BASF is building a world-scale production plant for acetylene at its Ludwigshafen site. The plant will start up at the end of 2019 and replace the existing plant. The new facility will have the capacity to produce 90,000 metric tons of acetylene per year and will use the world’s most efficient production process. Approximately 20 production facilities at the Ludwigshafen site use acetylene as a starting material for many other products and value chains.   “With the new plant, we are strengthen...