BASF Raising BDO and Derivatives Prices

BASF to increase prices for diols and derivatives in North America

03/01/2013| 10:13am US/Eastern

FLORHAM PARK, NJ, March 1, 2013 --Effective April 1, 2013, or as contracts allow, BASF will increase its list and off-list prices in North America for butanediol (BDO), gamma-butyrolactone (GBL), and N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) by $0.04 per pound. List and off-list prices for tetrahydrofuran (THF) and polytetramethylene ether glycol (PolyTHF) will be increased by $0.06 per pound.

Butanediol and its derivatives are used for producing engineering plastics, polyurethanes, solvents, electronic chemicals and elastic fibers.

 

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