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A 24/7 research centre for surfactant chemistry, from laboratory synthesis to pilot alkoxylation.

24/7Research centre
EO/POPilot alkoxylation
GCAnalytical laboratory

Surfactant chemistry, around the clock

The research centre operates 24/7. Equipped with current analytical instruments, its primary work is development of non-ionic, cationic, anionic and amphoteric surfactants, with a strong focus on renewable feedstocks.

Process experience

In addition to alkoxylation (EO/PO) and copolymerisation of functionalised polyalkylene glycols, the team has in-depth experience in esterification, alkylation, sulfonation, phosphation, polymerisation and amidification.

From laboratory to plant trials

Pilot reactors for alkoxylation allow products to move from development into scale-up for customer trials. The analytical laboratory includes gas chromatography, infrared and ultraviolet spectrophotometers, Karl Fischer titration, refractometry and colorimetry. Equipment is upgraded as the business grows.

When the next step is a contract campaign or a named molecule outside the catalogue card, read toll manufacturing and custom synthesis so the brief includes volume, secrecy and identity tests from day one.

Application support

Besides new-product development, the facility works as an applications centre for textile, coatings, ink, paint and HI&I markets.

Next step

Talk to the manufacturing team

Ask for a sample, a custom ethoxylate or the current SDS and TDS for a listed grade.

Request a sample SDS / TDS / COA

FAQs

Questions about research and scale-up

How the 24/7 research centre moves a surfactant from laboratory synthesis to a plant trial.

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Ask the manufacturing team

The centre operates 24/7 on non-ionic, cationic, anionic and amphoteric surfactants, with a strong focus on renewable feedstocks. Work covers laboratory synthesis, analysis and scale-up for customer trials.

Alkoxylation (EO/PO), copolymerisation of functionalised polyalkylene glycols, esterification, alkylation, sulfonation, phosphation, polymerisation and amidification.

Yes. Pilot reactors for alkoxylation allow products to move from development into scale-up so a customer can trial a grade before a bulk campaign is booked.

The laboratory includes gas chromatography, infrared and ultraviolet spectrophotometers, Karl Fischer titration, refractometry and colorimetry. Equipment is upgraded as the business grows.

Yes. Besides new-product development, the facility works as an applications centre for textile, coatings, ink, paint and HI&I markets.

Send the intended duty, the analytical window, any APEO or feedstock constraint, and the tests your receiving laboratory will run. A catalogue grade is sampled first when it is close; otherwise a pilot lot is planned. For contract campaigns see toll manufacturing; for named molecules see custom synthesis.

After a laboratory or pilot lot is approved, freeze the TDS identity tests, then book plant capacity. Lead time depends on reactor schedule, hydrophobe supply and whether a second step (sulphation, phosphation, amidification) follows — write those constraints on the first enquiry.

Still specifying a grade?

Send the process step and the analytical window. The Kandla team will confirm a catalogue grade or a custom batch.

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