# BASF to expand Irganox 1010 capacity globally

BASF plans to increase global production capacity for antioxidant Irganox 1010 by 40% with expansions in Singapore (doubling capacity, startup 2021) and Kaisten, Switzerland (30% increase, startup 2019), and improvements in McIntosh, Alabama.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-07-10
- Where: Jurong, Singapore, Singapore
- Value: $11.6M (10.0M EUR)
- Starts operating: 2021
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 40% global capacity increase
- Products: Irganox 1010 antioxidant
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [basf.com](https://www.basf.com/global/en/media/news-releases/2018/07/p-18-256), 2018-07-09: "BASF plans to increase the global production capacity for its antioxidant Irganox 1010 by 40% with production expansion projects at its sites in Jurong, Singapore, and Kaisten, Switzerland."
- [chemanager-online.com](https://chemanager-online.com/en/news/basf-coatings-invests-in-china-complex), 2018-08-15: "BASF announced it will expand production capacities for isoindoline yellow pigments by around 70% by 2020 in order to meet rising demand."

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