BASF announced plans to invest in a world-scale production site for acrylic acid, butyl acrylate and superabsorbent polymers (SAP) in Camaçari, Bahia, Brazil. It will be the first acrylic acid and superabsorbents plant in South America.

Camaçari, Brazil – BASF announced plans to invest in a world-scale production site for acrylic acid, butyl acrylate and superabsorbent polymers (SAP) in Camaçari, Bahia, Brazil. It will be the first acrylic acid and superabsorbents plant in South America.

In addition, BASF will start to produce 2-ethyl-hexyl acrylate in its existing chemical complex in Guaratinguetá, São Paulo, Brazil. This will be the first plant for this product in South America.

Construction of the new acrylic acid complex will start in 2011. Production is expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2014. The production for 2-ethyl-hexyl acrylate in Guaratinguetá is expected to start in 2015 on the basis of acrylic acid produced in Camaçari.