BASF Closing Wilmington Plant

WILMINGTON, N.C.– BASF announced that it will be closing its Wilmington, North Carolina, formulated vitamins manufacturing site by March 31, 2009. The facility, a part of BASF’s Care Chemicals Division, manufactures formulated vitamin C products, formulated B vitamin products and FreshSeal polymer-based fruit and vegetable coatings. After the site closure, BASF will no longer produce formulated B vitamin products. Production of FreshSeal will be transferred to another location.