PUWORLD (2011-8-31)——BASF announced it would lift force majeure on PBT at German factory since 1st September.
BASF declared force majeure on PBT base polymer and compounds on 7 June because of fire occurrence of acetylene plant in Ludwigshafen on 30 May. PBT capacity now in Schwarzheide achieves 100kt/y.
After the fire, BASF announced BDO unit of force majeure on 31 May and this time declared nothing about BDO plant.