German specialty chemical company, BASF, has boosted its production capacities for the intermediates dimethylethanolamines (DMEOA) and methyldiethanolamine (MDEOA) by 25%. The company now has an aggregate alkylalkanolamine capacity of about 50,000 metric tons per annum. With the capacity increase BASF is responding to the growing demand for these products. Both amines, DMEOA and MDEOA, both produced at the company’s Ludwigshafen site in Germany, are part of an alkylalkanolamine portfolio consisting of altogether 15 products that are also supplied to comply with various specifications and blends.

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