Germany, Feb. 16 -- BASF's Intermediates division is taking decisive steps to further strengthen supply security for its European customers in the 1,4?butanediol (BDO) value chain. By gradually increasing production output at its BDO plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany, BASF aims to support customers with stable and reliable supply across Europe as they navigate the implications of recent BDO anti?dumping proceedings.Thanks to its highly integrated Verbund structure encompassing the entire acetylene value chain, the company's increased BDO output reinforces the availability of key derivative products such as tetrahydrofuran (THF), polytetrahydrofuran (PolyTHF(R)) and N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) from BASF. This integrated setup supports critical do...