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BASF Will Enter L-Menthol Market

by Michael McCoy
June 7, 2010 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 88, Issue 23

BASF has started constructing what it says will be the world’s largest plant for the aroma chemical L-menthol. Slated for Ludwigshafen, Germany, the plant is expected to open in 2012 and create 35 jobs. Gabriel Tanbourgi, head of BASF’s care chemicals division, says L-menthol is the world’s top-selling aroma chemical by volume. He says BASF’s patented production method, part of its citral value chain, yields an extremely pure product.

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