BASF to build new DHDPS plant in Ludwigshafen
DHDPS is produced by means of a new, complex process developed by BASF itself. Implementing the research findings in a large-scale plant as well as obtaining the requisite high-quality DHDPS for further processing into Ultrason posed a great challenge to the researchers. Assistance for the plastics experts came from BASF's integrated network, the "Verbund": "Our colleagues from Leather Chemicals have extensive know-how when it comes to the production of DHDPS, which has been made so far in a small plant and in a different grade for a completely different application purpose, namely, for tanning leather. We collaborated with them to transfer the new process to an industrial-scale plant," explains Matthias Dietrich, head of BASF's Ultrason® global business unit.
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