06-03-2013

BASF and Xinjiang Markor Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. (Markor) plan to establish two joint ventures for the production of butanediol (BDO) and polytetrahydrofuran (PolyTHF® , chemical name: polytetramethylene ether glycol ) in Korla, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Northwest China. The joint ...

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24-01-2013

BASF and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation have completed a joint feasibility study and taken the next steps in the establishment of a world-scale isononanol (INA) plant in Maoming. Under the terms of the feasibility study, a new 50-50 joint venture will be formed, BASF MPCC Co. Ltd. ...

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Expansion of Pudong site with €55 million investment

09-11-2012

BASF inaugurated its first BASF Innovation Campus Asia Pacific and its new Greater China headquarters. The €55 million expansion of BASF’s site in Pudong, Shanghai, where the new facilities are located, marks the company’s most important innovation investment in the region to date. Ultimately ...

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02-08-2012

BASF and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (SINOPEC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further strengthen their cooperation by jointly exploring the possibility of building a world-scale isononanol (INA) plant in Maoming Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone, Maoming, ...

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11-05-2012

BASF Venture Capital GmbH has participated with $5 million in the China Environment Fund (CEF) IV, L.P. Other investors include key development financial institutions, renowned family offices, strategic multinational corporations, and Fortune 500 companies. The China Environment Fund is a ...

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New acrylic acid plant to be established

12-01-2012

BASF and SINOPEC inaugurated the $1.4billion second phase of their integrated petrochemical site in Nanjing, bringing crucial chemicals to the China market that will support the development of more sustainable local industries. “Through this successful partnership, we are able to bring vital ...

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Steam cracker capacity increase completed

13-10-2011

The first production facilities in the $1.4 billion expansion of BASF-YPC Company Limited have now begun operations. Along with the successful completion of the steam cracker expansion, the newly constructed butadiene extraction plant and the non-ionic surfactants plant are now ...

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Facility to start up by 2014

28-03-2011

BASF, has received approval for a 400,000 metric tons per year MDI (diphenylmethane diisocyanate) project in Chongqing, China. The investment will total RMB 8 billion (approximately €860 million). The facility, which will produce a core component mainly used for polyurethane foams, is ...

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Foster growth of key industries through customized service and customer support

30-09-2010

BASF announced that it will further strengthen its global service and production network with a new System House in Tianjin, the largest modern manufacturing base and trading center in northern China with a population of over 12 million residents. The new site is planned to operate from 2012 ...

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Production planned to start up in 2012

28-09-2010

BASF has decided to establish a wholly-owned world-scale production base for water treatment and paper chemicals in Nanjing, China, with the construction of a 40,000 t/a quaternized cationic monomers plant and a 20,000 t/a cationic polyacrylamides plant. The two BASF plants are expected to ...

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