BASF increases production capacity for methanesulfonic acid in Ludwigshafen

10-Sep-2012 - Germany

After a construction time of nearly two years, BASF has now started up production in the plant extension used to manufacture methanesulfonic acid in Ludwigshafen. BASF is a leading manufacturer of methanesulfonic acid, which is marketed world-wide under the Lutropur® trademark, with a total capacity of 30 000 tonnes per year. Extending the Lutropur®plant has led to the creation of 12 additional jobs in Ludwigshafen.

BASF - The Chemical Company, 2012

After a construction time of nearly two years, BASF has now started up production in the plant extension used to manufacture methanesulfonic acid in Ludwigshafen.

“This increase in capacity is our response to the constant growth in demand for Lutropur®, ” said Dr. Stefan Beckmann, Senior Vice President Home Care & Formulation Technologies Europe.

“We are currently evaluating further options to satisfy the fast growing markets world-wide. Our next step will be in the region Asia/Pacific as we are planning the construction of a new methanesulfonic acid plant in Malaysia,” said Gabriel Tanbourgi, President of Care Chemicals. PETRONAS and BASF agreed in March 2012 to form a new entity (BASF 60%; PETRONAS 40%) to construct and operate a new production facility for methanesulfonic acid and others. These facilities are going to be built at a new site within PETRONAS´s proposed Refinery & Petrochemical Integrated Development (RAPID) complex on Pengerang, Johor, Malaysia.

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