For years the chemical industry has relied on petroleum as the primary ingredient in thousands of
products. Numerous industrial product manufacturers use petroleum-derived substances in their
formulations. However, there is concern about the drastic increases in oil and gas prices, thereby
increasing the cost of those products. Tighter environmental regulations continue to put pressure on oilbased
product producers and their users to find safer solutions. As an alternative the use of renewable
biobased products provides environmentally safe products to the manufacturers and users that offer
comparable performance, economics and the added benefit of biodegradability of the final products.