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Fire at BASF in Ludwigshafen Impacts Supply Chain for Many

A fire at BASF’s Ludwigshafen Headquarters on October 17th, 2016 has killed three people and injured several.  BASF reported the explosion happened during work on a pipeline which transported raw materials. Due to the blast, two steamcrackers at BASF were taken offline because of an interruption in raw material supply.  Last Wednesday BASF reported that... Read more »