# BASF completes $163.7M expansion of automotive coatings plant in Caojing, China

BASF expanded its automotive coatings plant in Caojing, Shanghai, with an investment estimated at $163.7 million. The project added new production lines, a solvent recovery unit, and other infrastructure, and was completed on time and 10% under budget.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-09-27
- Where: Caojing, Shanghai, China
- Value: $163.7M
- Starts operating: Sep 2018
- Status: completed
- Products: automotive coatings
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [BASF](https://endata.com/companies/298.md)
- [BASF Shanghai Coatings](https://endata.com/companies/34567.md)
- [Fluor](https://endata.com/companies/901.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [enr.com](https://www.enr.com/articles/45277-global-best-projects-award-of-merit-powerindustrial-basf-automotive-coatings-plant), 2018-09-27: "Expansion of this coatings plant in Shanghai province—an investment that chemical maker BASF estimated at $163.7 million in a 2017 announcement—delivered to the German owner and its local partner a facility that includes new production lines, a solvent recovery unit and other infrastructure."
- [marketscreener.com](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/FLUOR-CORPORATION-41148781/news/Fluor-Contributions-on-BASF-Automotive-Coatings-Plant-in-China-Honored-as-a-Global-Best-by-Enginee-27363174/), 2018-10-03: "Fluor Corporation announced today that Engineering News-Record magazine has honored BASF's new automotive coatings plant in Caojing, China with an Award of Merit in the 2018 Global Best Projects Awards."

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