Bio-based Raw Materials Being Used at Several Chemical Companies

The annual reports of several large, global chemical companies were searched to identify bio-based raw materials being used by those companies.  The following table identifies eight chemical companies, which identify in their annual reports, chemicals being made from bio-based raw materials:

 

company	chemicals being made from bio-based raw materials
akzo nobel	paints
arkema	polyamides
basf	surfactants
covestro	aniline; resins; wood hardeners; polycarbonate films
dow	polyolefin elastomers; plasticizers
dsm	polyethylene fibers; intermediates in flavors and fragrances production
evonik	surfactants; rhamnolipids
wacker	acetic acid; methanol

 

Finding bio-based raw materials to replace fossil fuels as the raw material for producing chemicals has become a high priority for many chemical companies.  Not only are chemical companies responding to social and political pressures to reduce fossil fuels a raw material, but the chemical companies are responding to their customers who are buying the chemicals.  For example, those customers that use the chemicals to produce personal care products are finding that their customers want products made from bio-based raw materials.