For Mr Hambrecht, the Verbund represents a huge advantage in an industry in which competition is increasing, especially in Asia.

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At the Verbund, what is left over from one process is used only a few hundred metres away to make something else.

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The verbund process is replicated at BASF plants in Louisiana and Texas, as well as in Belgium, Malaysia and, as of this year, Nanjing, China.

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Yet few sites are as efficient as the Verbund.

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