4 September 2018
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BASF intends to increase the production capacity of
1,6-Hexanediol (HDO)
at its Ludwigshafen Verbund site
by more than 50 percent.
After the start-up in 2021,
BASF’s global annual nameplate capacity of HDO
will be more than 70,000 metric tons per year
at its production facilities in
* Ludwigshafen, Germany and
* Freeport, Texas, United States.
HDO adds value in many applications
by giving hydrolysis resistance, flexibility, adhesion
and weatherability to the end-products.
Due to its superior performance compared to other materials,
BASF’s customers use the intermediate
to formulate high quality industrial, automotive,
wood or leather coatings, polyurethane plastics,
adhesives and cosmetics.
HDO also serves as a raw material for
environmentally-friendly applications including
low volatile organic compound formulations
for coatings and adhesives.
In addition there is the production of reactive thinners
in the formulation of epoxy systems
which are used for the efficient production of rotor blades
for modern wind turbines and many other applications
Dr. Andrea Frenzel,
President, BASF Intermediates Division
“By increasing our HDO production capacity,
we will continue to support
the fast-growing customer demand
for high-quality HDO formulations globally.
The expansion is in line with the general trend
for high performance
and environmentally friendly technologies
in the automotive, furniture and packaging industry,”
“As one of the leading global producers of HDO
with decades of experience, we have
highly efficient manufacturing processes and
are supplying HDO to our customers across all regions.”
Michael Britt,
Senior Vice President, BASF Intermediates Europe
“With the investment we provide our customers
more flexibility and reliability of supply than we did before.
The volumes from the additional capacity in Ludwigshafen
will mainly serve the strong European customer base
as well as the fast growing Asian market.”
Media Relations
Klaus-Peter Rieser
Phone: +49 621 60-95138
klaus-peter.rieser@basf.com
67056 Ludwigshafen
presse.kontakt@basf.com
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