Products and Investments Products, customers and applications Division Products Customer industries and applications Care Chemicals Ingredients for skin and hair cleansing and care products, such as emollients, cosmetic active ingredients, polymers and UV filtersIngredients for detergents and cleaners in household, institution or industry, such as surfactants, enzymes, chelating agents, water-soluble polymers, biocides and products for optical effectsChemical ingredients and processing additives, for example for crop protection, excipients for chemical processes such as emulsion polymerization, metal surface treatments or textile processing, as well as products for concrete additives, biofuels and other industrial applications Cosmetics industry, detergent and cleaner industry, agrochemical industry, technical applications for various industries Nutrition & Health Additives for the food and feed industries, such as vitamins, carotenoids, sterols, enzymes, emulsifiers, omega-3 fatty acids, human milk oligosaccharidesIndustrial enzymes for bioethanol and food productionNatural and synthetic flavors and fragrances, such as citral, geraniol, citronellol, L-menthol and linalool, Isobionics® Santalol, valencene and nootkatoneExcipients for the pharmaceutical industry and selected, high-volume active pharmaceutical ingredients, such as ibuprofen and omega-3 fatty acids Food and feed industries, flavor and fragrance industry, pharmaceutical industry and bioethanol industry Production capacities of selected productsa Sites Product Europe North America Asia Pacific South America, Africa, Middle East Annual capacity(metric tons) Anionic surfactants 600,000 Citral 78,000 Chelating agents 170,000 Methane sulfonic acid 30,000 Nonionic surfactants 635,000 a All capacities are included at 100%, including plants belonging to joint operations and joint ventures. Material investments Location Project Startup Antwerp, Belgium Capacity expansion: alkoxylates 2018–2022 Bishop, Texas Capacity expansion: production plant for ibuprofen 2020 Düsseldorf, Germany Gradual upgrade of production plants in accordance with the Good Manufacturing Practice Standard issued by the European Federation for Cosmetic Ingredients (EFfCI) 2022 Jinshan, China Capacity expansion: alkoxylates 2020 Kaohsiung, Taiwan New production line: UV filters 2022 Ludwigshafen, Germany Capacity expansion: production plant for methane sulfonic acid 2021 Construction: production plant for vitamin A 2021 back next