Chemicals group BASF has announced that the cessation at its Ludwigshafen plant in Germany of production of adipic acid and cyclododecanone may be followed by “further asset adjustment measures”.

The group has made clear that it will continue to manufacture both products, which are building blocks for the production of synthetic fibres, at other sites. In a new strategy presentation on September 26, it said it was considering further measures to make its plant in Ludwigshafen “leaner but stronger”.

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