Kuantan-BASF Petronas Chemicals(BPC),a joint venture(JV)of BASF and Petronas Chemicals Group(PCG),has decided to invest in an expansion of its 2-ethylhexanoic acid(2-EHA)production plant in Malaysia.The project,to be built at BPC's integrated Verbund site in Kuantan,will double 2-EHA production capacity to 60,000 t/y.Start-up is planned by the fourth quarter of 2024."BPC is one of our strategic JV investments,which capitalizes on the integration between BPC and other PCG plants in the Kuantan Verbund site,"said Mohd Yusri Mo-hamed Yusof,managing director and chief executive of PCG.
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