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medical devices, food packaging, wallpaper, and fl ooring, the company says. BASF is currently building a


second 100,000 tonne plant in Ludwigshafen to double capacity for its Hexamoll DINCH; production is expected to start at the end of 2013. In January 2013, BASF announced plans to build a plant for the isononanol (INA), which is used as a feedstock for plasticizers like Hexamoll DINCH, through a JV with China’s Sinopec. The plant will be constructed in Maoming, Guangdong, China and is expected to start up in 2015. Evonik began construction of a 40,000 metric tonne


plant for the non-phthalate plasticizer, 1,2-cyclohexane dicarboxylic acid diisononyl ester in Marl, Germany, slated to start production in June this year. This is a new product for Evonik to be marketed under the name Elatur


– it’s chemistry is similar to BASF’s Hexamoll DINCH. The non-phthalate PVC plasticizer is targeted at fl ooring, wire and cable, coated fabric, wall covering, and other applications. Europe is an important target market, the company says. Evonik announced that it plans to also sell bio-based


plasticizers in the near future. In April this year, Oxea


completed construction of its new carboxylic acids plant (used to make


plasticizers, among other products) in Oberhausen, Germany, and it expects to start production soon. The facility will


increase Oxea’s global carboxylic acid capacity by 40%. Oxea increased capacity for its Oxsoft plasticizers last year and is also building a facility


in China. Emerald Kalama announced that it completed a


capacity expansion of its Kalama, Washington, USA plant in June 2013; capacity in Washington has now


Companies such as Evonik and BASF are targeting fl ooring applications with non- phthalate plasticizers


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