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BASF announces butane diol production expansion

21/01/2015

Chemicals group BASF has announced that it will increase its production capacities for the chemical intermediate 1,4-butanediol (BDO) by 10% at its site in Geismar, Louisiana. The expansion will be complete in 2016. This move will give the company a global capacity to make 670,000 tonnes of BDO per year. The intermediate is used in a wide variety ...

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