21 June 2017
DETAILS
- Capacity at Schwarzheide, Germany,
increased by 70,000 tons per year - Schwarzheide now the biggest compounding site within BASF
- Further expansion of BASF’s flexible global production network
BASF put the expanded compounding plant
at BASF’s Schwarzheide site in Germany into operation.
With the expansion of the plant up to 70,000 tons more
(PA: polyamide) and
(PBT: polybutylene terephthalate)
can be produced each year.
This is a further step in the capacity expansions
with which BASF is responding
to the rising global demand for engineering plastics.
BASF’s worldwide compounding capacity for PA and PBT
will thus reach more than 700,000 tons per year.
About 50 new jobs will be created
Jürgen Becky,
since May 1st, 2017
head of BASF’s business unit Performance Materials Europe
“The bigger plant enables us to accompany
our customers’ growth in the long run,
at the highest technical level and with the best plastics,”
“The expanded plant represents state of the art technology
in the plastics market and gives us even more flexibility
in our production process.”
At the same time, the additional capacity increases flexibility
in the global production network of BASF.
Thus BASF can, for example, meet the higher expectations
of the automotive industry when it comes to
the production of high-volume components.
With the expansion, Schwarzheide is the site
with the biggest PA and PBT compounding capacity
within BASF globally.
Contact BASF
Dr. Ulla Biernat
Phone: +49 621 60-42241
ulla.biernat@basf.com
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