very limited number of opportunities to take this course, in person with Neil this year.

The agenda covers the entire surfactants value chain and details the key economics of all the major surfactant categories. We study, in detail, all key manufacturing routes and many of the major companies in the sector. Topics include:

  • Market Sizes and Growth Rates

  • Specialties vs Commodities

  • Margins and Costs to Serve

  • Application End Markets

  • Production Routes

  • Industry Structure

  • Costs and Pricing

  • The Future (inc. Biosurfactants)

More Details of the Agenda:

Part 1:

Surfactants basics: Composition, behaviour, production and major functions

15 minutes Welcome introduction and course overview

1 hour Understanding surfactants: Composition, behaviour and general function

  • What are surfactants?

  • Classes of surfactants

  • Major applications of surfactants

15 minutes Break

1 hour Overview of the global surfactants market

  • Insight on home and personal care

  • Market profile: Europe, US, Asia

15 minutes Summary and conclusion

Part 2:

Industry fundamentals and market dynamics

1 hour Production routes to surfactants

  • Key raw materials – petrochemicals and oleochemicals

  • Other emerging feedstocks

  • Major manufacturing processes

10 minutes Break

1 hour & 30 minutes Examining the surfactants industry structure

  • Demand and supply drivers

  • Demand across geographies

  • Who are the major players and their strategies?

5 minutes Summary and conclusion

Part 3:

Future trends: Outlining the factors that are shaping and changing the future of surfactants

1 hour Outlining price and cost drivers

  • What are the key price drivers?

  • How are prices set?

  • Influence of raw material costs

  • How are prices assessed?

15 minutes Break

1 hour Future trends that are shaping the surfactants market

  • New developments in the surfactants industry

  • Demand and supply outlook

  • Feedstock availability

  • Key issues facing the industry – environmental, regulatory, supply chain

  • Insight on the implications of Covid-19

30 minutes Quiz

30 minutes Course summary and conclusions including answers to quiz

End of the course

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