全球表面活性剂市场发展趋势

Development trends of global surfactant market

在专注表面活性剂性能开发的同时,表面活性剂原料生产也在着力强调控制成本和产品的规模经济。就原料成本而言,以脂肪醇和烷基苯为代表的主要原料的相对成本决定着其下游产品的市场竞争力。在过去的10年间,对表面活性剂原料生产投资的大规模增加,表明随着低价石油时代的即将结束,必须寻求较高附加值的产品。在植物油的富产地区已建设起一大批油化工工厂,标志着世界经济变化大环境下的各种商机。然而表面活性剂产品供应链中的某些变化必然要深刻影响到市场的整体格局,因此,对表面活性剂产品供应链的系统分析将能较清晰地看出表面活性剂市场的发展趋势。

With surfactant research was heavily focused on performance, the area of surfactant material is grounded in the disciplines of cost efficiency and product economics. The relative costs of the key intermediates fatty alcohols and detergent alkylates are the foundation of their competitiveness. Investment in surfactant intermediates has been significant in the past 10 years as producers have sought to take advantage of changing economics arising from the end of the low cost petroleum era. This development is balanced by a striking build-up of chemical facilities in regions rich with oil production. The competition for surfactant markets will continue to be affected by how market players interpret events taking place along the surfactant supply chain. Examining these developments along the surfactant supply chain is a useful exercise for generating a surfactant outlook.