BASF has started production in new Superabsorbents Excellence Center for its Hygiene Business

Investment at Verbund site in Antwerp, Belgium, to strengthen product development for superabsorbent polymers

30-Oct-2023 - BASF has started production in its state-of-the-art Superabsorbents Excellence Center at its Verbund site in Antwerp, Belgium. The €25 million investment is a clear commitment of the company to the hygiene business as an important part of its acrylics value chain. To increase innovation ...

BASF expands production capacity for emollients and waxes in China

15-Oct-2015 - BASF will expand its emollients and waxes production capacity with a new plant at its site in Jinshan, Shanghai. The investment, complementing the current production of wax esters, emulsifiers and primary surfactants in Jinshan, will further enhance BASF’s local production and better serve the ...

BASF raises prices for formic acid

21-Jun-2010 - Effective immediately, or as existing contracts permit, BASF is raising its prices for formic acid in Europe as follows: Formic acid, 85%: + 30 euros/ton Formic acid, 99%: + 40 euros/ton BASF’s customers use formic acid and mixtures containing formic acid in multiple applications. In animal ...

New firefighting application for superabsorbents

19-Apr-2005 - BASF is continuing to expand its applications portfolio for superabsorbents. Its latest product is an innovative firefighting gel distributed worldwide by Astaris LLC, a leading provider of chemical firefighting solutions, under the brand name Phos-Chek® Focstop (in the United States under the ...

BASF will supply superabsorbents from Mannheim and Antwerp

25-Jun-2001 - BASF has decided not to rebuild its production site in Birkenhead, United Kingdom following a fire on May 16, 2001 that destroyed large parts of the superabsorbents plant. Production had to be completely suspended as a result of the fire. In future, BASF will supply its European customers from ...

BASF starts up a new plant for Superabsorbents in Thailand

12-Jan-2001 - BASF has started up a new plant for the production of superabsorbents in Rayong, Thailand. The plant will have an annual capacity of 20,000 metric tons. The official inauguration will be held today, January 12, 2001, in the presence of Stefan Marcinowski, member of the board of BASF ...