The plant, however, was erected on the other side of the Rhine river at Ludwigshafen, because the town council of Mannheim was afraid that the air pollution from the chemical plant could bother the inhabitants of the town.
Ettevõte ehitati aga teisele poole Reini jõge, sest tollane linnavalitsus kartis, et keemiatehase tõttu tekkiv õhusaaste võib hakata linnaelanikke häirima.