1 Surfactants for use in the manufacture of detergents, personal care products, textile auxiliaries and pharmaceutical preparations; chemicals for use in or as wetting, emulsifying, solubilizing and dispersing agents in the detergent, cosmetic, pharmaceutical, agrochemical, textile, leather, paints, paper, plastics, cement, oil, and metal industries; alcohol alkoxylates, in particular, alkyl phenol alkoxylates and ethers, for wetting and emulsifying agents in the detergent, cosmetic, pharmaceutical, agrochemical, textile, leather, paints, paper, plastics, cement, oil and metal industries