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Fire Shuts Down BASF Citral Plant in GermanyFire Shuts Down BASF Citral Plant in Germany

BASF’s citral plant in Ludwigshafen will be closed for approximately four weeks as the result of a March 12 fire caused by a technical equipment failure. The company declared a Force Majeure on citral-based aroma chemicals, as well as vitamin A and vitamin E products for human and animal nutrition.

March 19, 2014

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Fire Shuts Down BASF Citral Plant in Germany

LAMPERTHEIM, Germany—BASF’s citral plant in Ludwigshafen will be closed for approximately four weeks as the result of a March 12 fire caused by a technical equipment failure. The company declared a Force Majeure on citral-based aroma chemicals, as well as vitamin A and vitamin E products for human and animal nutrition.

The company’s nutrition and health division is working to limit supply-chain problems for its customers and will supply available in-stock BASF products to its customers on a pro-rata basis.

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