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BASF Plans Amines For Nanjing Site

by Jean-François Tremblay
March 10, 2014 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 92, Issue 10

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DMAPA is an ingredient in body washes and shampoos.
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Credit: BASF
DMAPA is an ingredient in body washes and shampoos.

BASF will build a plant at its complex in Nanjing, China, that makes dimethylaminopropylamine (DMAPA) and polyether­amines. To open by the end of next year, the plant will be similar to BASF facilities already operating in Germany and the U.S. DMAPA is mainly used to make betaine surfactants for personal care products. Polyetheramines are used by makers of epoxy curing agents for plastics, polyurea coatings, adhesives, and wind blade composites.

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