Solvaybegan production at its alkoxylation facility in Singapore last week. Alkoxylate surfactants can be used as emulsifiers, detergents and wetting agents in lubricants. United States-based specialty chemicals company Verdezyne signed Will & Cofor European distribution of its biobased dodecanedioics acids, or DDDA, which can be used as an intermediate in lubricants. Verdezynes DDDA will be produced at its Nusajaya, Malaysia, plant, scheduled to open in 2017.