Surfactants Business Essentials

08:30 Registration and refreshments

09:00 Welcome introduction and course overview

09:15 Understanding surfactants: Composition, behavior and general function

• What are surfactants?
• Classes of surfactants
• Major applications of surfactants

10:15 Refreshment break

10:30 Overview of the global surfactants market

• Insight on home and personal care
• Market profile: Europe, US, Asia

11:30 Production routes to surfactants

• Key raw materials – petrochemicals and oleochemicals
• Other emerging feedstocks
• Major manufacturing processes

12:30 Lunch

13:30 Examining the surfactants industry structure

• Demand and supply drivers
• Demand across geographies
• Who are the major players and their strategies?

14:00 Outlining price and cost drivers

• What are the key price drivers?
• How are prices set?
• Influence of raw material costs
• How are prices assessed?

15:00 Refreshment break

15:15 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

16:15 Group quiz

16:45 Course summary and conclusions

17:00 End of course