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International Conference Report///t

The 3rd ICIS Asian Surfactants Conference

returnrd Singapore!(1)

14th - 15th November 2013, Pan Pacific, Singapore

The 3rd ICIS Asian Surfactants Conference had returned to Singapore! Its third year, the meeting

was once again built on the core elements of an ICIS Conference – an up-to-date, informative and

business critical agenda, high-level speakers addressed the key topics facing the industry and

extensive opportunities for networking with influential players from across the surfactants value

chain. 2013 conference was attended by over 80 participants drawn from 14 countries around the

world. The followings are a short summary of 1st day am each session:

Day 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 1 ---- Thursday 14 November 2013 Thursday 14 November 2013 Thursday 14 November 2013 Thursday 14 November 2013

9:05 Chairman’s opening9:05 Chairman’s opening9:05 Chairman’s opening9:05 Chairman’s opening remarks remarks remarks remarks

Speaker: Speaker: Speaker: Speaker: Neil A Burns, Managing Partner, NEIL A Neil A Burns, Managing Partner, NEIL A Neil A Burns, Managing Partner, NEIL A Neil A Burns, Managing Partner, NEIL A

BURNS LLCBURNS LLCBURNS LLCBURNS LLC

NeilA. Burns is Managing Partner

of NeilA Burns, LLC which invests

directly and alongside private

equity funds, in the specialty

chemical and oleochemical sectors.

The firm also provides operating

and strategic advice to chemical companies. Neil is

a specialty chemicals executive with more than 20

years of experience in investment, general

management, finance, sales, marketing, supply

chain, manufacturing and on boards of directors. As

a US based manager for an overseas parent

company he created two businesses in

oleochemicals and consumer goods. Neil also

incorporated, started and ran the US subsidiary of a

Brazilian public company involved in oleochemicals

and surfactants. His first experience in

oleochemicals was as shareholder and director of a

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specialty surfactant company which used fatty

alcohols and derivatives to manufacture cosmetics

and personal care ingredients. Originally from the

UK, Neil has lived and worked in Europe and the

USA. He has served as chairman of a non-profit

board, with a focus on fundraising and public

speaking. He earned an MBA with distinction from

Wharton and a BSc. in Chemistry from the

University of York, UK.

9:30 9:30 9:30 9:30 An outlook for the global surfactants marAn outlook for the global surfactants marAn outlook for the global surfactants marAn outlook for the global surfactants marketketketket

Speaker: Speaker: Speaker: Speaker: Sarah Yarger Kienzle, Managing Director, Sarah Yarger Kienzle, Managing Director, Sarah Yarger Kienzle, Managing Director, Sarah Yarger Kienzle, Managing Director,

LINDEN TREE PARTNERSLINDEN TREE PARTNERSLINDEN TREE PARTNERSLINDEN TREE PARTNERS

Sarah Yarger Kienzle is Managing

Director of Linden Tree Partners, a

global consultancy company. Her

prior consulting experience includes

being a Director of PRTM (now

PwC), Principal of AT Kearney and Vice President

of Nexant. She has directed numerous oleochemical

engagements globally. Sarah's operating experience

includes serving as Vice President, Corporate

Development for Olin Corporation (NYSE:OLN)

where she was instrumental in the spinoff/lPO of

Arch Chemicals(NYSE: ARJ, now Lonza). She

subsequently served as the number four executive

of Arch. Sarah has also been a Director of Atlantic

Ventures, a venture capital fund, where she served

as the Life Sciences advisor. She holds a Sc.B. in

Mechanical Engineering from Brown University

and an MBA from New York University

Session: Detergents outlook is decided by many

elements such as disposable income, availability of

laundry equipment, product form, bar to powder

to liquid to pod, regional differences,detergent

efficiency, compaction, separation, environmental

impact(reduction per load, “ Pollution-eating”

detergent/”no surfactant” detergents.

Also Business model is changing. e.g. BASF

acquired Cognis in 2010, and their recent strategic

action is “Care and nutrition chemicals”,

“ Renewable”. They are aiming scale merit.scale merit.scale merit.scale merit. Emery

was established by PTT/Sime Darby as JV in 2010.

They also established JV “AK ChemTech” (Korea)

in 2011, established JV ERCAEmery with ERCA

(Europe), also expand their plant in Cincinnati, OH,

they also aiming scale meritscale meritscale meritscale merit.

ECOLAB USA, acquired Nalco in 2011 and enter

water chemicals and services market, also acquired

Champion in 2012 and enter Oilfield Chemicals &

Services market. They are aiming new service new service new service new service

model.model.model.model.

Elevance did marketing. alliances with Cargill,

DowCorning, establised JV – Wilmar biorefinery.

JDAs – Stepan, Clariant, Arkema, Conversion –

Kolmar: biodiesel.And they strategic action is speed. speed. speed. speed.

10:00 Shower gel r10:00 Shower gel r10:00 Shower gel r10:00 Shower gel replacing soaps? An Asian eplacing soaps? An Asian eplacing soaps? An Asian eplacing soaps? An Asian

perspectiveperspectiveperspectiveperspective

Speaker: Speaker: Speaker: Speaker: S Harihasubramanian, Vice President S Harihasubramanian, Vice President S Harihasubramanian, Vice President S Harihasubramanian, Vice President ----

Singapore Operations, VVF SINGAPORESingapore Operations, VVF SINGAPORESingapore Operations, VVF SINGAPORESingapore Operations, VVF SINGAPORE

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S. Hari graduated in Chemical

Engineering from UDCT, Mumbai

(currently referred as ICT) a globally

acclaimed institute for Chemical

Engineering and Technology. During

his 35year career he has had the opportunity of

handling oleochemicals, surfactants, anionic,

cationic and non-ionic, catering to diverse industries

like home, personal care, leather, textiles, plastics to

name a few. He started his career with P&G,

followed by Castrol, Aegis, Drachem, SM

Zschimmer & Schwarz, Bombay Oil Industries,

Viswaat Chemicals, Keemya Oman, Iffco and

currently with VVF Singapore. S. Hari has been a

seasoned leader, headed profit centres and CEO in

several companies. His core strengths, aside from

general management include business development

and international marketing, successful turn

around of underperforming companies, start-up

ventures and by product-process initiatives. For the

last three and a half years he has been heading

VVF Singapore Pte Ltd, the trading arm of VVF

(India) Ltd. He has also been involved in sourcing

various oleo and allied chemicals for the global

market including various VVF businesses

worldwide, from various manufacturers in Asia. S.

Hari is particularly focussed on personal care

products such as speciality cosmetic ingredients.

Session: Soap in this presentation refers to Toilet

Soap both formulated for special properties and

general purpose but typically Sodium Salt of Fatty

Acids as the main ingredient. Shower Gel is a

products based on surfactants like Sodium Lauryl

Ether Sulphate, Sodium Lauryl Sulphate with or

without speciality additives. Shower Gel replacing

soap ?

In Asia, soap would continue to be main body

cleaning product amongst lower and middle income

group at least for next 5 years。. If soaps can be

carefully positioned it can even regain its market

lost to shower gel in the higher Income group。

11:15 Synthetic alcohols in surfactants: A raw 11:15 Synthetic alcohols in surfactants: A raw 11:15 Synthetic alcohols in surfactants: A raw 11:15 Synthetic alcohols in surfactants: A raw

material supplmaterial supplmaterial supplmaterial suppliers perspectiveiers perspectiveiers perspectiveiers perspective

Speaker: Speaker: Speaker: Speaker: Sim Eng Kheng, Asia Pacific Chemical Sim Eng Kheng, Asia Pacific Chemical Sim Eng Kheng, Asia Pacific Chemical Sim Eng Kheng, Asia Pacific Chemical

Intermediates Sales, EXXONIntermediates Sales, EXXONIntermediates Sales, EXXONIntermediates Sales, EXXON MOBIL CHEMICALMOBIL CHEMICALMOBIL CHEMICALMOBIL CHEMICAL

Eng Kheng has been with

ExxonMobil Chemical for 6 years.

He's currently responsible for sales

and market development for the

Chemical Intermediates business in

Asia Pacific Heholds a B.Soc Sci (Hons) majoring in

Economics from the National University of

Singapore.

Session: He had explained for synthetic alcohol

produced from petroleum. He say ExxonMobil is the

preferred oxo alcohol supplier. 50 years of

experience with oxo alcohols and world scale

manufacturing units in all three regions. They are

integrated with refining to maximize access to

reliable and consistent feedstocks and have global

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sales, marketing, technology, and supply

organizations. They can commit to reliable, global

supply and to deliver value to chemical

intermediates customers. Exxal™ alcohols building

blocks for derivatives and important surfactant

properties such as non-ionic (ethoxylates), cloud

points (1 wt% in water), dynamic surface tension,

wetting property (Draves test), gel formation in

solution. So Ethoxylates from Exxal™ alcohols are

effective surfactants in various applications, such as

textile and fibre processing, leather processing, agro

-chemical formulations, emulsion polymerisation,

industrial and institutional cleaning, pulp and

paper processing, enhanced oil recovery, mining and

mineral extraction, etc.

11:45 Mapping the oil palm genome 11:45 Mapping the oil palm genome 11:45 Mapping the oil palm genome 11:45 Mapping the oil palm genome ---- and and and and

implications for downstream industriesimplications for downstream industriesimplications for downstream industriesimplications for downstream industries

Speaker: Speaker: Speaker: Speaker: Dr Ravigadevi Sambanthamurthi, Dr Ravigadevi Sambanthamurthi, Dr Ravigadevi Sambanthamurthi, Dr Ravigadevi Sambanthamurthi,

Director of the Advanced Biotechnology and Director of the Advanced Biotechnology and Director of the Advanced Biotechnology and Director of the Advanced Biotechnology and

Breeding Centre, MALAYSIAN PALM OIL BOARD Breeding Centre, MALAYSIAN PALM OIL BOARD Breeding Centre, MALAYSIAN PALM OIL BOARD Breeding Centre, MALAYSIAN PALM OIL BOARD

(MPOB(MPOB(MPOB(MPOB))))

Rajinder Singh is currently a

Principal Research Officer at the

Malaysian Palm Oil Board. Rajinder

has been with the Malaysian Palm

Oil Board for the last 18 years.

Heholds a PhD in Plant Geneticsand is currently

the Headof Genomics Unitof the Advanced

Biotechnology &Breeding Centre, at the Malaysian

Palm Oil Board (MPOB).

Session：He explained palm genome and palm tree

type which can be harvested all over the wolrd. He

pointted palm genome change by hybrization, not

genetically-modified organisms, is important to

increase harvest volume.

(Presentation data was not available.)

12:15 Ethylene and EO market outlook12:15 Ethylene and EO market outlook12:15 Ethylene and EO market outlook12:15 Ethylene and EO market outlook

Speaker:Speaker:Speaker:Speaker: Michelle Yang, Consultant Michelle Yang, Consultant Michelle Yang, Consultant Michelle Yang, Consultant –––– Polyester Polyester Polyester Polyester

Intermediates & EO Derivatives, TECNON Intermediates & EO Derivatives, TECNON Intermediates & EO Derivatives, TECNON Intermediates & EO Derivatives, TECNON

ORBICHEM CHINAORBICHEM CHINAORBICHEM CHINAORBICHEM CHINA

Michelle has worked as a consultant

in Tecnon OrbiChem's Shanghai

office for more than seven years. She

was initially responsible for

monitoring and analysing the

polyester chain, including polyester filament,

polyester staple and polyester fibre chips. Since

2010, Michelle has been responsible for covering

Paraxylene, PTA, Ethylene Oxide, Ethylene Glycols

and EO Derivatives for Tecnon OrbiChem's

Polyester Ethylene Oxide and Derivatives

Consulting Services. Michelle graduated from Xi'an

Jiaotong University in 2002 with a Bachelor's

degree in Polymer Science.

Session:World EO consumption is increasing and

Chinese EO capacity is also increasing. She

reported EO and Ethoxylate market trend.