Held from July 28 to 30, 2026, the 5th CHEMICAL INDONESIA 2026 took place at JIExpo Jakarta. As a landmark professional event for the chemical industry across ASEAN, this exhibition gathered over 500 enterprises worldwide covering chemicals, petrochemicals and fine‑chemical sectors, attracting more than 25,000 formulation engineers, purchasers, manufacturers and research institutions from Southeast Asia and beyond. It showcased surfactants, chemical intermediates, functional additives, green chemical materials and process technologies, serving as a vital B2B platform for capturing ASEAN industrial trends and connecting industrial‑chain resources. The core foreign‑trade and technical team from Shanghai Qixuan Chemical Technology Co., Ltd. travelled to Jakarta and participated in the exhibition as professional visitors, conducting market research, industrial exchanges and business matchmaking to explore development opportunities within the ASEAN fine‑chemical market.
As the largest economy in Southeast Asia, Indonesia witnesses continuous expansion of its downstream industrial base, with steady growth in home & personal care, industrial cleaning, pesticide formulation, polyurethane materials and other sectors. Restricted by local synthetic production capacity, fine‑chemical products such as fatty‑amine derivatives, specialty surfactants and high‑performance functional additives are largely import‑dependent. Located in a tropical region with high temperature and high humidity, Indonesia sets special practical requirements for raw materials in terms of storage stability, electrolyte resistance, biodegradability and regulatory compliance. Instead of focusing merely on procurement costs, the market has growing demand for premium product quality and supporting technical services, creating broad opportunities for domestic fine‑chemical enterprises going global. Long engaged in fatty amines, surfactants and specialty additives with overseas business covering more than 20 countries, Shanghai Qixuan Chemical took this exhibition visit as a key initiative to further consolidate its footprint in Southeast Asia and align product and service offerings with on‑site market realities.
During the exhibition, the Qixuan Chemical team visited major exhibition zones to systematically investigate current market conditions for popular chemical raw materials, novel compound additives and green chemical technologies in Southeast Asia. Special attention was paid to product lines including fatty‑amine series, cationic / non‑ionic / amphoteric surfactants, polyurethane additives and industrial‑cleaning raw materials, together with competitors’ technical specifications, pricing frameworks and localized application solutions. The team held multiple face‑to‑face business discussions with domestic and international exhibitors, local distributors and downstream formulation factories. Pragmatic conversations covered practical topics such as raw‑material storage under tropical working conditions, formulation adaptation for hard‑water environments, BPOM regulatory registration, cross‑border supply chains, packaging, logistics and trial‑order arrangements, yielding abundant first‑hand market feedback.
Different from on‑site booth exhibiting, this visit prioritized two‑way technical and market research. While communicating with merchants from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and other countries, the team gained deep insights into real‑world pain‑points of local formulation manufacturers, including compatibility challenges for surfactants under high‑hardness water in personal‑care systems, additive selection for heavy‑duty industrial‑oil‑removal cleaning, high‑temperature storage stability of pesticide emulsification systems, and localized application requirements for fatty‑amine derivatives in mineral flotation and polyurethane systems. Drawing on its existing product portfolio, Qixuan’s technical personnel provided technical references for raw‑material selection and formulation adjustment tailored to clients’ actual working conditions. Many local traders and end‑user factories expressed preliminary interest in sample testing and subsequent business cooperation. Meanwhile, the team kept updated on the latest industrial policies, environmental‑protection standards and import‑access requirements across ASEAN, benchmarked product‑iteration trends of overseas peers, and sorted out optimization directions for existing products regarding specifications, packaging and technical services.
Beyond business matchmaking, the team leveraged exhibition‑hosted industry forums and networking sessions to assess major development trends within the Southeast‑Asian fine‑chemical sector. Driven by Indonesia and neighbouring countries’ green‑industry policies, market demand for eco‑friendly chemicals featuring low‑VOC and ready biodegradability is rising rapidly. Upgrading of downstream manufacturing is also pushing suppliers to transform from simple raw‑material suppliers into integrated solution providers delivering both raw‑material supply and application‑oriented technical support. Industry consensus holds that for Chinese fine‑chemical enterprises expanding into ASEAN markets, price advantage alone is insufficient. To build long‑term and stable partnerships, suppliers need to deliver implementable technical services adapted to local climate, water quality and regulatory standards.
Shanghai Qixuan Chemical Technology Co., Ltd. is a fine‑chemical enterprise integrating R&D, supply‑chain management and application‑oriented technical services. Equipped with an independent application laboratory, it mainly supplies fatty amines and their derivatives, multi‑category surfactants and specialty functional additives, offering standard raw‑material supplies as well as small‑batch custom development services. Its products are widely applied in personal care, industrial cleaning, pesticide emulsification, polyurethane production, mineral flotation and other fields. Guided by technology and leveraging China’s mature supply‑chain strengths, the company keeps expanding its global footprint.
Although the exhibition has concluded, follow‑up work is well underway. For potential business contacts established during this visit, Qixuan Chemical will systematically organize information, dispatch samples and align technical proposals. Moving forward, Shanghai Qixuan Chemical will translate insights obtained from this Indonesia trip into concrete actions. It will continuously optimize product solutions tailored for tropical ASEAN markets, improve overseas compliance documentation and technical‑service capabilities, and steadily expand distribution channels and end‑user bases across Southeast Asia. Building on domestic industrial strengths, the company will actively engage in ASEAN fine‑chemical industrial‑chain collaboration to pursue win‑win partnerships with regional counterparts, and continuously enhance the comprehensive competitiveness of Chinese fine‑chemical products in global markets.
Post time: Aug-19-2026