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