Products and investments Products, customers and applications Division Products Customer industries and applications Dispersions & Pigments Polymer dispersions, pigments, resins, high-performance additives, formulation additives, electronic materials Raw materials used to formulate products for industries such as construction, automotive, adhesive, printing, packaging, electronics and paper Care Chemicals Ingredients for skin and hair cleansing and care products, such as emollients, cosmetic active ingredients, polymers and UV filtersIngredients for detergents and cleaners in household, institution or industry, such as surfactants, enzymes, chelating agents, polymers, biocides and products for optical effectsSolvents and other ingredients for crop protection product formulations, as well as products for concrete additives and chemical processes such as metal surface treatments or textile processingSuperabsorbents for baby diapers, incontinence products and feminine hygiene articles Cosmetics industry, hygiene industry, detergent and cleaner industry, agricultural industry and technical applications Nutrition & Health Additives for the food and feed industries, such as vitamins, carotenoids, sterols, enzymes, emulsifiers and omega-3 fatty acidsFlavors and fragrances, such as geraniol, citronellol, L-menthol and linaloolExcipients for the pharmaceutical industry and selected, high-volume active pharmaceutical ingredients, such as ibuprofen and omega-3 fatty acids Food and feed industries, flavor and fragrance industry and pharmaceutical industry Performance Chemicals Antioxidants, light stabilizers and flame retardants for plastic applicationsFuel and refinery additives, polyisobutene, brake fluids and engine coolants, lubricant additives and basestocks, components for metalworking fluids and compounded lubricantsProcess chemicals for the extraction of oil, gas, metals and minerals, chemicals for enhanced oil recoveryFunctional chemicals and process chemicals for the production of paper and cardboard, water treatment chemicals, membrane technologies, kaolin minerals Plastics processing industry, automotive industry, fuel and lubricant industry, oil and gas industry, mining industry, municipal and industrial water treatment as well as paper industry and packaging made of paper (XLS:) Download Production capacities of significant products1 Sites Product Europe North America Asia Pacific South America, Africa, Middle East Annual capacity (metric tons) 1 All capacities are included at 100%, including plants belonging to joint operations and joint ventures. Anionic surfactants 600,000 Citral 78,000 Chelating agents 170,000 Methane sulfonic acid 30,000 Nonionic surfactants 630,000 Polyisobutene 265,000 Superabsorbents 590,000 (XLS:) Download Investments Location Project Startup Antwerp, Belgium Flexibilization: superabsorbent plant 2017 Besigheim, Germany Expansion: production plant for bismuth vanadate pigments 2017 Kuantan, Malaysia Construction: aroma ingredients complex 2017/2018 Construction: polyisobutene plant 2017 Ludwigshafen, Germany Expansion: polyvinylpyrrolidone plant 2017 Expansion: production plant for resins (Basonat®) 2017 Expansion: production plant for dispersions 2018 Construction: production plant for vitamin A 2020 Construction: production plant for ibuprofen 2021 Nanjing, China Construction: production plant for bio-acrylamide 2017 Expansion: polyacrylamide plant 2018 Shanghai, China Construction: production plant for emollients and waxes 2017 Construction: production plant for plastic additives 2019 back next
