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2006-09-17 News Release

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Chemicals intermediate amine manufacturing expansion

Special amine manufacturing expansion for this chemicals intermediate meets the demands of the gas purification and electronics industries.

BASF is going to expand its annual capacity for manufacturing the special amines aminodiglycol (ADG) and morpholine, from the current 20,000 metric tons to 30,000 metric tons, at its German Verbund site in Ludwigshafen. The expansion of an existing production facility is scheduled to come on stream in the first quarter of 2007. By enhancing its special amines capacity, BASF is responding to the increase in demand by the gas purification and electronics industries. The company makes these products at its Ludwigshafen plant only.

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“By expanding our manufacturing capacity, we accompany our customers’ growth in these innovation-driven businesses,” says Dr. Walter Gramlich, President of the BASF Group’s operating division Intermediates. “This is yet another investment that will make our successful global amines business even stronger.”

Gas purification and the electronics industry are providing a major growth impetus for the chemical intermediate ADG. ADG removes mainly carbon dioxide, which is a known greenhouse gas, as well as other contaminants from natural gas and refinery gases. Inter alia, ADG thus contributes significantly to making the gas liquefaction process easier. In the electronics industry, ADG is used to formulate so-called photoresist strippers; these are special solvents that play a major role in the manufacture of computer chips and LCD screens. ADG is also utilized in the manufacture of cooling lubricants for metal working and to make crop protectants.

BASF Group develops, produces and markets the world's largest range of intermediates. The most important of the division's more than 600 products include amines, diols, polyalcohols and acids. Among other applications, intermediates are used as starting materials for coatings, plastics, pharmaceuticals, textile fibers, detergents and crop protectants.

Major morpholine applications include, for example, the production of vulcanization accelerators in the rubber industry, corrosion inhibitors for use in water treatment, optical brighteners for detergents and paper, as well as pharmaceuticals and crop protecting agents.

With about 140 different amines, BASF has the world’s most diverse portfolio of this type of chemical intermediate. In addition to alkyl-, alkanol-, alkoxyalkylamines, the company also produces heterocyclic and aromatic as well as special amines. In addition the company is marketing a constantly expanding portfolio of chiral amines of high optical and chemical purity. These chemical intermediates are produced in Ludwigshafen and Schwarzheide (Germany), Antwerp (Belgium), Geismar (United States), Camaçari (Brazil) and, since 2005, also in Nanjing, the Verbund site in China.

Apart from the applications mentioned, this diverse line of products is being utilized with great success in manufacturing cosmetics as well as cleaning agents. Its applications also include the production of coatings, special plastics, compound materials and fibers.

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