NEWS FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE August 2022 7 global liquid feed additive market is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 5% and is expected to increase its share of the feed additive space throughout 2025. “This new location gives us great flexibility in our liquid feed additive filling sizes – we can now fill from 500 millilitres to 25,000 litres,” says Eckhard Thölke. “We can better align our services with our customers’ demands without sacrificing our core mission of safe animal nutrition”. The facility will also serve as a climate-controlled warehouse to ensure product availability and quicker production times. Sixty new workspaces are also provided to meet the needs of the company’s increasing staff. German chemicals giant BASF is expanding its world-scale formulation capacities at its Verbund site in Ludwigshafen. The state-of-the art facility will support and further expand the production of high-quality vitamin A powder products for the animal nutrition industry. BASF is strengthening its market position in vitamin A by expanding its world-scale formulation capacities at its Verbund site in Ludwigshafen. The state-of-the art facility, which is fully integrated into vitamin production at the site, will support and further expand the production of high-quality vitamin A powder products for the animal nutrition industry. Start-up is planned for mid-2023 and will stepwise increase BASF’s vitamin A powder formulation capacities in line with the increased vitamin A acetate production capacity. The expansion of the vitamin A acetate plant in Ludwigshafen was successfully completed in 2021, increasing BASF’s total annual nameplate capacity for vitamin A acetate to 3,800 metric tons. With the expansion of the formulation plant, BASF is further enhancing its vitamin A production footprint. Close integration of the powder plant facility into the BASF Verbund will additionally ensure a best-in-class CO2 footprint and an efficient use of resources. BASF is a leading global producer of vitamin A for animal nutrition. With the expansion of the worldscale formulation plant, BASF supports its customers’ growth plans and emphasizes the role of vitamin A as a strategic pillar for the animal nutrition business. “This investment is part of our new operating model, leveraging and further strengthening core product platforms of our nutrition ingredients business. It underlines our ambition to meet market demands for vitamin A in the long term and ensures reliable, high-quality supply to our customers.” said Julia Raquet, Senior Vice President of the new global business unit Nutrition Ingredients. BASF expands world-scale vitamin A formulation plant in Ludwigshafen
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