# BASF opens new automotive coatings plant in Shanghai

BASF's Coatings division inaugurated a new world-scale automotive coatings plant at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park in Caojing, Shanghai, China. The €140 million project is an extension of an existing joint venture plant and will produce solventborne and waterborne coatings.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-12-11
- Where: Shanghai Chemical Industry Park, Caojing, Shanghai, China
- Value: $165.0M (140.0M EUR)
- Starts operating: 11 Dec 2017
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 80,000 metric tons per year
- Products: solventborne automotive coatings, waterborne automotive coatings
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [BASF](https://endata.com/companies/298.md)
- [Sinopec](https://endata.com/companies/1143.md)
- [BASF-YPC Co., Ltd.](https://endata.com/companies/28957.md)
- [BASF](https://endata.com/companies/298.md) (partner)
- [Fluor](https://endata.com/companies/901.md) (partner)
- [Sinopec](https://endata.com/companies/1143.md) (partner)
- [Shanghai Huayi Fine Chemical Co., Ltd.](https://endata.com/companies/28700.md) (partner)
- [BASF-YPC Co., Ltd.](https://endata.com/companies/28957.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [basf.com](https://www.basf.com/jp/en/media/news-releases/asia-pacific/2017/12/new-automotive-coatings-plant-shanghai), 2017-12-10: "The inauguration of this new plant in Shanghai will help us to support the growth of our customers and take an active role in developing the Chinese automotive market."
- [coatingsworld.com](https://www.coatingsworld.com/breaking-news/basf-sinopec-expand-production-capacity-for-neopentylglycol-in-nanjing-china/), 2017-12-20: "With this increased capacity, we will support the fast-growing customer demand for high-quality NPG in China and the Asia Pacific region."
- [newsroom.fluor.com](https://newsroom.fluor.com/news-releases/news-details/2017/Fluor-Completes-Work-on-BASFs-Automotive-Coatings-Plant-in-Shanghai-China/default.aspx), 2017-12-21: "Fluor Corporation announced today that BASF’s Coatings division has opened a new automotive coatings plant at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park in Caojing, Shanghai, China."
- [chemeurope.com](https://www.chemeurope.com/en/news/166175/basf-and-sinopec-expand-production-capacity-for-neopentylglycol-in-nanjing.html), 2017-12-21: "Following the expansion, the annual capacity will be doubled to 80,000 metric tons."
- [pcimag.com](https://www.pcimag.com/articles/104300-basf-and-sinopec-expand-production-capacity-in-china), 2017-12-26: "BASF and SINOPEC will expand the production capacity of neopentylglycol (NPG) at the Verbund site, BASF-YPC Co. Ltd., a 50-50 joint venture in Nanjing, China."
- [patrioun.com](https://www.patrioun.com/news/60/BASF---SINOPEC-add-Capacity-of-Neopentylglycol-in-China), 2018-01-02: "With this increased capacity, we will support the fast-growing customer demand for high-quality NPG in China and the Asia Pacific region."

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