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 : +65 6817 5744  : +65 6345 5701 IMPROVING PROFITABILITY
 : Hafizah@cmtsp.com.sg 20-21 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia  : Angelia@cmtsp.com.sg
: Cmtevents.com/aboutevent. 10th ICIS Asian Surfactants Conference : Cmtevents.com/aboutevent. BASF to stop adipic acid production at Ludwigshafen
aspx?ev=240925& ICIS aspx?ev=241127&
: Nicol Lange site in 2025
7-10 | Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia  : +020 7911 1393 December 2024
1st GPCA Process Safety Conference  : Nicol.lange@icis.com 2-5 | Muscat, Oman As part of its profi tability improve Ludwigshafen site,” said
Gulf Petrochemical and Chemicals : Events.icis.com/website/14105 18th Annual GPCA Forum ment measures at Ludwigshafen Dr. Katja Scharpwinkel,
Association (GPCA) Gulf Petrochemical and Chemicals (Germany) site, BASF is ending the pro- Member of the Board
 : +971 4 451 0666 - Ext. 122 19-21 | Singapore Association (GPCA) duction of adipic acid, cyclododecanone of Executive Directors,
: Forumregistration@gpca.org.ae Process Innovation Asia-Pacifi c : Jhoanna Kilat (CDon) and cyclopentanone (CPon). Industrial Relations
: Gpca.org.ae/conferences/psc/ Constellar Holdings Pte. Ltd.  : +971 4 451 0666 - Ext. 122 Director of BASF SE
 : +65 6403 2160/+65 6822 2616  : Forumregistration@gpca.org.ae The production plant for CDon and and Director of the
8-10 | Milan, Italy  : Processinnovation@constellar.co : Gpcaforum.com/ CPon will be shut down in the fi rst half of Ludwigshafen Site.
CPHI Milan : Processinnovationapac.com/sg 2025 and the remaining adipic acid pro-
Informa Markets 10-12 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia duction in Ludwigshafen will be closed CDon is the main
: Nidhi Narain 25-26 | Singapore CPHI Middle East in the course of 2025. Approximately 180 raw material to pro-
: +31-20708 1600 21st Phenol/Acetone & Derivatives Tahaluf “An Informa Company” employees will be affected by the plant duce lauryl lactam,
 : N.narain@defacto.co.uk Conference : Menna Tarek closures. The capacity for adipic acid tures to changed market conditions,” a precursor for polyamide 12 (PA 12).
: Cphi.com/europe/en/registration.html : Angelia Lim  : Menna.tarek@informa.com had already been reduced as part of the explained Dr. Stephan Kothrade, CDon is also used in the synthesis of
adjustments to the Verbund structures at Member of the Board of Executive Directors musk fragrances and UV stabilisers.
November 2024 the Ludwigshafen site announced in and Chief Technology Offi cer of BASF. CPon is used as a building block for
5-7 | Bangkok, Thailand February 2023. The remaining adipic acid “We will continue to produce adipic synthesising crop protection agents and
In-cosmetics Asia production was partially continued to acid in Onsan, South Korea, as well active pharmaceutical ingredients, as a
Reed Exhibitions Limited INDIA ensure supplies of raw materials for the as in our joint venture in Chalampé, solvent in the manufacture of semicon-
: Pallavi Oak production of CDon and CPon. France,” he added. ductors, and as a precursor to producing
 : +91-22 6771 6607 special fragrances. Adipic acid is used
: +91-99873 85741 “BASF is taking this step to ensure “These closures are part of the to produce polyamides, polyurethanes,
: In-cosmetics.com/asia/en-gb.html profi tability across the Verbund value development of a long-term target coatings, and adhesives, among other
chains by adjusting production struc- picture for the transformation of the things.
10-14 | Bangkok, Thailand
IFEAT 2024 Bangkok Conference R R POLYOLEFIN ELASTOMERS
The International Federation of Rongsheng Petrochemical begins production at pilot
Essential Oils and Aroma Trades
Ltd. (IFEAT) plant for alpha-olefi ns
 : +44-(0)-1707 245826
 : Contact@ifeat.org
: Conference.ifeat.org Rongsheng Petrochemical has started of 1-hexene with alternative process makes it an excellent engineering
production trials at its polyolefin conditions. material with various applications.
12-13 | Coventry, UK elastomer (POE) raw material plant
SCS Formulate in China. Rongcheng said its successful test Several other Chinese fi rms have
Society of Cosmetic Scientists production of the two monomers will also unveiled plans to build POE plants
 : +44-(0)-1582 726661 The alpha-olefi n pilot production help China reduce reliance on imports in recent years. In January, Rongsheng
 : Gem.bektas@scs.org.uk APRIL 2025 facility at Rongsheng’s base in Zhoushan as the technology to make both the and its second-largest shareholder
: Scsformulate.co.uk/ 29 30 in Zhejiang province, successfully polymer and the monomers were once Saudi Aramco, announced they would
HALL 2, 3 & 6 | BEC | MUMBAI produced high value chemical, 1-octene, highly monopolised. Both 1-octene and partner on a new $9.5-bn facility in
13-15 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia of high quality. 1-hexene are important monomers used Zhoushan. Among the products the
TZMI Congress 2024 to produce POE, a high-performance, joint venture is scheduled to turnout
TZ Minerals International Pty. Ltd. The facility, which uses ethylene as higher value polymer product that can is POE, with a planned capacity of
: Tracey McBain the ingredient, has a production capa- act like plastics and rubbers simul- 200-ktpa. The plant is set to be operational
 : Congress@tzmi.com city of 300-tpa of 1-octene or 1,000-tpa taneously. Its unique physical property in three years.

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