BASF selects Freeport, Texas, for acrylic acid expansion.MOUNT OLIVE Mount Olive is the name of several places: United States of America Cities and towns
named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. acrylic acid acrylic acid /acryl·ic ac·id/ a readily polymerizing liquid used as a monomer for acrylic polymers. capacity at its manufacturing site in Freeport, Texas Freeport is a city in Brazoria County, Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown Metropolitan Area and is situated in Southeast Texas. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the city population was 12,708 and is about sixteen miles away from Angleton. . It is the largest 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 investment in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and includes a 160,000 metric ton per year plant for production of crude acrylic acid. Scheduled for start up in mid-1997, the new unit will more than double BASF's North American acrylic acid capacity, to 300,000 metric tons per year. It will be based on BASF's most advanced technology. Even though BASF's existing acrylic complex in North America is located at Freeport, sites throughout the NAFTA NAFTA in full North American Free Trade Agreement Trade pact signed by Canada, the U.S., and Mexico in 1992, which took effect in 1994. Inspired by the success of the European Community in reducing trade barriers among its members, NAFTA created the world's region were evaluated for the new project. The final decision to expand at Freeport results from the strong support BASF has received from the Brazoria County community. The project also includes two additional capacity expansions for glacial acrylic acid and acrylates. The glacial acrylic acid unit is scheduled for start up in the third quarter of 1996. The acrylates plant will start up after the crude acrylic acid facility. With completion of the project, BASF will be one of the two major acrylic acid producers in North America. The investment is part of BASF's strategy in acrylic acid to strengthen its worldwide leadership. Acrylic acid and its derivatives are also produced at Ludwigshafen, Germany, and a new 160,000 metric ton per year plant, scheduled to come on stream in 1996, is currently under construction at BASF's site at Antwerp, Belgium. Acrylic monomers are used as superabsorbents in disposable diapers and hygiene products, as adhesives for tapes, labels and fabrics, as well in paints, water treatment products and industrial coatings. BASF Corp., headquartered in Mount Olive, N.J., is the North American unit of the BASF Group. With sales of $5.5 billion in 1994, BASF Corp. is among the top 10 producers of chemicals in the United States. Its diversified product mix includes chemicals, nylon fibers, polymers, automotive coatings, colorants, pharmaceuticals, agricultural chemicals and magnetic media. CONTACT: BASF, Mount Olive Felix Gress, 201/426-2305 |
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