BASF to Build Acrylic Acid and SAP Complex in Brazil

Marcinowski: A fast-growing market. Fadigas: Benefits for the whole chain. BASF has confirmed plans announced earlier this year to invest in a world-scale acrylic acid, butyl acrylate, and superabsorbent polymers (SAP) manufacturing complex in Brazil. The company has selected the Camaçari site in Bahia state for the investment. The complex, which will require an investment in excess of €500 million ($721 million), will consist of the first acrylic acid and SAP manufacturing facilities to be built in South America. It will also be the largest...

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