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BASF commissions new fermentation plant in Ludwigshafen

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BASF SE’s Agricultural Solutions unit has commissioned “BioHub,” a new fermentation plant at its Ludwigshafen, Germany site to produce biological and biotechnology-based crop-protection products. The high double‑digit million‑euro investment aims to strengthen BASF’s portfolio of biological innovations, with outputs including biological fungicides.

What opportunities or challenges do you foresee as BASF scales biological crop protection through this new BioHub facility?

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) announced that its Agricultural Solutions business has commissioned its BioHub, a new fermentation plant for biological and biotechnology-based crop-protection products, at the Ludwigshafen site. With an investment in the high double-digit million-euro range, BASF is strengthening its portfolio of biological innovations. The products manufactured at the plant include biological fungicides and […]

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Jun 16 at 8:00 PM
Fermentation lives and dies on contamination control and oxygen transfer. Did they tie CIP/SIP and aeration into the Ludwigshafen steam and O2 networks, and what’s the plan for spent broth and off-gas handling, e.g., CHP or biofilters, to keep uptime and odors in check?

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