10 May 2013
Details
BASF
plans to begin production of 1,4-butanediol
based on renewable feedstock (renewable BDO)
using the patented process of
Genomatica, San Diego, California, USA.
The one-step fermentation process is based on
sugars
as a renewable feedstocks.
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About the license agreement
- The license agreement allows BASF to build
a world-scale production facility using
Genomatica's process to manufacture
BDO based on renewable feedstock.
- Genomatica will continue to
its patented renewable BDO production process technology
based on sugars while
BASF will produce renewable BDO, which be available
in the second half of 2013 for samplings and trials.
About BDO
- BDO and its derivatives are widely used for producing
* plastics
* solvent
* electronic chemicals and
* elastic fibers
- The starting materials for the production of
conventional BDO is
* natural gas,
* butane,
* butadiene and
* propylene
BASF and BDO
- BASF currently produce BDO and BDO-equivalents at its sites in
* Germany, Ludwigshafen
* USA, Louisiana, Geismar,
* Japan, Chiba
* Malaysia, Kuantan
* China, Caojing
- BASF has an annual capacity of 535,000 tons.
- BASF has recently announced the intention of building
a BDO complex in China
with a capacity of 100,000 tons per year.
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