BASF to raise production capacity for engineering plastic Ultraform~R in Ludwigshafen

摘要

BASF is expanding the production capacity for its engineering plastic Ultraform~R at the Ludwigshafen site.The expansion from roughly 41,000 to 55,000 metric tons per year will be completed in the first quarter of 2008."Thanks to this increase in capacity,we can grow along with our Ultraform customers in Europe while meeting some of the growing demand from Asia as well,"explains Willy Hoven-Nievelstein,head of BASF's Business Unit Engineering Plastics Europe.