BASF declares Force Majeure on certain products following fire

As a result of the fire incident earlier this month, BASF has declared Force Majeure for the supply of dispersions, dispersion powders and hotmelts on acrylic monomer products from its sites in Ludwigshafen and Tarragona until further notice.

Affected products include Acronal, acResin, Acrodur, Acrosol E 20 D, AQAGloss, Basonal, Col.9, Epotal and Luhydran.

While the plants for these products are not affected by the incident, BASF says there have been impacts on logistics as well as raw materials. Due to the fire, the raw material supply of the steam crackers was halted; also other Verbund plants were idled or production reduced. Many plants, such as one of the steam crackers, have resumed operations in the meantime.

BASF says as of October 31, product inventories are “nearly exhausted” and production output is restricted due to ongoing limited access to key raw materials.

Under the current circumstances a delivery via barge, rail or tank car is also limited.

BASF added that it is currently not able to specify how long the situation will last, however, says it is implementing measures to limit the consequences for its customers and will continuously inform them about the development and the details regarding the supply capability with the affected products.