Croda International Plc Meets Alkoxylates and Ester Demand with Latest Singapore Facility

Dec 4th, 2023

PS04 enables the company to meet the growing demand for pastille-format alkoxylates and ester, per the company.

PS04 enables the company to meet the growing demand for pastille-format alkoxylates and ester, per the company.

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Croda International Plc recently opened a facility, Pastillator 4 (PS04), at its Seraya site in Jurong Island, Singapore.

PS04 enables the company to meet the growing demand for pastille-format alkoxylates and ester, per the company.

The SGD 22 million (US $16.4 million) investment expands the company's production capacity by an additional 4,600 MT of pastille products, advancing the site’s total capacity to 15,000 MT, per the company.

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Babu Alagappan, Croda managing director, commented: “Since inception, Croda Singapore has consistently invested in the Seraya site to ensure safe operations. Manufacturing quality, sustainable ingredients based on our customers’ needs is our competitive advantage."

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