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BASF Verbund Ludwigshafen — Care Chemicals / Surfactants
BASF's headquarters Verbund complex in Ludwigshafen is the largest contiguous chemical complex in the world (~10 km²; ~200 production plants; 30,000+ employees on site). The Care Chemicals division produces SLES (Texapon N 70) here via falling-film SO3 sulfonation of ethoxylated fatty alcohols. Fatty alcohols are supplied from BASF's own production or from Wilmar/KLK OLEO. The Verbund integration means ethylene oxide (for ethoxylation) is piped from BASF's own crackers — a structural cost and supply advantage over standalone surfactant plants. Source: https://www.basf.com/global/en/who-we-are/organization/locations/europe/german-sites/ludwigshafen.html
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