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(basf) -- BASF
announced its plans to build a world scale production plant for formic acid at
its integrated "Verbund" site in Geismar, Louisiana.
The new plant will
create 20 new jobs and have an annual capacity of more than 50,000 tons. It will
be the only formic acid production plant in North America and will allow BASF to
better serve strategic markets in North and South America including applications
for pharmaceuticals, energy, animal nutrition, leather and cleaning products.
Start-up of the new plant is expected in the 2nd quarter 2014.
BASF
currently operates two formic acid production plants located at the company’s
integrated Verbund sites in Ludwigshafen, Germany, and Nanjing, China, with a
total annual capacity of more than 255,000 tons.
BASF’s customers
use formic acid as an eco-friendly solution in a wide range of applications such
as in animal feed where it provides protection of the feed and supports the
health of the animal itself. Potassium formate, a salt of formic acid, is an
environmentally friendly and highly efficient de-icing agent used on roads and
airport runways. It is easily biodegradable thereby protecting aquatic wildlife
in nearby rivers and watersheds.
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