BASF opens new Lutropur MSA plant.* BASF BASF Bar Association of San Francisco (since 1872; San Francisco, California) BASF Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik (German chemical products company) BASF Builders Association of South Florida has opened a new 10,000 metric ton per year methanesulfonic acid meth·ane·sul·fon·ic acid n. A liquid soluble in water, alcohol, and ether used as a reaction catalyst. (MSA (Metropolitan Service Area) An urban area with at least 50,000 people plus surrounding counties. There are 306 MSAs and 428 RSAs (rural service areas) in the U.S. MSAs and RSAs are used to allocate cellular licenses. ) plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany to serve the North American metal electroplating electroplating: see plating. electroplating Process of coating with metal by means of an electric current. Plating metal may be transferred to conductive surfaces (e.g., metals) or to nonconductive surfaces (e.g. , electronic component and chemical industries. The new plant produces Lutropur MSA, a colorless and odorless product that is essentially free of chlorine and metals. "This new plant makes BASF one of the world's leading suppliers of methanesulfonic acid," said Dino Karanikas, director, performance chemicals, BASF Corp. "The addition of this product to our line enables BASF to be a valuable supplier to these markets in North America." |
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