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BASF raises prices for ethanolamines, ethyleneamines and isopropanolamines in Europe

Wednesday 03. February 2010 - With immediate effect, BASF is increasing the sales prices for ethanolamines, ethyleneamines and isopropanolamines in Europe as follows, existing contracts permitting:

Ethanolamines: Monoethanolamine (MEOA) + 50 €/t
Triethanolamine (TEOA) + 50 €/t
Ethyleneamines: Ethylenediamine (EAD) + 50 €/t
Diethylenetriamine (DETA) + 50 €/t
Aminoethylethanolamine (AEEA) + 50 €/t
Piperazine + 50 €/t
AMIX 1000 + 50 €/t
Isopropanolamines: Monoisopropanolamine (MIPOA) + 60 €/t
Diisopropanolamine (DIPOA) + 60 €/t
Triisopropanolamine (TIPOA) + 60 €/t

MEOA, TEOA, EDA, DETA, AEEA, piperazine and AMIX 1000 are high-class intermediates used in the manufacture of agrochemicals, paper chemicals and wood protectants, surfactants for detergents and cleaning products, active pharmaceutical ingredients, process chemicals for gas treatment, as well as lubricants and cement additives. BASF produces MEOA and TEOA at its Verbund sites in Ludwigshafen, Germany, and Antwerp, Belgium, and ethyleneamines at the Antwerp Verbund site.

MIPOA, DIPOA and TIPOA prove their value inter alia in the production of gas treatment process chemicals, cement additives, lubricants, surfactants for detergents and cleaning products, as well as agrochemicals and coatings. BASF makes MIPOA, DIPOA and TIPOA at its Verbund site in Ludwigshafen.