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BASF to reduce production capacity of polyamide starting material

12/09/2016
BASF is realigning its caprolactam production in Europe and will gradually reduce annual capacity by 100,000 tonnes to 400,000 tonnes over the next 18 months. In Ludwigshafen, parts of the caprolactam production as well as plants producing the precursors anolone and oleum will be closed.

Caprolactam is the starting material for the plastic polyamide 6. BASF’s polyamide 6 value chain ranges from precursors such as ammonia to engineering plastics.

“The realigned production structure will further enhance our competitiveness,” said Joachim Queisser, head of BASF’s European polyamides business unit.

The measures will affect around 80 employees in Ludwigshafen, all of whom will be offered new jobs at the site.

In 2013, BASF adjusted its production capacity for adipic acid, a precursor for the plastic polyamide 6.6, by more than 20% to 210,000 tonnes annually.

BASF operates polyamide production plants in Ludwigshafen, Germany; Antwerp, Belgium; Freeport, Texas and Shanghai, China.


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