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BASF invests big in ibuprofen

by Michael McCoy
July 3, 2017 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 95, Issue 27

BASF will spend about $225 million to increase its capacity for the bulk analgesic ibuprofen. The company says it will expand its existing facility in Bishop, Texas, next year and build a new facility by 2021 at its headquarters in Ludwigshafen, Germany. BASF says the new plant will be Europe’s first large ibuprofen facility. The firm claims to have a unique, eco-efficient manufacturing process.

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