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BASF to Increase Capacity for Butanediol at its Geismar, LA Site

Global capacity to increase to 670,000 metric tons of butanediol per year

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

BASF will increase its production capacities for the chemical intermediate 1,4-butanediol (BDO) by 10% at its site in Geismar, LA, as of 2016. The company will then have a global capacity of BDO of 670,000 metric tons per year.   BASF will also examine further measures to strengthen and to expand its BDO value chain at the Geismar site. To increase the capacities of BDO according to the steadily growing customer demand, BASF continuously implements measures to boost efficiency and improve infr...

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