January 24, 2025
Pilot Chemical Company Announces Plans to Significantly Expand Anionic Surfactant Production Capacity
Cincinnati, OH – Pilot Chemical Company announced today its plan to significantly expand its North American production of high-quality anionic surfactants at its Middletown, Ohio manufacturing site. The expansion will enable the company to more than double the volume of alpha olefin sulfonate (AOS) that it supplies to the household, industrial and institutional (I&I) and personal care markets.
The expansion project consists of debottlenecking activities, which will commence this month, followed by the installation of a new sulfonation reactor train, which is slated to go online in early 2027.
“This investment builds on Pilot’s strong leadership position in AOS and allows us to meet the growing requirements of our customers,” said Mike Clark, CEO of Pilot Chemical Company. “Our Middletown facility, which is our largest site, is well positioned to support this growth. The site is located near many of our household, I&I and personal care customers and can produce a broad range of anionic surfactants.”
This substantial investment in Air/SO3 technology complements Pilot’s previous expansion of its proprietary ice-cold sulfonation technology capacity at its Middletown site in 2024.
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About Pilot Chemical Company Pilot Chemical Company is a privately owned and independent global specialty chemical manufacturer providing high-quality products and services to the household, industrial, and institutional (HI&I); personal care; metalworking and lubricants; oilfield; and emulsion polymerization industries. Its proprietary core technologies involve alkylation, sulfonation, sulfation and a number of other specialty operations, including the production of biocides and cGMP products. Pilot, an industry leader in chemical innovation and safety, owns the most state-of-the-art continuous sulfation process in North America, is a leader in quaternary ammonium compounds, and is the world’s largest manufacturer of disulfonates. Pilot is certified under both ISO 9001:2015 and the American Chemistry Council’s Responsible Care® program and holds a silver-medal rating with EcoVadis for sustainability. Pilot is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, with additional sites located in Ohio, Texas, New Jersey, and Mexico. For more information, visit www.pilotchemical.com.
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