New BASF plants inaugurated
BASF has opened two new manufacturing plants at its site in Freeport, Texas. The first is a production line for polyamide 6 (nylon) and the second a plant for super-absorbent polymers (SAP).
The polyamide production line replaces a facility in Enka, North Carolina, and has an annual capacity of 120,000 metric tons per year.
The new SAP facility is supplied with acrylic acid by another BASF plant at the Freeport site which is more efficient in terms of logistics and product quality. It replaces existing facilities in Aberdeen, Mississippi, and Portsmouth, Virginia, and its production capacity is 180,000 metric tons per year.
Polyamide 6 is primarily used to produce polyamide polymers for engineering plastics as well as fibres for textiles, carpets and industrial applications.
