Second production facility for admixtures in Russia
BASF opened a new production plant for concrete admixtures in Kazan, Russia. Together with the facility inaugurated in Podolsk near Moscow in 2012, BASF now supplies the Russian construction sector from two production sites.
At its Kazan site, BASF manufactures 20 varieties of concrete admixtures, including products based on polycarboxylate ether (PCE) technology. Production focuses on innovative admixtures for accelerated concrete curing and prolonged workability even at low temperatures. When formulating admixtures, the BASF experts factor in the properties of the regional cement and other...