Surfactants Business Essentials Training
May 8th, Jersey City, NJ: This day-long course, runs in-person, the day before the World Surfactants Conference in Jersey City. The course is taught exclusively by Neil Burns in partnership with ICIS. This is one of a very limited number of opportunities to take this course, in person with Neil this year.
The agenda covers the entire surfactants value chain and details the key economics of all the major surfactant categories. We study, in detail, all key manufacturing routes and many of the major companies in the sector. Topics include:
Market Sizes and Growth Rates
Specialties vs Commodities
Margins and Costs to Serve
Application End Markets
Production Routes
Industry Structure
Costs and Pricing
The Future (inc. Biosurfactants)
More Details of the Agenda:
Part 1:
Surfactants basics: Composition, behaviour, production and major functions
15 minutes Welcome introduction and course overview
1 hour Understanding surfactants: Composition, behaviour and general function
What are surfactants?
Classes of surfactants
Major applications of surfactants
15 minutes Break
1 hour Overview of the global surfactants market
Insight on home and personal care
Market profile: Europe, US, Asia
15 minutes Summary and conclusion
Part 2:
Industry fundamentals and market dynamics
1 hour Production routes to surfactants
Key raw materials – petrochemicals and oleochemicals
Other emerging feedstocks
Major manufacturing processes
10 minutes Break
1 hour & 30 minutes Examining the surfactants industry structure
Demand and supply drivers
Demand across geographies
Who are the major players and their strategies?
5 minutes Summary and conclusion
Part 3:
Future trends: Outlining the factors that are shaping and changing the future of surfactants
1 hour 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 minutes Break
1 hour 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
30 minutes Quiz
30 minutes Course summary and conclusions including answers to quiz
End of the course