BASF adds new complex in Lemf?rde

Fifty years after its founding sees BASF Polyurethanes GmbH in Lemf?rde continuing its success story. With the construction of a new production complex for thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) the enterprise is making the biggest single investment at the site to date. The complex will comprise five buildings covering a total area of over 4,500 square metres and reaching up to twenty metres in height. Alongside the production hall fitted with state-of-the-art production technology there will be storage areas, tanks and an office block. Thermoplastic polyurethanes are manufactured for the global market under the brand name Elastollan?. The total investment will run into tens of millions of euros. In the medium term about 20 new jobs will be created. Completion of the new production complex and start of production is planned for the end of 2014.The production complex will follow other on-going expansion projects at the BASF site which include the development of a further stretch of land on which the construction of a pilot plant building with a test plant for the development of novel rigid foam polyurethane applications has just been completed. www.basf.com