
BASF increases BDO production in Ludwigshafen
BASF's Intermediates division is increasing supply security for its European customers along the 1,4-butanediol (BDO) value chain.

BASF's Intermediates division is increasing supply security for its European customers along the 1,4-butanediol (BDO) value chain.

Qore, a joint venture of Minnesota-based Cargill and Germany-based Helm, is officially starting production of Qira, the world’s first large-scale 1,4-butanediol (BDO) made from locally grown dent corn.

Johnson Matthey is providing its butanediol (BDO) technology to China’s Fujian Zhongjing Petrochemical, which plans to build three new plants in phases. The BDO will be used as feedstock for producing 600,000 t/y of biodegradable plastic polybutylene adipate terephthalate.


