Polyacetal plastics production increase

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2007-02-08 News Release

Polyacetal plastics production increase

BASF is expanding production capacity for Ultraform engineering plastics at the Ludwigshafen site to meet growing demands in Europe and Asia.

The engineering plastic Ultraform* expansion will increase production capacity by one third, from roughly 41,000 to 55,000 metric tons per year and will be completed in the first quarter of 2008.

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“Thanks to this increase in capacity, we can grow along with our Ultraform customers in Europe while meeting some of the growing demand from Asia as well,” explains Willy Hoven-Nievelstein, head of BASF’s Business Unit Engineering Plastics Europe. “Annual market growth of this plastic is about four percent in Europe and more than six percent in Asia, involving consumer goods as well as capital goods,” according to Hoven-Nievelstein.

VW Golf audio speaker grill moulded from Ultraform. Click Go for High resolution image. photo: HB-Plastics

Ultraform, chemically a POM (polyoxymethylene, also referred to as polyacetal), is processed directly into technical components such as cogwheels, ball bearings or clips. However, fuel pumps, loudspeaker grilles, toy parts and the brewing units of many commercially available coffee machines are likewise made of Ultraform. The reason behind this wide spectrum of applications is that the material combines good sliding-friction and resilience behaviour with high resistance against chemicals and very good mechanical properties.

BASF's portfolio ranges from chemicals, plastics, performance products, agricultural products and fine chemicals to crude oil and natural gas.

* Ultraform is a registered trademark of BASF.

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