BASF is building a new production plant for alkylethanolamines at the Verbund site in Antwerp, Belgium. According to the company, the plant, which is projected to start up in 2024, will increase the global annual production capacity of the company’s alkylethanolamines portfolio by nearly 30 percent to 140,000 metric tons per year.
Alkylethanolamines are mainly used as precursors for flocculants applied in water treatment and in the coatings industry, where they act as binders between pigments and resins. Other applications include gas treatment, fabric softeners, additives for metalworking fluids and polyurethanes.
BASF has approximately 300 different amines in its portfolio. Along with alkyl-, alkanol- and alkoxyalkylamines, the company offers heterocyclic and aromatic, as well as specialty amines; and an expanding portfolio of chiral amines of high optical and chemical purity.
“We see a continuing, growing demand for alkylethanolamines in a broad range of industries such as water treatment, detergents and gas treatment over the next years,” said Dr. Frank Stein of the BASF Intermediates division. “The investment in Antwerp will have a positive effect on the available capacity for alkylalkanolamines.”
In addition to the Antwerp site, BASF has production facilities for its alkylethanolamines portfolio in Ludwigshafen, Germany; Nanjing, China; and Geismar, Louisiana.
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