BASF to boost production of ‘in demand’ intermediate
06/09/2018
Chemicals group BASF is to increase the production capacity of 1,6-Hexanediol (HDO) at its Ludwigshafen site by more than 50%, taking its total annual output of the intermediate to 70,000 tonnes by 2021. HDO adds value in many applications, BASF said, by giving hydrolysis resistance, flexibility, adhesion and weatherability to the end-products....