BASF to increase propionic acid capacity
BASF is increasing its annual production capacity for the chemical intermediate propionic acid at its sites in Ludwigshafen and Nanjing by 30,000 metric tons and 9,000 metric tons, respectively.
Production in Nanjing is ensured by BASF YPC
Co. Ltd ., a
joint venture owned by BASF and the China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation
(Sinopec Corp.). Once the expansion of the two production facilities is
completed – in Nanjing and by mid-2009 in Ludwigshafen – BASF will have the
capacity to make 149,000 metric tons of propionic acid each year.
Co. Ltd ., a
joint venture owned by BASF and the China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation
(Sinopec Corp.). Once the expansion of the two production facilities is
completed – in Nanjing and by mid-2009 in Ludwigshafen – BASF will have the
capacity to make 149,000 metric tons of propionic acid each year.
“With
this investment, we intend to keep responding to our customers growing demand in
a sustainable manner,” said Dr. Walter Gramlich, President of BASF’s
Intermediates Division. The major application of propionic acid is feedgrain
preservation. The organic acid is also widely used in the production of vitamin
E as well as pharmaceutical active ingredients, crop protection agents,
solvents, food preservatives and plastics.
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