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BASF starts enzymes plant

July 10, 2006 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 84, Issue 28

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BASF recently opened this new enzymes plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany.
Credit: BASF Photo
BASF recently opened this new enzymes plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany.

BASF has opened a plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany, that manufactures the feed enzyme phytase. Phytase helps pigs and poultry to digest naturally occurring phosphorus, allowing farmers to add less inorganic phosphates to animal feed. BASF announced in 2003 that it would build the plant to allow it to end a feed enzyme marketing alliance with DSM. The new plant will also produce xylanase and β-glucanase for animal feed use.

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