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BASF citral plant, Ludwigshafen, Germany © BASF

Expanded BASF vitamin A plant in final testing phase

By Jane Byrne

BASF reports that the construction phase of the expansion project for its vitamin A formulation plant at its Verbund site in Ludwigshafen, Germany, ran as scheduled, with the build completed in May.

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March 2022: Hired and Retired

By Jane Byrne

This month sees career related developments linked to Cargill, Nutreco and BASF, among other organizations.

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Have vitamin E prices been affected by the m-cresol outage?

By Jane Byrne

There would not seem to be major volatility in vitamin E pricing since November last year when a force majeure was announced by LANXESS for the production of m-cresol, an intermediate in the manufacture of vitamin E, at its site in Germany.