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Ethoxylates market size is forecast to reach $16.7 billion by 2025, after growing at a CAGR of 3.8% during 2020-2025. Ethoxylates are organic compounds that are manufactured by treatment of alcohols and phenols with ethylene oxide in the presence of potassium hydroxide as a catalyst. Ethoxylates are used as intermediates during the manufacture of detergents, surface cleaners, cosmetics, and paints. Furthermore, ethoxylates are used as emulsion stabilizers during the processing of Emulsion polymers, floor polish, and wax, as they rapidly dissolve and provide ionic stability to the emulsion. Growing demand for industrial & institutional cleaning products and surge in demand for non-ionic surfactants will propel the ethoxylates demand during the forecast period.
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Key Takeaways
- New product developments and increasing investments in research and development of ethoxylates are expected to drive the growth of this market.
- Among application, household & personal care segment is projected to lead the ethoxylates market during the forecast period.
- Europe dominated the ethoxylates market.
By Product - Segment Analysis
By Application - Segment Analysis
Household & Personal Care segment held a significant share in ethoxylates market in 2019 growing at a CAGR of XX% during the forecast period. Ethoxylates are widely used in the pharmaceutical industry in ointments, tablets, syrups, and gels as emulsifiers. Growing prevalence of chronic diseases, driven by environmental degradation and negligence towards the health and hygiene has propelled the demand for innovative and effective pharmaceutical formulations. This is expected to drive the ethoxylates demand in the pharmaceutical industry over the forecast period. Moreover, demand for generic drugs is rising among the developing countries that use ethoxylates for the manufacturing process, which is further anticipated to propel its consumption.
Demand across the organic chemicals sector shall register a slump in growth albeit increasing demand for certain chemicals that find end applications in healthcare and food. Furthermore, China, a major supplier of chemicals to the world, registered a considerable decline in manufacturing in the first quarter of 2020, following the trajectory unfolded by COVID-19's escalation to a pandemic. This has led to an imbalance in supply-demand dynamics, forcing manufacturers and customers alike to renegotiate supply agreements.
Geography- Segment Analysis
Europe dominated the ethoxylates market with a share of more than XX%, followed by Asia Pacific and North America. Improving lifestyle of the people, coupled with heightened awareness regarding personal hygiene, has driven the consumption of the personal care products. Augmented efforts and initiatives undertaken by the national governments as well as the European Commission in reviving the end-use markets for the ethoxylates, including pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals, are expected to propel product demand over the forecast period.
The market growth in Asia Pacific can be attributed to high consumption of ethoxylates owing to rapidly flourish pharmaceutical, personal care, and cleaning industries in developing economies, including China, India, Japan, and South Korea. Moreover, the region is one of the largest producers as well as exporters of palm oil with Indonesia and Malaysia constituting 60 percent of total world exports. Palm oil is one of the major raw materials used for developing fatty alcohols and amines, which are primary raw materials for obtaining ethoxylates.
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Drivers – Ethoxylates Market
Increased demand of low-rinse detergents
Challenges – Ethoxylates Market
Availability of substitutes
Market Landscape
Product Launch/ Acquisition
- In January 2019, INEOS Oxide announced the acquisition of Wilmar’s ethoxylation plant in France. This strategy will enable INEOS to expand their European ethoxylates business. The company aims at increasing the ethylene oxide production capacity of the plant at 270 KT.
- In September 2015, Royal Dutch Shell PLC announced to double its production capacity of high-purity ethylene oxide and ethoxylates at its Jurong Island site (Singapore). This plant will have an ethoxylates production capacity of 140,000 tonnes per annum.
- In March 2014, BASF SE, inaugurated a new surfactant plant in Dahej (India). This helped the company to meet the rising demand of ethoxylates in the region.