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.

“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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