BASF to shut down adipic acid production at Ludwigshafen next year
Tom Brown
29-Aug-2024
LONDON (ICIS)–BASF is to end production of adipic acid and several downstream units at Ludwigshafen, Germany, as part of structural changes underway at the site, the company said on Thursday.
Production of adipic acid will conclude at the site over the course of 2025, while units to manufacture cyclododecanone (CDon) and cyclopentanone (CPon), which utilize adipic acid as a raw material, will cease in the first half of the year.
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