# BASF starts construction on TPU plant in Zhanjiang, China

BASF started piling work for the first plants at its $10 billion integrated project in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China. The first units include an engineering plastics production unit and a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) manufacturing plant to serve local Chinese and Asian markets.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2020-06-02
- Where: Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China
- Value: $10.0B
- Starts operating: 2022
- Status: under construction
- Products: engineering plastics, thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU)
- 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

- [european-rubber-journal.com](https://www.european-rubber-journal.com/article/2069725/basf-starts-construction-on-chinese-tpu-plant), 2020-06-02: "BASF has started the piling work of the first plants at its $10-billion (€8.9 billion) Verbund (integrated) project in Zhanjiang, in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong."
- [coatingsworld.com](https://www.coatingsworld.com/breaking-news/basf-starts-piling-of-the-first-plants-of-its-smart-verbund-project-in-zhanjiang-guangdong/), 2020-06-02: "We are confident to bring the first batch of 'Made in Zhanjiang' products to the market by the end of 2022 as planned."

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