BASF TO OPEN NEW INDIA CHEMICALS PLANT – TEXTILE CUSTOMERS WILL BENEFIT

BY KEITH NUTHALL

GERMAN chemicals giant BASF is opening a new Euro EUR150 million chemical plant in Gujarat, India, by 2014, producing chemicals used by the textile sector. This Dahej factory will include care chemicals manufacturing, making surfactants for formulations used in textile and footwear manufacture, said a BASF communiqué. It will also produce 'Acronal' and 'Styrofan', key ingredients for adhesives. "We will...serve our customers better by developing solutions that meet their individual needs," said a BASF spokesman.

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