BASF will modernize and service its acetylene facility at the Ludwigshafen Verbund site, Germany. In the course of these efforts the company will also perform routine maintenance at its facility producing 1,4-butanediol (BDO), which is based on acetylene.

BASF will make use of this period to upgrade its plant technology. In 2012 alone, the company is investing more than €20 million for this purpose.