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(basf) -- BASF
officially inaugurated its new world-scale production plant for sodium methylate
in Guaratingueta, Brazil, its largest site in South America. The plant has a
capacity of 60,000 metric tons per year and is supplying the regional market.
Production started at the end of 2011 and the plant has been continuously
delivering excellent product quality. It is the first BASF plant for this
product in South America and the second in the world, in addition to a plant in
Ludwigshafen, Germany. Capital expenditure for the project was in the low
double-digit million euro range.
"This investment in the new plant
responds to the growing market opportunity for biodiesel in the region. As
announced last year, we are planning to build a second plant in South America in
order to accompany South America’s intended growth for biodiesel," said Dr.
Alfred Hackenberger, BASF President for South America. |
