# BASF and Red Avenue New Materials Group partner for PBAT production in China

BASF licensed Red Avenue New Materials Group to produce and sell certified compostable co-polyester (PBAT) using BASF's technology. Red Avenue will build a 60,000 metric ton PBAT plant in Shanghai, with production starting in 2022.

- Type: Partnership
- Announced: 2020-05-27
- Where: Shanghai, China
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 60,000 metric tons per year
- Products: certified compostable aliphatic-aromatic co-polyester (PBAT), ecoflex
- 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) (partner)
- [Red Avenue New Materials Group](https://endata.com/companies/47497.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [basf.com](https://www.basf.com/dk/en/media/news-releases/2020/05/p-20-205), 2020-05-27: "Red Avenue New Materials Group will build a 60,000 metric tons PBAT plant in Shanghai, using BASF`s process technology in exchange for the access to raw material from this plant which BASF will sell as ecoflex®."

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