BASF has started up a new plant for the production of low-molecular-weight, highly reactive polyisobutene (HR PIB) at its site in Ludwigshafen, Germany, thus increasing its annual capacity by 25,000 metric tons to 40,000 metric tons. The polymer, marketed worldwide under the Glissopal trademark, is an important intermediate product for the manufacture of additives for fuels and lubricants.
The present increase in capacity is the second significant one within the last two years. In April 2008 BASF increased its annual capacity for Glissopal at its site in Antwerp, Belgium by 25,000 metric tons to 100,000 metric tons.
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