# BASF to build engineering plastics and TPU plants at Zhanjiang Verbund site

BASF plans to build an engineering plastics compounding plant and a thermoplastic polyurethane plant at its new integrated Verbund site in Zhanjiang, China. The engineering plastics plant will add 60,000 metric tons per year of capacity by 2022.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-05-20
- Where: Zhanjiang, Guangdong province, China
- Starts operating: 2022
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 60,000 metric tons per year of engineering plastics compounds
- Products: engineering plastics compounds, thermoplastic polyurethane
- 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)

## Sources

- [basf.com](https://www.basf.com/global/en/media/news-releases/2019/05/p-19-212), 2019-05-20: "Less than a year after we signed the first MoU, we are delighted to announce the first plants to be established at our smart Verbund site in Zhanjiang."
- [plasticsandrubberasia.cn](https://www.plasticsandrubberasia.cn/en/news/china-plants-clariant-launches-new-masterbatch-plant-in-guangzhou-basf-to-build-engineering-plasticstpu-plants-in-zhejiang/), 2019-05-28: "German chemicals firm BASF is to build engineering plastics and thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU) plants at a new site in Zhejiang."
- [extrusion-info.com](https://www.extrusion-info.com/news/1774), 2019-06-05: "BASF plans to build an engineering plastics compounding plant and a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) plant at the company's proposed integrated chemical production ('Verbund') site in Zhanjiang, China."

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