
BASF Expands Sustainable Surfactant Production in Thailand
BASF has inaugurated expanded production capacity for its bio-based alkyl polyglucosides at the Bangpakong site in Thailand, enhancing regional supply flexibility and demand.

BASF has inaugurated expanded production capacity for its bio-based alkyl polyglucosides at the Bangpakong site in Thailand, enhancing regional supply flexibility and demand.

French biotech company Pili, a manufacturer of sustainable colorant and pigment, has produced several tons of anthranilic acid, a 100% biobased aromatic compound which the company already converts into dyes and pigments.

Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant (BBEPP), a Belgian-based facility that provides process development, scale-up and custom manufacture of bio-based products and processes, has formed a 50:50 joint venture with Thailand’s National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) to build a multi-purpose, open-access biorefinery pilot plant, inspired by its own success in installing an identical facility in Ghent.
