# BASF to invest over €200 million in plastic additives capacity

BASF plans to invest more than €200 million globally in its plastic additives business over five years, about half in Asia, focusing on capacity expansions and operational excellence.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2016-11-08
- Value: $216.0M (200.0M EUR)
- Status: announced
- Products: plastic additives
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [BASF](https://endata.com/companies/298.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [chemengonline.com](https://www.chemengonline.com/author/gondrey/page/82/), 2016-11-10: "Within the next five years, BASF SE plans to invest globally more than €200 million in its plastic additives business"

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