Independent research and development of green surfactants to open up the domestic market

On December 3, the first production line of 50,000 tons of fatty acid methyl ester sulfonate (MES) solid products was officially put into operation in Zhenjiang New District of Jiangsu Province. The successful commissioning of the green surfactant not only filled the domestic mass production of MES. Blank, and it has great significance in oil substitute products, opening up a broad market space for China's cleansing industry.

Xiao Yi, Deputy General Manager of Jiangsu Haiqing Biotech Co., Ltd. stated that currently the domestic MES products are all slurries. Haiqing uses domestically produced technology for neutralization, bleaching, and drying equipment to achieve a range from slurry to powder. Technical breakthroughs. According to reports, unlike the current international MES powder, which is different from 4A zeolite, it is a pure powder that can be used in the production of soap besides washing powder.

It is understood that the total consumption of global surfactant market has reached 10 million tons, mainly petroleum-based products. Petroleum-based products account for 70% to 75% of surfactants in developed countries, and up to 85% in China. Because traditional synthetic detergents consume a lot of petroleum during the production process, petroleum-based surfactants are difficult to degrade after they are discharged into the natural world, which has a negative impact on the human ecological environment. With the gradual rise in oil prices, the search for alternative green surfactants has become a market trend.

It is in this context that Jiangsu Haiqing Biotechnology Co., Ltd. has developed MES series products after more than two years of technological research. According to Sun Shunhai, chairman of Haiqing, only a few companies, such as the Japanese Lion King and Hughes of the United States, currently produce similar products. The market for green surfactants has always been monopolized by foreign companies. The commissioning of Haiqing Company's MES project marked significant progress in R&D in the field of washing and daily chemical in China.

The reporter learned that Haiqing's MES project will be constructed in two phases with a total capacity of 200,000 tons. After all the production is completed, the company will become the world's largest MES manufacturer. As MES is derived from natural vegetable oil, palm oil, which is a renewable material and has the characteristics of green and environmental protection that are not available in petroleum-based surfactants, it is favored by the downstream detergent industry. Currently, the leading domestic detergent industry has Signed a supply agreement with the company.

Technological Innovation: Outside Feeding is the Shortcut

Ren Ke

As surfactant application requirements and people's consumption levels increase, end-users are increasingly demanding green, environmental, and safety requirements for surfactant products. As a natural oil-based surfactant product with functional and environmental advantages, MES that meets the development trend of the industry has received more and more attention and recognition. In the search for alternative green active agents to become the mainstream of market development, as the world’s largest detergent country, we naturally cannot stand still.

Looking at the process of R&D and industrialization of Jiangsu Haiqing Bio-Technology Co., Ltd., we found that in addition to introducing a 6-ton/hr sulfonation production line from Italy, neutralization, bleaching, and drying devices are core technologies independently developed. This move has significantly improved Haiqing's product quality and supply capabilities. This non-feeding model has greatly accelerated Haiqing's pace of research.

Since the mid-80s of last century, China's MES industrialization road has gone through more than 20 years, of which the technical problem from slurry to powder solids has been going on for more than two years. In today's global economic integration, the introduction of technology is no longer a difficult task, but it is still necessary to further emancipate the mind, to absorb and reinnovate on the basis of the introduction of technology, and then to develop its own proprietary technology, which is to improve China's technological innovation. One of the effective ways of competence.

From scratch, from behind to advanced, the technological breakthrough process of the MES industry is a model for Chinese companies from the introduction of technology to the final possession of independent technology.

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