Ludwigshafen – Global chemicals company BASF is to expand production of a number of its biomass-based raw materials, key ingredients in the manufacture of elastane fibres.
The chemical giant is to ramp up the bio-based production of tetrahydrofuran (THF), Â 1,4-butanediol (BDO), and polytetrahydrofuran (PolyTHF), all of which are used as raw materials in elastane production, at its flagship plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany, as well as at its facility in Geismar, Louisiana. The BASF plant is South Korea has also been certified for the production of PolyTHF.
