An important "plus" is a 30,000 tpa capacity compounding plant at Wilton (under the name "Procom"). Added is its existing PP capacity ("Novolen" brand), the new acquisition gives BASF some 600,000 tpa ...
The polymer is currently being produced in a 10,000 t/y gas phase plant at Ludwigshafen using BASF's "Novolen" process. Kablitz said market studies show that demand for metallocene PP will rise to as ...