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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...

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