# BASF builds new alkylethanolamines plant at Antwerp site

BASF is building a new world-scale production plant for alkylethanolamines at its Verbund site in Antwerp, Belgium. The investment will increase global annual capacity by nearly 30% to over 140,000 metric tons per year, with planned start-up in 2024.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2022-03-01
- Where: Antwerp, Belgium, Belgium
- Starts operating: 2024
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 140,000 metric tons per year (global alkylethanolamines capacity)
- Products: alkylethanolamines, dimethylethanolamines, methyldiethanolamines
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [BASF](https://endata.com/companies/298.md)

## Sources

- [basf.com](https://www.basf.com/global/en/media/news-releases/2022/03/p-22-142), 2022-02-28: "After the planned start-up in 2024, the company will increase the global annual production capacity of its alkylethanolamines portfolio... by nearly 30 percent to more than 140,000 metric tons per year."

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