# BASF to build $10B engineering plastics and TPU plant in Zhanjiang, China

BASF is spending $10 billion on an engineering plastics compounding and thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU) site in Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province, China. The site will include two facilities and is expected to begin production in 2022, supplying an additional 60,000 tonnes of engineered plastics compounds and TPUs annually to Asian customers.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2020-07-24
- Where: Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province, China
- Value: $10.0B
- Starts operating: 2022
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 60,000 tonnes per annum of engineering plastics compounds and TPUs
- Products: engineering plastics compounds, thermoplastic polyurethanes (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/2069986/basf-s-10bn-china-site-to-begin-producing-wire-cable-material-in-2022), 2020-07-24: "BASF is spending $10 billion on an engineering plastics compounding and thermoplastic polyurethanes site in southeastern China."

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