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Showa Denko Commercializes 1,3-BG

Ingredient is used as a moisturizer in cosmetics.

Showa Denko will commercialize 1,3-butylene glycol (1,3-BG), which is used mainly as a moisturizing ingredient for cosmetics. SDK will complete 1,3-BG production facilities in its Oita Complex by the end of 2019, with product sales scheduled for April 2020. Demand for 1,3-BG is expected to grow 10% per year as Asian cosmetics demand increases.

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