Surfactant market space is huge and green environmental protection will become the mainstream trend

Surfactants refer to substances that play a cleaning role in cleaning products and can significantly reduce the surface tension of the target solution, thereby achieving a cleaning effect. Surfactant molecules have a special “amphiphilic structure” with a non-extremely lipophilic hydrophobic group on one end and a polar hydrophilic hydrophilic group on the other end.

According to the “2022-2027 China Surfactant Industry Market Status Comprehensive Research and Investment Prospects Forecast Report released by the Industrial Research Center , surfactant raw materials are natural oils and deep-processed petroleum products, including ethylene oxide, alkyl benzene, fatty amines, fatty acids, fatty alcohols, etc. Fatty acids are the main raw materials for surfactants in my country. According to statistics from the China Cleaning Association Table Committee, the output of my country’s main raw materials for surfactants will reach 2.819 million tons in 2021, and the output of fatty acids will reach 1.329 million tons, accounting for 47.1%. Benefiting from the sufficient supply of raw materials, my country’s surfactant production continues to increase. In 2021, my country’s surfactant production will exceed 3.800 million tons.

Based on the different dissociation properties of polar groups, surfactants can be divided into four categories: anionic surfactants, cationic surfactants, zwitterionic surfactants and nonionic surfactants. Nonionic surfactants are the largest segment of the surfactant market, accounting for 55.1% of the market. Nonionic surfactants can be mixed with other surfactants and have the advantages of good chemical stability, strong hard water resistance, and low production cost. They are the surfactants with the highest output. According to statistics from the China Laundry Association Table Committee, my country’s nonionic surfactant output in 2021 will be 2.028 million tons.

my country’s leading surfactant companies are mostly concentrated in Zhejiang, including Zanyu Technology, Real Madrid Technology, Zhongqing Chemical, etc. Zanyu Technology is a high-tech enterprise specializing in the research, development and production of daily chemicals, surfactants and other fields. Alkyl benzene sulfonate (LAS) and fatty alcohol ether sulfate (AES) are the company’s representative surfactant products. According to the annual report of Zanyu Technology Enterprise, the company’s surfactant product revenue reached 3.10 billion yuan in 2021, a year-on-year increase of 6.0%.

Driven by market demand, surfactants in my country have begun to develop in a green and environmentally friendly direction. In the “National Development and Reform Commission’s Decision on Amending the Guidance Catalog for Industrial Structural Adjustment (2019 Edition)” reviewed and approved in 2021, the development and production of environmentally friendly surfactants is clearly listed as an encouraged light industry. This will bring a good policy environment for the development of the surfactant industry.

Industry analysts said that surfactants are widely used. As market demand is gradually released, my country’s surfactant industry will continue to expand. expand. Benefiting from the sufficient supply of raw materials, my country’s surfactant production continues to increase. Driven by positive factors such as the continuous technological innovation of leading companies and the support of national policies, environmentally friendly surfactants will become the mainstream products in the surfactant market.