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BASF Increases Production Capacity for Chelating Agents

Responds to growing global demand for readily biodegradable chelating agents for detergents and cleaners.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

BASF is investing in its production facilities to manufacture chelating agents at its site in Ludwigshafen, Germany. By increasing the production capacity, the company is responding to the rapidly growing global demand for its chelating agents, such as the readily biodegradable Trilon M (methylglycinediacetic acid) for use in detergents and cleaners. The project is scheduled for completion by the end of 2016.   Trilon M is a special high-performance alternative to phosphate in automatic dishwa...

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