BASF to increase capacity for Hexanediol at its Ludwigshafen site
Ludwigshafen, Germany – 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.
“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,” said Dr. Andrea Frenzel, President, BASF Intermediates Division. “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, adds: “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.”
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.
Related parks
Investments
Countries
Companies
Latest news
Shell to build one of Europe’s biggest biofuels facilities in Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Shell announced to build an 820,000-tonnes-a-year biofuels facility that will be among the biggest in Europe to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel made from waste.
Cooperation Uniper and Port of Rotterdam Authority in production green hydrogen
The companies have entered into an agreement for developing the production of green hydrogen at the Uniper location on Maasvlakte.
Huntsman Increases Polyurethane Catalyst and Specialty Amine Capacity in Petfurdo, Hungary
The additional capacity builds upon our previous expansions to further improve our capability and expand our product range of polyurethane catalysts and specialty amines
CIECH begins next stage of production capacity expansion in silicates segment in Żary, Poland
The new investment, valued at approximately PLN 80 million (approx. €18 mln), will increase its production capacity by 30% and strengthen the chemical group's position as the leading supplier of so...