{"id":171193,"date":"2025-12-04T07:29:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T06:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=171193"},"modified":"2025-12-02T15:25:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T14:25:54","slug":"basf-inaugurates-the-expansion-of-production-capacity-for-alkyl-polyglucosides-apgs-in-bangpakong-thailand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/basf-inaugurates-the-expansion-of-production-capacity-for-alkyl-polyglucosides-apgs-in-bangpakong-thailand\/","title":{"rendered":"BASF inaugurates the expansion of production capacity for Alkyl Polyglucosides (APGs) in Bangpakong, Thailand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2025\/11\/P229_APG_Plant_Inauguration_Nov19-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-171210\" style=\"width:689px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2025\/11\/P229_APG_Plant_Inauguration_Nov19-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2025\/11\/P229_APG_Plant_Inauguration_Nov19-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2025\/11\/P229_APG_Plant_Inauguration_Nov19-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2025\/11\/P229_APG_Plant_Inauguration_Nov19-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2025\/11\/P229_APG_Plant_Inauguration_Nov19-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2025\/11\/P229_APG_Plant_Inauguration_Nov19-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2025\/11\/P229_APG_Plant_Inauguration_Nov19-1-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">L-R: Prakash Devassy (Managing Director, Thailand &amp; Business Management, Oleo Surfactants, Asia Pacific), Rahul Tilve (Vice President Operations, Care Chemicals, Asia Pacific), Tedy Waworuntu (Director, Bangpakong Site, Thailand) and Suppawan Rattanapirom (Director \u2013 Business Services &amp; People Services, Thailand) at the inauguration of the APG plant in Bangpakong site, Chonburi, Thailand. \u00a9 BASF<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Expansion strengthens regional supply and meets growing demand for sustainable surfactants.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The enhancement complements BASF\u2019s global APG production network &#8211; including sites in Germany, China, and a new facility scheduled for start-up in 2026 in the U.S.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BASF today announced the expansion of its Alkyl Polyglucosides (APGs) footprint in Asia with a new plant at the Bangpakong site in Thailand. The enhancement is a strategic response to strengthen its position in a growth geography and serve customers with greater agility and more flexibility from a robust regional network.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThis investment reinforces our commitment to being a reliable partner for customers across personal care, home care, and industrial sectors\u201d, said <strong>Mary Kurian, President Care Chemicals.<\/strong> \u201cBy expanding our APG production in Thailand, we\u2019re enhancing regional supply capabilities, enabling faster, more flexible service, and supporting the growing demand for sustainable, high-performance solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>BASF currently produces APGs at sites in D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany; Cincinnati, Ohio; and Jinshan, China &#8211; forming a robust global network to meet diverse industry needs. The expansion in Bangpakong strengthens regional supply capabilities in Asia, while a new APG production line in Cincinnati, scheduled for completion in 2026, will further enhance capacity in North America. Together, these investments reinforce Care Chemicals\u2019 commitment to delivering sustainable, high-performance solutions with speed, flexibility, and reliability across key markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>APGs are bio-based and readily biodegradable, and mild secondary surfactants derived from 100 percent natural, renewable feedstocks. In addition, their sustainable and high-performance profile, along with the non-ionic nature of APGs makes them highly versatile for formulation with other surfactants. They are widely used in various applications across personal care, home care, industrial &amp; institutional cleaning, industrial formulations, and agricultural markets.<br>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About the Care Chemicals division at BASF<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The BASF division Care Chemicals offers a broad range of ingredients for personal care, home care, industrial &amp; institutional cleaning, and technical applications. We are a leading global supplier for the cosmetics industry as well as the detergents and cleaners industry, and support our customers with innovative and sustainable products, solutions and concepts. The division\u2019s high-performance product portfolio includes surfactants, emulsifiers, polymers, emollients, chelating agents, cosmetic active ingredients and UV filters. We have production and development sites in all regions and are expanding our presence in emerging markets. Further information is available online at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.care-chemicals.basf.com\/\">www.care-chemicals.basf.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About BASF<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. Around 112,000 employees in the BASF Group contribute to the success of our customers in nearly all sectors and almost every country in the world. Our portfolio comprises six segments: Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions, Surface Technologies, Nutrition &amp; Care and Agricultural Solutions. BASF generated sales of \u20ac65.3 billion in 2024. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchange in Frankfurt (BAS) and as American Depositary Receipts (BASFY) in the United States. Further information at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basf.com\/global\/en.html\">www.basf.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BASF today announced the expansion of its Alkyl Polyglucosides (APGs) footprint in Asia with a new plant at the Bangpakong site in Thailand. The enhancement is a strategic response to strengthen its position in a growth geography and serve customers with greater agility and more flexibility from a robust regional network. \u201cThis investment reinforces our [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":171209,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"The enhancement complements BASF\u2019s global APG production network - including sites in Germany, China, and a new facility scheduled for start-up in 2026 in the U.S.","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[16380,6843,11270,10416,13064,12449],"supplier":[2908],"class_list":["post-171193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-biobased","tag-biochemicals","tag-biodegradability","tag-circulareconomy","tag-personalcare","tag-surfactants","supplier-basf-corporation-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171193"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=171193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}