Turning the World's Products Green:

Sustainable Innovation

Located at our Atlas Point manufacturing site in New Castle, DE, Croda’s bio-ethylene oxide plant, using licensed technology from Scientific Design Company, Inc, is the first bio-ethylene oxide plant constructed in the US for the manufacture of 100% renewable, 100% bio-based surfactants.

The 100% bio-based ECO Range is the widest range of 100% renewable surfactants on the market. By using an alternate route to EO with bioethanol from biomass sources, it significantly increases the bio-based content of ethoxylated products and reduces reliance on fossil fuels. Moreover, the ingredients are manufactured with renewable energy.

The ECO Range caters to the tremendous consumer need for greener products. Now, with the 100% renewable, 100% bio-based ECO Range, customers won’t have to choose between meeting their sustainability goals and delivering high performance products to consumers.

Focus on Environmental and Social Impacts:

• Reduced reliance on petrochemicals: the plant will use 100% renewable bioethanol derived from natural feedstocks, displacing the use of petrochemical naptha and natural gas as raw materials.
• Lower carbon footprint: the site will only be able to accept bioethanol from different natural feedstocks, all of which contain carbon obtained from the atmosphere by photosynthesis, leading to a lower carbon footprint than petrochemically derived products. Additionally, since the EO will be made at our Atlas Point facility, the need for transportation of EO materials is eliminated, reducing the Scope 3 GHG emissions associated with its transport.
• For years, Croda’s Atlas Point facility has been a supportive corporate citizen and active member of its community. Over the last two years, the expansion of the Atlas Point facility has brought over 250 construction jobs to Delaware. Now, Croda will add 30 new, full-time employees from the region to the workforce at Atlas Point.