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BASF Breaks Ground on Acrylic Acid Complex at Zhanjiang Verbund Site

Products serve the fast-growing acrylic acid value chain in China and Asia Pacific.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

BASF has broken ground on a new production complex at its Verbund site in Zhanjiang, China, that includes plants for glacial acrylic acid (GAA), butyl acrylate (BA) and 2-ethylhexyl acrylate (2-EHA). Planned to come on stream by 2025, the complex will have an annual production capacity of approximately 400,000 metric tons of BA and 100,000 metric tons of 2-EHA. “The groundbreaking marks a significant milestone in further expanding our production capacities in the acrylics value chain in China...

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