Produktionsleiter Mark Hughes prüft die zum Reaktor führenden Leitungen der Methylamin-Kolonnen. Die Anlage ist die jüngste am BASF Verbundstandort Geismar, Louisiana, und nahm 2012 die Produktion auf. Methylamin wird für die Produktion von Pflanzenschutzmitteln, Kosmetika, Reinigungsmitteln, Pharmazeutika, Textilfasern, Lösungsmitteln und Futtermittelzusatzstoffen.
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Die Proben des Hochleistungsdämmstoffs werden in ein Rasterelektronenmikroskop eingesetzt. Das Gerät macht die Porengröße und Zellmorphologie des Dämmstoffs sichtbar.

BASF is the world's leading chemical company. We offer our customers intelligent system solutions and sophisticated products.

The BASF Group has been active on the African continent for close to 90 years. The company has been exporting colorants and intermediates to Kenya from its headquarters in Ludwigshafen, Germany, since the end of the 1920s. The key industries are construction, textiles, agriculture, automotive and the health care and plastics sectors.

BASF in Africa is divided into four country clusters, with headquarters in Midrand, South Africa for Southern Africa; Nairobi, Kenya for East Africa; Lagos, Nigeria for West Africa and Morocco for North-West Africa.  BASF employs around 1600 people in Africa. Since 2016, the BASF African headquarters is based in Nairobi, Kenya.