# BASF and SINOPEC break ground on Nanjing Verbund site expansion

BASF and SINOPEC broke ground for the expansion of their joint venture BASF-YPC Co., Ltd. in Nanjing, China, adding capacities for propionic acid, propionic aldehyde, ethyleneamines, ethanolamines, purified ethylene oxide, and a new tert-butyl acrylate plant.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2022-04-28
- Where: Nanjing, China
- Starts operating: 2023
- Status: under construction
- Products: propionic acid, propionic aldehyde, ethyleneamines, ethanolamines, purified ethylene oxide, tert-butyl acrylate
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [BASF-YPC Co., Ltd.](https://endata.com/companies/28957.md)
- [BASF](https://endata.com/companies/298.md) (partner)
- [Sinopec](https://endata.com/companies/1143.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [basf-ypc.com.cn](https://www.basf-ypc.com.cn/article/detail.html?lid=en&slug=BASF+and+SINOPEC+break+ground+for+the+expansion+of+the+joint+Verbund+site+in+Nanjing+China), 2022-04-28: "BASF and SINOPEC today broke ground for the expansion of their Verbund site operated by BASF-YPC Co., Ltd."

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