
Vehicle care ingredients
The consumer market accounts for the largest share of the car wash & detailing industry, with the main revenue from the industrial market deriving from full and self -service car wash facilities, as well as truck and bus washes and vehicle detailing services. Key industry drivers include customer spending habits and increasing new car sales, with customers wanting to keep their vehicles looking newer for longer. This has led to a huge increase in demand for after-market services such as car wash facilities.
The sustainability mega-trend has become more evident in car care over the last 5 years, with more products now having green claims on-pack, such as biodegradable and plant based. The need for environmentally friendly and water-less/no rinse products due to environmental concerns and restrictions are also of increasing need and desire.

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We offer a variety of speciality ingredients to give excellent cleaning and finishing of external and internal vehicle surfaces, with a huge range of environmentally friendly ingredients within the portfolio. Additives include surfactants and degreasers for effective removal of road soils, synthetic waxes to ensure long lasting shine and low foaming surfactants with superior wetting to control foam where needed.
For inside the vehicle, we can offer speciality surfactants for carpet shampoos and upholstery cleaners, high performance ingredients to nourish leather and anti-static agents to reduce dust build up on interior plastics. We also offer a novel range of rheology modifiers that can be used to create visually appealing air freshener gels, which can offer high oil loading and steady fragrance release.
Botanicals in vehicle care
Bringing nature to a formulation can add value to a product range by accentuating bio-based content and association of claims with extracts used traditionally to provide different benefits. We can provide a substantial range of botanical extracts, all naturally and ethically derived, for use in a range of vehicle care applications. Environmentally friendly products and botanical/herbal extracts are included in the top 10 marketing claims for vehicle care products.
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We are industry leaders in surfactant chemistry and are committed to the development of innovative technologies to meet consumer and industrial market needs.

NatraSense™ AG-810
100% bio-based alkyl polysaccharide designed to provide multiple benefits to a household and industrial and institutional (I&I) cleaning formulations.
Our novel products can significantly aid the removal of both household and industrial soils from a range of surface types.

Synperonic™ NCA 810
Alcohol ethoxylate surfactant that combines excellent low foaming or defoaming performance with an impeccable environmental profile. Ideal for dishwash, rinse aid and hard surface cleaning...

Synperonic™ NCA 830
Alcohol ethoxylate surfactant that combines excellent low foaming or defoaming performance with an impeccable environmental profile. Ideal for dishwash, rinse aid and hard surface cleaning...

Synperonic™ NCA 850
Alcohol ethoxylate surfactant that combines excellent low foaming or defoaming performance with an impeccable environmental profile. Ideal for dishwash, rinse aid and hard surface cleaning...
Whether your application requires foam boosting or limiting foam creation, our additives can help to tailor the foam properties of final formulations.

Synperonic™ NCA 810
Alcohol ethoxylate surfactant that combines excellent low foaming or defoaming performance with an impeccable environmental profile. Ideal for dishwash, rinse aid and hard surface cleaning...

Synperonic™ NCA 830
Alcohol ethoxylate surfactant that combines excellent low foaming or defoaming performance with an impeccable environmental profile. Ideal for dishwash, rinse aid and hard surface cleaning...

Synperonic™ NCA 850
Alcohol ethoxylate surfactant that combines excellent low foaming or defoaming performance with an impeccable environmental profile. Ideal for dishwash, rinse aid and hard surface cleaning...
View our range of hydrotropes for vehicle care applications.

Multitrope™ 810
Anionic surfactant which is an effective hydrotrope, compatible with a wide variety of surfactants.
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Multitrope™ 1620
Alkyl polysaccharide which is a versatile surfactant and hydrotrope.
View our range of solvents for vehicle care applications.

Crosolv™ 30
Environmentally friendly, non-volatile cleaning solvent

Crosolv™ 50
Environmentally friendly, non-volatile cleaning solvent.
Our easy-to-use polymeric rheology modifiers deliver excellent performance benefits in a wide range of water and oil based formulations to create stable, eye-catching products.

CrystaSense™ IM700
Oil and fragrance gellant designed to create eye-catching air freshener gels, in combination with CrystaSense IM800, for room and automative use.
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CrystaSense™ IM800
Oil and fragrance gellant designed to create eye-catching air freshener gels, in combination with CrystaSense IM700, for room and automative use.
We can help you deal with the many challenges faced when trying to tackle formulation stability and performance, as well as environmental concerns.

ECO Tween™ 21
ECO Tween 21 is a 100% bio-based ethoxylated (20) sorbitan ester based on a natural fatty acid (lauric acid) and manufactured via the RSPO's Mass Balance System. This ethoxylate is highly effective at...

ECO Tween 40 MBAL
ECO Tween 40 is a 100% bio-based ethoxylated sorbitan ester based on a natural fatty acid (palmitic acid). This ethoxylate is highly effective at forming O/W emulsions, particularly when used in...

ECO Tween 60 MBAL
ECO Tween 60 is a 100% bio-based ethoxylated sorbitan ester based on a natural fatty acid (palmitic acid). This ethoxylate is highly effective at forming O/W emulsions, particularly when used in...

ECO Tween™ 65
ECO Tween 65 is a 100% bio-based ethoxylated sorbitan ester based on a natural fatty acid (palmitic acid). This ethoxylate is highly effective at forming O/W emulsions. ECO Tween 65 can be used in a...

ECO Tween 80
ECO Tween 80 is a 100% bio-based ethoxylated sorbitan ester based on a natural fatty acid (palmitic acid). This ethoxylate is highly effective at forming O/W emulsions. ECO Tween 80 can be used in a...

ECO Croduret™ 40
ECO Croduret 40 is a 100% bio-based vegetable-derived, ethoxylated nonionic surfactant. ECO Croduret 40 is an excellent fragrance solubiliser with a very low odour. It is suitable for a wide variety...

Span™ 20
Biodegradable nonionic surfactant that is highly effective at forming O/W emulsions.

Span™ 60
Biodegradable nonionic surfactant that is highly effective at forming O/W emulsions.

Span™ 65
Biodegradable nonionic surfactant that is highly effective at forming O/W emulsions.

Tween™ 20
Biodegradable ethoxylated nonionic surfactant that is highly effective at forming O/W emulsions.

Tween™ 21
Biodegradable ethoxylated nonionic surfactant that is highly effective at forming O/W emulsions.

Tween™ 40
Biodegradable ethoxylated nonionic surfactant that is highly effective at forming O/W emulsions.

Tween™ 60
Biodegradable ethoxylated nonionic surfactant that is highly effective at forming O/W emulsions.

Tween™ 61
Biodegradable ethoxylated nonionic surfactant that is highly effective at forming O/W emulsions.

Tween™ 65
Biodegradable ethoxylated nonionic surfactant that is highly effective at forming O/W emulsions.

Tween™ 80
Biodegradable ethoxylated nonionic surfactant that is highly effective at forming O/W emulsions.

Croduret™ 40
An excellent fragrance solubiliser with a very low odour.

Croduret™ 40LV
Nonionic fragrance solubiliser for a range of applications.

Croduret™ 60LV
Nonionic fragrance solubiliser for a range of applications.
View our range of waxes to be used in vehicle care applications.

Syncrowax™ ERLC
Ethylene glycol di-ester of long chain (C18-36) fatty acids, that is particularly useful in formulations where physical stability and rigidity are required and also offers excellent polishing...

Syncrowax™ HGLC
Triglyceride ester of long chain (C18-36) fatty acids, which confers a high degree of rigidity to formulations. It has similar properties to Carnauba wax and so can provide an excellent glossy finish...

Syncrowax™ BB4
Wax/emulsifier blend to be used as an alternative to natural beeswax. It can be used alone or in combination with other syncrowaxes as an emulsifier or emulsion stabiliser.
Our active ingredients for odour neutralisation deliver outstanding performance and are easy-to-use, meeting consumer demands.
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Forestall™
Odour neutraliser active against a wide range of malodours for use in air care applications.
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Zinador™ 22L
100% bio-based odour neutraliser that has proven to be effective against a broad range of household and industrial odours.
Our lanolin products are capable of providing the perceivable skin care benefits required when skin/surface care and safety are critical.

Solan™ 75/50
Ethoxylated (75) lanolin with emulsifying, solubilising and wetting properties.

Fluilan™
Liquid lanolin or lanolin oil which delivers excellent moisturising and emolliency properties to the skin.

Corona ™ 8
Commercial lanolin grade that is widely used as an emulsifier and emulsion stabiliser for W/O emulsions.

Corona ™ 9
Commercial lanolin grade that is widely used as an emulsifier and emulsion stabiliser for W/O emulsions.

Rheology modification
Our easy-to-use polymeric rheology modifiers deliver excellent performance benefits in a wide range formulations.
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Our range of naturally derived surfactants provide excellent cleaning performance and soil removal, with wide formulation compatibilities, that are suitable for a range of household and industrial cleaning formulations, including concentrates.
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